business pursuits of active life. Many of these pursuits require the best intellectual culture and discipline, and often demand an extensive acquaintance with the sciences. It is due to the public, that the superior facilities for instruction which our colleges afford, by their ample libraries, complete sets of apparatus, and permanent and experienced instructors, should be made available to a large number, and not be confined to the comparatively few who devote themselves only to literary or professional pursuits.

The degree of Bachelor of Arts will be conferred on those who complete in a satisfactory manner the entire course of studies embraced in the several departments. The study of Hebrew and of Modern Languages is allowed, at the option of the student, in place of certain other branches specified in the course of study for the several terms. It is not intended to diminish the amount of study required for this degree, or in any way to modify the character which it has sustained in our best American colleges.

It is desirable that candidates for this degree should be so advanced in each department that they may pursue all their studies with the same college-class. This, however, is not essential; and it should be remarked, that the position of each student is not specifically determined by the class in which his name appears in the catalogue, but by the record of his examinations.

The degree of Master of Arts may be conferred, in course, on every Bachelor of Arts, of three years' standing or more, who has been engaged since his graduation in some literary occupation, and has sustained a good moral character. It will, however, be conferred only upon those who apply to the College Registrar as early as the Monday preceding Commencement, advancing the usual fee. If the degree should not be conferred, the fee will be returned.

PRIZES.

The following prizes will be awarded during the present year : The Rich Prize, the gift of Mrs. Isaac Rich, will be awarded to that member of the Senior class who shall write and declaim in the best manner an English oration.

Each oration must contain not more than fifteen hundred words, and must be left with the Professor of Rhetoric before the Senior examination.

The Olin Rhetorical Prize, the gift of Mrs. Julia M. Olin, will be awarded to that member of the Senior class who shall excel in Engglish composition.

The Essays must be left with the Professor of Rhetoric before the close of the Fall Term.

The Parker Prize, the gift of Rev. John Parker, for excellence in elocution, will be awarded to the best speaker in the Junior and Sophomore classes.

The Calef Prize, the gift of Hon. Arthur B. Calef, will be awarded as a second prize for excellence in elocution; but, in the competition for it, selections of a dramatic character and from poetry will be excluded.

The Wise Prize, the gift of Rev. Daniel Wise, D.D., will be awarded to that student who shall excel in Moral Philosophy.

The Peirce Prize, the gift of Rev. Bradford K. Pierce, D.D., will be awarded to that student who shall excel in Natural Science. The Cutts Prize, the gift of Mrs. Oliver Cutts, will be awarded to that student who shall excel in Mental Philosophy.

The Miller Prize, the gift of Mrs. L. P. Miller, will be awarded to that member of the Junior class who shall excel in debate.

The North Prize, the gift of Charles C. North, Esq., will be awarded to that member of the Sophomore class who shall excel in Mathematics.

The Walsh Prize, the gift of Cornelius Walsh, Esq., will be awarded to that member of the Sophomore Class who shall excel in the Greek language.

The Phi Beta Kappa Prize will be awarded to that member of the Sophomore class who shall excel in the Latin language.

The Taylor Prize, the gift of Rev. George Lansing Taylor, will be awarded to that student, in either of the college classes, who shall write the best English Poem.

All the poems designed for this prize must be left with the Professor of Rhetoric before the Senior examination.

The Ayres Prize, the gift of Daniel Ayres, M.D., LL.D., will be awarded to that member of the Freshman class who shall be found, upon a special examination, to have attained the highest excellence in the studies preparatory to admission to college.

The several committees of award will withhold either of these Prizes, if, in their judgment, no one of the exercises presented in competition for it possesses the requisite merit.

The prizes were awarded last year as follows:
The Rich Prize, to JOSEPH DAME WEEKS.

The Olin Prize, to CALEB THOMAS WINCHESTER.

