The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-12-24
ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY.

This institution is located at Champaign,
in Champaign county, one hundred and
twenty eight miles from Chicago, on the
Chicago Branch of the Illinois Central
ne Opeueu Tor tne recep-
ton of students on Monday the I'd day of
March next. The courses ofinstruction will
embrace course in agriculture, course in
horticulture, a course in mechanical science
and art, course in military tactics and en-
gineering,a coursein mining and metallurgy
a course in civil engineering course in ap-
piled chemistry and in natural science, a
course in trade and commercial science and
general educational course in language, litera
ture, scinece and art. Only the combined
courses in agriculture and horticulture,
and the regular educational course, will be
organized in the spring term but instruc-
ton in military tactics and in the studies
preparatory to the course in mechanics will
be given. 1t is expected that the other
courses will be regularly organized at the
opening of the proper university year, in
September, 1868. The law prescribes
that one student shall be admitted
from each county in the state without
charge for tuition, preference being given to
| the descendants of seamen and soldiers of
the United States.
There viii be held, on Saturday the 9Th
day of February, a public competitive exam
ination in each of the several counties of the
stale Of candidates. for tba apd hon
orary scholarships in the university. The
| questions for this examination will be pre-
| pared by the regent of the university, and
printed copies will be sent to the board of
county examiners to be appointed by the
superintendent of public instruction and the
regent. The candidates will be required to
write their answers, and the five best
sets of answers will be sent to the regent
| for his decision. Students desiring to com.
pete in this examination for the prize or
honorary scholarships should aim to be pre-
prepared in the following subjects:
Ist. In 0RTHoGRAPHY: in the classification
| and powers of the letters the classification OF
words; in the rules for spelling derivstive words
! in the use and meaning of prefixes and su6ixes,
i diiu III aSCounb anQ SyiIaDiHcdtioH
I'd. In READING in the classes and of
| infections, and of emphasis, and in the pauses
grammatical and rhetorical
| Sd. In ENGLISH GRAMMAR: in the classified
ton of the parts of speech, and the properties OF
| nouns, pronouns and verbs in the lists, declen-
sions and of the several glasses fpronouns in
the conjugation and classification of the verbs
in the classification, comparisons and uses of ad-
jeetives and adverbs, and the classes and uses OF
4 the conjunctions; in the syntax of all the parts
lof speech in the analysis and classification of
"ntences; the principal parts and the adjuncts
oI Nodifiers of the sentence and in the rules for
/ | punSoation
IN GEOGRAPHY !; in the facts of mathe-
M a',a biography, the form, dimensions and
and divisions of the earth; latitude
anu nv onste> in the position and motions of the
|. e".h, u r consequences; in the general
nrraa p ~. biography, the natural divisions
Vi Ianu anu wac The mountain and river sys-
'sns. oilia ia anu Vstrbution of animals and
~ s rs 80 ones in political geogra-
n government, religion, tho nc.t;on and ho,,ni,
| of the several countries alae.s,,+s .ho - =
and chef cities, routes of traS forms Of ;pdns1
+ try and production and especlay in the eeoera-
ply of the United States. ~ eeos"
:, 5th. In ARITHMETIC in the ca
| critics of numbers; the decimal sysp of pn,a
ton and enumeration; in the operatiolaH ND 80.
ciples of the four ground rules and the ~ -,
| tables ofdenominate numbers in the tbs on" e
- tractlons the TWO terms, anu the several &,o
tions, the greatest common divisor and the =.
:, common multiple; in the operations in the fo
!. ground rules in fractions, with the explanation
of the same, in decimal fractions and their reduc
!, tions, with the operations in the ground rule
, and the theory of the change of the decimal point
in circulating and repeating decimals; in per cen
tage and its applications, in interest, loss an
f gain, &C.. in ratio and proportion, in the theor
o aof square and cube roots, both in involution
and evolution in allegation and mensuration and il
y the analysis and solutions of questions and prob
. lens. G
9th. In THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
in the principal events with localities and date
of the period of discovery, of that of settlement
and of the Indian wars; the cause, chief cam
Q paigns and battles of the French and India,
: war;" of the Revolution, of the second war witt
England, ofthe Mexican war and of the Grea
Rebellion; in the formation of the Constitution
. and the main events of the several administers