Board of Directors to Hogan Ins. met on this 8th day of July 1884.
Present Rev. N. J. Crawford President
J. B. Markham Secretary
W. H. Marvil Treasurer
C. D. Markham
John N. Price & G. W. Mayes.
Vice president McNair absent
Rev. D. Hogan was called to the chair who explained the object of the meeting.
Res. No. 1.
Resolved that the Board accepts the teacher as tendered by the Woman's Board of C.P.C.
No. 2. Resolved that a committee consisting of two be appointed by the chair to seek information as to the no. of pupils that can be accommodated with Board in the neighborhood, and at what price including lights-washing &c. which shall be placed in the hands of Rev. D. Hogan, who is hereby requested to write and causes to be published in the papers of this Nation, and also in the papers of the Choctaw & Chickasaw Nations setting forth what he may deem of interest to the institution.
Res. No. 3
Resolved that the Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised to invest any money now in his hands or that may hereafter come into his hands for tuition to purchase seats and desks--until enough shall be had for at least thirty pupils.
Res. No. 4. Resolved that the tuition shall be free to any indigent or orphans coming under the constitutional provisions.
Res. No. 5. Whereas the Board is apprised of the many difficulties attending those who would reach permancy with an institution of learning any where, but especially those of her own surroundings. Resolved that we here & now fix our purpose to carry this enterprise thus, and by this method communicate the same to the W. B. of M. of the C.P.C and to the teacher who's salary is to be paid of said Board of Women returning our thanks to God and to one & all for the kind, helping hand tendered us in our struggling cause.

The Board of directors having commuted to their case and direction, by Cherokee Pres., the institution of learning under the style and title of Hogan institute do hereby ordain and establish this Constitution for the Government of the same.

Art. I Sec. 1. The institution shall be styled "Hogan Institute," in honor of Rev. David Hogan, who is the senior minister of Cherokee Presbytery.

Sect. 2. It shall be regarded as a church enterprise and under the care of Cherokee Presbytery who, through her board of directors, shall control and manage the institution, to the Honor of God in the education of the youth of such as shall come under its perview [sic.].

Sect. 3. The object shall be to disseminate a knowledge of Literature & Science & to impress the mind with the importance of an experimental knowledge of Jesus Christ as a Personal Savior.

Sect. 4. The income shall be closely husbanded, and any surplus accruing, after the current expenses are met, shall go into the hands of a Treasurer and can only be expended by order of the Board, subject to approval by Cherokee Presbytery.

Sec. 5. The fund thus acquired and placed in the hands of Treasurer, after current expenses are paid may be expended for the Education of any indigent orphan Cherokee, who does not live in reach of a public school, and who's guardian will consent for such orphan to become student in said School for a length of time not more than six years, nor less than three years at the discretion of the board of directors.

Sect. 6. All action, either in finances, or in the conduction of the School by Board of directors shall be subject to approval by Cherokee Pres.

Art. II
Sect. 1. The Board of directors shall have special reference to the moral training, and in no case, shall they feel authorised to employ one to teach who does not sanction the Gospel as taught by evangelical churches.

Sect. 2. Every teacher at the head of the school, shall conduct (or cause the same) chapel exercises before entering upon other duties of the day.

Art. III
Sect. 1. No pupil who will not promise to desist from open immoral conduct shall be admitted.

Sect. 2. Should any pupil after entering presist [sic.] in open immorality, he or she shall be dismissed provided, that proper time shall be allowed to bring about reform, in the use of proper means.

Sec. 3. Every pupil shall be held to strict compliance with the wishes and demands of the facility, and the demand of the teacher under who's immediate care such pupil may be.

Sec. 4. Every pupil presuming to debate, or in any way, either directly, or indirectly, express dissatisfaction with what may be required by the faculty, or a part thereof, during school hours, shall be censurable for 1st offense, but should such conduct be continued to the annoyance of the teachers, the offense shall be made known to the Board who's duty it shall be to rebuke, suspend or expell [sic.] as their judgment may dictate.

Sect. 5. Should a pupil feel aggrieved by the treatment of a teacher, he or she shall have the rights of appeal to the board, and the board shall take immediate action to right such agreviences, but should the board feel that there are no just grounds for complaint, by such pupil, they shall so publish in the school.

Sec. 6. A pupil suspended may be reinstated when a majority of the board shall consent.

Sec. 7. No pupil expelled shall be readmitted.

Art. IV
Sect. 1. The directing power to the school shall be denominated "Board of directors" and consist of any number not less than five nor more than seven.

Sect. 2. The Board of Directors shall be competent to its own perpetuation, by electing members to fill vacancies caused by death or otherwise.

Sect. 3. The Board shall have the right to increase or diminish her number as provided for in the preceding sect. but shall not transact business with a less number present than three.

Sect. 4. The Board of directors shall be the sole financial agents and shall elect one of their number as their treasurer.

