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Caption: Course Catalog - 1893-1894
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166 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. CAUTION TO PARENTS—STUDENTS' FUNDS. The Business Agent will receive on deposit any funds parents may intrust to him to meet the expenses of their sons and daughters. No greater error can be committed than to send young people from home with large amounts of spending money, without the authoritative care of some prudent friend. Half the dissipation in colleges springs from excessive allowances of money. Students have little real need for money beyond that required for fees, board bills, and books. The attention of parents and guardians is earnestly requested to this matter, and especially in the case of those students who are under age. PREPARATORY SCHOOL. EDWARD G. HOWE, PRINCIPAL. ADMISSION. A candidate for admission must be at least sixteen years of age and must pass in subjects i, 2, 3, and 4, under the heading "Subjects for Entrance Examinations," on page 154. Entrance should be made in September, when examinations for the purpose are held at the University, for 1894, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 6th, 7th, and 8th of that month, Examinations in these same subjects may be conducted in Illinois county superintendents of schools as for teachers' certificates, and their favorable reports will be accepted for entrance to this school. First or second grade teachers' certificates from superintendents in Illinois will also be taken for the same purpose. Latin.—The Latin class of the Preparatory School begins with Cicero's Orations, and candidates for admission will be examined with a view to testing their ability to read that author in class. This examination will comprise the more fundamental facts of the language and will be based upon three books of Caesar or their equivalent. An ability to write simple Latin is taken as a satisfactory test of the preparation needed, and is preferred to all other offerings that candidates can make. ADVANCED STANDING. Pupils may present themselves for examination in any preparatory study they are ready for; and on passing, will be permited to select such
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