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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS.

For admission to any department of the University the general conditions
are the following:

1. Sufficient Age:—The minimum legal age is sixteen years; the Faculty
advises seventeen or more. Eighteen years is the minimum for admission
to the Department of Law.

2. Good Character:—This must be attested by a certificate of honorable
dismissal from the school last attended, or by other valid proof.

3. Adequate Preparation:—This must be such as will enable the candidate
to meet the requirements for admission to the several departments of
the University, as detailed below.

For admission to the Department of Graduate Studies, see page 160.

For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 185.

For admission to the College, the Department of Law, or the Department
of Engineering, the candidate must present a certificate or pass an
equivalent examination. In either case the amount of preparation required
is measured in terms of units.

This definition of a unit takes the four-year high-school course as a
basis, and assumes that the length of the school year is from thirty-six to
forty weeks, that a period is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and
that the study is pursued for four or five periods a week; but under ordinary
circumstances a satisfactory year's work in any subject cannot be
accomplished in less than one hundred and twenty hours, or their equivalent.
Schools organized on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless,
estimate their work in terms of this unit.

For the requirements as to the number and selection of units for entrance
to the three departments mentioned above, see, for the College, p.
150; for the Department of Law, p. 166; for the Department of Engineering,
p. 203.

SUBJECTS ACCEPTED FOR ADMISSION.

The subjects accepted for admission and their values in units are given
below in tabulated form. Fuller definitions of the units follow on page 80.

                                                                                 

Subject	Topics	Units
English A	Grammar and Grammatical Analysis	1
English B	Composition and Rhetoric	1
English C	Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature	1
English D	Critical Study of Specimens of English Literature	1
Mathematics A1	Algebra to Quadratic Equations	1
Mathematics A2	Quadratics, Progressions, and the Binomial Formula	½ or 1
Mathematics B	Plane Geometry	1
Mathematics C	Solid Geometry	½
Mathematics D	Plain Trigonometry	½
History A	Greek and Roman History	1
History B	Mediæval and Modern European History.	1
History C	English History	1
History D	American History and Civil Government	1
Latin A	Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Latin B	Cæsar's Gallic War, I-IV; Grammar; Composition	1
Latin C	Cicero's Orations (6); Grammar; Composition	1
Latin D	Virgil's Æneid, I-VI; Grammar; Composition	1
Greek A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Greek B	Xenophon's Anabasis, I-IV; Grammar; Composition	1
Greek C	Homer's Iliad, I-III; Grammar; Composition	1
German A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
German D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
French D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish A	Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish B	Intermediate Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish C	Third-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Spanish D	Fourth-year Grammar, Composition, and Translation	1
Science A	Physical Geography	1
Science B	Inorganic Chemistry	1
Science C	Experimental Physics	1
Science D	Botany	½
Science E	Zoölogy	½
Science F	Agriculture (special schools)	2
Drawing	Mechanical and Projection Drawing	1
Shop-Work	Wood-Work, Forging, and Machine-Work	1

ADMISSION BY CERTIFICATE.

For admission by certificate the applicant should file with the Dean of
the University not later than September 1 a Certificate of Preparation, made
out on the black form furnished by the University. This certificate must
come from a recognized institution of collegiate rank, from an accredited
public high school, or from an accredited private secondary school.

The candidate for admission from a public high school must be a graduate
of an accredited four-year high school.

The candidate for admission from a private secondary school must be
a graduate of the school, or must present a certificate showing that he has
completed at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school
work of standard grade, covering at least fifteen entrance units.

In every case the candidate for admission must have the recommendation
of the principal of the certifying school.

Schools in Virginia are accredited by the Faculty of this university after
inspection and report by a committee of the Faculty (see pages 90-93).
The Dean of the University is further authorized to accept certificates from
schools outside Virginia, accredited by their own State Universities or institutions
of equal rank, provided the courses of study offered in such
schools meet the requirements demanded of accredited schools in this State.

If in any accredited school the number of periods given to a study, or
the length of the period, is below the specified standard, the credit for such
subject is reduced pro rata. In the science subjects only half-credit is
allowed unless individual laboratory notebooks, properly attested by the
teacher in charge, are filed with the certificate.

Certificates of preparation from private tutors will in no case be accepted;
students thus prepared must in all cases take the entrance examinations.

ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION.

For admission by examination, the candidate must present himself at
the University in June or in September, according to the dates given in the
Program of Entrance Examinations. The examinations are held under
the honor system, no paper being accepted unless accompanied by the usual
pledge (see page 14). All candidates who take their examinations at the
times appointed are tested free of charge. In case of delayed entrance,
where the grounds of postponement are good, the President of the Univercity
may admit the candidate to a special examination, for which a fee of
five dollars is charged. This fee is payable in advance and is in no case
returned.

PROGRAM OF EXTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.

