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GRADUATE SCHOOL.

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the members have furnished and decorated _with taste and elegance. Meetings are held Friday evenings throughout the term time, are well attended, and are maintained with unflagging interest. They furnish excellent drill in writing, speaking, and parliamentary methods.

The YOUSG MEN'S and YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA-

TIONS are both active and useful. Special organizations unite the students of NATURAL, HISTORY,

of CIVIL ENGINEERING, of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, of ARCHITECTURE, of AGRICULTURE, and of CHEMISTRY, and in ATHELETICS.

GRADUATE SCHOOL.

Instruction and the facilities of advanced study and research are now offered to the graduates of this and of other colleges and universities without fees or payment of any kind, except for actual laboratory expenses. The diploma of any college or university in good standing is accepted for admission, instead of entrance examinations. No formal courses of study are prescribed, but special arrangements are made to meet as nearly as practicable the wishes of each applicant. Such students do not attend regular recitations or lectures unless they also take some undergraduate work, in which case they conform to the usages of the class attended, and pay the regular fees. They may be requested to give one or more class lectures in the line of their special studies. A second degree is awarded upon the completion of the required studies and the presentation of an accepted thesis. The general requirements for degrees may be found elsewhere under the proper heading.

FELLOWSHIPS.

The University offers four fellowships, open to graduates of this or other similar institutions, conditioned upon required qualifications and a designated amount of service to the University. Each fellowship is good for one year and has a money value of 1400.00, payable in ten monthly installments. Appointments to these fellowships are made upon the grounds of good character, high attainments, promise of distinguished success in the line of studies chosen, and of usefulness to the University. The holders of the