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Rules and Statutes of the Professorships in the University at Cambridge
Rules and Statutes of the Professorships in the University at Cambridge Author:Harvard University Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BOYLSTON PROFESSORSHIP OF RHETORIC AND ORATORY. Jin Extract from the Will of Nicholas Boylston, Esq. 1 Give and bequeath unto the President and Fellows of... more » Harvard College, in Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds, lawful money, and order that the same be put out at interest on good security, and that the whole income and interest thereof be forever applied to the support and maintenance of some well qualified person, who shall be elected by the President and Fellows of said College for the time being, and approved of by the Overseers of said College, to be the Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, who shall receive the whole benefit or income of this donation if he discharges the duties of his profession and office, according to such rules and directions as shall be appointed and established by said President and Fellows, with the consent of the said Overseers of said College. And I direct that such Professor shall be removed by the President and Fellows, with the consent of the Overseers, in case he shall be guilty of any immoralities, or in their judgment not qualified for such a place. And it is my will, that, as soon as may be after my decease, (or upon the removal of any such Professor upon this foundation,) the said President and Fellows proceed to the choice of some proper person for the office and trust, he to be approved of and confirmed by the said Overseers ; and if said Overseers shall apprehend any unreasonable delay by the President and Fellows in this matter, in such case I hereby empower them to proceed by themselves in the choice and appointment of a suitable, well qualified person aforesaid. It is also my will, that all the income of this donation during the time the Professorship may be necessarily vacant, shall b...« less