                           

June, 1917	9-11 A. M.	11A.M.-1P.M.	3-5 P. M.	Sept., 1917
	Botany
Mon. 4	Zoölogy	Phys. Geog.	Physics	Mon. 10
	French A	French B	History D
Tues. 5	English A	English B	English C	Tues. 11
	Greek A	Greek B	French C
Wed. 6	History A	History B	History C	Wed. 12
	Spanish A	Spanish B	Chemistry
Thur. 7	Math. A1	Math. A2	Math. B	Thur. 13
			French D
Fri. 8	German A	German B	German D	Fri. 14
	Spanish C	Spanish D	Math. C and D
Sat. 9	Latin A	Latin C	Latin D	Sat. 15
	Latin B	German C	English D

ADVANCED STANDING AND COLLEGE CREDIT.

For admission to the College with advanced standing on work done at
a secondary school, or with college credit for work done at another college
or university, or in the Summer School of this University, see page 150.

For credit in the Department of Graduate Studies for graduate work
done in another university, see page 162.

For credit in the Department of Medicine, or the Department of Engineering,
for work done in another professional school, see, respectively,
pages 189 and 222.

CONDITIONED STUDENTS.

For admission with conditions to the College, see page 151; to the Department
of Engineering, page 203.

SPECIAL STUDENTS.

For admission to the College as a special student, see page 151; to the
Department of Law, page 168; to the Department of Engineering, page 203.

DEFINITIONS OF THE UNITS.

The following definitions of the entrance units are designed on the one
hand to guide the student in his preparation for the entrance examinations
and on the other to govern high-school principals and teachers in organizing
their courses of instruction.

ENGLISH.

The courses outlined, in accordance with the program of most high
schools, take into account English, (1) as a language, (2) as a means of expression,
(3) as a literature—all so intimately connected, however, that the
proper study of each will bear indirectly on the other two.

English A. Grammar and Grammatical Analysis:—The parts of speech
with inflections and uses of each; syntax, especially of nouns, verbs, and
conjunctions; detailed study of sentence-structure, including capitalization
and punctuation. Text-book recommended: Bakerville and Sewell's English
Grammar. Grammar and analysis might well be taught through two
years of the high school. (One unit.)

English B. Composition and Rhetoric:—The choice, arrangement, and
connection of words, with exercises on synonyms, antonyms, and degrees
and shades of meaning; fundamental qualities of style, with selected and
original examples; the sentence in detail as to unity, coherence, and proportion,
with ample exercises in constructing sentences of varied types and
emphasis; the paragraph with reference to the placing of the topic and to
the attainment of unity, continuity, and emphasis, with abundant exercises
in composing good paragraphs; much practice in planning and writing
simple compositions on familiar subjects under the heads of narration, description,
exposition, and argumentation. Text-book recommended: Brooks
and Hubbard's Composition-Rhetoric. Practice in composition should continue
through the entire high-school course, though formal rhetoric may be
studied but one year. (One unit.)

English C. Critical Study of Selected Specimens of English Literature:
—The specimens for reading and study designated for college entrance requirements
by the joint committee of colleges and secondary schools. These
required books or their equivalents should be studied throughout the high-school
course under the guidance of the instructor. Parallel reading should
be encouraged and intelligent conversation about books directed. (One
unit.)

The college entrance requirements in English for 1913-1919, inclusive,
are:

A. Reading.

The aim of this part of the requirement is to foster in the student the
habit of intelligent reading and to develop a taste for good literature, by
giving him a first-hand knowledge of some of its best specimens. He

should read the books carefully, but his attention should not be so fixed
upon details that he fails to appreciate the main purpose and charm of what
he reads.

With a view to large freedom of choice, the books provided for reading
are arranged in the following groups, from each of which at least two selections
are to be made, except as otherwise provided under Group 1.

Classics in Translation.

Group 1: The Old Testament, comprising at least the chief narrative
episodes in Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and Daniel,
together with the books of Ruth and Esther; The Odyssey, with the omission,
if desired, of Books I, II, III, IV, V, XV, XVI, XVII; The Iliad, with the
omission, if desired, of Books XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII, XXI; The Æneid.
The Odyssey, Iliad, and Æneid should be read in English translations of recognized
literary excellence.

For any selection from this group a selection from any other group
may be substituted.

Shakespeare.

Group 2: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of
Venice, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, King
John, Richard II, Richard III, Henry V, Coriolanus, Julius Cæsar, Macbeth,
Hamlet (if chosen for study under B).

Prose Fiction.

