There are two applications from each of the following counties: 1. Broome Binghamton Academy, Windsor Academy; 2. Cattaraugus: Randolph Academy, Olean Academy; 3. Clinton Champlain Academy, Plattsburgh Academy; 4. Cortland Cortland Academy, Cortlandville Academy; 5. Delaware 6. Dutchess 7. Fulton 8. Greene 9. Jefferson 10. Niagara 11. Oswego Delaware Academy, Delaware Literary Institute; Amenia Seminary, Poughkeepsie Female Academy; Johnstown Academy, Kingsboro' Academy; Coxsackie Academy, Greenville Academy; : Jefferson County Institute, Union Literary Society; Wilson Collegiate Institute, Lockport Union School; Falley Seminary, Mexico Academy; 12. St. Lawrence St. Lawrence Academy, Ogdensburgh Academy; 13. Schoharie Schoharie Academy, New-York Conference Seminary; 14. Sullivan Liberty Normal Institute, Monticello Academy; 15. Tompkins Ithaca Academy, Groton Academy; Kingston Academy, New-Paltz Academy 16. Ulster There are three applications from each of the following counties: 1. Cayuga Moravia Institute, Auburn Academy, Cayuga Academy; 2. Chautauque Ellington Academy, Fredonia Academy, Jamestown Academy; 3. Chenango 4. Erie Oxford Academy, Norwich Academy, Sherburne Union Academy; Springville Academy, Aurora Academy, Buffalo Female Se minary, 5. Herkimer : Academy at Littlefalls, Fairfield Academy, West Win field Academy; 6. Livingston Geneseo Academy, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Nunda Literary Institute; 7. Monroe Riga Academy, Clover-street Seminary, Brockport Collegiate Institute; 8. Montgomery Ames Academy, Canajoharie Academy, Amsterdam Female Seminary; : 9. Ontario Ontario Female Seminary, Canandaigua Academy, EastBloomfield Academy; 10. Orleans: Albion Academy, Medina Academy, Yates Academy; 11. Otsego Cherry-Valley Academy, Hartwick Seminary, Gilbertsville 12. Rensselaer : : Academy; Sandlake Academy, Ball Seminary, Troy Female Seminary; 13. Steuben Addison Academy, Franklin (Prattsburgh) Academy, Rogersville Union Seminary; 14. Wayne Macedon Academy, Walworth Academy, Red-Creek Union Academy 32 42 There are four or more applications from each of the following counties: 1. Allegany Richburgh Academy, Friendship Academy, Alfred Aca 2. Columbia demy, Rushford Academy... Kinderhook Academy, Spencertown Academy, Hudson Academy, Claverack Academy 4 4 Carried forward.... Brought forward.... 3. Genesee Ingham Collegiate Institute, Cary Collegiate Seminary, Genesee & Wyoming Seminary, Bethany Academy, 4 4. Madison: Yates Polytechnic Institute, Hamilton Academy, Oneida Conference Seminary, Brookfield Academy, De Ruyter Institute : ... 5 5. Oneida Whitestown Seminary, Prospect Academy, Vernon Academy, Sauquoit Academy, Rome Academy, Clinton Liberal Institute, Hobart Hall Institute.... 7 Fayetteville Academy, Onondaga Academy, Jordan Academy, Munro Academy, Manlius Academy. 6. Onondaga 7. Orange Rural Academy, Montgomery Academy, S. S. Seward 8. Saratoga 5 Institute, Chester Academy, Walkill Academy, 5 Stillwater Seminary, Jonesville Academy, Schuylerville Academy, Halfmoon Academy 4 Union Village Academy, Whitehall Academy, Cambridge Washington Academy, Washington Academy, 4 128 The application of one academy (Farmers' Hall, Orange county) was received on the 9th June; but as the committee had agreed generally on the appointments, the Secretary was directed so to notify the academy. Adjourned to Friday the 17th instant. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Resolved unanimously, That Brodhead's History of the State of New-York be placed on the list of books recommended for purchase by academies. The standing committee on the incorporation of colleges and academies, reported, in reference to the application of the trustees of Madison University, that the law according to which said trustees desire to place the grammar school of Madison University under the visitation of the Regents is in the following words: "The Regents of the University may also admit to such distribu❝tion, and to any other of the Literature Fund, any incorporated "school, or school founded and governed by any literary corpora❝tion other than theological or medical, in which the usual aca"demic studies are pursued, and which shall in like manner have "been subjected to their visitation, and would in all respects, were "it incorporated as an academy, be entitled to such distribution." [An Act to appropriate the income of the United States Deposite Fund to the purposes of education and the diffusion of knowledge, passed April 17, 1838 last part of section 8.] Under this section, the grammar schools of Columbia College and the University of the city of New-York have been admitted to a share in the distribution of the Literature Fund. The trustees of Madison University represent that their grammar school has for years educated students in Classical and the higher English studies, and that it has all the requirements imposed on academies the committee therefore offer the following resolution: Resolved, That the grammar school of Madison University, in compliance with the request of its trustees, be received under the visitation of the Regents, and entitled to its share in the distribution of the Literature Fund; it being understood that the latter will depend on the conformity of its annual reports to the laws of the State and the ordinances of the Regents. Which was unanimously agreed to. The Board then proceeded to the consideration of the application of the New-York Free Academy; and the select committee appointed on the same at the last meeting of the Board having reported in part, after some time spent thereon, on motion of the Rev. Dr. CAMPBELL, it was unanimously Resolved, That the application of the New-York Free Academy for the power to grant degrees be denied, unless that institution shall be chartered as a college, and assume that name. The Secretary was instructed to communicate this resolution, with the reasons of the Board for passing the same. The Regents then proceeded to consider the application of certain of the trustees of Auburn University, asking for a change of its name, and also of the place of location, with sundry changes as to the quorum of its board of trustees, and other enactments consequent on the same. The following papers were read : 1. Affidavits in due form from the Albany Argus, Albany Evening Atlas, and Auburn Daily Advertiser, showing that public notice of this application had been given in each of the above newspapers, during ten days previous to the present meeting. 