III.—THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
To merit this, the highest academical honor of the Institution,
the student must have already become a graduate in the following
schools:
ANCIENT LANGUAGES,
MODERN LANGUAGES,
MATHEMATICS,
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
CHEMISTRY,
MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
He must, moreover, give proof of an accurate and comprehensive
acquaintance with his entire course of studies, by an examination
on all these subjects, in the presence of the whole Faculty,
at the close of his academical career. And lastly, he must prepare
and submit to the Faculty an essay or an oration, exhibiting
a due degree of literary ability; and this, if so directed, he is required
to read or deliver on the Public Day.
