l r, . ( - / ':__, • COLLEGE RULES. RULES ON THE COURSE OF STUDY. ADMISSION. 1. Candidates for the Freshman Class must be not less thorough in arithmetic, geography, grnmmar, reading, than fifteeu years of age, and must sustain a examination spelling, and penmanship. 2. Candidates for admission into any more advanced class .. must sustaiu an examination in all the previous studies of the course. 3. Students from other colleges must show a certificate of honorable dismission or of honorable standing. They will re ceive credit for studies pursued in any college authorized to confer degrees (so far as the two courses are equivalent), upon presenting a certificate from the proper officer. 4. Students may be admitted at any time on passing the required examination for entering, and on passing a further examination showing that they are qualified to enter the ex isting classes. 5. Each candidate must present to the Examining Com mittee, testimonials of goocl character. 6. Each canC.idate shall be required to fill a blank furnish ed for the purpose, with the following statistics : name in full; age in years ancl months; postoffice address inclutling county; native state; school left; time siuce leaving schoo l; prowsed course of study; moans of support; proposed busi ness; name of some person as reference; name and business of father or guardian. 7. Ji~xamination for admiosiou at the beginning of the Freshman year may be either written or oral, aud she confined to studies designated in the catalogue of the pre,·ious year; but no candidate shall be passed in any of these stud ies with a standing Jess than 7 in a scale of 10. 2 MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. S. Examiuations for advanced standing shall be writteu, and no candidate shall be passed iu auy study with a standing less than 7 in a scale of 10. 9. No candidate under fifteen years of age shall be examined. unless by direction of the Faculty; and none shall be received who fails upon examination in arithmetic, or in more than oue of the other preparatory studies. Auy candidate failing in one of these .studies may be received for a trial of six weeks, at the end of which time his connection with the Col lege shall cease unless a standing above 6 has been maintained in all bis classes. 10. The Examining Committee shall enter upon the blank of statistics filled by each student the results of hi s examina tion, and this paper so completed shall be received by the Sec retary as entitling the candidate to matriculation aucl be placed on file in his office for entry in the Students' Record. 11. Candidates for admission to College shall be allowed to the Examining matriculate only upon recommendation of Committee and shall be admitted to rooms and classes only after matriculation. 12. Full reports of the names of the candidates received or rejected with all conditions and re com mendatious, shall be made by the Committee to the Faculty and these, as finally adopted, shall be spread upon the faculty records. CLASS STANDING AND EXA}[INATION. 13. A record of each class shall be kept by the instructor, in which shall appear by distinct marks, opposite each student's name, any absence excused or unexcused, any tardiness, au estimate upon a scale of 10 for perfect of each class exorcise, and the date of entering aucl of leaving. 14. At or before each regular meeting of the Faculty a report shall be made by each officer to the Prnsident, of all unexcused absences from his exorcises during the week closing on the Saturday previous. Students reported as absent shall be notified by tho President the same week, aud if such absences n.re still unexcused at the next reg ular meeting of the Faculty, they shall be reported to the Faculty for record as misdemeanors and shall be recorded as failures in making up the average of class exercises. A tardiness shall be counted one-half an iLbsencc. 15. On the first regular meeti ng of the Faculty in each month, a report shall be made to the President of students failing to maintain a standing above u, the exact average being gi>en in each case. RULES ON THE COURSE OF STUDY. 3 16. An examination shall follow the completion of each particular course of study, at such time as the Faculty may direct; and any student who has been present at four-fifths of the class exercises, and whose average class mark together with his examination mark equals or exceeds 14 shall be passed in that study. 17. Students present at less than four-fifths of the class exercises in any study must pass a more extensive examination than the general one, with a mark of at least 7, and no class mark shall be reported. 18. Students pm·suing any study with a class here shall in no case be examined before the final examination of the class. 