Lord’s day and holiday throughout the year before all the students;
the Regents in Arts to give instruction in the liberal sciences, like
the Regents of the University of Paris; and the Canonist, Civilist,
and Mediciner to read in proper attire every reading-day, after the
manner observed in the Universities of Paris and Orleans; the Rector
or (if he be a member of the College) the Dean of the Faculty of Arts,
and the Official of Aberdeen, to visit the College once a year, and to
mark defects in the persons and property of the College, an account of
which shall be written by four persons, deputed for that effect, and
presented to the Chancellor, who, with their advice, shall administer
correction; a Procurator to be selected from the College by the
Principal, Canonist, Civilist, Sub-principal, Cantor, and Sacrist, and
to have for his pains, in addition to his stipend, five merks; eight
Prebendaries and four youths, accomplished in singing, to be in the
College, and to celebrate matins, vespers, and mass, in surplices and
black copes, in the presence of the members of the college; the first
of these Prebendaries to be called the Cantor, and the second the
Sacrist, each with a stipend of twenty merks; the other prebendaries
(from among whom the Chancellor must appoint one who is a proficient
on the organ) having sixteen merks, and each of the youths five merks.
17 September 1505.”
It is curious to mark how distinctly the traces of its French origin
have remained in the northern University. In addition to some instances
in the preceding article, it is worthy of notice that the Students, and
even the common people, are still familiar with such words as Bejant and
Magistrand.
Can our chubby friend there, who blushes as brightly as the fresh
scarlet gown in which he has gone forth to attract the gaze, more
spiteful than admiring, of the untogaed schoolfellows whom he has left
behind him, tell why he is called a Bejant?
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