w in wit, y as French u or German #, x as ks, z as ds, r always trilled, ch, ph, and th as c, p, and t with the aspiration following, as in haphazard and boathook; other consonants as in English.

It is urged that candidates shall be well drilled in the observation of quantity in oral reading, especially in Vergil and Ovid.

GREEK.-Candidates are examined in either of the following courses according to their option:

I. Four books of Xenophon's Anabasis; three books of Homer's Iliad; Hadley-Allen's or Goodwin's Greek Grammar; simple sentences in Prose Composition.

Candidates in Course I. may substitute the translation of a prose passage at sight as the equivalent of one of the passages set for the examination in the Anabasis. It is very desirable that all candidates shall have had training in translation at sight.

II. Translation at sight of average passages from Xenophon and from the Iliad (the candidate being supplied with a vocabulary of the less usual words). Prose Composition and Grammar as in Course I.

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.-History of Rome to the death of Marcus Aurelius; History of Greece to the capture of Corinth; Ancient Geography. The amount of historical knowledge required for this examination may be obtained from the following books:-Cox's or Smith's Smaller History of Greece; Leighton's History of Rome, or Allen's Short History of the Roman People. Tozer's Primer of Ancient Geography is recommended as the basis for instruction in Ancient Geography, and familiarity with map-drawing is especially

desirable.

MATHEMATICS.—I.

Arithmetic, including the Metric System of Weights and Measures. 2. Algebra, through Progressions, including the use of the Binomial Formula for positive integral exponents,so much, for example, as is contained in Wentworth's Elements of Algebra, or in the first seven books of Newcomb's Algebra for Colleges. 3. Plane Geometry,-the first five books of Chauvenet's Geometry, or their equivalent.

ENGLISH.-I. Each candidate will be required to write a short English essay upon a subject announced at the time of the examination. This essay will be expected to show a general familiarity with the works mentioned below, and will be examined with especial attention to accuracy of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. In 1890, the subject of this essay will be taken from one of the following works, candidates being required, however, to be prepared on all of

them:--Shakspere's Julius Cæsar and Midsummer Night's Dream, Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, Longfellow's Evangeline, Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive, Thackeray's English Humorists, Webster's first Bunker Hill Oration, Scott's Quentin Durward, George Eliot's Silas Marner, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables.

In 1891, it will be taken from the following:-Shakspere's Julius Cæsar and Merchant of Venice, Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, Longfellow's Evangeline, Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive, Webster's first Bunker Hill Oration, Irving's Alhambra, Scott's Old Mortality, George Eliot's Silas Marner, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables.

In 1892, it will be taken from the following:-Shakspere's Julius Cæsar and As You Like It, Scott's Marmion, Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish, Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, Macaulay's second Essay on the Earl of Chatham, Webster's first Bunker Hill Oration, Irving's Alhambra, Scott's Talisman, George Eliot's Scenes from Clerical Life, Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables.

In 1893, it will be taken from the following:-Shakspere's Julius Cæsar and Twelfth Night, Scott's Marmion, Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish, Addison's Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, Macaulay's second Essay on the Earl of Chatham, Emerson's American Scholar, Irving's Sketch Book, Scott's Ivanhoe, Dickens' David Copperfield. 2. Each candidate will be required to criticise specimens of English given him at the time of the examination.

Two hours will be allowed for the entire examination in English. It is recommended that teachers of Greek and Latin in preparatory schools insist upon the use of simple and idiomatic English in translation.

LATIN-SCIENTIFIC COURSE. Candidates for the LatinScientific Course will be examined in all of the above subjects except Greek. Especial attention is called to the fact that Greek History and Geography are required. They will also be examined in French or German as each candidate may elect. Such a knowledge of the language chosen will be required as will enable the candidate to read easy passages at sight.

SCIENTIFIC COURSE.-Candidates for the Scientific Course will be examined in the following books and subjects:

MATHEMATICS.-Same requirements as for the Classical Course, with the addition of the following subjects:-1. Algebra-Permutations and Combinations, the Binomial Theorem for negative and fractional exponents, Continued Fractions, the Doctrine of Limits, the Nature

of Series, Indeterminate Coefficients, Fundamental Properties of Logarithms, Fundamental Properties of Equations. 2. Solid and Spherical Geometry. 3. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with the use of Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables.

ENGLISH.-Same requirements as for the Classical Course.

FRENCH OR GERMAN.-Same requirements as for the Latin-Scientific Course.

SPECIAL COURSES. — Special Students, not candidates for a degree, may be admitted, upon passing such examination as the Faculty shall in each case prescribe.

