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Caption: Course Catalog - 1878-1879
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Examining Schools. 27 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 High School Buda High School Kankakee High School Maplewood High School Sterling, 2d Ward High School S. Belvidere High School Geneseo High School Belvidere High School Lanark High School Gibson City High School J. H. Blodget, Principal. E. J. Hoenshal, J. V. Wilkinson, C. W. Rolfe, S. F. Hall, Alfred Bayliss, J. W. Gibson, B. F. Barge, Sherrill, F. T. Oldt, J. W. Mercer, ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOLS. In addition to the Examining Schools above mentioned, the Faculty are authorized, after personal examination, to appoint accredited High Schools, whose graduates may be admitted to the University without further examination. These must be schools of first-rate character, whose courses of instruction include all the studies required for admission to some one of the colleges of the University. On application, a member of the Faculty is sent to examine the school making the application, as to its facilities
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