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unqualified , is accordingly lodged in the jurisdictio ordinaria , and perhaps , too , in the professors , who , with the principal , ( supposed to be present ) conduct the business of the
black-Hone . This power is indeed rarely exercised;—so rarely , that I have heard of no instance ;*—yet the assurance that it is possessed , and that it may be exerted , together with the natural desire to excel at an
examination so public , renders the blackstone at once somewhat alarming as an ordeal of industry , and a very powerful incitement to its exercise . In &ct , the summer is spent in making preparation for this inevitable
scrutifiy ; and it is only those who can bear unmoved the frown of anger on the countenance of their teacher , and the smile of contempt and derision on the faces of their class-fellows , who will think of it with indifference . '
In addition to the regular class exercises , there is a Public Theme prescribed about the twenty-third . of December , and executed by all the gowned students . The students of JLatiii and Greek have a certain portion of English composition given
them , which is to be rendered into Latin ; the logic students translate the same piece of composition into Greek . The ethic and natural philosophy students compose a Latin Theme , on some subject prescribed by the Faculty .
Belonging to the College , there is a large library , which every student may reap the benefit of , by giving a small subscription . There are also libraries belonging to all the classes , which contain such books as are most intimately connected with the business of their respective courses .
Now even from this rude sketch Of the system of education pursued at Glasgow , it will be perceived that it must necessarily be attended with incalculable advantages . Like every other similar institution , however , it
is liable to some objections . These have been hunted after ;—for what ? —Not to prove that it is less friendly to the principles of dissent than any other University in the United Kingdoms- —Where then is the "
Necessity of a Dissenting Education ?"Perhaps it was supposed that a young * The history of later years refuses &tt went to thi * plea * icg gfcUemejik
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man might make greater advances in knowledge at a Dissenting Academy —Well , then , let it be openly declared at once , that the system of education pursued at the Dissenting Academy , is more likely to make
good classics , and proficients in literature , than that which is pursued at Glasgow University ; and let the advantages of the latter be proved to be as trifling as they are imagined : for it is too soon to attempt to
outvote an institution which has been celebrated for more than four hundred years , and which still continues to send out tutors and professors , toacademies and colleges , by ridiculing * its deficiencies , and sneering at objections which do not exist .
It is alleged by your correspondent that some " care is taken to secure the regular attendance of the students at the hours of lecture , though they are "— " masters of the rest of their time : nor can sufficient attention b £
paid by the professors to all their pupils , while they have so many under their care . " The classes of Greek and jkatin , " says he , •* shew tfye evil of excessive numbers most strikingly ,.
both because the overflowing is the greatest in thern ^ ( a Scotch College being not only a College , but a grammar school ) and because it i& far more difficult to teach a language accurately to such a multitude , than to lecture
with effect on chemistry or moral philosophy . * There are the evils too of ' promiscuous society » " The Glasgow students are not always " under the immediate observation of their teachers : " they are therefore m great danger of becoming idle and
extravagant . Therefore ye " parents among us , who are tempted by ike name of a university to send" your " children to finish their education" at Glasgow College , " consider with" yourselves , tut
" whether they have that decided n for study , which can dispense with all superintendance of the emp loyment of their time , and such a streng th or good principle as will be in no danger from the removal of old restraints , and the occurrence of untried
temptations . If after these solemn warnings , yo «* should still be charmed by the ten » Glasgow University ; you should soy think it possible fbr your son * *> ^ « come goqd elates m& library m ?* tfcough placed in a aquation * W *
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626 Advantages of an M&vttation at the Umversity of Glasgow .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1815, page 626, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1765/page/26/
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