Group 3: Malory's Morte d'Arthur (about 100 pages); Bunyan's Pilgrim's
Progress, Part I; Swift's Gulliver's Travels (voyages to Lilliput and to Brobdingnag);
Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, Part I; Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield;
Frances Burney's Evelina; any one of Scott's Novels; any one of Jane Austen's
Novels; Maria Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent, or The Absentee; any one of Dickens'
Novels; any one of Thackeray's Novels; any one of George Eliot's Novels;
Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford; Kingsley's Westward Ho! or Hereward, the Wake;
Reade's The Cloister and the Hearth; Blackmore's Lorna Doone; Hughes' Tom
Brown's Schooldays; Stevenson's Treasure Island, or Kidnapped, or Master of
Ballantrae; any one of Cooper's Novels; a selection of Poe's Tales; Hawthorne's
The House of the Seven Gables, or Twice-Told Tales, or Mosses from an Old
Manse; a collection of Short Stories by various standard writers.

Essays, Biography, Etc.

Group 4: Addison and Steele's The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, or selections
from the Tatler and the Spectator (about 200 pages); selections from Boswell's
Life of Johnson (about 200 pages); Franklin's Autobiography; selections
from Irving's Sketch Book (about 200 pages); or his Life of Goldsmith; Southey's
Life of Nelson; selections from Lamb's Essays of Elia (about 100 pages);
selections from Lockhart's Life of Scott (about 200 pages); Thackeray's lectures
on Swift, Addison, and Steele, in the English Humorists; any one of the following
essays of Macaulay: Lord Clive, Warren Hastings, Milton, Addison, Goldsmith,
Frederick the Great, Madame d'Arblay; selections from Trevelyan's Life

of Macaulay (about 200 pages); Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies, or selections from
Ruskin's works (about 150 pages); Dana's Two Years Before the Mast; selections
from Lincoln's works, including at least the two Inaugurals, the speeches
in Independence Hall and at Gettysburg, the Last Public Address, the Letter to
Horace Greeley, together with a brief memoir or estimate of Lincoln; Parkman's
The Oregon Trail; Thoreau's Walden; selections from Lowell's essays (about
150 pages); Holmes' The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; Stevenson's An
Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey; Huxley's Autobiography and selections
from Lay Sermons, including the addresses On Improving Natural Knowledge,
A Liberal Education, and A Piece of Chalk; a collection of Essays by
Bacon, Lamb, DeQuincey, Hazlitt, Emerson and later writers; a collection of
Letters by various standard writers.

Poetry.

Group 5: Palgrave's Golden Treasury (First Series), Books II and III, with
special attention to Dryden, Collins, Cowper, and Burns; Palgrave's Golden
Treasury (First Series), Book IV, with special attention to Wordsworth, Keats,
and Shelley (if not chosen for study under B); Goldsmith's The Traveler and
The Deserted Village; Pope's The Rape of the Lock; a collection of English and
Scottish Ballads, as, for example, some Robin Hood ballads, The Battle of Otterburn,
King Estmere, Young Beichan, Bewick and Grahame, Sir Patrick Spens,
and a selection from later ballads; Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner, Christabel,
and Kubla Khan; Byron's Childe Harold, Canto III or IV, and The Prisoner of
Chillon; Scott's The Lady of the Lake, or Marmion; Macaulay's The Lays of
Ancient Rome, The Battle of Naseby, The Armada, Ivry; Tennyson's The
Princess, or Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, and Passing of Arthur;
Browning's Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, How They Brought the Good
News from Ghent to Aix, Home Thoughts from Abroad, Home Thoughts from
the Sea, Incident of the French Camp, Hervé Riel, Pheidippides, My Last
Duchess, Up at a Villa—Down in the City, The Italian in England, The Patriot,
The Pied Piper, "De Gustibus," Instans Tyrannus; Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum,
and The Forsaken Merman; selections from American poetry, with special
attention to Poe, Lowell, Longfellow, and Whittier.

B. Study.

This part of the requirement is intended as a natural and logical continuation
of the student's earlier reading, with greater stress laid upon form
and style, the exact meaning of words and phrases, and the understanding
of allusions. The books provided for study are arranged in four groups,
from each of which one selection is to be made.

Drama.

Group 1: Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar, Macbeth, Hamlet.

Poetry.

Group 2: Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, and either Comus or Lycidas;
Tennyson's The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Grail, and The Passing of
Arthur; the selections from Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley, in Book IV of
Palgrave's Golden Treasury (First Series).

Oratory.

Group 3: Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America; Macaulay's Speech
on Copyright and Lincoln's Speech at Cooper Union; Washington's Farewell
Address and Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration.

Essays.

Group 4: Carlyle's Essay on Burns, with a selection from Burns' Poems;
Macaulay's Life of Johnson; Emerson's Essay on Manners.

English D. A fourth unit in English will be granted to those students
only who at least in four full years have successfully completed an additional
amount of work equal to one-third of the above uniform English requirements
A, B and C.

MATHEMATICS.

Mathematics A1. Algebra to Quadratic Equations:—The four fundamental
operations for rational algebraic expressions; factoring, determination
of highest common factor and lowest common multiple by factoring;
fractions, including complex fractions; ratio and proportion; linear equations,
both numerical and literal, containing one or more unknown quantities;
problems depending on linear equations; radicals, including the extraction
of the square root of polynomials and numbers; exponents, including
the fractional and negative. (One unit.)

