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materially changed during the whole of the seven- teenth century *'* " Every morning a portion of the Old Testament was read out of Hebrew into Greek, and every afternoon a portion of the New Testament out of English into Greek. " To obtain the degree of A. B., a student was required to give proof of his ability " to read the original of the Old and New Testament into the Latin tongues, and resolve them logically, ''f In 1721 a Professorship of Divinity was endowed by Thomas Hollis, of London. Its design was stated in the folloAving language: ''I order and appoint a professor of Divinity to read lectures in the hall of the college unto the students," The ordinances assented to and established by the corporation and Hollis, provide that the Professor shall give a course of lectures on systematic and controversial theology, every year — giving so many lectures weekly as may be neces- sary to complete the course in that time. In addition to this he was required to ' 'lecture twice a week in the hall, on Church History, Jewish Antiquities, Cases of Conscience, or critical exposi- tion of the Scripture, as he shall judge proper. "J *Vol. 1, pp. 190, 192. tDo. p. 571. iVoJ, 1, pp. .i;H5, 53(5. 110 A Busy Life.

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