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Miscellany.

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8. The Masters' degrees, M. S., M. L., and M. A., and the equivalent degrees of C. E., M. E., &c, will be only given to those who have pursued and passed examinations on a year of prescribed post-graduate studies, and presented an accepted Thesis, or after a term of successful practice with a Thesis.

EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION.

To prevent loss to those who are not prepared to enter the University, btit might come, hoping to pass the examinations for admission, the following arrangement has been made: County Superintendent's Certificates.—County Superintendents of Schools will be furnished with-questions and instructions for the examinations of candidates in the four common branches, Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar and History of the United States ; those who pass creditably will, when they present the Superintendent's certificate to that effect, be admitted to the Preliminary Classes. Examining Schools.—The Trustees have authorized the Faculty to designate one or more High-Schools in each County of the State, of sufficiently high grade and good reputation, whose certificates of examination, in the branches required of candidates for the University, may be received in lieu of the usual examination of the University. These must be Graded, or High-Schools of good reputation, and of sufficiently extended course to prepare students for the University. The principal teachers of the schools selected for this class will be authorized to prepare questions and conduct examinations of any of their students desirous of entering the University, but the papers must be sent to the University for final decision. The following is a list of the Schools already accepted as

EXAMINING SCHOOLS :

Rockford West High-School Tuscola " " Buda " " Kankakee " " Champaign, East Side School. Maplewood High School. .* Sterling, 2d Ward High School S. Belvidere High School Geneseo High School Belvidere High School Urbana " " Lanark " " Gibson City " "

J. H. Blodget, Principal. E. J. Hoenshal, J. V. Wilkinson, C. W. Rolfe, Eugene De Burn, S. F. Hall, Alfred Bayliss, J. W. Gibson, B. F. Barge, Sherrill, J. W. Hays, F. T. Oldt, J. W. Mercer,