leemosynary corporation....

"As I have perfect confidence in the integrity and ability of my two
esteemed friends, John J. Dixwell and Francis B. Hayes, both of
Boston, aforesaid, and as I know their capacity to perform what I
desire they should do under this proviso of my will, I constitute and
appoint them to be the first Board of Visitors."

The committee appointed to draw up the plan for the organization of
the school consisted of Rev. Dr. Nathan Lord, Hon. Joel Parker, and
Edmund Parker, Esq.

No special meeting of the Trustees was called, as had been
contemplated, and the committee made their report at the regular
meeting, July 26, 1852, and on the next day the following statutes
were adopted:

"Article I. In accordance with the will of the late Abiel Chandler,
Esq., "the Trustees of Dartmouth College by this and the following
statutes, constitute and organize a school of instruction in
connection with the college and as a department thereof, and the said
school is denominated 'The Chandler School of Science and the Arts.'

"Article II. The school shall consist of two departments, Junior and
Senior. These departments shall be conducted respectively by such
officers and according to such rules and regulations as the Trustees
shall from time to time appoint and ordain, with the advice and
approval of the Board of Visitors, and in subjection always to the
will of the Founder.

"Article III. In the Junior department of the school, instruction
shall be given in the English language, in Arithmetic and Algebra, in
Book-keeping, Physical Geography, Linear Drawing, Geometry,
Physiology, Botany, Graphics and use of Instruments, and in such other
elementary studies as may be necessary to qualify students for the
Senior department.

"Article IV. The Senior department shall comprise the branches of
Mechanics and Civil Engineering, the Invention and Manufacture of
Machinery, Carpentry, Masonry, Architecture and Drawing; the
Investigation of the Properties and Uses of the Materials employed in
the Arts, the Modern Languages and English Literature, together with
Book-keeping and such other branches of knowledge as may best qualify
young persons for the duties and employments of active life, according
to the will and injunction of the Founder.

"Article VII. The term of study in the Junior department shall be one
year, and in the Senior department two years.

"Article VIII. All students who shall have been admitted to