Mathematics A2. Quadratic Equations, Progressions, and the Binomial
Formula:—Quadratic equations, both numerical and literal; simple cases of
equations with one or more unknown quantities, that can be solved by the
methods of linear or quadratic equations; problems depending upon quadratic
equations; the binomial formula for positive integral exponents; the
formulas for the nth term and the sum of the terms of arithmetic and
geometric progressions, with applications. (Half unit, or one unit if whole
year is devoted to it.)

Mathematics B. Plane Geometry, with Original Exercises:—The usual
theorems and constructions of good text-books, including the general properties
of plane rectilinear figures; the circle and the measurement of angles;
similar polygons; areas; regular polygons and the measurement of the
circle. The solution of numerous original exercises, including loci problems.
Application to the mensuration of lines and plane surface. (One unit.)

Mathematics C. Solid Geometry, with Original Exercises:—The usual
theorems and constructions of good text-books, including the relations of
planes and lines in space; the properties and measurement of prisms, pyramids,
cylinders, and cones; the sphere and the spherical triangle. The solution
of numerous original exercises, including loci problems. Applications
to the mensuration of surfaces and solids. (Half unit.)

Mathematics D. Plane Trigonometry:—Definitions and relations of
the six trigonometric functions as ratios; circular measurement of angles;
proofs of principal formulas; product formulas; trigonometric transformations.
Solution of simple trigonometric equations. Theory and use of

logarithms (without introducing infinite series). Solution of right and
oblique triangles with applications. (Half unit.)

HISTORY.

History A. Greek and Roman History:—The geography of Greece
and the early development of ancient Hellas; state and national development
to the period of the foreign wars; the foreign wars and the supremacy
of Athens; the wars between the Greek states; the Macedonian invasion
and the empire of Alexander the Great; the geography of Italy and early
Roman legend; the Roman republic and its supremacy in Italy; the conquest
of the Mediterranean; the transition from republic to monarchy; the
ancient world under the Roman empire; the transition from ancient to
mediæval history, down to the death of Charlemagne. (One unit.)

History B. Mediæval and Modern European History:—The Carolingian
empire and feudalism; the papacy and the beginnings of the new
Germano-Roman empire; the formation of France; the East and the crusades;
Christian and feudal civilization; the era of the Renaissance; the
Protestant revolution and the religious wars; the ascendancy of France and
the age of Louis Quatorze; the rise of Russia and Prussia and colonial expansion;
the French revolution; Napoleon and the Napoleonic wars; the
growth of nationality, democracy, and liberty in the nineteenth century.
(One unit.)

History C. English History:—The geography of England and early
Britain; Saxon England; Norman England; England under the Plantagenets;
Tudor England; Puritans and Royalists; the constitutional monarchy;
the modern British empire. (One unit.)

History D. American History and Civil Government:—(1) History:
The earliest discoveries to 1607; Virginia and the other Southern colonies;
Massachusetts and the other New England colonies; New York and the
other Middle colonies; the colonies in the eighteenth century; the causes
of the Revolution; the Revolution, the Confederation and the Constitution;
Federalist supremacy to 1801; Jeffersonian Republicanism to 1817; economic
and political reorganization to 1829; the National Democracy to 1844;
slavery in the Territories to 1860; the War of Secession, Reconstruction and
the problems of peace to 1900. (2) Civil Government: The early forms of
government; the colonies and colonial government; colonial union and the
Revolution; the Confederation and the constitution; the political parties
and party machinery; the existing Federal Government; the foreign relations
of the United States. (One unit.)

LATIN.

The Latin units are construed in accordance with the following Report
of the Commission on College Entrance Requirements in Latin:

I. AMOUNT AND RANGE OF THE READING REQUIRED.

1. The Latin reading required of candidates for admission to college,
without regard to the prescription of particular authors and works, shall

be not less in amount than Cæsar, Gallic War, I-IV; Cicero, the orations
against Catiline, for the Manilian Law, and for Archias; Vergil, Æneid,
I-VI.

2. The amount of reading specified shall be selected by the
schools from the following authors and works: Cæsar (Gallic War and
Civil War) and Nepos (Lives); Cicero (Orations, Letters, and De Senectute)
and Sallust (Catiline and Jugurthine War); Vergil (Bucolics, Georgics, and
Æneid) and Ovid (Metamorphoses, Fasti, and Tristia.)

II. SUBJECTS AND SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATIONS.

1. Translation at Sight. Candidates will be examined in translation at
sight of both prose and verse. The vocabulary, constructions, and range of
ideas of the passages set will be suited to the preparation secured by the
reading indicated above.

