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Things Seen in Holland
Theology, five; Science, six; Philosophy and Letters, six. Each University comprises these five Faculties. The Professors hold their chairs from the Sovereign, and the body of the Professors—the Senat—is presided over by a “Rector Magnificus,” appointed (also by the Sovereign) for the scholastic year from a list of three candidates presented by the Senat—this in the State Universities. The Burgomaster is at the head of the “college” of the town University, which contains two members appointed by the Town Council and two by the Sovereign.
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