No one can be admitted to the Freshman Class under the age of fifteen years, or to an advanced standing without a corresponding increase of age.

All candidates for advanced standing are examined in the preparatory studies, and also in those previously pursued by the classes they propose to enter, or in other studies equivalent to them. No candidate can be admitted later than at the beginning of the Senior year. A student who has accomplished half or more of the preparatory course, may be examined on that part, and receive credit therefor. In such a case, he will be examined, in any subsequent year in which he may present himself, only on those studies on which he has not already passed. But no credit will be given unless the candidate is able to pass on at least half of the preparatory course.

The regular examination for admisssion is held on the Thursday and Friday of Commencement Week. All candidates must be present at 9 A. M. on the former day. A second examination is held, commencing on the day preceding the first day of the Fall Term.

Candidates may be examined in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, or Chicago, provided they make application to the President before June Ist. The time of these examinations will be Thursday and Friday of Commencement Week. But, if no applications are received before June 1st, these examinations will not be held.

Ladies are admitted to equal privileges in the University with gentlemen.

All candidates for admission must present satisfactory testimonials of good moral character; and certificates of regular dismission will be required from those who have been members of other colleges.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

LATIN.

PROFESSOR MERRILL; MR. HARRINGTON.

I. Livy,-Books 21 and 22, with parallel readings from Polybius in translation. Three hours a week during the first half-year.

Horace,-Epodes, Satires, Odes, and Epistles. Four hours a week during the second half-year.

Exercises in Sight Translation and Prose Composition throughout the year.

Course I. is required of Classical and Latin-Scientific Freshmen. In connection with Course I. a brief course in Roman History (V. History) is required. This course is under the supervision of Professor Wilson, but the immediate instruction is given by Mr. Harrington. II. Plautus,-Trinummus; Terence,-Andria; Cicero,-Selected Letters; Tacitus,-Agricola and Germania. Five hours a fortnight. Course II. is required of Classical Sophomores, and elective for Latin-Scientific Sophomores.

III. Livy,-Book 5; Sallust,-Catilinarian Conspiracy and Jugurthine War; Vergil,-Aeneid, Books 7-12; Exercises in Prose Composition. Five hours a fortnight.

The especial object of Course III. is to give instruction and practice in the rapid reading and precise and sympathetic understanding of Latin. To this end there is systematic drill in tracing the development of thought as indicated by the Latin order of words, and in understanding the language at sight and hearing without translation. The exercises in composition are conducted in harmony with this purpose.

Course III. is elective for those who have taken Course I. and who also take, or have taken, Course II.

Prospective candidates for the special honor in Latin at graduation should elect Course III. in the Sophomore year, and all others who

intend to pursue any of the higher elective courses in Latin are advised to do the same.

IV. Pliny the Younger, -Selected Letters; Tacitus, - Annals, Books 1 and 4; Tibullus,-Selected Elegies; Private readings. Five hours a fortnight.

Course IV. is omitted the present year.

V. Catullus; Tacitus,-Histories, Books 1-3; Ovid,-Selections; Private readings. Five hours a fortnight.

VI. Lucretius, -Books 1, 2, and 5; Cæsar,-Civil War; Propertius,-Selected Elegies; Private readings. Five hours a fortnight. Courses IV., V., and VI. are elective for those who have taken Courses I., II., and III.

Course IV. will be given, and Courses V. and VI. will be omitted, next year.

VII. Latin Seminary. To this course of instruction and practice in methods of advanced work are admitted candidates for special honors in Latin at graduation who have already taken at least four courses in Latin, and other applicants who may be especially qualified. Semi-weekly meetings are held, lasting about two hours each, and for undergraduate members the course is counted as a half-study in making up the quota of elective studies. The subject for the first half of the next year will be a critical study of certain of the writings of Catullus, and for the second half the interpretation of selected Latin inscriptions. For the following year the subjects will be changed.

VIII. During the second half-year the Professor in charge will conduct a series of about eight conferences of an hour each on the History and Methods of Classical Study and Teaching. These conferences will be open, on application to the leader, to all persons interested, but are designed especially for those students in the advanced courses who are intending to teach Latin.

For the successful prosecution of Courses IV.-VI., a reading knowledge of easy German prose is especially desirable, and for Course VII. it is necessary. All Freshmen therefore who look forward to the study of Latin beyond the required courses, and have on admission to college no acquaintance with German, should elect German instead of French in the Freshman year.

I.

GREEK.

PROFESSOR VAN BENSCHOTEN; MR. TAYLOR.

Herodotus.

Special attention to Morphology and Etymology; Greek History. Four hours a week during the first term.