2. Prescribed Reading. Candidates will be examined also upon the following
prescribed reading: Cicero, orations for the Manilian Law and for
Archias, and Vergil, Æneid, I, II, and either IV or VI at the option of
the candidate, with questions on subject-matter, literary and historical allusions,
and prosody. Every paper in which passages from the prescribed
reading are set for translation will contain also one or more passages for
translation at sight; and candidates must deal satisfactorily with both these
parts of the paper, or they will not be given credit for either part.

3. Grammar and Composition. The examinations in grammar and composition
will demand thorough knowledge of all regular inflections, all
common irregular forms, and the ordinary syntax and vocabulary of the
prose authors read in school, with ability to use this knowledge in writing
simple Latin prose. The words, constructions, and range of ideas called for
in the examinations in composition will be such as are common in the reading
of the year, or years, covered by the particular examination.

Note.—The examinations in grammar and composition may be either in separate papers
or combined with other parts of the Latin examination, at the option of each individual
institution; and nothing in any of the above definitions of the requirements shall be taken
to prevent any college from asking questions on the grammar, prosody, or subject-matter
of any of the passages set for translation, if it so desires.

SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING PREPARATION.

Exercises in translation at sight should begin in school with the first
lessons in which Latin sentences of any length occur, and should continue
throughout the course with sufficient frequency to insure correct methods
of work on the part of the student. From the outset particular attention
should be given to developing the ability to take in the meaning of each
word—and so, gradually, of the whole sentence—just as it stands; the sentence
should be read and understood in the order of the original, with full
appreciation of the force of each word as it comes, so far as this can be
known or inferred from that which has preceded and from the form and the
position of the word itself. The habit of reading in this way should be encouraged
and cultivated as the best preparation for all the translating that
the student has to do. No translation, however, should be a mechanical
metaphrase. Nor should it be a mere loose paraphrase. The full meaning
of the passage to be translated, gathered in the way described above, should
finally be expressed in clear and natural English.

A written examination cannot test the ear or tongue, but proper instruction
in any language will necessarily include the training of both.
The school work in Latin, therefore, should include much reading aloud,
writing from dictation, and translation from the teacher's reading. Learning
suitable passages by heart is also very useful, and should be more practiced.

The work in composition should give the student a better understanding
of the Latin he is reading at the time, if it is prose, and greater facility in

reading. It is desirable, however, that there should be systematic and regular
work in composition during the time in which poetry is read as well; for
this work the prose authors already studied should be used as models.

In accordance with the above report, the following detailed description
of the four units of Latin is given:

Latin A. Grammar, Composition and Translation:—The Roman pronunciation;
habitual observance of accent and quantity; thorough mastery
of the regular forms; the simple rules of word-formation and derivation;
syntax of the cases, tenses, and modes; accusative and infinitive, relative
and conditional sentences, indirect discourse, and the subjunctive. Translation
into Latin of easy detached sentences illustrating grammatical principles,
and of very easy continuous prose based upon the vocabulary of
Cæsar and Cicero. (One unit.)

Latin B. Cæsar's Gallic War, Books I-IV, Grammar, Composition:—
A reasonable acquaintance with the time and purpose of the author; intelligent
grasp of the thought; ability to summarize the narrative as a whole;
ready comprehension of the normal forms and constructions; a reasonable
facility in reading at sight passages of like vocabulary and construction. As
much as one book of Cæsar may be substituted by an equivalent amount
of Viri Romæ, or other Latin prose. In connection with all of the reading
there must be constant practice in prose composition, as well as in sight
translation. (One unit.)

Latin C. Cicero's Orations against Catiline, and Two Others, Grammar,
Composition:—A reasonable acquaintance with the time and circumstances
of the Catilinarian conspiracy; intelligent appreciation of the orator's
thought and purpose; ability to summarize the oration as a whole;
readiness in explaining normal forms and constructions; reasonable facility
in reading at sight passages of like vocabulary and structure. As much as
two orations may be substituted by an equivalent amount of Nepos, or
other Latin prose. In connection with all of the reading there must be
constant practice in prose composition, as well as in sight translation.
(One unit.)

Latin D. Vergil's Æneid, Books I-VI. Grammar, Composition:—A reasonable
acquaintance with the time and purpose of the poet; intelligent appreciation
of the poet's thought and art; ability to summarize the story as
a whole; acquaintance with the typical forms and constructions of poetry;
practical mastery of the heroic hexameter; reasonable facility in reading at
sight passages of like vocabulary and difficulty. The third and fifth book
of the Æneid may be substituted by an equivalent amount of Ovid, or other
Latin epic poetry. In connection with all reading there should be constant
practice in prose composition, as well as in sight translation. (One unit.)

GREEK.

Greek A. Elementary Grammar, Composition, and Translation:—Careful
drill in the inflections of Attic prose, and the fundamental principles of
syntax; translation of detached sentences from English into Greek, and
from Greek into English. (One unit.)

Greek B. Xenophon's Anabasis I-IV, Grammar and Composition:—
Idiomatic translation, with constant attention to forms and syntax, and to
the subject-matter of the author; prose composition based on Xenophon.
(One unit.)

