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Caption: Course Catalog - 1899-1900
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284 PREPARATORY SCHOOL sons and daughters. No greater error can be committed than to send young people from home with large amounts of spending money, and without the authoritative care of some prudent friend. Half the dissipation in colleges springs from excessive allowances of money. PREPARATORY SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS B.S., Principal, Natural Science. EDWARD G. HOWE, LILLIE ADELLE CLENDENIN, English. CHARLES B. RANDOLPH, A.B., Latin and Greek. CLARENCE W. ALVORD, A.B., History and Algebra. JAMES W. BUCHANAN, Geometry and Physics. This school offers special advantages to young men and women who, on account of advanced age or prolonged absence from school, are out of touch with the high school. ADMISSION Candidates for admission must be at least fifteen years of age. Those of age may enter such classes as they are prepared for without examination. All under twenty-one years of age, except those coming from accredited schools (see p. 41), must pass a satisfactory examination in the following subjects: 1. ARITHMETIC.—A thorough knowledge is required of fundamental operations, simple and denominate numbers, the metric system of weights and measures, common and decimal fractions, practical measurements, percentage, ratio and proportion. 2. ENGLISH.—The examination is intended to test the student's vocabulary, and his knowledge of grammar. 3. GEOGRAPHY.—An accurate knowledge of physical configuration, political divisions, and important centers of population, is required. 4. HISTORY.—As a foundation in this subject, a knowledge of
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