Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1884 [PAGE 13]

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17 Each student is expected to have three distinct studies, affording three class exercises each day. On special request, the Faculty may allow les.s or more. No change in studies can be made after the beginning of a term, without permission of the Faculty. Due care will be taken to prevent, as far as possible, all abuse of the liberty of choice. Students failing to pass satisfactory examinations in their chosen studies, will not be permitted to remain and take other studies without a vote of the Faculty.

REQUIRED S T U D I E S .

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, Physical Geography, Anatomy and Physiology, Botany, Zoology, Geoiogy, 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 Statistics, History and Esthetics of Architecture, Estimates, Mining Engineering, Metallurgy, Analytical Mechanics, Geodesy, Principles of Mechanism, Hydraulics, Thermo-dynamics, 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, and Political Economy.

EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION.

Examinations of candidates for admission to the University, or any of its departments, are held at the University itself, the day 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 second-grade certificates for teachers in the public schools. 2. Algebra, including equations of second degree and the calculus of radical quantities; Geometry, plane 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 1 and 2 for candidates for the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering and Natural Science. 4. Physiology, Botany, Natural Philosophy, Latin Grammar and Reader. Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, and Latin Prose Composition, in addition to 1 and 2, for School of English and Modern Languages. 2