Greek C. Homer's Iliad I-III, Grammar, Composition:—Idiomatic
translation, with constant attention to forms, syntax, prosody, and subject-matter;
prose composition. (One unit.)

MODERN LANGUAGES.

German A. Elementary Grammar, Composition and Translation:—
First year:—Careful drill in pronunciation, dictation and the rudiments of
grammar; abundant easy exercises in written composition and in conversation
based on the exercises; and the reading, with conversational exercises
based on the text, of 100-150 pages of easy German, including eight or ten
easy poems for memorizing. (One unit.)

German B. Intermediate Grammar, Composition and Translation:—
Second Year:—The reading of about 300 pages of German, including about
fifty pages of poetry with about ten poems assigned for memorizing; daily
conversational exercises based on the reading; constant drill in the grammar
and weekly exercises in German composition. (One unit.)

German C. The third year of study should comprise a thorough and
systematic review of the fundamental facts of the grammar in connection
with a practical drill in these facts, using a suitable text as the basis of
study; ample drill in conversation and free reproduction in writing in connection
with the reading; and the reading of 200-300 pages of moderately
difficult prose and 100-200 pages of poetry. (One unit.)

German D. The fourth year of study should comprise the reading of
about five hundred pages of literature in prose and poetry, with conversation
and outline-work in German on the texts read; reference reading on
the lives and works of the great writers studied; and the writing of numberous
short themes in German on subjects assigned in connection with the
reading. (One unit.)

French A. Elementary Grammar, Composition and Translation:—
Careful drill in pronunciation, dictation, and the rudiments of grammar;
abundant easy exercises in composition, both oral and written; and the
translation of 150 pages of elementary graduated texts. (One unit.)

French B. Intermediate Grammar, Composition and Translation:—
Four hundred and fifty pages of modern French prose and poetry, with continued
drill in the grammar, constant practice in dictation and in conversation,
daily oral exercises in rendering English into French, and periodical
written exercises in French composition. (One unit.)

French C. The third year of study should comprise a thorough and
systematic review of the facts of the grammar in connection with a practical
drill in these facts, using a suitable text as the basis of study; ample
drill in conversation and free reproduction in writing in connection with
the reading; the reading of 400-600 pages of French of ordinary difficulty, a

portion to be in the dramatic form; and drill in writing from dictation.
(One unit.)

French D. The fourth year of study should comprise the reading of
from 600 to 1,000 pages of standard French, classical and modern, only difficult
passages being explained in the class; the writing of numerous short
themes in French; and the study of syntax. (One unit.)

Spanish A. Elementary Grammar, Composition and Translation:—
Careful drill in pronunciation, dictation, and the rudiments of grammar;
abundant easy exercises in composition, both oral and written; and the
translation of 150 pages of graduated texts. (One unit.)

Spanish B. Intermediate Grammar, Composition and Translation:—
Four hundred and fifty pages of modern Spanish prose and poetry, with
continued drill in the grammar, constant practice in dictation and in conversation,
daily oral exercises in rendering English into Spanish, and
periodical written exercises in Spanish composition. (One unit.)

Spanish C. The third year of study should comprise a thorough and
systematic review of the facts of the grammar with a practical drill in these
facts, using a suitable text as the basis of study; ample drill in conversation
and free reproduction in writing in connection with the reading; the reading
of 400-600 pages of Spanish of ordinary difficulty, a portion to be in the
dramatic form; and drill in writing from dictation. (One unit.)

Spanish D. The fourth year of study should comprise the reading of
from 600 to 1,000 pages of standard Spanish, classical and modern, only difficult
passages being explained in the class; the writing of numerous short
themes in Spanish; and the study of syntax. (One unit.)

SCIENCE.

Science A. Physical Geography:—The earth as a planet; planetary
movements; magnetism of the earth; internal heat of the earth; volcanoes;
earthquakes; arrangement of land masses; forms of land; relief forms of
continents; islands; properties of water; waters of the land; drainage; continental
drainage; the sea; the oceans; waves and tides; currents of the sea;
physical properties of the atmosphere; climate; winds and circulation of the
air; storms; moisture of the air; hail; snow and glaciers; electrical and optical
phenomena of the atmosphere; relations between plants and animals;
range of plants and animals; man, including range of human habitation,
division into races, conditions favorable to civilization, and man's influence
on physical geography; influence of physical geography on the industries of
countries. Text-books recommended: Maury's Physical Geography, or
Tarr's Elementary Physical Geography. (One unit.)

Science B. Inorganic Chemistry:—The ground covered by Remsen's
Introduction to the Study of Chemistry, with about one hundred hours in
the laboratory, or enough time to perform intelligently the usual experiments
given in a high-school laboratory course. (One unit.)

