GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY of the Protestant Episcopal church in the "United States. This institution was founded in 1819 at New Haven, Conn., shortly afterwards removed to the city of New York, and chartered by the legislature in 1822. It is governed by a board of trustees, composed of all the bishops of the church ; one trustee from each diocese, and one additional for every eight clergymen in the same; one more additional for every $2,000 of money contributed, until the same amounts to $10,000, and then one more additional for every $10.000. The faculty con sists of a dean and such a number of professors as the trustees may from time to time determine. Any person who has been admitted as a candidate for holy orders, with full qualifications, according to the canons of the church, has the right of admission as a student. Others may be admitted ou producing satisfactory evidence of moral and religious character, of classical and scientific attainments, of attachment to the church, and in general of such traits and dispositions as indicate a fitness for the ministry. No
candidate is admitted without examination in the primary elements of the Hebrew lan guage, in the Greek grammar, and in the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles, in order to test his preparation for entering upon a theological course of study. Candidates are also examined upon the rules and principles of English composition, and required to present a specimen of their proficiency in that department. The course of study extends over a period of three years, and opens on the Wednesday preceding the first autumnal ember day. Students pay nothing for tuition or room-rent within the seminary build ings, but they are expected to furnish their own rooms. Twelve scholarships, of the annual value of $150, are awarded by the professors, and several prizes are open to annual competition. The seminary occupies two substantial stone buildings, 50 by 110 ft., in Oth avenue and 20th street.