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Science.
Science A. Physical Geography:—The entrance requirements in
Physical Geography include such elementary knowledge of the following
topics, as would be obtained from the study of a text-book like Maury's
"Physical Geography" or Tarr's "Elementary 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 the 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. (One unit).
Science B. Inorganic Chemistry:—The candidate for entrance
credit in Chemistry should have studied, under a competent teacher,
such a course in the elements of inorganic chemistry as can be covered
in three meetings a week during a nine-months' school year, and in addition
thereto should have worked in the laboratory about one hundred
hours, or enough time to perform intelligently the usual experiments given
in a High School laboratory course. The ground covered by Remsen's
"Introduction to the Study of Chemistry" is the accepted standard. The
student's autograph laboratory notes must be submitted with the examination
paper or entrance certificate. (One unit).
Science C. Experimental Physics:—A course of one full year, covering
the topics of 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.
submitted with indication of acceptance on the part of the teacher. Any
one of the standard texts and laboratory manuals may be followed. (One
unit).
Science D. Botany and Zoölogy:—The entrance examinations in
these two subjects, which together count as a single unit, presuppose such
sound elementary knowledge of the structure and functions of plants and
animals, respectively, and of their classifications, as may reasonably be
regarded as representing a half year's work, in each case, upon plants or
animals with the aid of such a text-book on the one hand, as Coulter's
"Plant Structure," and on the other by Jordan and Kellogg's "Animal
Forms;" or other books of similar grade and character.
In each case the candidate will be required to submit (with his certificate
of preparation or his written examination) his own laboratory
notes and drawings as an evidence of the amount and character of the
direct personal work done by him upon the plants or the animals, which he
has studied.
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