The Wise Prize was divided between JOHN EDWARD ABbott, HENRY SMITH CARHART, and CALEB THOMAS WINCHester. The Peirce Prize, to JOSEPH DAME WEEKS. The Parker Prize, to GEORGE INGRAHAM. The Calef Prize, to JOHN HUNTER MILLER. The Cutts Prize, to LEON CHESTER FIELD. The Miller Prize, to LEON CHESTER FIEld.

The Prize to be given to that member of the Freshman class who should excel in declamation was awarded to EDWIN ALONZO BLAKE.

The North Prize, to EDGAR MONCENA SMITH.

The Walsh Prize, to THEODORE E. HANCOCK.

The Phi Beta Kappa Prize, to THEODORE E. HANCOCK.

The Ayres Prize, for the present year, has been awarded to OsMON CLEANDER BAKER FOOTE.

The subject for the Olin Prize the present year is, "The Legal and Social Disabilities of Women."

EXPENSES.

The annual charges in the Treasurer's bill to those having scholarships are:

For Room Rent, from $10.50 to $15.00, average.

Use of Library and Reading-room
General Repairs and Incidental Expenses

$12.75 6.00

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$30.75

The charge for instruction for those not having scholarships $33.00

Board may be obtained in private families at about $4.50 a week. By the formation of clubs, the price is often reduced considerably lower.

A student who is absent from College on leave on account of sickness or for other cause, and still retains his place in his class, pays the full college-bills during such absence.

Students provide for themselves beds and bedding, furniture for their rooms, fuel, lights, books, &c.

The occupants of each room are made strictly accountable for any damages done to their room.

The rooms in the college-buildings are secured to students during term-time only, and must all be vacated at the close of the third

term.

During the summer vacation, they will be put in order, and the expense charged to the occupants.

Students are permitted to take lodgings in town; but if, in consequence of this, any of the rooms in college are left vacant, the rent of such rooms will be charged to those who room in town. No student, however, is allowed to board or room at any hotel, or house of public entertainment, in the city.

Pocket-money, society-fees, &c., will vary according to the habits. and circumstances of the student. Parents and guardians are earnestly advised that young men at college have very little need of pocket-money; and that, in general, it would be much the safest for the student, cheapest for the parent or guardian, and altogether best for the University, to commit the funds of the students to the President or one of the Professors, who will attend to their wants, and discharge their bills.

PAYMENTS.

The college-bills are payable at the commencement of each term, and must be regularly paid, or satisfactorily secured for each term, before the student can be admitted to the instruction of the following term.

All certificates granting the privileges of scholarships must be presented within one week from the commencement of the term.

No student can be received for less than one term; and all will be held responsible for their college-bills, whether present or absent, until regularly discharged from the University.

No student can have an honorable dismission, or a certificate of his progress in his collegiate studies, until his bills are paid or secured; and, if a student be absent two terms without a satisfactory adjustment of his bills, he will be dismissed, and his name will be so published in the next catalogue.

The safest way of making remittances from a distance will be in drafts, payable to order in New York or Boston.

READING-ROOM.

The Reading Room, established by the college for the use of officers and students, contains an ample selection of newspapers, magazines, and reviews.

GYMNASIUM.

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The Gymnasium is designed to provide all the students, subject to certain rules and conditions, with opportunities for exercise. is furnished with ample and complete apparatus, both heavy and light, for gymnastic purposes.

LIBRARY AND APPARATUS.

The Library contains about 18,000 volumes.

The Library Fund amounts to $27,603.63, the income of which is devoted to the increase and improvement of the Library.

The Philosophical Apparatus is ample, in the various departments of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics, Acoustics, Electricity, Magnetism, &c.

The Astronomical Apparatus includes a refracting telescope of twelve-inch aperture, equatorially mounted, made by Alvin Clark, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass:; a transit circle by Troughton & Simms, adapted to extra meridian observations, with azimuth and vertical circles of eighteen and twenty inches in diameter respectively, and graduated on silver to five minutes, with micrometer microscopes reading to seconds; an astronomical clock by Molyneux & Son, with mercurial compensation pendulum; repeating circle, sextant, &c.

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