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SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT.

CHARLES S. VENABLE, LL. D., Professor of Mathematics.

FRANCIS H. SMITH, M. A., LL. D., Professor of Natural Philosophy.

JOHN W. MALLET, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D., F. R. S., Professor of Chemistry.

F. P. DUNNINGTON, B. S., Professor of Analytical Chemistry.

WILLIAM M. FONTAINE, M. A., Professor of Natural History and Geology.
. . . . . Professor of Biology and Agriculture.

ORMOND STONE, M. A., Professor of Practical Astronomy.

JAMES S. MILLER, Instructor in Mathematics and Physics.

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS.

Prof. Venable.

This School embraces two courses, as follows:

I. Pure Mathematics.

Junior Class.—This class meets three times a week (4½ hours) and
studies Theory of Arithmetical Notations and Operations; Algebra,
through the Binomial Theorem; Geometry, Plane and Solid; Geometrical
Analysis, with numerous exercises for original solution; Elementary
Plane Trigonometry, embracing the solution of Triangles, with the
use of Logarithms, and some applications to problems of "Heights and
Distances." The preparation desirable for it is a good knowledge of
Arithmetic, of Algebraic Operations through Equations of the Second
Degree, and of the first three books of Plane Geometry.

Text-books.—Todhunter's Algebra; Venable's Legendre's Geometry, with collection of exercises;
Todhunter's Trigonometry for Beginners.

Intermediate Class.—This class meets twice a week (3 hours) and
studies Geometrical Analysis, with exercises for original solution;
Plane Trigonometry, with applications; Analytical Geometry of two
dimensions; Spherical Trigonometry, with applications; Elements of
the Theory of Equations. The preparation desirable for this class is a
thorough knowledge of Algebra through the Binomial Theorem, and
Logarithms; of Synthetic Geometry, Plane and Solid, with some training


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in the solution of Geometrical Problems; and a knowledge of the elements
of Plane Trigonometry, including the use of logarithmic tables

Text-books.—Snowball's Trigonometry, Puckle's Conic Sections, the Professor's Collection
of Exercises in Plane Geometry.

Senior Class.—This class meets three times a week (4½ hours) and
studies Analytical Geometry of three dimensions, through the discussion
of the Conicoids and some Curves in Space; Differential and
Integral Calculus, with various applications; a short course in the Calculus
of Variations; the Theory of Equations; and lectures on the
History of Mathematics.

Text-books.—The Professor's Notes on Solid Geometry (Analytical); Todhunter's Differential
Calculus; Williamson's Integral Calculus; Todhunter's Theory of Equations.

Candidates for graduation in Pure Mathematics are required to pursue
in the University the studies of both the Intermediate and Senior
Classes.

II. Mixed Mathematics.

This course is designed for those students who may desire to prosecute
their studies beyond the limits of Pure Mathematics. It embraces
an extended course of reading under the instruction and guidance of
the Professor on the applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus
to Mechanics, Physical Astronomy, and selected portions of Physics.
The class in Mixed Mathematics meets twice a week (3 hours).

Text-books.—Price's Infinitesimal Calculus, Vols. II. and III.; Cheyne's Planetary Theory.

The instruction in each class in the School of Mathematics is conveyed
partly by lectures and partly by the systematic study of approved
text-books. The progress of the student in each class is tested
constantly by his being called upon to apply the principles acquired to
the independent solution of selected problems.


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SCHOOL OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Prof. Smith.

This school includes two courses, as follows:

I. General Physics.

Junior Class.—The object of the course of lectures to this class is to
furnish the student with a comprehensive view of Modern Physics, and
to make him familiar with its methods of investigation. With the design
of laying a thoroughly scientific basis for the course, a large space
is given at the outset to the discussion of the cardinal doctrines of motion,
force, energy, and potential, and to their simpler applications in the
pressure and motion of visible masses.

With this preparation the student proceeds to the subject of Molecular
Physics, embracing Sound, Light, Heat, and Electricity. Throughout
the course the laws of motion and force are kept steadily in view,
and an attempt is made to exhibit the evidence, daily becoming stronger
and clearer, for the belief prevalent among scientists, that the entire
body of Physics is a coherent and harmonious system of mechanical
truth.

