 | The University of Virginia record February 1, 1918 |  |
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
advise 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 148.
For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 168.
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.
A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting
approximately a quarter of a full year's work.
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, page 137; for
the Department of Law, page 154; for the Department of Engineering,
page 186.
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 66.
| 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 | Medieval 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 | Caesar'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 blank from 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 76-79). 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
13). 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 University 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 ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.
| June, 1918 | 9-11 A.M. | 11 A.M.-1 P.M. | 3-5 P.M. | Sept., 1918 |
| Science D | Greek C | Science F | ||
| Mon. 3 | Science E | Science A | Science C | Mon. 9 |
| French A | French B | History D | ||
| Tues. 4 | English A | English B | English C | Tues. 10 |
| Greek A | Greek B | French C | ||
| Wed. 5 | History A | History B | History C | Wed. 11 |
| Spanish A | Spanish B | Science B | ||
| Thur. 6 | Math. A1 | Math. A2 | Math. B | Thur. 12 |
| French D | ||||
| Fri. 7 | German A | German B | German D | Fri. 13 |
| Spanish C | Spanish D | Math. C and D | ||
| Sat. 8 | Latin A | Latin C | Latin D | Sat. 14 |
| 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 130.
For credit in the Department of Graduate Studies for graduate work done
in another university, see page 148.
For credit in the Department of Medicine, or the Department of Engineering,
for work done in another professional school, see, respectively, pages
172 and 206.
CONDITIONED STUDENTS.
For admission with conditions to the College, see page 138; to the Department
of Engineering, page 186.
SPECIAL STUDENTS.
For admission to the College as a special student, see page 138; to the
Department of Law, page 156; to the Department of Engineering, page 186.
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. Textbook 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. Textbook 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 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 Caesar, 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
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 Traveller 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 The 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 Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet.
Poetry.
Group 2: Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, and either Comus or Lycidus;
Tennyson's The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Grail, and The Passing 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;
problem's 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 textbooks, 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 textbooks, 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;
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 medieval history, down to the death of
Charlemagne. (One unit.)
History B. Medieval 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
for the Manilian Law, and for Archias; Virgil, 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); Virgil (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 Virgil, 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. Caesar'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 construction; 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. Virgil'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 books 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 numerous 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
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. Textbooks 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) textbook
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
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; methods 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.
| The University of Virginia record February 1, 1918 | |