November 25, December 2.-DAVID GORDON LYON. Hollis Professor of Divinity. The Old Testament in the Light of Hebrew History.

December 9. 16.-JOSEPH HENRY THAYER. Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism. New Testament Times.

January 6, 13.-Professor Toy. The Development of the Hebrew Region.

January 20.-Rev. HENRY VAN DYKE, Preacher to the University. The spirit of the Psalms.

February 17, 24.-Professor LYON. Prophecy and the Prophet Isaiah.

March 3.-ALBert Bushnell HART, Professor of History. The Old Testament in the Light of Universal History.

March 10, 17.-Frofessor J. H. THAYER. The Mutual Relations of the Gospels.
March 24, 31.-Professor PEABODY. The Sermon on the Mount.

April 14, 21.—George Herbert Palmer, Alford Professor of Philosophy. Parabolic Teaching and the Teachings of Christ.

April 28, May 5.—John Henry WRIGHT, Professor of Greek. The Speeches of Paul.

The Harvard University library now contains 376,200 bound volumes, distributed as follows:

The College Library in Gore Hall is for the use of the whole University. All students who have given bonds may take out books, three volumes at a time, and may keep them one month. Books, reserved at the instance of officers of instruction, as collateral reading for their courses, are shelved in separate alcoves, with tables for consultation, and may be taken out only near the close of library hours, and must be returned upon the re-opening of the Library.

The Collection of pamphlets and maps in the College Library is very large, and is estimated to be equal in number to the collection of bound volumes. The departmental libraries have also considerable numbers of pamphlet monographs on subjects connected with their specialties; and these are not included in the count of volumes. The College Library has also a collection of coins. In the Fine Arts Department (Sever Hall), there is a large collection of photographs, and at certain hours the room is open to the public.

The Catalogue of the Gore Hall Collection, including pamphlets, is on cards, accessible to the public, and consists of two parts, the one arranged by authors, the other by subjects. Printed strips of titles added to all the libraries are issued two or three times a week; and they are posted in Gore Hall and in the departmental libraries. Three or four times during the academic year, they are gathered in the Bulletin of the University, and issued with notes on the authorities in different departments of knowledge.

The average number of volumes added to the library in recent years is over 13,000. The number of books used in 1888–89 was 84,191. During the same year the percentage of students in college, who borrowed books from the library, was as follows: 97 per cent. of the Seniors, 99 per cent. of the Juniors, 90 per cent. of the Sophomores, and 69 per cent. of the Freshmen. Fifteen years ago, before the development of the elective system, the average percentage was only 57 among the corresponding classes.

CLEMENT L. SMITH, LL.D.,

Dean.

CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D.,

Pres.

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Yale University,

New Haven, Conn.

Requirements for Admission.

LL Candidates For Admission to the Freshman Class are examined in the following books and subjects; certificates of standing elsewhere are not accepted in place of this examination :-

I. Latin Grammar.

2. Cæsar-Gallic War books i-iv,

3. Cicero-Orations against Catiline and for Archias, and, in addition, either the Marcellus and the 14th Philippic, or the Milo, or the Manilian Law, or the Cato Major. 4. Vergil-Bucolics, and first six books of the Aeneid, including Prosody.

5. Ovid-Metamorphoses, translated at sight.

6. The translation, at sight, into simple and iodiomatic English, of passages from prose Latin.

7. The translation into Latin of connected passages of English prose. [As special importance is given to this part of the examination, it is suggested to teachers that they connect exercises in making Latin, both oral and written, with all the Latin studies of the pre. paratory course.]

8. Roman History, to the death of Augustus.

9. Greek Grammar.

10. Xenophon-Anabasis, four books.

II. Homer-Iliad, three books, with Prosody.

12. The translation, at sight, into simple and idiomatic English, of a passage from some work of Xenophon.

13. The translation of English into Greek: Jones's Exercises, White's Lessons, and Keep's Lessons are suggested, as indicating the preparation required.

14. Greek History.

15. Higher Arithmetic-including the metric system of weights and measures. 16. Algebra—so much as is included in Loomis's Treatise, up to the chapter on Logarithms.

17. Plane Geometry.

18. French or German-so far as to translate at sight easy prose, the candidate being at liberty to decide for himself in which of the two languages he shall be examined.

Candidates are allowed to divide the examination, with an interval of not less than a year between the two parts. In such cases, they must present themselves at one of the two regular examinations, that is, either in June or September, of the first year; and at this preliminary examination each candidate must submit a definite statement from his principal instructor of the subjects which he is autohrized to offer. No candidate will be allowed to offer French, German, Geometry, the translation at sight of prose Latin, or prose Greek, at a preliminary examination; and at the close of such an examination, no certificate of partial admission will be furnished, unless at least six subjects have been satisfactorily passed.

THE REGULAR EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION to College is held at Alumni Hall, New Haven.

A second examination is held in New Haven at the beginning of the College year, in September.

