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REQUIRED STUDIES.

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permitted to remain and take other studies without a vote of the Faculty.

REQUIRED STUDIES.

To secure the diffusion of the sciences relating to the great industries, the State Legislature, in 1873, prescribed that each student should be taught some of those sciences. The Trustees accordingly require that each student shall take, each term, one study at least from the following list: Physics, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Physiography, Anatomy and Physiology, Botany, Zoology, Geology, Entomology * Drawing and Designing, Mathematics, Surveying, Elements of Agriculture and Horticulture, Vegetable Physiology, Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Engineering and Architecture, Animal Husbandry, Rural Economy, Landscape' Gardening, History of Agriculture, Veterinary Science ; Architectural Drawing and Designing, Elements of Construction, Graphical Statics, History and Esthetics of Architecture, Estimates, Mining Engineering, Metallurgy, Analytical Mechanics, Geodesy, Principles of Mechanism, Hydraulics, Thermodynamics, Strength of Materials, Prime Movers, Mill Work, Machine Drawing, Roads and Railroads, Construction and use of Machinery, Modeling and Patterns, Bridges, Stone Work, Astronomy ; Military Science, Political Economy, Logic, and Mental Science.

EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION.

Examinations of candidates for admission to the University, or any of its departments, are held at the University itself, on the two days previous to the opening of each term. These examinations embrace the following studies : 1. English Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography, and History of the United States, for all the Colleges. These examinations are as thorough as those required for secondgrade certificates for teachers in the public schools. 2. Algebra, including equations of second degree and the calculus of radical qualities ; Geometry, plain and solid. These are required also for all the Colleges. 3. Physiology, Botany, Natural Philosophy, English Rhetoric and Composition. These are required, in addition to the subjects specified in 1 and 2, for candidates for the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, and Natural Science.

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