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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.
The primary requisite for success in the studies of this Department is
adequate preparation. To insure this, students are examined in the
following subjects:
1. English, including grammar, composition, elementary rhetoric,
and courses of reading equivalent to those prescribed from year to year
by the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the Southern
States.
2. Arithmetic and Algebra, including a complete course in numerical
Arithmetic and Algebra through Quadratics. Equations and problems will
be given involving not one unknown only, but two or more.
3. Plane Geometry, embracing the whole of the usual five books (the
mensuration of the circle being included). Not only the classical propositions
of the text-books will be required, but original exercises will also
be set.
4. Solid Geometry and Elementary Plane Trigonometry, embracing
the usual propositions in Solid Geometry on planes and lines, prisms and
pyramids, the regular polyhedra, and the three round bodies, with Spherical
Geometry; also the fundamental principles of Plane Trigonometry and their
application to the solution of triangles and the reduction of trigonometrical
formulæ.
The applicant may substitute for the last of these examinations any one
of the Entrance Electives as given in the General Catalogue. The substitution
is not, however, advised. Ample mathematical preparation is most desirable.
Applicants for admission may present in lieu of the above examinations
equivalent certificates from some accredited preparatory school.
Such certificates must guarantee the adequacy of the student's preliminary
training.
From and after June 1st, 1908, the revised entrance requirements
will be in force. A special circular giving the details of the new requirements
will be sent on application.
The regular entrance examinations are held at the University in
June (1907, 4th-7th) and in September (1907, 10th-13th). Certificates of
preparation should be submitted to the Dean of the University not later
than September 1st. Sample Entrance Examination papers will be furnished
on request.
For admission as a student the age of the applicant must be at
least sixteen years. A certificate of honorable discharge from the school
last attended by him or other evidence of general good conduct must be
presented. Candidates, who have furnished such certificates, and have
satisfied the entrance requirements as above stated, will be registered
by the Dean with the concurrence of their several professors as students
four days of the session (1907, September 11th-14th). Late entrance
is forbidden except by special consent of the President and then with an
additional fee.
The lectures begin on the first Monday of the session, on and after
which day all classes meet in exact accordance with the official schedule.
No excuse for absence at lecture or other required exercise will be
granted, except by reason of sickness or upon the written leave of the
Dean. The laws of the University require from every student regular
and diligent application to his studies, as well as decorous, sober, and
upright conduct, as long as he remains a member of the school, whether
he be within the precincts or not. It any student fails to fulfil the purposes
for which he ought to have come to the University and be not
likely to fulfil them, the Dean will inform him of the objections to his
conduct and afford him reasonable opportunity of defense and amendment.
If the student continues delinquent, the Faculty will request his
withdrawal.
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