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338 appeared to be extremely well qualified and the Students having expressed their Satisfaction to Mr Peters he should, with their leave, proceed to engage his Service upon the best Terms he could make with him, which they desired might be done. Thus was begun a connection with the institution which lasted until Dr. Ewing's death in 1802; appointed Pro- fessor of Natural Philsophy in 1762, he was made Provost of the new institution which in 1779 took the place of the College and Academy, and in turn became the first Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, the institution which carried on the work and the traditions of both. Vice-Provost Alison was ably assisted by Mr. Ewing, and the Senior Class proceeded without interruption to the com- pletion of their studies. On 6 April, 1759, the Trustees met "in the common Hall," namely Messrs. Peters, White, Cad- walader, Turner, Stedman, E. Shippen, M'Call, Inglis, Strettell, T. Bond, Plumsted, P. Bond, Chew, W. Shippen, and Leech, and attended a Public Examination held in the presence of the Governor, several strangers of Distinction, and many of the Citizens, when the under named Students were examined, Samuel Powel Samuel Keene William Paca Alexander Lawson John Beard Nathaniel Chapman William Edmiston [and on the day following, the day being Saturday] the examination was continued and the Students having acquitted themselves to the Satis- faction of the Trustees and all present, it was the unanimous opinion of the Trustees that they should be admitted to the first Degree of the Batchelor of Arts ; and that the Commencement should be held on the eighth of June, and Notice be given thereof in the Gazette. At this last meeting, the Reverend Mr Hector Alison and the Reverend Mr John Ewing, Assis- tant Professor of Natural Philosophy in the absence of the Provost, petitioned that the honorary Degree of Master of Arts might be conferred upon them at the next commencement ; and it appearing that they merited the same, their Request was granted. At the meeting on 8 May, Messrs. Peters, Coleman and