19. Students who have been absent from, or have failed in any general examination, shall receive a special examination in which a mark of at least 7 shall be required to pass. 20. Students desiring special examination, in any study, which they have not pursued with a class here may receive it only by direction of the Faculty. 21. In each case of special examination (except for admission to College) the student must pay to the Secretar.y a fee of 50 eents, which fee shall be devoted to the purchase of books for the College Library. 22. Every examination, general or special, shall be in writ ing under the direct supervision of the instrnctor who shall prepare the topics and decide upon the merits of the papers presented; but any student failing in his examination shall upon his request receive a special examination, in which the President shall assist the instructor. 23. The topics for examination shall be arranged in gronps -0f uearly equal importance and the answers to each group marked on a scale of 10 for perfect, and an average of the marks given upon the several groups of answers made by any student, shall be the examination mark of that student. 24. It shall be the duty of the instructor upon discovering that a student fails to pass in any study, to 11otify both the student so failing and the President; but the standing of no .student shall be divulged. before the general examination. 25. As soon as convenient after each general examination the instrnctor shall report to the Faculty, upon blanks pre pared for the purpose, the whole number of class exercises, and opposite the name of each student examined an average of his .class marks (if he has been present at four-fifths of the exer cises), his examination mark and the sum of the two, the num ber of absences excused and unexcused, his class deportment marked upon a scale .of 10 for perfect, and lateness of entering. 4 Mrc IIIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE . This report shall be accompanied by a copy of topics used in the examination, and shall be filed i:n the Secretary's office after having been entered by items in the Students' Record. At the same time a separate report shall contain the record as above of students enrolled in the class, but not present at the final examination; but; this report shall be kept on private file in the Secretu.ry's office, to be used for record 011ly when a student has passed his examination according to rule nine teenth. 2fi. The instructor conducting a special examination shall 'vrite upon the face of the Secretary's receipt for the fee, bis own name with the date of the examination, and shall report to the Faculty and for the Students' Becorcl the mark given and the reason for giving the examination . 27. A student leaving College without an examination in studies he has pursued during the term cannot re-enter his class, except by special vote of the Faculty, uutil ho has passed examination in all but one of the studies he has pursued with classes here. A student absent for a term shall enter those classes only, to which he is admitted by rnte of the Faculty. RANK. 28. Students not in select courses shall be C!Ltaloguecl in the class with which they take two studies unless the Faculty order otherwise. 29. No student shall rank \vith the Junior Class who is defi cient iu more than two studies; aud none shall rank with the Senior Class who is deficient in more than one study, except by special vote of the Faculty fixing a limit of time within which such deficiencies shall bo made good. 30. Students deficient in any study shall have their names recorded in the ar.uual catalogue in a list supplementary to the alphabetical list of the class with which they rank. 31. Students who have failed to pass in two full-term studies or their equirnlent shall not enter upon new studies with their class until they have passed examination in one of them, but may drop a year in the course or leave College, at their option. SELECT COURSE. 32. Persons of suitable age and acquirements who desire to pursue one or more of the branches of study more closely related to agriculture may be admitted to such select studies as tboy are qualified to pursue, after passing the examination required to enter the Freshmen year. 33 . Any student desiring to change from the regular to a RULES ON GEKERAL CONDUCT. 5 select course, cau do so only by consent of the Faculty, and at the beginning of a term . 34. No student failing in the regulal' course will be allowed to take up studies in a select coul'se iu advance of the class with which he failed. 35. No st.uclent shall be admitted to anv class exercises other thau those of his own class, and Do student in a select course shall enter any class, until the Faculty shall have so determin ed by a vote to be takeu on a recommendation made in each case by the Examining Committee. RHETORICAL EXERCISES. 36. The Seniors and Juniors shall present original declama tions before the Faculty and Students in the College Chapel and shall haye such weekly exercises as the Professor of En glish Literature may assign to them. 37. 