TERMS OF ADMISSION. It is required by the laws, that every person proposing to become a Student in the University, should produce satisfactory testimonials of good moral character, be at least fourteen years of age, and sustain before one or more of the Faculty, an approved examination in Common Arithmetic; Elements of Algebra; Elements of Ancient and Modern Geography; English, Greek, and Latin Grammar; Xenophon's Anabasis, five books; three books of Homer's Iliad; Sallust, or Cæsar's Commentaries; Cicero's Select Orations; and Virgil;—or what shall be deemed equivalent. For admission to an advanced Class, a corresponding increase of age is required, and a thorough knowledge of all the studies that have been pursued by the students of the same Class. Examinations for admission will take place on the Tuesday preceding Commencement, and Thursday, the first day of the Autumnal Term, at 8 A. M., at the Library. If a student comes from another College, he must present a certificate of regular dismission from the institution he has left, and sustain an examination in all the studies,-or their equivalents—which have been pursued by the Class he proposes to enter. |