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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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 omission 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 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. Persons who hold teacher's certificates from county superintendents will be admitted to the preliminary class without further examination. Honorary Scholarships.—Provision has been made for one honoraVy scholarship for each county in the state. The holder of the scholarship may attend the University for four years, under proper regulations, free of charge for tuition or incidental expenses. The total value of this scholarship is $90. Several of these scholarships are already occupied. The vacancies in other counties will be filled as follows: Examinations are to be held in the several counties, under the supervision of the county superintendents thereof, on the first Friday and Saturday of June, at 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 to the University for judgment. The scholarship will be