2. Extracts from the minutes of the executive committee of the Auburn Female University, at a meeting held February 2, 1853, showing that said committee deemed it inexpedient to make any further efforts to establish the Female University at Auburn. 3. Petition to the Regents, asking a change of name and location of said University, signed by the following trustees: S. R. Brown, William [ M. R. U.] 7 Hosmer, L. P. Hickox, Isaac N. Wyckoff, O. Hastings, N. S. S. 4. Proceedings of a meeting of the subscribers to the Auburn Female University, held at Auburn, January 27, 1853, J. H. Starin chairman, and J. C. Derby secretary, resolving that it is inexpedient further to prosecute the enterprise under the present charter. 5. Remonstrance against the proposed change of name and location, signed by the following trustees: John H. Chedell, Zebina M. Mason, Israel F. Terrill and James C. Derby. The Hon. Mr. KENNEDY, Member of Assembly from the county of Cayuga, appeared in behalf of the above remonstrants, and of citizens of Auburn, and asked for some delay in deciding on the above. It was understood that the Hon. Mr. BEACH, Member of the Senate and resident in said county, joined in a similar request. It was mutually agreed that the further hearing of this application be postponed until Friday the 24th instant, at 4 P. M. The Secretary of State, from the standing committee on common school departments in academies, to which were referred numerous applications to be appointed for instruction in the same during 1854, made the following Report: That the number of academies making said applications is 128; that in conformity to previous laws and the ordinances of the Regents, as well as in compliance with a section in the general appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1853-4, passed April 13, 1853, in the following words: "For instruction of common school teachers in the academies designated by the regents of the university, eighteen thousand dollars," the committee were of opinion that the number of academies to be selected should not exceed ninety, and these again with reference to the counties from which the applications came. There are TWELVE Counties which send each but one application, sixteen which send each two, and twenty-three which send each three or more applications. It thus appears that after awarding one appointment to each of the counties from which comes only a single application, there would remain seventy-eight appointments to be distributed among the thirty-nine remaining counties making applications, and equivalent to two appointments to each of such counties. It appears reasonable, as well as simple, to allot them accordingly; and disregarding complicated questions of the relative size and population of the different counties concerned, the committee recommend an allotment founded on that convenient proportion. It is true that this rule gives two appointments each to five counties (Broome, Clinton, Cortland, Fulton and Sullivan) which constitute each only a single assembly district, while it gives no more to the larger counties which send three or more members to the Assembly; but this is a very trifling departure from a strict apportionment according to population, and is not worth taking into account. On this rule, it is only in regard to the twenty-three counties from which come three or more applications, that there is any trouble in making the apportionment; as the other counties, twenty-eight in number, present each one, or else only two applications. These twenty-eight counties exhaust forty-four of the appointments to be made, leaving forty-six for the twenty-three counties presenting a larger number of applications. From these twenty-three counties come eighty-six applications, from which we have to select forty-six, allotting them according to the rule of two to each county. Many of these applications are supported by a strong exertion of influence in their favor, whether through letters or the personal influence of members of the legislature or other persons visiting Albany. The Committee have thought it best to avoid all appearance even of any kind of favoritism in the selections to be made, and therefore adopted the following rules for their own guidance in making them : 1. Rotation, other things being equal; that is to say, when competing applications came from an academy which has already enjoyed the benefits of this appointment, and another which has not, their preference is to be given to the latter, provided the latter appears to present equal advantages in reference to the interests of the students to be instructed. 2. No academy to be appointed, which, having heretofore had the opportunity of this appointment, has failed to avail itself of it, by not giving instruction. 3. No academy to be appointed, which does not afford, in the number of students receiving Classical or higher English instruction, a reasonable evidence of strength and prosperity; and when two or more present claims about equal, the stronger to be selected in preference to the weaker. 4. Some regard to be paid to the geographical location; it being preferable to take two academies reasonably distant from each other within the county, rather than give both appointments to the same neighborhood. The following table exhibits the academies making application in the respective counties in question, together with the periods during which the benefit of the appointment has been already enjoyed by some of them, and their respective numbers of scholars receiving classical instruction according to the returns of the past year. Those now enjoying it are italicized. Those selected by the committee to be recommended for appointment, are marked with an asterisk (*). They are reported in this mode, in order to afford to the Board the greater facility for revising the action of the committee, and for making any alteration in the apportionment which the Board may think proper. |