Science C. Experimental Physics:—Mechanics, Sound, Light, Heat,
Electricity and Magnetism. The work should include (a) lecture-table

demonstrations by the teacher, with appropriate yet simple apparatus; (b)
text-book work, in which the pupil solves numerical problems; and (c)
laboratory exercises by the pupil—all three embodying fundamental principles
of the subject. In the laboratory work at least thirty exercises
should be performed; the following distribution is advised: In Mechanics,
14; in Sound, 1; in Light, 5; in Heat, 3; in Electricity and Magnetism, 7.
(One unit.)

Science D. Botany:—Sound elementary instruction in the structure
and functions of plants, and their classification, based upon such a text-book
as Coulter's Plant Structure, and supplemented by laboratory work. (Half
unit.)

Science E. Zoölogy:—Sound elementary instruction in the structure
and functions of animals, and their classification, based upon such a textbook
as Jordan and Kellogg's Animal Forms, and supplemented by laboratory
work. (Half unit.)

Science F. Agriculture:—A total of two units of work in Agriculture
will be accepted from Special Agricultural High Schools, which, after inspection,
are found to be properly equipped to teach the subject in a satisfactory
manner.

DRAWING AND SHOP-WORK.

Drawing: Mechanical and Projection Drawing:—Projections of cubes,
prisms and pyramids in simple positions; method of revolving the solid into
new positions; method of changing the planes of projection; projections of
the three round bodies in simple positions and in revolved positions; sections
by planes parallel to the planes of projections; sections by inclined
planes; developments of prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones; intersections
of polyhedra and curved surfaces; distances from a point to a point
or a plane or a line; angles between planes and lines. (One unit.)

Shop-Work: Wood-Work, Forging, and Machine-Work:—The candidate
must present valid certificates covering at least 240 hours of competent
instruction with adequate appliances in these topics. About 80 hours should
be devoted to wood-work, 40 to forging, and 120 to machine-work. He
should be familiar with the usual shop processes, the standard methods of
work, and the properties of the ordinary constructive materials. (One
unit.)

In these units a practical examination in drawing and in shop-work is
given to validate the certificate of training.

ACCREDITED SCHOOLS.

Conditions for the Accrediting of Schools.—A school desiring to be
placed on the accredited list of the University should apply to the Chairman
of the Committee on Accredited Schools. In response to the application, a
blank form inquiring into the course of study, faculty, etc., of the school will
be sent to the principal. Upon the return of this blank, properly filled out, a
representative of the University will be sent to inspect the school, and to report
on such matters as the quality of instruction, the general intellectual and moral
tone of the school, and the efficiency of the equipment, especially library and
laboratory facilities. If his report is favorable and the Committee concurs, the
school will be accepted and the principal duly notified. The name of the school
will be entered upon the list of accredited schools and published in the catalogue
of the University.

Each school must meet the following requirements:

(1) A course of study covering not less than four years of high-school
work, based on at least seven years of competent elementary instruction, and
embracing at least sixteen units as defined on pp. 80-89. These sixteen units
must include English A, B, C, Mathematics A1, A2, B, and one unit of History.
Those schools that wish to prepare students for the study of Latin in the University
must offer instruction in this subject to the extent of four units.

(2) A teaching force of not less than three teachers, each of whom devotes
his entire time to high-school instruction, and conducts not more than seven
recitation periods a day. The University will scrutinize with extreme care any
school in which any instructor teaches more than six periods a day. All teachers
should possess college training, and preference will be given to those schools in
which the teachers are college graduates.

List of Accredited Schools.—The following is a list of the schools
within the State of Virginia at present accredited by the University. This list
is revised annually by the Committee, and any school which fails to report to the
Committee when requested to do so, or which fails to maintain the standard above
specified, may be removed therefrom.

• Academy of Eastern College (Manassas).

• Accomac High School.

• Alexandria High School.

• Altavista High School.

• Amelia High School.

• Amherst High School.

• Appalachia High School.

• Appomattox Agricultural High School.

• Ashland High School.

• Augusta Military Academy (Fort Defiance).

• Bedford City High School.

• Benedictine College (Richmond).

• Big Stone Gap High School.

• Blacksburg High School.

• Blackstone Academy.

• Blackstone High School.

• Botetourt High School (Gloucester)

• Boydton High School.

• Brandon Institute (Basic).

• Bristol High School.

• Broadway High School.

• Buchanan High School.

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• Buena Vista High School.

• Burkeville Agricultural High School
  (Haytokah).

• Callao High School.

• Cape Charles High School.

• Capeville High School.

• Carson High School.

• Chamberlayne School (Richmond).

• Charlotte High School.

• Charlottesville High School.

• Chase City High School.

• Chatham High School.

• Chatham Training School.

• Cheriton High School.

• Chester Agricultural High School.

• Chincoteague High School.

• Christiansburg High School.

• Churchland High School.

• Churchview High School.

• Clarksville High School.

• Clifton Forge High School.

• Clintwood High School.

