A commencement for the year 1764 was in preparation, but at the meeting of 13 March, Dr. Peters
acquaints the Trustees that he had received a letter from Dr Smith wherein he desired that the time of the ensuing Commencement might be left open till his arrival, as it would then be necessary to make a publick mention of the generous donations made to the Academy and other distinguishing marks of respect shewed the Institution in the course of his present appli- cations; and agreeable to his request it was Resolved that no time should be fixed for the Commencement, but that the Candidates should be exam- ined by such of the Trustees as would attend on the 28th of this month, and if they should be found well qualified that they then should be exam- ined in publick on the 6th of April, of which last examination, notice is to be inserted in the Gazette as usual.[1]
But the Provost's departure from England was delayed, with the result that no order was taken for the annual commence- ment ; and we have no means of knowing who were the suc- cessful candidates in 1764 who took their degrees at the commencement of 1765.
- ↑ The Penna. Gazette, 5 April, 1764.