Persons applying for admission to any of the classes in College during the course of the College year (that is, from September to June) must first obtain from the Faculty permission to be examined, and pay to the Treasurer a fee of ten dollars.

TESTIMONIALS-Satisfactory testimonials of good moral character (preferably from the last principal instructor) are in all cases required, before a certificate of admission in full can be granted. Students from other Colleges must present certificates of dismissal in good standing.

BOND-Every person must give to the Treasurer, on being admitted, a bond, executed by his parent or guardian, for five hundred dollars, as security for the payment of charges arising under the laws of the College. A blank form for this purpose will be furnished at the time of admission.

Persons who have gone through undergraduate courses of study, here or elsewhere, may avail themselves of the facilities of the school for more special professional training in the physical sciences and their applications, gaining in one, two, or three years the degree of BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY, or in two additional years of Engineering study, that of CIVIL ENGINEER or that of DYNAMIC or MECHANICAL ENGINEER.

Or, engaging in studies of a less exclusively technical character, they may become candidates for the degree of DocTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. Sheffield Scientific School,

TERMS OF ADMISSION-Candidates must be not less than fifteen years of age, and must bring satisfactory testimonials of moral character from their former instructors or other responsible persons.

For admission to the Freshman Class the student must pass a thorough examination in the following subjects:

English—including grammar, spelling, and composition. In grammar, Whitney's Essentials of English Grammar, or an equivalent.

History of the United States.

Geography.

Latin (1) Simple exercises in translating English into Latin. (Smith's “ Principia Latina," Part i, is named as indicating the nature and extent of this requirement, and an acquaintance with it will be required, unless a satisfactory substitute is offered.) (2) Cæsar-six books of the Gallic War, or their equivalent. (As advantageous substitutes for the last three books of Cæsar may be suggested three books of Vergil's Aeneid. Arithmetic-Fundamental Operations, Least Common Multiple, Greatest Common Divisor, Common and Decimal Fractions, Denominate Numbers, including the Metric System of Weights and Measures; Percentages, including Interest, Discount, and Commission; Proportion, Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. Algebra--Fundamental Operations, Fractions, Equations of the First Degree, with one or several unknown quantities; Inequalities, Ratio and Proportion, Powers and Roots, including the theory of Exponents, the Binomial Formula for an Entire Exponent, and the transformation and Reduction of Radicals; Equations of the Second Degree, Progressions, Continued Fractions, Permutations and Combinations, the Doctrine of Limits, the Nature of Series, the Method of Indeterminate Coefficients Fundamental Properties of Logarithms, Compound Interest and Annuities.

Geometry--Plane, Solid, and Spherical; including fundamental notions of Symmetry, and examples of Loci and Maxima and Minima of Plane Figures,-so much, for example, as is contained in Newcomb's Geometry, exclusive of the chapters on the Ellipse, Hyperbola, and Parabola.

Trigonometry-including the Analytical Theory of the Trigonometrical Functions, and the usual formulae; the construction and Use of Trigonometrical Tables; and the Solution of Plane Triangles :-so much, for example, as is contained in the first six chapters of Newcomb's larger Trigonometry and in Arts. 75-78 of chapter viii, with the explanation of the first five tables in Newcomb's five-figure Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables, which are furnished at the examinations in New Haven. Candidates will be allowed the option of passing on the above-named subjects in two successive years. In such cases they must present themselves for examination at the June examination of the first year in the following subjects or parts of subjects: History of the United States, Geography, Arithmetic, Plane Geometry, and Algebra to Quadratic Equations.

In order to have this preliminary examination counted, candidates must pass satisfactorily on four subjects; and notice of the intention to divide the examination must be given to Professor George J. Brush, Director of the School.

F. B. DEXTER, A.M., Sec.

TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D., LL.D., Pres.

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Princeton University,

Princeton, New Jersey.

Requirements for Admission.-Academic Department.

LL entering students on their arrival must report at the President's house and register. Examinations for admission will be written, with supplementary oral examinations, if needed. The first examination will commence in Princeton, on Thursday, June 12th, at II A. M., and continue through the afternoon of Friday. The second will commence on Tuesday, September 16th, at II A. M., and continue through the afternoon of Wednesday. Applicants who have any conditions or other deficiencies from the June examination are required to remove them at this time. Attendance is required at the beginning of the examinations.

Simultaneously with the June entrance examinations in Princeton, examinations will also be held in the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver, San Francisco, and at preparatory schools and other cities when necessary. The precise places in which the examinations are to be held can be learned by application to the President. Due notice of these examinations will also be published in leading local newspapers for several weeks in advance.

Examinations at other times and places than those specified are inconvenient and often impracticable, and applicants for examination at other than the regular days are required to pay $10 into the treasury.

Candidates for admission to the Freshman class are examined in the following books and subjects. It is recommended that the candidates be prepared for examination on the requirements as specified; but equivalents will be accepted.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.-Whitney, or equivalent; Modern English History (1558-1880)Gardiner, Anderson, or equivalent; U. S. History-Johnston, Scott, or equivalent.