Sect. 5. The Board shall have the right to adopt any lawful means for the creation of a fund from which to run the interest of the school.

Sect. 6. The Board shall have the exclusive right to sell scholarships, but may appoint one or more agents not of their number to aid in the same.

Sect. 7. It shall be the duty of the Board to see that the necessary furniture, books &c are kept and to supervise all repairs or other improvements about the institution and otherwise use due diligence to place the institution on a permanent basis and perpetuate its work as an auxilary [sic.] to the education & religious training of the future posterities of the Cherokee people.

Sect. 8. The Board shall have the right to appeal to individuals, to corporate bodies, or to the Cherokee National Council for aid to educate the indigent orphans of this Nation, when in their opinion such work ought to be done by this institution, and may, in conjunction with any fund thus obtained, use any fund not otherwise appropriated in their treasury for the maintenance and education of such orphan children.

Art. 5
Sect. 1. The rate of scholarship shall run as follows. It shall have as its base $2.00 per month. (The price of tuition per month in the intermediate department) 9 mos shall be a scholastic year and the scholarship for three years will be fifty-four dollars discounted 10 per cent. For six years it shall be discounted 12 1/2 per cent. For 9 years - 15 per cent off. For 12 years - 17 1/2 per cent off. So on to 21 years. From 21 years up to a life time scholarship-which is $500.00 five hundred dollars with 33 1/3 off.

Art. VI This constitution shall be subject to amendment by a majority vote of two thirds of the board,

N. J. Crawford, Pres.
F. McNair M.D. Vice Pres.
J. B. Markham Treasurer
C. D. Markham Sect.
G. W. Mayes Sr.
John R. Price
W. H. Marvel Sr.

Amendments.
Adopted June 1886
Art. I
Sect. 1. When as many as three of the Board shall agree to give council to any teacher touching the conduction of the school, said teacher or teachers shall act thereon, or subject themselves to expulsion from service, and the salary, will cease the day of such expulsion, provided a majority of the board shall so decide.

Resolution carrying these principles were adopted the 1st year of the school and I have only recorded the deductions from the resolutions. 1886.

Resolved that the Board of Directors to Hogan Institute assume it as a duty to give expression (and cause it to go on record as forming history of said institution) upon principal of interest, to all such enterprises--and of momentous interest when applied to educational topics and the surpression [sic.] of such expressions, has in our opinion, in many instances brought ruin to many worthy efforts.

Principal No. 1--No good citizen, parent, educator, or patron should ever speak of educational enterprises, or methods adopted for education, under the laws of the country, in the presence of the youth, unless he speaks approvingly.

Principal No. 2--The majority of patrons to schools, do not give sufficient care, and attention to school interest and hence are not well posted, either in the best methods of administering discipline, or of imparting knowledge.

Prin. No. 3--The dissatisfaction so common in all our schools are the out-growth of the facts found in Princ. 2.

Prin. 4. All directing powers, to schools, should regard it as imperative duty to obey the call of the presiding officer, when in his opinion a necessity shall arise for prompt investigation, as to whether or not grounds for dissatisfaction exist.

Prin. 5. If justifiable grounds exist for complaint, prompt action should be taken by such directing power to correct the cause, but should never be known to the pupils.

Prin. 6. After thorough investigation-if the fact is accertained [sic.] by a directing power that complaint and dissatisfaction is not justifiable-it becomes an imperative duty in which honor is involved, to disapprove of the complaint, regardless of personal friendships or reflections by the complainer.

Prin. 7. The imperative demand to educate, calls forth a hearty disapproval by a power of any complaint, touching idly our educational interest.

Prin. 8. No directing power to school interest should heed a complaint until it is submited [sic.] to the presiding officer, (or in his stead two members of the body over which he presides) in writing, asking for an investigation.

Princ. 10 [sic. 9] No Board directing the interest of a corporate body--such as a Presbytery, conference, or Synod having territorial limits, can be true to all interest involved, and look exclusively to a local interest within said territorial limits.

[Source: "Session Records of Locust Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Saline District. Cherokee Nation. Indian Territory. (Now Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma). January 2, 1887 to February 21, 1890, pages are not numbered, eight pages at beginning of book and five loose pages.]

Cherokee Nation--Missionaires, 3; total ministers, 5; licentiate, 1; congregations, 7; out stations, 5; numbe rof communicats, about 400; church property, Hogan Institute, a Church school well adapted for both Church and school purposes, can accommodate 100 pupils. The constitution for government is such as would meet with general approval. To the Woman's Board they are indebted for aid to the amount of $500. Value of property, $2,000; liabilities, $500; church property near Gibson station, $1,500; church at Choteau, used also for a National school, $700; liabilities, $200; other property, $550; total value of property, $4,750, with liabilities, $700.

[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1886, page 55]