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EXAMINATIONS.
The examinations are of three kinds, viz:—1, The Daily examinations;
2, the General examinations; 3, the examinations for Graduation.
DAILY EXAMINATIONS.
Each Professor, before commencing his lecture, examines his class on
the subject of the preceding lecture, as developed in the text-book and
expounded in the lecture.
GENERAL EXAMINATIONS.
Two general examinations of each class are held during the session in
the presence of a committee of the Faculty, which every student is required
to stand. The first, called the Intermediate Examination, is held
about the middle of the session, and embraces in its scope the subjects
of instruction in the first half of the course. The second, called the
Final Examination, is held in the closing month of the session, and embraces
the subjects treated of in the second half of the course. These
examinations are conducted in writing. The questions propounded have
each numerical values attached to them. If the answers of the student
are valued in the aggregate at not less than three fourths of the aggregate
values assigned to the questions, he is ranked in the FIRST division;
if less than three-fourths, and more than one-half, in the SECOND division;
if less than one-half and more than one fourth, in the THIRD division;
and if less than one-fourth, in the FOURTH division.
Certificates of distinction are awarded to those who attain the first
division at one or both of these examinations, and their names are published
or announced at the closing exercises of the session.
The general examinations are sufficiently comprehensive and difficult
to render it impossible for the student, without steady diligence, to secure
a place in the first division. The results, whatever they may be, are communicated
to parents and guardians respectively in the final circular of
the session.
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, in the
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 on 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 text.
These examinations are chiefly carried on in writing; but in some of
the Schools they are partly oral.
The standing of the student at the daily and general examinations is
taken into account in estimating his qualifications for graduation in any
of the schools.
As a proper acquaintance with the English language is indispensable
to the attainment of any of the honors of the institution, all candidates
for graduation are required to exhibit in their examination due qualifications
in this respect.
INTERMEDIATE ACADEMICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR 1884.
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FINAL ACADEMICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR 1884.
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