'rhc Sophomores and Freshmen shall meet their in structors weekly for essays, declamations, and other assigned exercises before their class. 38. Students in select courses shall have rhetorical exercises with the Freshmen, unless othenvise ordered by the Faculty. 39. Every student must present to his instructor at least nine-tenths as many exercises as have been assigned his class for the year before he be passed, and attend at least four fifths of the regular class exercises during his presence at the College. 40. Students not rankecl with the Senior or Junior Classes shall not be allowed to share in the public exercises of those classes. RULES ON GE ERAL CONDUCT. ABSENCE FROlr COLLEGE. 41. Students shall not absent themselves from the College premises without permission. 42. J_.eave of absence from College is to be obtained of the President; in the absence of the President, bo\vever, applica tion is to be made to some other member of the Faculty pre viously designated by the President. 43. When leave is granted to any student to go beyond the limits of the townships of Lansing and Meridian, he shall re ceive from the officer granting it, a written certificate of the same. 44. Leave of absence at the beginning aud end of terms can be granted by the Faculty only, unless for the cause of sickness. 6 MICHIGAN AGIUCULTURA.L COLLEGE. 45. A leave of absence from College shall not be considered an excuse from any class exercise, or from work, but such leave shall be obtained beforehand from each officer iu charge of the exercises the student 'vould lose by his abseuce. 46. When au officer does not excuse from his exercises a student holding a leave of absence from the President, such absences shall be recorded in the record of class standing only, and shall not be treated as misdemeanors. 47. Students who n,re absent from College for n, longer time than was named in the leave of absence or who are n,bsen t at the first of a term without leave, must present their excuses either personally or in writing to the Faculty. ASSIGNMENT AND CARE OF ROOMS. 48. The assignment of rooms to students shall be in the con trol of the President. 49. No student shall change from one room to another without the approval of the President. 50. A student will be declared to have vacated his claim to his room during the Winter vacation unless he renew his appli cation for it by letter to the President during the month of February and preceding the opening of the Spring term. 51. Every student shall deposit with the Ste,vard one dolln,r and receive from him a receipt therefor and a key to the room assigned him . At the close of the Autumn term or on his leaving College tho dollar shall be returned to the student on his returning the key and receipt. 52. At the close of the Autumn term, or whenever a student leaves College for an absence of more than a mouth, he shall return his key to the Steward, distinctly marked with the number of his room, and shall learn with the Steward a list of the furniture and goods left in the room by him, designating the owner. 53. Stndents are expected to keep their rooms at all times in a neat and tidy condition. 54. Students are not perm itted to put locks on the doors of their rooms, or put up shelving, or drive nails in the walls, except under the supervision of the Steward . 55. The Facnltv shall have access at all times to the rooms of students. - STUDENTS' RECORD. 50. Any student shall be pe rmitted to see his own record at any time convenient to the Secretary. Students shall not ex amine the record of other students unless by permission of the President. RULES ON GENERAL CONDUCT. 7 57. There shall be recorded against each student in the Studeuts' l~ecord any vote of censure or discipline the Faculty may have passed upon him, or may have approved. ORDER. 58. Students are expectccl to cooperate with the Faculty in secnring the objects for which the Institution was established. 59. Every student shall fully and frankly answer any ques tion put to him by the President or the Faculty regarding his observance of the rules of the College or his treatment of offi cers or stnden ts. 60. The College recoguizes the "Students' Government" as a part of the government of the College. 61. The rnles of the "Stndeuts' Government," when ap proved by the Faculty and announced to the students, shall form a part of the laws for the government of the College. 62. The Facult_y retain the authority to take cognizance in their discretion of any case of misdoings brought to their notice. 63. The Faculty reserve the right to resume the authority granted to the Students' Government wh enever it shall fail properly to perform its functions, or to maintain good order. 64. Students guilty of breaking the rnles of the College, or of misderueMor, or of neglect of duty, shall be liable to pr1- vate reprimand, public reprimand with or without notice to parents, suspension or expulsion, in the discretion of the .Faculty. 