Back to Oxford a Search for the Essentials of Methodism
Back to Oxford a Search for the Essentials of Methodism
James Henry Potts
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5. Recreation, dinner at one, then recrea- tion until three. 6. Study from three until six. 7. Supper at six. 140 Back to Oxford 8. Prayers at seven. 9. Recreation until nine, then to bed. 10. Recreation to consist of walking, riding, bathing, gardening, and various mechanical trades. 11. No bathing in the river. 12. Only one minute in the bathtub. 13. No worldly playing. 14. Idleness to be punished by confine- ment. 15. Open sin to be reproved in private for first offense, in public for second..., punished for the third, and if incorrigible, expelled. In 1789, a gracious revival occurred among the students, showing its wholesome spiritual atmosphere. In 1795 the college burned down, causing a loss of ten thousand dollars a large amount for those days, representing the gifts of many poor people. A new enterprise was at once inaugurated at Baltimore, but in one year fire put an end to that. The formation of academies next began. Higher Education 141 One was started in Baltimore in 1817, another in New York, and another in New Hamp- shire.
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