Members of the Junior Class are admitted at convenient times to the
Physical Laboratory, where they may repeat and extend the experiments
of the lecture-room. Such exercise is entirely optional. Experience
shows that this privilege is highly valued and extensively used.

Text-books.—The Professor's Syllabus; Everett's Units and Physical Constants; Daniell's
Physics.

Senior Class.—This class studies selected portions of Mathematical
Physics, and Spherical Astronomy. The members of the class are
required to spend from one to two months in the Physical Laboratory.

Text-books.—Cummings' Electricity; Everett's Wave Motion; Glazebrook's Physical Optics;
Glazebrook's Practical Physics; Norton's Astronomy; Notes and Problems given by the
Professor.

Candidates for graduation in Natural Philosophy are required to attend
only the foregoing classes.

II. Practical Physics.

This course is for students preparing to become teachers of science,
and for those who, for other reasons, desire to push their studies in
Physics beyond the limits of the under-graduate course. The instruction


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is partly theoretical and partly experimental, embracing the following
topics:

Theoretical.—Reduction of observations; Graphical representation
of results; Interpolation; Method of Least Squares; Essays on prescribed
Physical topics.

Experimental.—In this, the main portion of the course, the student
will learn physical manipulation, and the use of instruments by actual
practice.

(1). Lecture-room Apparatus and Lecture-room Experiments.

(2). Physical measurements and "instruments of precision." Cathetometer;
Spherometer; Dividing Engine; Goniometer; Balance; Syren;
Monochord; Revolving Mirror; Photometer; Microscope; Spectroscope
Diffraction-bench; Polariscope; Electrometer; Galvanometer;
Magnetometer; Meteorological instruments, with daily use of the same.

Text-books.—Chauvenet's Method of Least Squares; Kohlrausch's Physical Measurements.

SCHOOL OF GENERAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY.

Prof. Mallet.

In this School there are two courses, as follows:

I. General Chemistry.

This course consists of three lectures a week throughout the session.
The fundamental ideas of chemical science, the relations of Chemistry
to Physics, the laws regulating chemical combination by weight and by
volume, the atomic theory as at present viewed in connection with
Chemistry, the chemical nomenclature and symbols now in use, and a
general survey of the descriptive chemistry of the elements and their
compounds, inorganic and organic, are brought forward in order, with
incidental allusion to the applications in medicine, the arts and manufactures,
of the facts mentioned.

Text-books.—Fownes' Chemistry (last edition). Recommended for reference.—Roscoe
and Schorlemmer's (or Miller's) Elements of Chemistry; A. Naquet's Principes de Chimie
fondée sur les théories modernes; Watt's Dictionary of Chemistry.

II. Industrial Chemistry.

This course, in which also three lectures a week are delivered, examines
in detail the chemical principles and processes specially concerned


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in the more important arts and manufactures, upon which in
large measure depends the development of the natural resources of the
country, the opportunity being thus presented of preparation for such
positions as those of the miner and metallurgist, the chemical manufacturer,
the dyer, bleacher, tanner, sugar refiner, etc.

Text-book.—Wagner's Chemical Technology. Recommended for reference—Richardson
and Watt's Chemical Technology; Muspratt's Chemistry as Applied to Arts and Manufactures;
Ure's Dictionary of Arts and Manufactures; Girardin's Leons de Chimie Èlémentaire
appliquée aux Arts Industriels; Percy's Metallurgy, etc.

The lectures in both these courses are illustrated by suitable experiments,
and by such specimens, models, drawings, etc., as the various
subjects require. The collections of the University in illustration of
the processes and products of Industrial Chemistry have been procured
with much expense and pains in this country, England, France, and
Germany, and are unusually extensive and good—amongst the best on
this side of the Atlantic. (See page 68.)

In both courses there are one or more reviews each week of the subjects
under discussion, involving questions put by, as well as to, the
students; and exercises in writing are from time to time given out to
afford practice in the calculations which are needed by the chemist.

SCHOOL OF ANALYTICAL AND AGRICULTURAL
CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY.

Prof. Dunnington.

The regular work of this School, constituting a complete course in
Practical Chemistry, is arranged in two divisions, as follows:

I. A regularly arranged course in Chemical Manipulation is first
given. This is followed by Blowpipe Analysis and Fire Assays of ores
of lead, silver, and gold. A systematic course in Inorganic Qualitative
Analysis follows with practice in the analysis of mixtures of salts,
alloys, ores, and so on, and in Determinative Mineralogy. Instruction
in the elements of Quantitative Analysis completes this division of the
course.

