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Proposed Alterations in the Requirements for Admission.

A KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR A DEGREE.

2. Latin-The translation at sight of average passages from Cicero and Virgil.

3. Greek and Latin composition-To be based on prescribed passages of Greek and Latin authors.

4. German-Lessing, Schiller, Goethe and c. Translation at sight of modern German prose. Grammar and composition.

5. French-George Sand, LaFontaine, Moliere, and c. Translation at sight of modern French prose. Grammar and composition.

6. Mathematics-Logarithms, plane trigonometry, with its applications to surveying and navigation.

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7. Mathematics-Either the elements of analytic geometry or solid geometry; elementary mechanics.

8. Physical science-Physics, a course of at least 60 experiments, in addition to those of the elementary physics eight (two), selected from the same or similar laboratory manuals, and covering the same subjects, but demanding more skill and more knowledge of physical theories and laws.

9. Physical science-Chemistry, a course of at least 60 experiments in "general chemistry" actually performed at school by the pupils.

Any candidate for admission would be at liberty to make elections from the lists by following the grouping of subjects given in the following list of combinations.

(a) On all the elementary studies, and on at least two of the advanced studies.

(b) On all the elementary studies, with the exception of either German or French, and on at least three of the advanced studies.

(c) On all the elementary studies, with the exception of either Greek or Latin, and on at least four advanced studies, including and one of the three numbered 7, 8, and 9.

(d) On all the elementary studies, with the exception of either Greek and Latin and of either German or French, and on at least five advanced studies, including 6 and one of the three numbered 7, 8, and 9.

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