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SECOND REPORT ,
OF THE VISITORS OF MAYNOOTH COLLEGE, /
1847.
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TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
May it please Your Majesty,
We, the undersigned Visitors of the College of Maynooth, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act passed in the session held in the eighth and ninth years of Yrour Majesty's reign, entitled, " An Act to amend two Acts passed in Ireland for the better Education of Persons professing the Roman Catholic Religion," &c.;
and also " An Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom for amending the said two Bills," held, on Tuesday the 22nd day of June, 1847, a Visitation of said College We, having assembled at 12 o'clock in the Professors' House, and arranged the order of inquiry, called in the Superiors and Professors apart from the students, and asked if they had any matter of importance connected with the College to submit for our consideration previous to our proceeding to the Public Hall.
No suggestion having been made, we repaired to the Great Hall of the College, where the Superiors, Professors, and students were assembled.
The Senior Dean called over from the list the names of the Superiors, Professors, and students.
It appeared that all the Superiors and Professors, 19 in number, were in attendance; and that of the students, 378 answered to their names, 4 were sick, and 138 had gone home on vacation, at the recommendation of Dr.
Corrigan; who, for precaution, recommended that the number of residents in the College should be reduced as much and as soon as possible after the termination of the academical year.
The President wTas asked whether he had any complaint to make, or any statement to offer to us.
He replied, that he had no complaint to make; that nothing had occurred in the College which called for any control, beyond the exercise of the ordinary authority; nothing more than a few occasional depar¬ tures from the strict discipline of the establishment, which may be expected to happen from time to time.
A similar inquiry was made of the Professors, afterwards of the students.
No complaint or statement was made in reply.
We then inquired whether the President, Vice-President, or any of the Superiors, Professors, or students, had anything to communicate on the subject of the sanatory state of the College.
The President stated, that there were, in the early part of the year, some cases of influenza in College, but that it did not prevail to any considerable extent; that it was not severe, and soon disappeared; and that there wTere no cases of fever.
We inquired whether the oath of allegiance had been taken by the students.
The President stated that it had been taken in the usual way at the quarter sessions hy all the students, except one or two, wTho were sick w7hen the sessions were held; and that they would, at the next opportunity afforded by the sitting of the ensuing quarter sessions, take the oath.
Inquiry wTas then made as to the accommodation of the students.
The President stated, that their accommodation had been somewhat improved; the number of rooms being the same as last year, and the number of students ha^ ing
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