65. No exp~lled person or student under sentence of sus pension shall be permitted to come upon the College grounds. o student shall associate with expelled or suspended 66. students on the College grounds. 67. o societies or clubs shall be formed in the College for any purpose whatever, unless a statement of the designs of such associations, the constitutions and rnles by which they propose to be governed, and their hours of meeting, shall have been previously submitted to the Faculty, and shall have been approved by them. 68. College societies and clubs shall at all times be subject to the direction of the Faculty, and no change in their consti tution or hours of meeting shall be made without the approval of th e Faculty. 69. No exercises shall be given in pnblic by the students or any association of tbem unless the exercises shall hav-e been approved by the Facnlty or a committee appointed by them . 70. There shall be no games or noisy langhtcr or boisterous 8 MICJIIGA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. noise on the abbath, but students shall observe the quiet and decorum suitable to the proper observance of the day. 71. ::;tudents shall neither bring nor use upon the premises any spirituons or intoxicating liquors. 72. Smoking is prohibited in the vicinity of the buildings, in the halls, and public rooms of any buildings. "13 . •robacco and cigars shall not be sold on the premises. 74. Students are prohibited from mutilating in any way the College Park, picking the flowers, fruit or vegetables, walking Oil the grounds so as to mar them, thro1ving litter about them or about the buildings, or in any way rendering the grounds or the surroundings of the buildings other than neat and agreeable. 75. Makiug paths across the College grounds and treading Oil the borders of the walks and lawns are prohibited . 76 . Students shall not play a game of. ball 'vith persons 'vho are not students, unless permission to do so shall have been given by the Faculty previously to any challenge given or accepted. 77. Damages done to a room or to any part of the buildings or premises shall be repaired, and the expense charged to the person to whom it is fairly chargeable, if he be known. If he be not known, damage to a room may be charged to the occu pants of it, and damage to the premises may be assessed equal ly among the students. 78. Damage to the property of the College shall be assessed, or charged to students only by vote of the Faculty. 79. Fire-arms are not permitted to be kept or used upon the College premises except as under the direction of the Faculty. 80. The use of camphene or other explosive material for lights will not be permitted. 8 1. Filling a lamp with lrnrosene when it is burning, or in the even in g or night is forbidden under penalty of suspension or expu lsion. 82. 'rhere shall be no singing, playing on instruments, or loud talking after nine o'clock at night on any evening, but such qu iet sh all be maintained as is proper to hours allowed to sleep. 88 . Dancing in the College buildings is prohibited. 84. V oca.l and instrumcn tal music, loud talking, play, and games in or about the buildings are prohibited during study hours as given in the Catalogue. 85. No person shall teach a class at the College for compen sation without the permission of the Faculty. 86. The front steps aud hlill of Williams' Hall shall not HULES ON L.A.BOR. 9 be in common use for studen ts, but shall be used by them ouly when accompanyi ng visitors and strangers, aud officers of the College. 87. No student shall enter any apartment appropriated to the Steward, the room s occupied by the help nor the dinin g room, except for regular meals, without the permission of the Stewn.rd. 88 . Students shall have no intercourse with the help em ployed in the hall except such as is rendered necessary by the taking of meals, or of specially assigned duties. 89. St.udents shall not play ball on the College lawns south of a line from tho rustic foot bridge to the north end of Col lege llall, thence to the uorth side of the cattle barn. RULES ON LABOR. 90. Every student in the regular and select courses shall fabor three hours each week day excepting Saturday. 91. licsident graduates may or may not labor as they may elect. 92. Seniors during the last four 'veeks preceding graduation nrny labor or not as they may se>erally elect. their 93. The Juniors shall be assigned for 'vork to the Horticul tural Department. !J4. The Sophomores shall be assigned for work to the Farm Department. 95. Students for special duties shall, unless by special Facul ty vote, be selected from the Senior and Freshmen classes. 'J:hoy shall be appointed to their duties either by the President or by the officer having the duties in chn.rge with the approval of the President. 