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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

FOR SCHOOL OF A N C I E N T LANGUAGES.

First Term.—Algebra, as above. Latin.—Cicero's Orations. Prose Composition. Greek. —Grammar and Keader. Second Term,—Algebra and Geometry, as above given. Latin,—iEneid. Prose Composition. Greek,—Anabasis. Prose Composition. Third Term,—Geometry completed. Latin,—Mneid. Prose Composition. Greek.—Anabasis. Prose Composition.

SOCIETIES.

The literary societies have from t h e opening of the University enjoyed its fostering care.

The ADELPHIC and

ALETHENAI

PHILOMATHEAN societies for men,

and

the

for women, occupy spacious halls, which the members have furnished and decorated with t a s t e and elegance. Meetings are held F r i d a y evenings t h r o u g h o u t term time, are well attended, and are maintained with unflagging interest. They furnish excellent drill in writing, speaking, and parliam e n t a r y methods.

The YOUNG M E N ' S and YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA-

NATIONAL H I S T O R Y , of CIVIL ENGINEERING, of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, of ARCHITECTURE, of AGRICULTURE, and of CHEMISTRY.

TIONS are active and useful. Special organizations unite the students of

REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION. ADMISSION.

E x a m i n a t i o n s of candidates for admission t o the University, or- t o a n y of its departments, are held a t the University itself, on the two days previous t o the opening of each term. Applicants must be a t least fifteen years of age, m u s t pass the required examinations, and m u s t pay the prescribed fees. No distinction is made in regard t o sex, nativity, color, or place of residence. Entrance m a y be made a t any time, provided the candidate is competent t o t a k e up the wTork of the classes then in progress; but it is very much better t o begin upon the first collegiate d a y in September, when a large number of the classes are organized, several of them t o continue during t h e year. Entrance, however, m a y usually be made satisfactorily a t the beginning of the winter and spring terms. Entrance Examinations.—The subjects upon which examinations for admission are held are as enumerated below: For the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering and Natural Science. Arithmetic; English Grammar; Geography; History of the United States: Algebra, including equations of the second degree and the calculus ol radical quantities; Geometry, plane and solid; Physiolgy; Botany; Natural Philosophy; Rhetoric and Composition.