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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
advises 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 171.

For admission to the Department of Medicine, see page 198f.

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.

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 can not 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, p.
162; for the Department of Law, p. 178; for the Department of Engineering,
p. 218.

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 83.

                                                                               

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	History of English and American 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	Plane Trigonometry	½
History A	Greek and Roman History	1
History B	Mediæval 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	Cæsar'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
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 the first of September a Certificate of Preparation,
made out on the blank form 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
had at least the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high-school work of
standard grade.

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 93-97).
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 14). 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, 1916	9-11 A. M.	11-1 A. M.	3-5 P. M.	Sept., 1916
	Botany
Mon. 5	Zoölogy	Phys. Geog.	Physics	Mon. 11
	French A	French B	History D
Tues. 6	English A	English B	English C	Tues. 12
	Greek A	Greek B	French C
Wed. 7	History A	History B	History C	Wed. 13
	Spanish A	Spanish B	Chemistry
Thur. 8	Math. A1	Math. A2	Math. B	Thurs. 14
			French D
Fri. 9	German A	German B	German D	Fri. 15
	Spanish C	Spanish D	Math. C and D
Sat. 10	Latin A	Latin C	Latin D	Sat. 16
	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 162.

For credit in the Department of Graduate Studies for graduate work
done in another university, see page 173.

For credit in the Department of Law, the Department of Medicine, and
the Department of Engineering, for work done in another professional
school, see, respectively, pages 181, 202 and 242.

CONDITIONED STUDENTS.

For admission with conditions to the College, see page 163; to the Department
of Engineering, page 218.

SPECIAL STUDENTS.

For admission to the College as a special student, see page 163; to the
Department of Law, page 180; to the Department of Engineering, page 218.

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. Text-book recommended: Baskerville 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. Text-book 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 arranged in the following groups, from each of which at least two selections
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 Cæsar, Macbeth,
Hamlet (if not 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 Years Before the Mast; selections
from Lincoln's works, including at least the 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 Traveler 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 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 Cœsar, Macbeth, Hamlet.

Poetry.

Group 2: Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, and either Comus or Lycidas;
Tennyson's The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Grail, and The Passing of
Arthur; the selections from Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley, in Book IV 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. History of English and American Literature. (One unit.)

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;
problems 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 text-books, 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 surfaces. (One unit.)

Mathematics C. Solid Geometry, with Original Exercises:—The usual
theorems and constructions of good text-books, 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;
proofs of principal formulas; product formulas; trigonometric transformations.
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
mediæval history, down to the death of Charlemagne. (One unit.)

History B. Mediæval 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 in amount than Cæsar, Gallic War, I-IV; Cicero, the orations
against Catiline, for the Manilian Law, and for Archias; Vergil, 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); Vergil (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 Vergil, 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. Cæsar'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 constructions; 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 Neopos, 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. Vergil'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 book
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.)

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 study in 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
passages being explained in the class; the writing of numerous short
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. Text-books 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)
text-book work, in which the pupil solves numerical problems; and (c)
laboratory exercises by the pupil—all three embodying fundamental principle
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.
(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; method 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 polyedra 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.

ACCREDITED SCHOOLS.

Conditions for the Accrediting of Schools.—A school desiring to be
placed on the accredited list of the University should apply to the Chairman
of the Committee on Accredited Schools. In response to the application,
a blank form inquiring into the course of study, faculty, etc., of the school
will be sent to the principal. Upon the return of this blank, properly filled
out, a representative of the University will be sent to inspect the school,
and to report on such matters as the quality of instruction, the general intellectual
and moral tone of the school, and the efficiency of the equipment,
especially library and laboratory facilities. If his report is favorable and
the Committee concurs, the school will be accepted and the principal duly
notified. The name of the school will be entered upon the list of accredited
schools and published in the catalogue of the University.