96. Students not assigned to work according to the preced ing rules, shall be so assigned as that the Farm Department s ball have about twice as many students as the Horticultural Department. 9'7. At the commencement of each term students shall be assigned to departments for work during the term. 98. The Secretary shall furnish the various officers having charge of work with the list of students assigned to them, twelve hours before they are to report for work. 99. All assignments to regular duties (special or otherwise) shall be reported in writing to the Faculty. 100. All students except those whose special duties require their attendance at another time shall report for work within 10 MICIIIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. five minutes after the ringing of the first work bell, at i; quar ter to one o'clock in the afternoon . 101. At the ringing of the bell to stop work students shall carefully clean any tools they may have been using and return all tools and implements to their proper places. 102. Students are charged with any tool or small imple ment they may take to use in their work, upon one of the reg ular books of the College. 'rlrny are credited with the tool on its return in good condition. 103. Prolonged or continuous conversation by those at work is not permitted. · 104. Students not at work are not permitted to hold con versations 'vith those who are at 'vork, nor to linger about where work is going on except by the express permission of the officer in charge. 105. Students should preserve accurate accounts of their labor for purposes of reference in case of error. 106. Students shall carefully fill out the work bill blanks obtained of the t5ecretary or Foreman, and return them to the person in charge of the work at the close of every four 'veeks, or oftener, if required. The blank must be returned to the officer by six P. l\'I. on Monday, first succeeding the close of the month's work, under penalty that he forfeit three hours time from the bill, unless he render au excuse for the delay acceptable to the President and the officer in charge. 107. Irr case of error on a student's bill it will be marked and returned to him for correction. He must correct und return it within two days after receiving it. 108. In the Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture, the officer in charge of stuuents' labor shall report to the Sec retary on the evening of Friday next preceding the close of each term, the students employed during the term, with the number of hours' labor and the rate and amount of >vages of each. 109. Certified work bills of all labor designated as "Special Duties" shall be returned to the Secretary, by the Officer in charge of such work, at the close of each mouth. llO. Students who wish for work on Saturday should apply the day before to those having charge of work. 111. Students shaJI be paid for their labor at rates from one cent to ten cents per hour, according to faithfulness and the value of the labor performed. 112. Students shall work without compensation, if called upon to do so, not to exceed one afternoon each month; })ro vided the work be under the immediate charge of a professor RULES ON THE LIBRA.RY . 11 or instructor, and for the pnrpose of illustration or of acquir ing- skill in some manual operations. 113. For each unexcused absence from work, the student. shall work three hours without compensation. The Secretary (on being notified by the President of the unexcu sed absence)' shall deduct tl1 ree hours from the total number of hours ren dered in by the student. 114. Students shall be notified of unexcused absences before they are finally set down as unexcused, and have the same opportunity to get excused for them, as they have for unexcused absences from class room exercises. 115. Students leaving College without excuse from the Fac- ulty shall forfeit the unsettled account of labor. RULES ON THE LIBRARY. CARE OF THE LIBRARY. 116. At the opening of each term a student shall be assign ed to the care of the Library, and shall be under the direction of the Librarian, to whom he sha11 report for duty. 117. The Iiibrary shall be opened for general use in term time, on Sunday from ten o'clock, A. M., to twelve o'clock, M. ; on Saturday from three to six o'clock, P. M. ; and on other days from four to six o'clock, P . M. 118. A record of books drawn from the Library shall include the name of the person drawing, the title of the book, and the date of drawing and of returning. 119. No loud conversation or laughter or other disturbance shall be allowed in the Library, and the general convenience. of readers shall be promoted by good order. USE OF THE LIBRARY. 120. Members of the Faculty, resident graduates, students: and employes of the College, shall be entitled to the use of the Library, subject to the following mles: 121. Books of Class First may be drawn from the Library only by members of the Faculty. 