Excerpt from The Congregational Year-Book, 1880: Issued, Under the Sanction of the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, by Its Publishing Committee

Course of Study - The first year is devoted chiefly to the Exegesis Of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures; the second year to Systematic Theology and Church History; the third year to Sacred Rhetoric, the History Of Christian Doctrine, and Church Polity. Additional lectures on Preaching and other important subjects are delivered before all the classes by eminent ministers and scholars in this country and Europe. There are also Optional classes conducted by the Professors, in New Testament Introduction, German, Syriac, and Chaldee. Once a week there is a rhetorical exercise for all the classes. Instruction in vocal culture and elocution is continued through the entire course. Sacred music is taught to those who desire it.

The Libraries of the University, to which the students have access, including the Reference Library of the Divinity School, contain nearly volumes.

The Hooker Fellowship, for the encouragement of further theological study in this country or abroad, the income of which is $700 a year for two years after graduation, is open to the class entering in 1880.

Expenses. - There is no charge for instruction, use of libraries, or room rent. The rooms, which will accommodate 150 students, are designed in general for only one occupant. Each room has a bedroom attached and is carpeted and furnished with all needful furniture except bedclothing. The chief expenses for the session are for board, an average Of a week, fuel and light, $25 to $30, and $10 a year for care of room and incidental expenses.

Scholarship Funds and other Aid. -students whose circumstances require it are aided to the amount of $5100 a year, from the income of scholarship funds. Additional aid to the amount of $75 to $100 is afforded by the American Educa tion Society to its beneficiaries.

Commencement of the Term. - The next annual term of study will begin on Thursday, Sept. 16, 1880, and continue till the third Thursday in May, when the vacation of four months, in which the students have the Opportunity to engage in some form of remunerative labor, will commence.

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