• Cluster Springs Academy.

• Cobbs Creek High School.

• Coeburn High School.

• Courtland High School.

• Covington High School.

• Crewe High School.

• Culpeper High School.

• Danville High School.

• Danville School for Boys.

• Deep Creek High School (Portsmouth,
  R. D. No. 2).

• Disputanta High School.

• Driver Agricultural High School.

• Dubin Institute.

• East Stone Gap High School.

• Edinburg High School.

• Elk Creek High School.

• Elkton High School.

• Emporia High School.

• Episcopal High School (Alexandria).

• Farmville High School.

• Fincastle High School.

• Fishburne Military Academy (Waynesboro).

• Fork Union Military Academy.

• Franklin High School.

• Franktown-Nassawadox High School
  (Franktown).

• Fredericksburg High School.

• Front Royal High School.

• Galax High School.

• Graham High School.

• Grundy High School.

• Hampton High School.

• Hamilton High School (Cartersville).

• Harrisonburg High School.

• Hayes Store High School.

• Herndon High School.

• Highland Springs High School.

• Hopeville High School.

• Houston High School.

• Jarratt High School.

• Jefferson High School (Suffolk).

• Jefferson School (Charlottesville).

• John Marshall High School (Richmond).

• Keyesville High School.

• Kinsale High School.

• Lafayette High School (Norfolk
  County).

• Lawrenceville High School.

• Lebanon High School.

• Lee Maury High School (Bowling
  Green).

• Leesburg High School.

• Lexington High School.

• Lignum High School.

• Lincoln High School.

• Louisa High School.

• Luray High School.

• Lynchburg High School.

• McGaheysville High School.

• McGuires University School (Richmond).

• Manassas Agricultural High School.

• Martinsville High School.

• Marion High School.

• Massanutten Academy (Woodstock).

• Maury High School (Norfolk).

• Max Meadows High School.

• Middletown Agricultural High School.

• Miller Manual Training School (Albemarle
  County).

• Monterey High School.

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• Morrisville High School.

• Narrows High School.

• New London Academy (Forest Depot)

• New Castle High School.

• Newport News High School.

• Norton High School.

• Oceana High School.

• Onancock High School.

• Orange High School.

• Palmyra High School.

• Parksley High School.

• Pearisburg High School.

• Petersburg High School.

• Pocahontas High School.

• Portsmouth High School.

• Pulaski High School.

• Radford High School.

• Randolph-Macon Academy (Bedford
  City).

• Randolph-Macon Academy (Front
  Royal).

• Reedsville High School.

• Richlands High School.

• Richmond Academy.

• Roanoke High School.

• Round Hill High School.

• Rural Retreat High School.

• Salem High School.

• Saltville High School.

• Scottsville High School.

• Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (Dayton).

• Shenandoah Valley Academy (Winchester).

• Shoemaker High School (Gate City).

• Smithfield High School.

• South Boston High School.

• South Hill High School.

• South Norfolk High School.

• Staunton High School.

• Staunton Military Academy.

• Stonewall Jackson High School (Dendron).

• Stony Creek High School.

• Strasburg High School.

• Stuyvesant School (Warrenton).

• Sunny Side High School (Champe).

• Tazewell High School.

• Toano High School.

• Turbeville Agricultural High School.

• Unionville High School (Deltaville).

• Unison-Bloomfield High School (Unison).

• Wakefield High School.

• Warrenton High School.

• Waverly High School.

• Waynesboro High School.

• Western Branch High School (Ports-mouth).

• Whaleyville High School.

• White Stone High School.

• Wicomico High School (Wicomico
  Church).

• William King High School (Abingdon).

• Winchester High School.

• Woodberry Forest School.

• Woodlawn High School.

• Woodstock High School.

• Wytheville High School.

Partial Accrediting of Schools.—High schools which cannot fulfill all
the requirements for a fully accredited school, but which offer four years of
work, covering at least twelve units, may be partially accredited, upon those
subjects which have been approved by the Committee. Graduates of such schools
will be credited with the twelve approved units and will be given examinations
upon the other three units required for entrance.

• Achilles High School.

• Berryville High School.

• Blue Ridge Camp (Charlottesville).

• Boykins High School.

• Buck Horn High School (Union Level).

• Columbia High School.

• Cumberland High School.

• Fairfield High School.

• Glendale High School (Richmond, R.
  D. No. 6).

• Gordonsville High School.

• Great Bridge High School.

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• Holland High School.

• Hutcheson High School (Baskerville).

• Ivanhoe High School.

• Jonesville High School.

• Lovettsville High School.

• Mathews High School.

• Mineral High School.

• Painter High School.

• Pungoteague High School.

• Red Hill High School.

• Rustburg High School.

• Syringa High School.

• The Plains High School.

• Varina High School (Richmond, R. D.
  No. 5).

• Wachapreague High School.

• Washington High School.

• West Point High School.