II. The work of the second division is an extended course of Quantitative
Analysis, both gravimetric and volumetric. The student determines
the composition of ores, minerals, clays, soils, building stones,
manures, technical products, and so on.


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As he advances in the course he is encouraged to undertake original
research and assisted in its prosecution; and in determining his fitness
for graduation, work of this sort is considered as having great weight.

Among the works recommended to laboratory students are: Fresenius's Qualitative an
Quantitative Analysis; Greville Williams's Handbook of Chemical Manipulation; Woehler's
Examples for Practice in Chemical Analysis; Von Kobell's Tafeln zur Bestimmung der Mine.
ralien (also in English translation); Odling's Practical Chemistry for Medical Students; A.
Classen's Elementary Quantitative Analysis.

Five lessons are given each week, and the Laboratory is open to
students six days in the week during all the working hours of the day.

Students may matriculate either for the Full Course or for the First
Course; but candidates for graduation are required to complete the
Full Course. Those who accomplish it are prepared for work as Analytical
Chemists, Assayers or Teachers of Chemistry.

In addition to the foregoing the following Special Courses are given
in this School. They are open without additional charge to the regular
students of the School. For fees to others see page 70.

1. A laboratory course of sixteen lessons on the Medical Applications
of Chemistry;
the detection of poisons, the chemical and microscopical
examination of urine and blood, and so on.

2. A laboratory course of twelve lessons in Practical Pharmacy,
including the compounding and dispensing of drugs.

3. A lecture course of twenty-four lessons on Agricultural Chemistry,
including the chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere, of
soils and of plants; the chemistry of the processes of vegetable life;
the chemical composition and preparation of manures, and so on.

Text-books.—Johnston and Cameron's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology
(12th edition). For reference.—Johnson's How Crops Grow; Johnson's How Crops Feed
Lupton's Elementary Principles of Scientific Agriculture.

Special Courses 1 and 2 are of especial interest to students of Medicine
and Pharmacy. Special Course 3 is open free of charge to farmers
who are not students of the University.


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CORCORAN SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY.

Prof. Fontaine.

In this School there are two regular classes: Geology and Mineralogy.

I. Geology.—This subject is taught during the entire session, and
three lectures a week are devoted to it, until the examination in Mineralogy,
which takes place usually in the latter part of February; thereafter
five lectures a week are given to Geology, until the final examination,
which takes place late in April. The aim of the course of instruction
is to give as thorough an exposition of the fundamental principles
of the science as possible, and to teach the student how to use
them in practical work in the field.

Text-book.—Le Conte's Elements of Geology. For reference—Dana's Manual, and Lyell's
Elements and Principles of Geology.

II. Mineralogy.—This subject is studied until the intermediate examination
in February. Two lectures a week are devoted to it. Special
attention is paid to crystallography, as well as to the chemical and
physical properties of minerals. In Descriptive Mineralogy, the mode
of occurrence, the geological importance and relations of the species
are made prominent.

Text-book.—Dana's Manual of Mineralogy and Lithology. For reference—Dana's Textbook
of Mineralogy.

III. Botany.—For the present session (1887-8) the class in Botany,
usually attached to the School of Biology and Agriculture, has been
transferred to this School. The general principles of the science are
taught and the time of the student is mainly occupied in the study,
analysis and determination of flowering plants.

Text-book.—Gray's School and Field-book of Botany.

The large and carefully selected collections of geological, mineralogical,
and botanical objects found in the Lewis Brooks Museum of Natural
History (see page 67), afford unsurpassed facilities for the full illustration
of the principles taught. As free access to these collections is
allowed the student, he can find in their study an opportunity, rarely
obtained, for gaining a practical acquaintance with natural objects
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character. These collections are especially useful to students pursuing
special courses of study in Geology, Mineralogy, and Botany.

The foregoing subjects are taught mainly by lectures. These are
supplemented by portions of the text-books.

In order to give the members of the classes in Geology and Mineralogy
an opportunity to study the method of field work, the Professor,
when a sufficient number desire it, organizes a field party. The University
has hitherto borne a portion of the expense of the party. The
field work is done in the month of July, and is entirely optional with
the students.

