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16 Wednesday. May 30th. 1804. The society convened, the members were called and the journals of the last evening were read. Absentees, see, p. 6th After which, Messrs. Birge and Hurlbut, members of the sophomore class were admitted into the society. Mr. Harris, also member of the junior class was admitted. It was motioned and carried that the reading of Br. Phelps' dissentation should be postponed till the the next meeting. Brs. M. Cook and D. C. Hopkins composuists for the next evening. Brs Bell, Cook, Hopkins and Huggins are Disputants for the next evening. Question for Disputation. Ought the emigration of Foreigners into the U.S.A. be encouraged by our government? Attest. Calvin Noble Scribe
Wednesday June 6th. 1804. The society convened, members were called, and the proceedings of the last evening read. Absentees, P. 17th Br D. C. Hopkins according to appointment read composition. The question for Disputation "Ought the emigration of Foreigners to be encouraged by our government" was discussed by Brs Bell, D. C. Hopkins and Huggins and derived in the negative. Nays 12, yeas 10
| Yeas. | Nays |
|---|---|
| Hopkins | Bell |
| Huggins | Cooley |
| Whorter | Davis |
| Storrs | Gray |
| Bingham | Hall |
| Noble | Lawton |
| Leeland | Andrews |
| Martindale | Conkling |
| Hale | Kipp |
| Hurlbut | Harris |
| Birge |
17 [right corner] The following is a journal of the absentees, disputants and composuists for the quarter commencing May 30th 1804. H.B. This mark x represents composuists and this x disputants.
| [Names of the Members] | May 30th P 16. | June 6th P 16. | June 18 P.18. | June 20th P 18 | June 27th. P 20 | July 4th. P 21 | July 12 P 21 | July 12. P 21 | July 19 P 22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jona Bell | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Milo Cook | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Thos. E. Hale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Dan. C. Hopkins | 1 | 1 | x | |||||||||
| Tho. D. Huggins | + | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ira Manley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Math. Phelps Jur. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Wm D. Smith | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| David H. Whorter | x | + | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Juba Storrs | x1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| James B. Gipson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Amos Bingham | x | + | 1 | + | ||||||||
| L. P. Blodget | 1 | x1 | + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wm H. Cooley x | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joel Davis | 1 | x | + | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | |||||
| Jess Gove | x | + | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | + | 1 | ||||
| Daniel Gray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Daniel Hall | x | 1 | + | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Timothy Harris | 1 | x | 1 | + | 1 | |||||||
| Jos. D. Learned | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | + | |||||
| John Lawton | 1 | x | 1 | + | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Calvin Noble | x | + | x | |||||||||
| Justis Post | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Salem Town | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | |||||||
| Wm Andrews | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | + | x | ||||||
| Chaney Cook | 1 | x | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Caleb Birge | x | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Eli Eddy [Clark?] | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| S. G. Conkling | x | + | 1 | x | ||||||||
| Daniel Hunter | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | + | 1 | ||||||
| Luther Leeland | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Oliver Hurlbut | 1 | x | 1 | 1 | x | |||||||
| Stephen Martindale | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lyman Kipp | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Mills Purdy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Wm Slade Junr | 1 | x | 1 | x | ||||||||
| Ashel Clark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 |
18 June 13th. 1804. The society assembled, members were called and the journals of the last evening were read. Absentees. see p. 17th. The Judicial Commitee made report. Br Phelps was excused from reading a dissertation. Brs M. Cook, Huggins and Gray were excused for the evening. The question, "would it be politic to establish a work house in Vermont" was discussed and decided in the affirmative. Brs Bingham and Blarget were appointed Composuists for the next evening. Brs Cooley, Davis, Gove and Hall appointed Disputants. Question for disputation, "Could the time which is spent in studying the Languages, during a collegiate education be better employed in english studies? The propriety of Br Grays excuse being doubted, it was voted that it be referred to Judicial Committee. Attest. Calvin Noble. Scribe Wednesday June 20th. 1804. The society convened, members were called, and the Journals of the last evening were read. Absentees. see p 17. The Judicial Committee made report. Brs Bell, M. Whorter, Gray and Leeland were excused for the evening. Br Bingham read composition. The question for disputation "Could the time which is spent in studying the languages during a collegiate education be better employed in english studies? was discussed and decided in the affirmative. yeas 11. Nays 10
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| Yeas. | Nays. |
|---|---|
| Phelps | Hopkins |
| Storrs | Bingham |
| Gove | Davis |
| Hall | Lawton |
| Harris | Noble |
| Learned | Cook |
| Town | Hunter |
| Eddy | Hurlbut |
| Conklin | Martindale |
| Kipp | Pur[d]y |
| Clark | |
| 11 | 10 |
Tuesday. June. 26th. 1804. The society met according to adjournment for the purpose of adopting the new constitution, which being taken up article by article, was adopted by the unanimous voice of the society, after which Brs Gove, Birge and Hopkins were appointed to form a code of laws for the society. Attest. Calvin Noble. Scribe
20 Wednesday June 27th 1804. The society convened, members were called, and the journals of the two las[t] meetings were read. Absentees see p 17 The Judicial Committee made report. Br. Davis was excused from reading composition. Brs Hopkins and Blodget were excused for the evening. Br Hale read a dissertation. Brs Phelps and Cooley were honorably dismissed from this society. The question for discussion "ought Ministers of the gospel to be supported by taxation." was discussed and decided in the affirmative. Yeas 18. Nays 5.
