This guiding document outlined elements the founders believed would build an enduring legacy for the University: a commitment to offering a rigorous academic program and an ambition to provide "opportunities for all departments of higher education to persons of both sexes on equal terms."
Waraka huu elekezi uliainisha vipengele ambavyo waanzilishi waliamini kuwa vitajenga urithi wa kudumu kwa Chuo Kikuu: kujitolea kutoa programu kali ya kitaaluma na nia ya kutoa "fursa kwa idara zote za elimu ya juu kwa watu wa jinsia zote kwa masharti sawa."