. Catalogue . as Recess ends 2 Thursday Jan. 30-Fe b. 7,8, Semi-Annual Examinations February Second Half-Year begins Thursday February 11, Day of Prayer for Colleges Sunday February 22, Washingtons Birthday, a holiday Thursday March 27, Spring Recess begins Wednesday April 9, Spring Recess ends 2 Tuesday May 30, Memorial Day, a holiday Thursday June 10 -13, Senior Examinations June 14-21, Semi-Annual Examinations June 17 -22, Examinations for admission Monday to Saturday June 23, Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday June 24, Hyde Prize Orations Monday afternoon June 24, Kellogg Pri
. Catalogue . as Recess ends 2 Thursday Jan. 30-Fe b. 7,8, Semi-Annual Examinations February Second Half-Year begins Thursday February 11, Day of Prayer for Colleges Sunday February 22, Washingtons Birthday, a holiday Thursday March 27, Spring Recess begins Wednesday April 9, Spring Recess ends 2 Tuesday May 30, Memorial Day, a holiday Thursday June 10 -13, Senior Examinations June 14-21, Semi-Annual Examinations June 17 -22, Examinations for admission Monday to Saturday June 23, Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday June 24, Hyde Prize Orations Monday afternoon June 24, Kellogg Prize Declamations Monday evening June 25, (3ass Day Tuesday June 25, Presidents Reception Tuesday afternoon June 2G, Commencement Exercises Wednesday morning June 2G, Alumni Dinner Wednesday .afternoon Summer Vacation of Twelve Weeks September 13-18, Examinations for admission Friday to Wednesday September 19, Beginning of the College Year ThursdayDecember 20, Christmas Recess begins Friday. Organization A MHERST COLLEGE was opened September 19, 1821,when forty-seven students were admitted into the fourregular classes. Its charter, received February 21, 1825,confers upon the Corporation the right to perpetuate itself,together with the privileges usually granted to the trusteesof such institutions. It provides that the number of trus-tees shall never be greater than seventeen, seven of whomshall be clergymen and ten laymen, and that the five vacanciesfirst occurring shall thenceforth be filled by the joint ballotsof the Legislature of Massachusetts, in convocation of bothHouses. This provision was maintained for nearly fiftyyears, until the Legislature, by an Act passed, and approvedby the Governor April 28, 1874, conferred the power of fillingthese five vacancies upon the Alumni, by whom it is nowexercised in accordance with rules adopted by the Board ofTrustees in concurrence with the Society of the corporate name of the Institution is The Truste
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