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University of Illinois.

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. 5. Latin (as in 4), Greek Grammar and Reader, four books of Xenophon's Anabasis, and Greek Prose Composition in addition to the subjects of 1 and 2, for candidates for School of Ancient Languages. For further information concerning terms of admission, see "Admission" under, the several Colleges; also, "Preliminary year."

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS' CERTIFICATES.

To prevent loss to those who are not prepared to enter the University, but might come, hoping to 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 History of the United States; applicants who pass creditably will, when they present the superintendent's certificate to that effect, be admitted to the classes of the Preliminary year.

HONORABY SCHOLARSHIPS.

The trustees have determined that examinations may be conducted in the several counties of the state by the county superintendents thereof, on the first Friday and Saturday of June next. The examinations are upon the subjects named above. They will be in writing, and the papers will be sent to the University to be passed upon by the officers there. The pupil in each county who obtains the highest average in this examination, but not less than 80, nor less than 75 in any one subject, will receive an HONORARY SCHOLARSHIP upon which he may attend the University for FOUR YEARS, free of charge for tuition or incidental Expenses. There may be one scholarship for each county in the state. The total value of this scholarship to the successful candidate is $90. Similar examinations will be held in June of each year in counties for whom no Honorary Scholarship is held by any student.