The writing of a short essay may be required as a part of the examination; the theme for the essay of 1890 will be based on the life and writings of Prescott or of Bayard Taylor. The attention of preparatory schools is called to the need of a more thorough study of elementary English; also, to the addition of Modern English History to the English entrance requirements.

Candidates for admission to the next Freshman Class, Academic or Scientific, in 1890, will not be required to pass examination in Modern English History; and those applying for the same class, Academic Department, will not have to be prepared on the whole of Plane Geometry, but only on two books of Euclid, or an equivalent.

LATIN GRAMMAR; especially the inflections; the simpler rules for composition and derivation of words; syntax of cases and verbs, and structure of the sentence in general, with particular regard to relative and conditional sentences, indirect discourse and the subjunctive; so much prosody as relates to accent, quantity, versification in general, and dactylic hexameter. Cæsar (five books of the Commentaries); Sallust (Catiline or Jugurtha); Virgil (six books of the Eneid); Cicero's Select Orations (six); Arnold's Latin Prose Composition (twelve chapters), or Jones' Exercises in Latin Prose; Geography of Ancient Italy.

GREEK GRAMMAR, including prosody; Xenophon (four books of the Anabasis), or Greek Reader (Goodwin's), III pages; Homer (the first two books of the Iliad, except the Catalogue of Ships); Greek Composition (Jones' Exercises in Greek Prose, or an equivalent -writing with the accents required); Geography of Ancient Greece and Asia Minor. Goodwin's Grammar is preferred. Special stress is laid upon a thorough knowledge of the noun and verb inflections. Candidates will do well to read an additional book of the Iliad, where

this can be done without sacrifice of thoroughness in the formal requisitions. Some experience in giving written answers to set questions is advantageous.

The Continental pronunciation of the vowels and diphthongs is preferred in both Latin and Greek.

ARITHMETIC, including the Metric system; Algebra, through quadratic equations involving two unknown quantities-including radicals, and fractional and negative exponents; Plane Geometry.

At the examinations in June and September, candidates intending to enter the Freshman class one year later are admitted, on request, to examination on a portion of the subjects required for entrance. Unless in exceptional cases, either two of the four general subjects, English, Mathematics, Latin, Greek, must be offered entire; or such parts of at least three subjects as are here prescribed, viz.: in English, Grammar and either U. S. History or Modern English History; in Mathematics, Arithmetic, with the Metric system, and either Algebra or Plane Geometry; in Latin, the full amount in Cæsar and one other author, with Grammar; in Greek, three books of the Anabasis, with Grammar.

Immediately after the opening of the College the entering students meet, according to announcement, for the registration of their names and subscription to the following pledge, required by the Board of Trustees :

We, the undersigned, do individually for ourselves promise, without any mental reservation, that we will have no connection whatever with any secret society, nor be present at the meetings of any secret society in this or any other college so long as we are members of the College of New Jersey; it being understood that this promise has no reference to the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies. We also declare that we regard ourselves bound to keep this promise and on no account whatever to violate it.

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE.—This institution is a department of the College of New Jersey, founded in 1873 upon an endowment by Mr. John C. Green.

Candidates for admission to the Freshman class must be at least sixteen years of age. They will be examined in the following books and subjects:

ENGLISH: Grammar-Whitney, or equivalent; U. S. History-Johnston, or equivalent; Modern English History-Gardiner, or equivalent; Essay—the theme for 1890 will be based on the life of Prescott or of Sir Isaac Newton. The attention of preparatory schools is called to the need of a more thorough study of elementary English; also, to the addition of Modern English History to the English entrance requirements. MATHEMATICS: Arithmetic entire, including the Metric system, a practical knowledge of which is indispensable; Algebra, through quadratic equations including two unknown quantities, including evolution, radicals, theory of exponents; Geometry-Plane Geometry entire (five books of Wentworth's or Chauvenet's Geometry, or their equivalent). PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: The elements, as

contained in Guyot's Grammar-School Geography.

MODERN LANGUAGES: Either FRENCH or GERMAN at the option of the candidate. in either language the examination will be upon the general principles of Grammar French, Otto, pp. 28-201, or Whitney, pp. 27-202; German, Whitney, pp. 23-153 and 278-284; or Brandt, pp. 6–154; or Otto, Part I.; or Joynes-Meissner, pp. 19–177; or Huss, pp. 9-101 of the Theoretical Part,] and the ability to translate easy prose, such as, in French, the first fifty pages of Lamartine's Graziella, or of G. Sand's La Mare au Diable, or Erckmann-Chatrian's Le Conscrit, or Lacombe's Petite Histoire du Peuple Francais ; or in German, either Storm's Immensee, or Grimm's Màrchen (Otis' edition, pp. 61-109), or Boisen's German Prose (pp. 3-51).

It is recommended that all candidates should receive instruction in free-hand drawing before their entrance.

President, FRANCIS LANDEY PATTON, D.D., LL.D.

Registrar, HENRY N. Van Dyke, Princeton, N. J.