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Required Studies.

KEQUIRED STUDIES.

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To secure the diffusion of the sciences relating to the great industries, the State Legislature, in 1873, prescribed that each student should be taught some of those sciences. The Trustees accordingly require that each student shall take, each term, one study at least from the following list: Physics, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Physiography, Anatomy and Physiology, Botany, Zoo'ogy, Geology, Entomology; Drawing and Designing, Mathematics, Surveying ; Elements of Agriculture and Horticulture, Vegetable Physiology, Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Engineering and Architecture, Animal Husbandry, Rural Economy, Landscape Gardening, History of Agriculture, Vet rinary Science; Architectural Drawing and Designing. El 'ments of Construction, Graphical Staties, History and Esthetics of Architecture, Estimates, Mining Engineering, Metallurgy, Analytical Mechanics, Geodesy, Principles of Mechanism, Hydraulics, Thermodynamics Strength of Materials, Prime Movers, Mill Work, Machine Drawing, Roads and Railroads, Construction and U.--e of Machinery, Modeling and Patterns, Bridges, Stone Work, Astronomy; Military Science, and Political Economy.

EXAMINATIONS FOR ADMISSION.

Examinations of candidates for admission-to the University, or any of its departments, are held at the University itself, on the two days, previous to the opening of each term. These examinations embrace the following studies: 1. English Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography, and History of the United States, for all the Colleges. These examinations are as thorough as those required for second-grade certificates for teachers in the public schools. 2. Algebra, including equations of second degree and the calculus of radical quantities; Geometry, plain and solid. These are required also for all the Colleges. 3. Physiology, Botany, Natural Philosophy, English Rhetoric and Composition. These are required, in addition to the subjects specified in 1 and 2, for candidates for the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, and Natural Science. 4. Physiology, Botany, Natural Philosophy; Latin Grammar and Reader, Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, and Latin Prose Composition, in addition to 1 and 2, for School of English and Modern Languages.