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GRADUATE SCHOOL.

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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 $400 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 fellowships are required to give instruction in assigned subjects 5 to 10 hours a week during the year. The time remaining is to be devoted to graduate study; and, upon the completion of a prescribed course and the presentation of a proper thesis, a second degree is awarded.

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

The University offers a series of lecture courses by members of the Faculty upon a considerable number of the subjects taught by them. It is an extension of University instruction to people at their homes who cannot attend the institution itself as students, but yet desire the information that such students gain. In the endeavor to make the University doubly useful to the people of the state, the professors hold themselves in readiness to lecture upon invitation in any accessible locality, if consistent with regular duties. The subjects and lectures are the same as at the University, so that there is a real extension of its teaching. The course upon a single subject usually consists of six lectures, one given each week and commonly upon Friday or Saturday evening. For each lecture there is distributed a printed syllabus or outline giving also