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University Orga Hi 285 rect admission requirement The reason for not attempting to admit students who could not offer such preparatory work, was that until a student had traveled that far intellectually, he had not usually " formed his purpose and tested his strength and ability to pursue a course of liberal or scientific study. The history of preparatory schools is full of proofs that many of those who set out for a college course stop short of the college doors. Science, like scripture has its 'stony ground' hearers who at first receive the word with joy, but who when the hot sun of hard study is up, wither away." A comparison of the admission requirements with those of the eastern universities shows the surprising fact that the published standard of the industrial university for its regular courses was quite as high as theirs at that time. Requirements c o m m o n l y Requirements for admission made in universities — Harto the Illinois Industrial Univard, Yale, Princeton, Michversity (At the first requireigan, Columbia, C o r n e l l , ments were higher than as 18 Brown, and Williams. stated below; changed in 1868-1869 to the following) 1868 1868 Modern Language—None Modern Language—None English—None beyond EngEnglish—Only English lish Grammar Grammar Science — Descriptive Geography the only approach Science—Descriptive Geogto science raphy Latin: Virgil—Aeneid,Eclogues, Georgics. Latin: (Essentially the same Cicero—Select Orations as other universities) Caesar—Commentaries Greek—Grammar, Anabasis, Homer Greek: None Mathematics—Arithmetic Geometry (Part of Mathematics—Arithmetic Plane) Geometry—(All Plane) Algebra (to quadratics) Algebra— (to quadratics) "See Edwin 0. Broomo, t4A Histpnoal and Critical Discussion of Col legiate Admission Requirements*"
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