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ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS.

The purpose of these examinations is to secure in the applicant
adequate mental maturity for entrance upon a course of University study,
as well as the specific training needed to prosecute with success the work
of the school or department in which the student is registered. It is not
and has never been the policy of the University of Virginia to deny its
opportunities and privileges to any young man able to profit by them.
The test imposed at entrance is designed as much to protect the candidate
as to safeguard the school. Every applicant for admission is therefore
required as a proof of maturity and fitness to pass examination in certain
selected studies, or to present valid certificates covering courses of instruction
equivalent to these. From and after June 1st, 1908, the requirements
will consist of twelve blocks, elected by the applicant under specified
restrictions from the list below.

English.—Four blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. English Grammar and Grammatical Analysis.

B. Composition and Rhetoric.

C. History of Literature, English and American.

D. Critical Study of Selected Specimens of Literature.

All applicants for admission must satisfy the examiners in blocks A
and B and in either C or D. For admission to English Literature the
candidate must answer all four blocks.

Mathematics.—Four blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. Arithmetic and Algebra to Quadratics.

B. Quadratics, Proportion, Progressions, Binomial Formula.

C. Plane Geometry Complete.

D. Geometrical Exercises; Solid Geometry of Planes and Polyhedra.

All applicants for admission must satisfy the examiners in blocks A,
B, and C. For admission to Mathematics 1, the candidate must answer
all four blocks.

History.—Four blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. American History and Government.

B. English History.

C. Medieval and Modern European History.

D. Greek and Roman History.

The questions set will be such as should be answered by a student who
had devoted one full high school year to energetic study under competent
instruction in each one of the four topics. All applicants for admission
must satisfy the examiners in Block A and one other. For admission to
History 1, the candidate must answer all four blocks.

Latin.—Four blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. Grammar and Composition.

B. Cæsar's Gallic War, Books I-IV.

C. Cicero's Orations Against Catiline, and two others.

D. Virgil's Æneid, Books I-VI.

Candidates who elect Latin for entrance must pass in Blocks A, B,
and C. For admission to Latin 1, the candidate must satisfy the examiners
in all four blocks. He should have studied Latin for four years under
competent instruction.

Greek.—Two blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. Grammar and Composition.

B. Xenophon's Anabasis, Books I-IV.

The candidate should have studied Greek under competent instruction
for two years, and must satisfy the examiners in both blocks. This
examination admits to Greek 2.

German.—Two blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. Grammar and Composition.

B. Translation of Easy Modern German Prose.

The candidate should have studied German under competent instruction
for two years, and must satisfy the examiners in both blocks. This
examination admits to German 2.

French.—Two blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. Grammar and Composition.

B. Translation of Easy Modern French Prose.

The candidate should have studied French under competent instruction
for two years, and must satisfy the examiners in both blocks. This
examination admits to French 2.

Spanish.—Two blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. Grammar and Composition.

B. Translation of Easy Modern Spanish Prose.

The candidate should have studied Spanish under competent instruction
for two years, and must satisfy the examiners in both blocks. This
examination admits to Spanish 2.

Science.—Four blocks of questions will be set as follows:

A. Physical Geography.

B. Inorganic Chemistry.

C. Experimental Physics.

D. Elementary Botany and Zoology.

The candidate should have studied each of the four topics under
competent instruction and with proper laboratory facilities, for at least
one full school year.