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ADMISSION

2. COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC.—Correct

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zation, punctuation, paragraphing, idiom, and definition; the elements of Rhetoric. The candidate will be required to write two paragraphs of about one hundred and fifty words each to test his ability to use the English language. The subject as presented in Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric, Scott and Denney's English Composition, or an equivalent.

3. ENGLISH LITERATURE.-—(a) Each candidate is expected to

have read certain assigned literary masterpieces, and will be subjected to such an examination as will determine whether or not he has done so. The books assigned for the next three years are as follows: 1898.—Milton's Paradise Lost, Books I. and II. ;Pope's Iliad, Books I. and XXII.; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in The Spectator; Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; Coleridge's Ancitnt Mariner; Southey's Life of Nelson; Carlyle's Essay on Burns; Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal; Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables. 1899.—Dryden's Palamon and Arcite; Pope's Iliad, Books I., VI., XXII., and XXIV.; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; Coleridge's Ancient Mariner; De Quincey's Flight of a Tartar Tribe; Cooper's Last of the Mohicans; Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal; Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables. 1900.—Dryden's Palamon and Arcite; Pope's Iliad, Books I., VI., XXII. and XXIV.; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield; De Quincey's Flight of a Tartar Tribe; Cooper's Last of the Mohicans; Lowell's Vision of Sir Launfal; Scott's Ivanhoe. (b) In addition to the above, the candidate will be required to present a brief outline of American Literature. Hawthorne and Lemmon's Outline of American Literature, or an equivalent. 4. GEOMETRY.—Plane Geometry, as given in Wells's or Wentworth's Geometry, or an equivalent. Great importance is attached to the ability of the student to solve original problems. 5. HISTORY.—At least one year in one of the following subjects; (a) The History of England and of the United States; (b) General History; (c) The History of Greece and Rome. The statement of requirements in each subject implies the use of a substantial text-book, together with some elementary training in the use of large reference books. 6. PHYSICS.—The elements of physical science as presented in such text-books as Appleton's School Physics, or Avery's Elements of Natural Philosophy, or Carhart and Chute's Elements of Phys-