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3.—EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION.

The examinations for graduation are held in the last month of
the session. They are conducted, in each school, by the Professor
thereof, in presence of two other Professors, forming with him
the committee of examination for the school.

The candidates for graduation are subjected to searching interrogations
on the details and niceties, as well as the leading principles
of the subject, and they are expected to be accurately

versed in all the topics treated of in the lectures and correlative
texts.

These examinations are carried on chiefly in writing; but in
some of the schools they are partly oral.

☞ As a due acquaintance with the English language is
indispensable to the attainment of even the inferior honors of the
institution, all candidates for graduation are subjected to a preliminary
examination, to test their qualifications in this respect.