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 138 A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO at its annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, in May, 1891. He then said: I would not be honest with you were I to conceal the fact that all my feelings have been opposed to coeducation. My own work has been done thus far in institutions open only to men In a new institution un- trammeled by traditions, and with the flexibility which it is hoped will char- acterize the University of Chicago, there seems to be no possible doubt that coeducation will be practicable. At all events the matter has been decided. The charter admits persons of both sexes on equal terms. The desire of the founders and the requirements of the charter will be carried out in the letter and in the spirit. The internal constitution of the University was to be simple. There were to be four general executive officers. First and chief was the President, who, by the Articles of Incorporation, was made "the executive head of the University in all its departments," with the amplest powers and the fullest responsibility. Under him there were to be the University Examiner, the University Recorder, and the University Registrar, each with his prescribed duties. The other general officers of administration were the Directors of Divisions, already mentioned, and the Deans to be spoken of presently. The officers of instruction, in other words, the Faculties, were to consist of the following permanent appointees: Head Pro- fessors, Professors, and Associate Professors, and the following, appointed for a specified period: Assistant Professors four years, Instructors three years, Associates two years, Assistants, Docents, Lecturers, Readers, and Fellows, appointed for one year. The Head Professor was to be responsible for the conduct of his depart- ment. It was a part of the plan that in the undergraduate department there should be, not the usual four classes, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior, but two colleges, the Academic, covering the Freshman and Sophomore years, and the University, covering the Junior and Senior years of other institutions. Later "Junior" and "Senior" were substituted for "Academic" and "University." Thus a student was not a Freshman or Sophomore, but a member of the Junior College. He was not a Junior or Senior, but a member of the Senior College. As there were to be Colleges of Liberal