122. )3ooks of Class Second may be drawn by members of the Facu lty and by students. 123. No student is permitted to have more than one book from the Library at one time. · · 124. No book is to be retained for a longer time than four 12 l\1ICRIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. weeks; but it may be redrawn, unless another perso n has pre viously reg istered his name for it. 125. The current number of a periodical may not be remov ed from the Library, and back numbers may be drawn only by members of the Faculty. 126. Newspapers must not be removed from the reading desks, or the files, except under the direction of the Librarian. 127. All books must be returned to the Library on or before the last Saturday in each term. 128. Every person drawing or returning books is required to fill out a blank giving his name, and the title and volume of the book, with the date current. 129. Books returned are to be placed jn the hands of the person in charge of the Library. 130. All damages accruing to books beyond legitimate wear .shall be reported to the Faculty, by whom the proper assess ment shall be made. 131. Students desiring to carry away for vacation a book of Class Second may be allowed to do so by the Librarian upon deposit of the value of the book, or of the set, if it belong to -0ne. RULES ABOUT THE MAIL. 132. The mail carrier is appointed by the President. 133. The mail carrier may go with the mail at any time after dinner. 134. He is to have it entirely distributed by five o'clock P. 1\1. 135. He is to collect, carry, and distribute the mail only in anrl from the mail bag. 136. He shall not get another person to do his work for him, without permission of the President. 137. Mail for students not found at their rooms or else 'vhere 'vhen distributing, sh all be left with the Steward of the College before supper time of each day, unl ess the student shall leave a written order with the mail carrier indicating what he would have done with his mail. 138. The mail carrier shall not lend the keys to the boxes, nor permit the mail to be looked over by students after it is once put into the mail bag. 139. The mail shall be collected and distributed at Wil liams' Hall, at the Farm Honse, at the office of the Secretary of the College, at the Chemical Laboratory, and at the house of each member of the ·Faculty. RULES REGARDING BOARD. 13- RULES REGARDING BOARD. 140. Seats at the table are assigned by the Ste,vard, and changed at his discretion. 141. No person shall be brought to the dining table for 'vhom previous arrangements have not been made with the Steward. 142. No student shall be admitted to the table after seven o'clock in the afternoon unless by speci11.l permission of the Steward, ancl the payment of twenty cents. 143. Board is fnrnishcd at cost, and all students are required to board in the dining hall, unless permission is gi ren by the Faculty to board elsewhere. 144. Each term, upon entering, every student is required to pay to the Secretary twenty dollars, as an ad vanee on board, which is allowed in his settlement of accounts at the end of the term. 145. Settlement for board and washing is required at the end of each term. All bills must be settled promptly when due; and no student will receive 11.11 honornble dismission nor diplo ma till his bills are settled with the Secretary. 146. o dednction shall be made for board for au absence of less than one week, except that one half of the meals lost by regular absence over Sunday or Saturday and Sunday, ball be credited to the student in settlement. 147. For a week's continued absence one half the week's board shall be allo\ved; for more than a week's absence the price of the whole board dnring the whole time of absence shall be deducted from the student's bill. 148. Iu estimating the bo11.rd of students, the day of their retnrn to the College each term shall be counted, the uay of leaving shall not be counted. 149. If the parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, or first cousins of students, or graduates of the College are enter tained at the College Ilall, the charge shall be fifteen cents for a meal and thirty cents for lodgings. For all other per sons the student introdncing them shall be charged t\venty five cents a meal and forty cents for lodgings. ST1JDENTS' GOVERNMENT. 00 STITUTION. I. Object.-The prime object sha11 be the maintenance of good order within the dormitories, and the general comfort of .students in pursuit of study. IL Domain.-The halls used as dormitories shall be divided into seven districts, as follows : " " " " " 31 to 40 south. 11to20 south. " " 2d floor, 21 to 30 east. " A. Williams' Hall, 3d floor, 1 to 10 east. B. C. D. E . Wells' Hall, east ward, 61 to 82. P. G. III. QffecM·s.