Persons engaged in the study of Geology and Mineralogy may, although
not members of the University class, with the consent of the
Professor, and on paying $25 to the Proctor, join the exploring party.

MILLER SCHOOL OF BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE.

Prof. . . . . . .

[To be elected].

In this school there are two courses; one of Scientific and Experimental
Biology, the other of Scientific and Practical Agriculture.

Detailed descriptions of the courses of instruction will be published
as soon as possible after the election of the professor.

The class in Botany has for this session been assigned to Prof. Fontaine,
and students of Agriculture are directed in their work by Prof.
Mallet.

SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY.

Prof. Stone.

The courses in this school are arranged primarily for persons proposing
to become practical astronomers. The Junior course in Spherical
and Practical Astronomy is also recommended to students in
Engineering; the Junior course in Spherical and Practical Astronomy,
and the courses in Celestial Mechanics and Computing, are recommended
to graduate students in Mathematics.


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The courses pursued are as follows:

I. Spherical and Practical Astronomy.—Each twice a week.

Junior.—Coördinates, their transformations, and their changes; time,
latitude, and longitude; interpolation; mechanical quadratures; least
squares.

Senior.—The telescope; the meridian circle; refraction; the equatorial;
subsidiary instruments; star catalogues.

Text-books.—Doolittle's Practical Astronomy; Chauvenet's Spherical and Practical Astronomy;
American Ephemeris; various memoirs and volumes of observations in the observatory
library.

II. Celestial Mechanics.—Each twice a week.

Junior.—Relations referring to position in orbit and in space; determination
of the elements of a parabolic orbit; determination of the
elements of an undisturbed orbit, no assumption being made in regard
to the eccentricity.

Senior.—Special perturbations; general perturbations.

Text-books.—Oppolzer's Lehrbuch zur Bahnbestimmung; Gauss's Theoria Motus; Laplace's
Mécanique Céleste; various memoirs.

III. Practice in Observing.

Junior.—Observations with the transit instrument for time and latitude;
with the small equatorial, of occultations, positions of comets, etc.

Senior.—Observations with the great equatorial.

IV. Practice in Computing.

Junior.—Reductions of observations; determination of the undisturbed
orbit of an asteroid.

Senior.—Reductions of observations; computation of the perturbations
of the asteroid whose orbit has been determined in the Junior
course, up to the time of the next opposition, including an ephemeris
therefor.

Students, upon entering the school, should have a working knowledge
of coördinate geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry, and differential
and integral calculus. A previous knowledge of French and
German will not be insisted upon; but both of these languages are continually
employed in the work of the school.

For other courses in Astronomy, see Mixed Mathematics, p. 30, and
Senior Natural Philosophy, p. 31.


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GRADUATE COURSES.

School of Mathematics.—The graduate course includes: The
course of Mixed Mathematics, (p. 30); Advanced Studies in the Modern
Higher Geometry, the Infinitesimal Calculus, and in the Higher
Algebra.

For those candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy who
select the Mathematics as their chief study, the graduate course will
extend through two sessions.

School of Natural Philosophy.—The graduate studies are those
of the Course in Practical Physics, (p. 31).

School of General and Industrial Chemistry.—The principal
part of the graduate course will consist of practical laboratory work on
subjects of original investigation. Advanced reading may also be prescribed,
especially in the shape of the bibliography of particular topics,
to be looked up from various sources and condensed by the student.

School of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry.—The course
for graduates in this school consists of laboratory work in an advanced
course of analysis, comprising practice in the more elaborate processes
of analysis, study of methods of analysis, and original investigations
in the composition of rare or unusual minerals, and technical products
presenting scientific or economic interest.

School of Natural History and Geology.—In this school subjects
will be selected from one or more of the branches included in the
School, and assigned to the students. As far as possible, original research
will be required in the treatment of the subjects chosen.

School of Practical Astronomy.—A prescribed course in this
School, to be agreed upon in a conference of the Professors interested,
will be considered as the equivalent of the graduate course in either
Mathematics or Natural Philosophy for graduates of these schools.

N. B.—Graduation in a School is prerequisite to admission to the advanced
Graduate Course of that School. For admission to a graduate
course in the School of General and Industrial Chemistry, or in the
School of Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry, previous graduation
in both the schools named will be required; but this part of the requirement
may be waived, provided satisfactory evidence be furnished that
the student has already made equivalent attainments elsewhere.


