Later, the college was charged with treason by the Privy Council and it was closed down. Through many painful experiences the school finally devised a pledge which the students must sign upon their matriculation into the university.
最後鬧得樞密院（The Privy Council）出面，以叛逆之名關閉學校，驅逐布朗。經過這個慘痛經驗，學校於是擬定「盟約」，讓學生在入學時，具結努力向學、一生不使校方蒙羞。