Each school must meet the following requirements:

(1) A course of study covering not less than four years of high-school
work, based on at least seven years of competent elementary instruction,
and embracing at least sixteen units as defined on pages 83-92. These sixteen
units must include English A, B, C, Mathematics A1, A2, B, and one
unit of History. Those schools which wish to prepare students for the
study of Latin in the University must offer instruction in this subject to the
extent of four units.

(2) A teaching force of not less than three teachers, each of whom
devotes his entire time to high-school instruction, and conducts not more
than seven recitation periods a day. The University will scrutinize with
extreme care any school in which any instructor teaches more than six
periods a day. All teachers should possess college training, and preference
will be given to those schools in which the teachers are college graduates.

List of Accredited Schools.—The following is a list of the schools within
the State of Virginia at present accredited by the University. This list
is revised annually by the Committee, and any school which fails to report
to the Committee when requested to do so, or which fails to maintain the
standard above specified, may be removed therefrom.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Academy of Eastern College	Manassas
Accomac High School	Accomac
Alexandria City High School	Alexandria
Altavista High School	Altavista
Amelia High School	Amelia
Appalachia High School	Appalachia
Appomattox Agricultural High School	Appomattox
Ashland High School	Ashland
Augusta Military Academy	Fort Defiance
Bedford City High School	Bedford City
Benedictine College	Richmond
Big Stone Gap High School	Big Stone Gap
Blacksburg High School	Blacksburg
Blackstone Academy	Blackstone
Blackstone High School	Blackstone
Botetourt High School	Gloucester
Brandon Institute	Basic
Bristol High School	Bristol
Buchanan High School	Buchanan
Buena Vista High School	Buena Vista
Burkeville High School	Burkeville
Cape Charles High School	Cape Charles
Capeville High School	Capeville
Carson High School	Carson
Chamberlayne School	Richmond
Charlotte High School	Charlotte Court House
Charlottesville High School	Charlottesville
Chase City High School	Chase City
Chatham High School	Chatham
Chatham Training School	Chatham
Cheriton High School	Cheriton
Chester Agricultural High School	Chester
Chincoteague High School	Chincoteague
Christiansburg High School	Christiansburg
Churchland High School	Churchland
Clifton Forge High School	Clifton Forge
Clintwood High School	Clintwood
Cluster Springs Academy	Cluster Springs
Coeburn High School	Coeburn
Courtland High School	Courtland
Covington High School	Covington
Crewe High School	Crewe
Danville High School	Danville
Danville School for Boys	Danville
Deep Creek High School	Portsmouth, R. F. D. No. 2
Disputanta High School	Disputanta
Driver Agricultural High School	Driver
Dublin Institute	Dublin
East Stone Gap High School	East Stone Gap
Edinburg High School	Edinburg
Elk Creek High School	Elk Creek
Emporia High School	Emporia
Episcopal High School	Alexandria
Fairfield High School	Fairfield
Farmville High School	Farmville
Fincastle High School	Fincastle
Fishburne Military Academy	Waynesboro
Fork Union Military Academy	Fork Union
Franklin High School	Franklin
Franktown-Nassawadox High School	Franktown
Fredericksburg High School	Fredericksburg
Front Royal High School	Front Royal
Galax High School	Galax
Graham High School	Graham
Grundy High School	Grundy
Hamilton High School	Cartersville
Hampton High School	Hampton
Harrisonburg High School	Harrisonburg
Hayes Store High School	Hayes Store
Herndon High School	Herndon
Highland Springs High School	Highland Springs
Houston High School	Houston
Jarratt High School	Jarratt
Jefferson High School	Suffolk
Jefferson School for Boys	Charlottesville
John Marshall High School	Richmond
Kinsale High School	Kinsale
Lafayette High School	Norfolk
Lawrenceville High School	Lawrenceville
Lebanon High School	Lebanon
Lee Maury High School	Bowling Green
Leesburg High School	Leesburg
Lexington High School	Lexington
Lignum High School	Lignum
Lincoln High School	Lincoln
Louisa High School	Louisa
Luray High School	Luray
Lynchburg High School	Lynchburg
McGaheysville High School	McGaheysville
McGuire's University School	Richmond
Manassas Agricultural High School	Manassas
Marion High School	Marion
Martinsville High School	Martinsville
Massanutten Academy	Woodstock
Maury High School	Norfolk
Max Meadows High School	Max Meadows
Middletown Agricultural High School	Middletown
Miller School	Miller School
Monterey High School	Monterey
Morrisville High School	Morrisville
New Castle High School	New Castle
New London Academy	Forest Depot
Newport News High School	Newport News
Norton High School	Norton
Oceana High School	Oceana
Onancock High School	Onancock
Orange High School	Orange
Palmyra High School	Palmyra
Parksley High School	Parksley
Pearisburg High School	Pearisburg
Petersburg High School	Petersburg
Pocahontas High School	Pocahontas
Portsmouth High School	Portsmouth
Pulaski High School	Pulaski
Radford High School	Radford
Randolph-Macon Academy	Bedford City
Randolph-Macon Academy	Front Royal
Reedville High School	Reedville
Richlands High School	Richlands
Richmond Academy	Richmond
Roanoke High School	Roanoke
Round Hill High School	Round Hill
Rural Retreat High School	Rural Retreat
Salem High School	Salem
Saltville High School	Saltville
Scottsville High School	Scottsville
Shenandoah Collegiate Institute	Dayton
Shenandoah Valley Academy	Winchester
Shoemaker High School	Gate City
Smithfield High School	Smithfield
South Boston High School	South Boston
South Hill High School	South Hill
South Norfolk High School	South Norfolk
Staunton High School	Staunton
Staunton Military Academy	Staunton
Stony Creek High School	Stony Creek
Strasburg High School	Strasburg
Stuyvesant School	Warrrenton
Sunny Side High School	Champe
Tazewell High School	Tazewell
Toano High School	Toano
Turbeville Agricultural High School	Turbeville
Wakefield High School	Wakefield
Warrenton High School	Warrenton
Waverly High School	Waverly
Waynesboro High School	Waynesboro
West Point High School	West Point
Western Branch High School	Portsmouth
Whaleyville High School	Whaleyville
White Stone High School	White Stone
Wicomico High School	Wicomico Church
William King High School	Abingdon
Winchester High School	Winchester
Woodberry Forest School for Boys	Woodberry Forest
Woodlawn High School	Woodlawn
Woodstock High School	Woodstock
Wytheville High School	Wytheville

