The Colleges marked (*) are under the direction of the Baptists; thus (†) Episcopalians; thus (1) Methodists; thus (§) Catholics. With respect to the Colleges which are unmarked, the prevailing religious influence of those that are in the New England States, is Congregationalism; of the most of the others, Presbyterianism. Norwich University, Vt., is an institution recently established by the Universalists. By students in the above table, with an exception of a few of the Colleges in the Southern and Western States, is meant undergraduates, or members of the four collegiate classes; not including such as are pursuing professional education, or such as are members of a preparatory department. Some of the Colleges above enumerated, are not in full operation; and scarcely deserve a place in the Table. Several other Colleges have been incorporated, which are not yet fully organized. According to the Census of 1840, there are in the United States 173 universities or colleges, containing 16,233 students. There are 3,242 academies and grammar schools, containing 164,159 students. It is evident, that the difference between a college and an academy is not very clearly defined, except that the former has the exclusive right of granting degrees. The column of Libraries includes the number of volumes in the College Libraries and in the Students' Libraries. In some instances, the number of volumes in the students' libraries exceeds that of the college library. Annual Expenses of several of the Colleges in the United States. Wood, 2,000 Last Wednesday in June. 1,000 7,900 6,400 Last Thursday in July. 2,500 45 85 75 Fourth Thursday in July. Second Wednesday in October. Third Tuesday in August. 100 101 104 105 & Washing. The information exhibited in the preceding table has been derived from the official statements contained in the Annual Catalogues of the several Colleges, mostly for the College years of 1841-2 and 1842-3. The sums are to be regarded as the average necessary expenses for the several objects. The college charges, included in the first three columns, are subject to comparatively little variation; but the other expenses are much more liable to change. With respect to several of the colleges, the expenses for "washing, wood, and lights, are not mentioned. Other necessary expenses, not specified in the table, are such as relate to text-books, furniture of rooms, clothing, journeying, and pocket-money, all of which vary according to circumstances, and the habits of individuals. Bowdoin. Vermont Univ. Middlebury. Harvard. Williams. Amherst. Brown. Washington. VACATIONS IN COLLEGES. 1. Com., 3 weeks;-2. Friday after 3d Wed. Dec. 8 weeks; -3. Friday after 3d Wed. May, 2 weeks. 1. Com., 4 weeks; -2. 2d Wed. Dec. 8 weeks;-3. 1st Wed. May, 1 week. 1. Com., 4 weeks;-2. from near the 20th Nov. to near the 10th of Jan. 7 weeks;-3. Thursday preceding the last Wednesday, May, 2 1-2 weeks. 1. Com., 4 weeks;-2. 1st Wed. Dec. 8 weeks;-3. 2d Wed. May, 1 week. 1. Com., 4 weeks;-2. last Wed. Nov. 1 week; -3. 2d Wed. Feb. 2 weeks-4th, 3d Wed. May, 2 weeks. 1. (Two terms of 20 weeks each) from the end of the first term, 1. Com., 4 weeks; -2. 3d Wed. Dec. 6 weeks; -3. 1st Wed. May, mencement. 1. Com., 6 weeks; -2. 1st Wed. Jan. 2 weeks; -3. last Wed. April, 4 weeks. 1. Com., 7 weeks,-2. Thursday before Christmas, 2 weeks; -3. Thursday before 12th April, 4 weeks. Wesleyan Univ. 1. Wed. before Christmas, 8 weeks;-2. preceding Com., 4 weeks. 1. From August 1, to the 1st Monday in October. Columbia. Union. Hamilton. Geneva. 1. Com., 6 weeks;-2. in Dec. 4 weeks;-3. in April, 4 weeks. 1. Com., 6 weeks; -2. from the Wednesday preceding Christmas, University of N.Y.1. College of N. J. 1. Com., till 3d Wed. Sept.;-2. 2 weeks Sat. before Christmas; 3. 3 weeks 2d Mon. April. Com., 6 weeks; -2. 1st Thursday after 2d Tues. April, 5 weeks. 1. Com., to Sept. 15; -2. Dec. 21 to Jan. 7;- April 7 to May 1. Com., 6 weeks; -2. Dec. 2 weeks; -3. April, 2 weeks. Penn. University. 1. Jefferson. W. Univ.of Penn. St. Mary's. Mt. St. Mary's. Columbian. 1. Com. to the 15th Sept.;- a few days at Christmas, and near the 1st of April. 1. Month of October; -2. Month of April. 1. Month of October; -2. Month of May. 1. Christinas, 1 week;-2. Months of July and August. 1. Good Friday, 10 days; -2. last Wed. in July to the 1st Monday in Sept.;-3. Dec. 23d to 1st Monday in Jan. 1. Com. to the 1st Monday in Sept. 1. July 1 to August 16. 1. Aug. 1 to Sept. 15. 1. Com. to 1st Wed. Nov. ;-2. 1st Wed. May to 1st Wed. July. William & Mary. 1. Com. (July 4) to 2d Monday in October Hamp Sidney. 1. From 4th Wed, Sept. to 1st Nov. ;-2, 4th Thurs. April to 1st June. 1. Last Thurs. in June to 1st Sept. - A recess of 9 days at Christmas, Univ. Virginia. 1. July 4 to October 1st. Washington. Univ. N. Carol. 1. Com., 6 weeks; -2. 4th Friday in Nov. 6 weeks. Oglethorpe. 1. U. of Alabama. 1. La Grange, Ala. Mississippi. Nashville. E. Tennessee. Centre. Augusta. Cumberland. 1. Com, to 1st Monday in Jan.; -2. 2d Wed. of May, 4 weeks. 2 terms, of 20 weeks from 1st Mon. in July, and 21 weeks from 2d 1. Com., 3 months, viz. July, August, and September. 1. Com. 5 1-2 weeks; -2. 1st Wed. April, 5 1-2 weeks. 1. Com. to 1st Monday in November. 1. Com. to Thursday after 3d Wed. Oct.;-2, after a session of 21 weeks, 4 weeks. 1. Com., 6 weeks; -2. in Feb. 21 weeks from 1st vacation, 4 weeks. 1. Com. to 3d Monday Oct.;-2. 1st Monday in March, 6 weeks. West'n Reserve. 1. Kenyon. Marietta. Indiana. Shurtleff. Com., 6 weeks;-2. 4th Wed. Dec. 2 weeks; -3. 3d Wed. 1. Last Thurs. in July till 1st Mon. in Oct. 1. Com. to 1st Monday in Sept. - Only one vacation. 1. Com., 10 weeks;-2. ending 2d Wed. March, 2 weeks. 1. Month of May; -2. Month of October. 1. Com., 12 weeks. 1. Com., 7 weeks; -2. Christmas, 1 week; -3. end of 2d term, 2 weeks. EXPLANATION. Vacations of Bowdoin College; 1st, from Commencement, 3 weeks; -2, from the Friday after the 3d Wednesday in December, 8 weeks; - 3d, from the Friday after the 3d Wednesday in May, 2 weeks. |