-Each district shall have as officers, one Cap tain, one Lieutenant, and one Councilman, who shall be elected on the second Saturday of each term, by ballot, within the dis trict, and shall be installed by the approval of the President of the College. No student under censure slrnll be eligible to office. center 'vard, 83 to 106. west ward, 107 to 129. " " IV. Ditties.-Each Captain or his Lieutenant shall make it his first duty to prevent all disturbance within his district. All cases of willful disregard of the rules of good order he sha11 report immediately to his Councilman. All the Captains and Lieutenants shall meet each week for consultation 'vith the President of the College as to the general good order. ( 2.) The seven Councilmen shall organize the Council by electing a President and Secretary, and shall hold weekly meet ings for trial of all reported cases of misdemeanor, unless the culprit be an officer, in which case he shall be reported without trial to the Faculty. V. Ritles of lrial.- In such trial the accuseu shall be al lowed a defense in person, any member of the Council being allo,ved to act as his attorney; and the Councilman in \vhose district the offense was committed shall conduct the prosecution. STODEKTS' GOIERN:MENT. 15 ( 2.) Testiinony.-Testimony of any competent witness may be taken, and the accused may be personally examined . Any member of the Council may giYe testimony and shall not thereby be debarred from voting on the case. ( 3.) Verdict.-Verdict and penalty shall be decided by a majority vote of all the Oouncilme11 in close session, the Presi dent of the Council having the casting vote. VI. Penalties.-'l'he penalties shall consist of a definite num ber of marks of demerit upon t he record of the Uouncil. An accmnulatiou of firn such marks shall bring a private warning from the President of the College. Ten marks shall bring a second warning with a notification of the fact to the friends of the student. Fifteen marks shall be attended with a request for bis withdram1l from College. VII. Records. -The records of the Council shall be kept by the Secretary, and each week submitted to the Faculty for approval. VIII. Appeal and Pardon.-The Faculty shall reserve the right to hear appeals or to rectify all cases when necessary; also to pardon ttud expunge demerit marks after proof of sub sequent good conduct. IX. Rules. -Rnles of good order shall be establisheLl by a majorit,y of the Captains and Lieutenants, under the sanction of the Faculty. X .-In case any district fails to presene order, the President may reorganize it by change of students' rooms. XI. Amendrnents.-An y change in the aboYe constitution shall be only by a vote of two-thirds of the students present at College. RULES FOR TilE GOVERNMENT OF THE STUDENTS, ADOPTED BY THE CAP TAINS AND LIEUTENAJ.'i'TS, AND SANCTIONED BY THE FACULTY. I. The prime object shall be the maintenance of good order 'vithin the dormitories, and the general comfort of the students in pursuit of study. (Constitution .) II. No loud noise at any time in the buildings. III. No music during study hours. IV. No music after 9 P. M., on Fridays or Saturdays. V. The occupants of a room shall be responsible for all noise in it. VI. Neatness in and around the buildings will be required. 16 MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. VII. No student may enter the room of another dnring his absence, without his permission. VIII. Students should not congregate in tlrn halls during study hours. IX. There shall be 110 music in the rooms or halls between 1and4 P . M. X . The defacing of the rules posted by the Captains and Lieutenants, shall be considered a high misdemeanor and the known offender shall be punished by the Conncil as the case merits. XI. ( 1.) The execnti ve officers of the separate wards shall examine each room every fortnight and ascertain if there are any bed-bugs in the room. ( 2.) If bed-bugs be fou111l in any room, the occupant of the room shall be required to take immediate measures for their extirpation; should such measures not be taken 'vi thin t1vo days, the room shall be reported to the President of the College. XII. No smoking shall be allowed in the passage ways of the halls, and the occupants of the several rooms shall close their transoms while smoking, to prevent the smoke from pass ing into saicl passage ways. *XIII. It shall be the duty of the members of each table in the dining-hall to elect a man of their number, who shall be respousible for tho order of that table. 'rho present elec tion to take place in time to report the result of the election to the President of the College by : 45 A. M., Friday, March 31st, 1876; subsequent elections to take pl~ce on the second Saturday of each term; subject to the same restrictions as the election of ward officers. Iu case any table shall fail to elect said officer, it shall be the duty of the Captains and I .. ieuten- . ants, to appoint such officer. XIV. Any Captain or Lieutenaut shall have jmiscliction in any ward in the absence of its proper officer. *Suspended Oct. Stb, 1877.