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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

COLLEGE O F L I T E R A T U R E AND SCIENCE.

SCHOOLS.

ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES, ANCIENT LANGUAGES.

FACULTY A N D INSTRUCTORS.

SELIM H. PEABODY, P H . D., LL. D., EEGENT. EDWARD SNYDER, M. A., Dean.; Modern Languages. THOMAS J. BURRILL, P H . D., Botany. SAMUEL W. SHATTUCK, C. E., Mathematics. JAMES D. CRAWFORD, M. A., History and Ancient Languages. STEPHEN A. FORBES, P H . D., JAMES H. BROWNLEE, M. A., NATHANIAL BUTLER, J R . ,

PETER KOOS, Industrial Art.

CHARLES W. ROLFE. M. S., Geology.

Zoology and Entomology. Khetoric and Oratory. A., Latin. Chemistry.

CURTIS B. HOPPIN, LT. U. S. A., Military Science.

M. A., English Language and Literature.

S. ROBERTSON WINCHELL, M. ARTHUR W. PALMER, SC. D.,

EANNY M. RYAN, Modern Languages.

ADMISSION.

Candidates for t h e School of English a n d Modern L a n g u a g e s will be examined in algebra, geometry, n a t u r a l philosophy, physiology a n d b o t a n y , a n d L a t i n b u t n o t Greek. Candidates for t h e School of Ancient L a n g u a g e s will be examined in Greek, b u t n o t in B o t a n y , Physiology or N a t u r a l Philosophy. Students desiring t o enter t h e College of L i t e r a t u r e a n d Science m u s t pass t h e examinations in p r e p a r a t o r y L a t i n before they can be matriculated.

OBJECT O F THE SCHOOLS.

The object of t h e schools in this college is t o furnish a sound a n d liberal education t o fit students for t h e general duties of life, a n d especially t o prepare them for those business pursuits which require a large measure of literary a n d scientific knowl-