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RHETORICAL EXERCISES. - Themes and Forensics. Exercises in Criticism of Standard Authors. Lectures on the English Language.

In place of the Mathematics of the third year, other studies, equivalent in amount, of the college course, or Theological studies, may be substituted. Rhetoric and Practical Chemistry are elective studies.

RHETORICAL EXERCISES. sics during the year.

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SELECT COURSE.

Those students who do not desire to complete either of the regular courses of study may take a Select Course, and recite in such college classes as their qualifications will permit. They will thus have opportunity to pursue an extended English course of study in connection with Hebrew or the modern languages.

They will be expected to attend such general exercises as may be assigned them, and to be subject to all the general rules of the University.

Opportunity will be given for the study of Theology, and the Greek Testament and Biblical Exegesis, either in addition to the College Course, or subsequent to its completion. Students who pursue the full course, including Hebrew, can, with comparatively little extra labor, complete an extended theological course.

EXAMINATIONS.

There will be Term Examinations of all the classes, at the close of the first and second terms, before the Faculty; and an Annual Examination of all the classes, during the third term, in all the studies of the year, before the Faculty, and a Committee appointed by the Prudential Committee.

Absentees from the Annual Examinations will be examined on the omitted studies before the Committee of the following year. Students having leave of absence to teach, or for any other purpose, will be expected to attend the regular examinations at the close of the terms, or such special examinations as may be appointed.

DEGREES.

The degrees of Bachelor of Science and English Literature, of Bachelor of Arts, and of Master of Arts, are the regular degrees conferred by the University.

The degree first named is designed for those who have in view the 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 English composition.

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

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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. Peirce, 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.