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COURSES OF LIBERAL STUDY.

The courses leading to Academical Degrees, the requirements for
which are shown elsewhere (p. 64), differ in character as well as in
extent.

The Bachelors' degrees are arranged so as to furnish a desirable preparation
for professional studies and are the natural introduction to the
advanced studies required for the Doctorate. Of these there are four:

1. The Bachelor of Arts degree admits the greatest freedom of
selection and arrangement. Of the very considerable number of possible
combinations the following judicious groupings are given as examples.
Each has a distinctive educational tendency as indicated in the
table.

               
B. A. Course in—  Graduations in—  Proficiencies in—  Distinctions in— 
Classics.  Latin, Greek.  Mathematics,
Physics, Logic,
English,
History. 
Mathematics.  Mathematics,
Natural Philosophy,
French or German. 
English, Logic.  Senior Latin,
Junior & Int. Greek. 
Physical Science.  Mathematics,
Natural Philosophy. 
Logic, Geology.  Senior Latin,
Junior & Int. Greek,
General Chemistry. 
Natural Science.  Natural History,
General Chemistry. 
Mathematics,
Physics, Logic. 
Senior Latin,
Junior & Int. Greek. 
Modern Languages  English,
Modern Languages. 
Mathematics,
Physics, Logic. 
Senior Latin,
Junior & Int. Greek. 
History and Littrature.  English,
Historical Science. 
Mathematics,
Physics, Logic. 
Senior Latin,
Junior & Int. Greek. 
Philosophy.  Moral Philosophy,
Modern Languages. 
Political Economy,
Mathematics,
Physics. 
Senior Latin,
Junior & Int. Greek. 

2. The Bachelor of Letters degree is the terminus of a specifically
literary course. The subjects of Latin, Greek and Moral Philosophy
are required; to these must be added one of the following: Modern
Languages, English, Historical Science.


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3. The Bachelor of Science degree is the terminus of a purely scientific
course. All four of the subjects are fixed—Mathematics, Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry and Natural History—so that there is no election.

4. The Bachelor of Philosophy degree supplies a course which is
partly literary and partly scientific; but with a distinct leaning to the
literary side. Any three of the six schools mentioned in (2) may be
elected, and to them any two of the four schools mentioned in (3) may
be added. The number of combinations is 120.

The requirement for the degree of Master of Arts is rigid, and
permits no election. It includes Ancient Languages (Latin and Greek,
Modern Languages (French and German), Mathematics, Natural Philosophy,
Chemistry and Moral Philosophy. These constituted all the
schools of the Academical Department, as originally established; so
that the requirement for this degree has an historical as well as an educational
significance.

The degrees of Doctor of Letters, of Science, and of Philosophy
are designed for students who have chosen a vocation which demands
extensive acquirements and original investigation in some special field
of letters or of science. Candidates for these degrees must possess that
amount of general culture and exact training which is attested by a baccalaureate
degree from this University, or its equivalent from some other
chartered school of higher learning, and must elect, for advanced studies,
two schools in either the Literary or the Scientific Department, one as
a principal and the other as a cognate study. The work on the principal
study will ordinarily extend over two sessions; that in the cognate
study can generally be carried on parallel with the former, and be completed
in the same time. In addition to the studies and investigations
pursued during this period the candidate is required to submit a thesis
on some branch of his principal subject. This thesis must exhibit
not breadth and accuracy of information only, but must show capacity
for original and independent research into questions that will advance
the bounds of human learning. The especial attention of students who
propose to devote their lives to teaching, to literature, or to scientific
research is invited to these degrees.


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STUDENTS FROM VIRGINIA.

In compliance with the Statute [Act of Assembly, 15 March, 1884,]
the University offers to white male students from Virginia over the age
of sixteen years instruction without charge for tuition in all the Academical
Schools except the Laboratory courses in Chemistry and Physics
and the Observatory course in Astronomy.

These eleven schools furnish instruction from the elements to the
most advanced stages in the following subjects:

1. The English, Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Anglo-Saxon Languages and the literature and rhetoric of them.

