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 returnd, That each Student should have his name somehow fastned on his Arms—be obliged to use the same Stand—and be responsible for any damages it shall receive.

Although the number of arms asked for shows that fully one half the students were drilling in more or less open preparation for the conflict that was now almost inevitable, Hutchinson somehow allowed this dangerous bit of encouragement to go through. The academic arsenal in the Hebrew School was duly established, and continued until the actual outbreak of hostilities; for it is related that on that thrice-memorable “nineteenth of April in ’seventy-five,” one at least of the scholars “hastily equipped himself from the armory of the college company, repaired to the scene of action, and fought gallantly during the day.”

Meantime, a third significant alteration was taking place in the University’s traditional attitude of pacifism. The College was no longer a mere divinity school; the rule that students must get special permission to “train” had been repealed long ago; and although the Cambridge company had probably looked with disfavor upon “college boys” as members up to this time, yet now, when the whole province was reorganizing its militia, collecting warlike stores, and generally getting ready for trouble, likely-looking scholars had no diffi-