Partial Accrediting of Schools.—High schools which cannot fulfill all
the requirements for a fully accredited school, but which offer four years
of work, covering at least twelve units, may be partially accredited, upon
those subjects which have been approved by the Committee. Graduates of
such schools will be credited with the twelve approved units and will be
given examinations upon the other two units required for entrance.

List of Partially Accredited Schools:

                                                         

Berryville High School	Berryville
Boydton High School	Boydton
Boykins High School	Boykins
Broadway High School	Broadway
Buck Horn High School	Union Level
Churchview High School	Churchview
Cobbs Creek High School	Cobbs Creek
Columbia High School	Columbia
Culpeper High School	Culpeper
Cumberland High School	Cumberland
Elkton High School	Elkton
Glendale High School	Richmond, R. F. D. No. 6
Gordonsville High School	Gordonsville
Great Bridge High School	Great Bridge
Holland High School	Holland
Hutcheson High School	Baskerville
Ivanhoe High School	Ivanhoe
Jonesville High School	Jonesville
Lovettsville High School	Lovettsville
Mathews High School	Mathews
Painter High School	Painter
Pungoteague High School	Pungoteague
Rustburg High School	Rustburg
Stonewall Jackson High School	Dendron
Syringa High School	Syringa
The Plains High School	The Plains
Unionville High School	Unionville
Varina High School	Richmond, R. F. D. No. 5
Wachapreague High School	Wachapreague