2. Ancient, Mediæval and Modern History and Political Economy.

3. Logic, Philosophy, Ethics and History of Philosophy.

4. Pure and Mixed Mathematics.

5. Experimental and Mathematical Physics.

6. Theoretical Astronomy.

7. General and Industrial Chemistry.

8. Geology and Mineralogy.

9. Biology and Agriculture.

They lead to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science,
Bachelor of Letters, Bachelor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Doctor
of Science, Doctor of Letters, and Doctor of Philosophy.

The total University fees of an Academical Student from Virginia are
only $47; his necessary expenses amount to but $180, exclusive of
books and stationery; of this about $100 must be paid on entrance.

The Faculty are required by law to be satisfied by actual examination
of the applicant or by a certificate from some college or preparatory
school that he has made such proficiency in the branch of study which
he proposes to pursue as will enable him to avail himself of the advantages
afforded by the University.

Examination is required for admission to the School of

1. Latin on inflections, syntax and Books I, II of Cæsar's Commentaries, with Cicero's
Orations against Catiline.

2. Greek on inflections, syntax and Books I, II of Xenophon's Anabasis.

3. Mathematics or Natural Philosophy on Arithmetic, Plane Geometry and Algebra
through quadratics.

For the other subjects a good knowledge of English and Arithmetic
is alone required. The diploma of a college or the certificate of a high
school has great weight with the examiners.


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SPECIAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FOR TEACHERS IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

White male teachers and superintendents of the Free Schools of
Virginia will be admitted, during the last three months of the session,
to the Schools of the Academical Department of the University without
payment of fees. Applicants will present certificates from the State
Superintendent, or from their respective County Superintendents, that
they have been teachers or superintendents in the Public Free Schools.

The members of the Faculty will give the following special courses
of instruction to students matriculated under the foregoing provisions.

Latin:

1. Special course in Cæsar (or Ovid) and Latin Composition. [3 a week.]

2. Regular course in Cicero (or Horace) with Junior Class. [3 a week.]

Greek:

Special course in Xenophon's Anabasis. [2 a week.]

English:

Regular course in History of English Language. [2 a week.]

French:

1. Special course for beginners. [2 a week.]

2. Regular course with Junior Class. [2 a week.]

Pure Mathematics:

1. Special course in Arithmetic and Introduction to Geometry. [2 a week.]

2. Regular course in Plane Trigonometry with Junior Class. [3 a week.]

Applied Mathematics:

Ten lessons on Land Surveying with Field Work.

Natural Philosophy:

1. Regular course in Electricity with Junior Class. [3 a week.]

2. Special course in Electricity for teachers. [1 a week.]

3. Special course in Electrical Experiments in Laboratory.

Chemistry:

Ten lectures on Elementary Ideas in Chemistry.

Botany:

Special course in Elementary Botany. [2 a week.]


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Geography:

1. Special course in General Geography. [1 a week.]

2. Special course in Physical Geography in its relations to Geology. [1 a week to May 15.]

Pedagogics:

1. Special course on Psychology in its relations to Theory of Education.

2. Lectures on History of Education. [1 a week.]

3. Lectures on Methods of Teaching History in Schools.

Students matriculated under the above provision may also attend any
of the regular classes in the Academical Department of the University
without charge. At the conclusion of the courses certificates of attendance
will be given by the several Professors to those students whose
work is approved.

Applicants for admission are requested to send in their names to the
Chairman of the Faculty not later than March 15. University dormitories
will be assigned free of rent, in the order of application, as far as
the vacant rooms will serve. Lodgings can also be had near the University,
or in Charlottesville. The only necessary expenses will be for
board, lights and washing, which will together cost from $3.50 to $5.50
a week. For further information address the Chairman of the Faculty.

LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.

The annual written examinations for boys and girls will be held on
Thursday, April 26, 1888, and the two following days at different centres
by examiners appointed by the University. Centres will be established
wherever an examination is desired by a sufficient number of
candidates of either sex.

The examinations, which are of two grades, will cover the subjects
usually taught in the higher public and private schools. Candidates
who pass with credit will receive certificates to that effect; and twenty
gold medals will be awarded in 1888 for distinguished merit.

Every candidate admitted to examination will be required to pay a
fee of two dollars to defray necessary expenses. The latest day of
entry is April 16, 1888.

Teachers and others interested will please apply for further information
to the Chairman of the Faculty.