Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 232]

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ADMISSION.

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The text books mentioned in course of study for the preparatory classes page 233, may be taken as an indication of the requirements in these studies. Any real equivalents for the books named are accepted. For the School of English and Modern Languages, the same as the above, except the Rhetoric and Composition and with the addition of the following Latin: Four books of Caesar's Commentaries, six orations of Cicero, six books of YergiPs JEneid, with scansion of hexameter verse and the translation of English sentences into Latin prose, based on the portions of Caesar and Cicero named above. This will necessitate a thorough knowledge of the etymology and syntax of Latin grammar. Harkness's or Allen and Greenough's grammar and Winchell's (Bingham's) Latin Prose Composition are recommended. Real equivalents for any of the above mentioned works will be accepted. The Roman method of pronunciation is recommended. For the School of Ancient Languages the same as the first list, except the ommission of Rhetoric and Composition, Physiology, Botany, and Natural Philosophy, and with the addition of the Latin described and Greek as follows: Greek Grammar (Goodwin's or Hadley's), Greek Prose Composition (Jones's), and four books of Xenophon's Anabasis. Writing Greek with the accents will be required. The so-called Continental sounds of the vowels and diphthongs and pronunciation according to accent are recommended. County Superintendents' Certificates.—To prevent loss t o those who are n o t prepared t o enter the University, b u t might come, hoping t o pass the examinations for admission, the following arrangement has been made: County superintendents of schools will be furnished with questions and instructions for the examination of candidates in the four common branches, Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar, and H i s t o r y of t h e United S t a t e s ; applicants who pass creditably will, when they present the superintendent's certificate t o t h a t effect, be admitted t o the classes of the preliminary year. Persons who hold teacher's certificates from the county superintendents will be admitted t o the preliminary class without further examination. Honorary Scholarships.—Provision h a s been made for one h o n o r a r y scholarship for each county in the s t a t e . The holder of the scholarship m a y a t t e n d the University for four years, under proper regulations, free of charge for tuition or incidental expenses. The t o t a l value of this scholarship is $90. Several of these scholarships are already occupied. The vacancies in other counties will be filled as follows: E x a m i n a t i o n s are t o be held in the several counties, under the supervision of the county superintendents thereof, on the first F r i d a y and S a t u r d a y of June, a t such places as the superintendents may select. Candidates for the examination must be approved by the superintendents in the common English branches. Questions will be furnished from the University, and the answers, in writing, will be sent t o the University for judg-