King's College was founded A.D. 1441, by Henry the Sixth. It was at first only intended for a Rector and twelve Scholars; but the foundation was remodelled in 1443, so as to consist of a Provost, seventy Fellows and Scholars, and ten Conducts, together with choristers and inferior officers. The ten Conducts are now merged into one; and with this exception the constitution of the college remains the same as it was in the founder's time. About 1446, Eton College was founded for seventy Scholars who were to supply the vacant scholarships at King's as they occurred. This practice still continues; and every year an election is held at Eton at the end of July, when the candidates for the King's scholarships at Eton are elected, and the vacancies at King's College filled up from Eton. The electors are the Provost and two Fellows of King's, called Posers, on the part of Cambridge, and, on the part of Eton, the Provost, Vice-Provost, and Head Master of that foundation. Eton Scholars are superannuated at the election after passing their nineteenth year; if not then elected they lose the power of becoming members of King's College. The first three years at King's are called years of probation, at the end of which the Scholar, if approved, is admitted to a Fellowship. The elections in both cases are made by seniority, without any reference to the merits of the candidates, though there is the form of an examination at Eton at the time of election.