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 14 R. A. BOOTH faculty presented the following bill which after deliberation was adopted by the board and agreed to by the directors." It cannot be expected that all that may be related here of the conditions surrounding early pioneer school life, especially as related to any one institution, will be of equal interest to all who may read, but bearing in mind that another half century must place beyond reach some of the sources and records from which this is gathered and feeling assured that for purposes of contrast it will progressively become of greater interest, some further recital seems justified. The rules were the joint work of trustees, official visitors and faculty. They were not hasty enactments. With the present plan of student government of colleges they constitute the extremes of the past 50 years and are recorded for their future historical significance rather than for purpose of present comparison. They are a faithful portrayal of the combined judgment of anxious parents, conscientious faculty and relent- less guardians. College work then was not only a matter of recitation at stated periods, with large liberty to students at all other hours, but was a constant supervision over all reg- istrants under the requirements of daily chapel attendance and continual presence during regular school hours and authority and vigilance did not cease at the tapping of the bell at 4 P. M. it continued until the nine o'clock morning roll call and overlapped the week ends. "Explanation of our position as an academy : This institu- tion was founded as a SELECT HIGH SCHOOL, designed to be firm and UNCOMPROMISING in the maintenance of a high and refined standard of morals and general deportment. This design must not be forgotten or lost sight of but carried and supported under all circumstances. * * *" "The connection of the academy with the school district is designed for mutual benefit and not as any compromise of the HIGH ORDER OF THE ACADEMY. Neither the di- rectors ask, or the trustees concede any such compromise, nor can the connection be considered a blessing any longer than the High Standard is maintained."