The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-30
COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
Commencement Of the semi-Annual Examine
tion-The First Days Labors-subjects Of
the Examination and How the Stu
dents Acquitted Themselves.


That same look OF determined victory that cleaned
from the eyes OF Napoleon's cohorts they Stepped
upon the bridge OF Lodi to attempt its passage In
the face OF the murder0us fire opposing them
showed itself yesterday IN the eyes Of the students
OF the College OF the CITY OF New York as they
stepped upon the bridge OIL examination. spanning
the chasm between the two terms OF the collegiate
year. Missiles quite as murderous In their way OPP
posed their advance. All realized this fact and
that fierce battle was to be fought, ana that upon
its result depended victory or defeat-a tri-
umphal crossing or an ignominious retreat. 1t was
PLEASANT SIGHT
to see at nine A. M. nearly nine hundred stu
dents march to their respective examination rooms
to take note OF the perfect order ana discipline that
prevailed and particularly to notice the polite but
manly Difference to the President professors and
tutors, ana The gentlemanly courtesy shown to one
another. All were quickly In their seats, and the
work OF the day was promptly entered upon.
Everything in fact, opened and progressed with
the regularity Of cockwork. Some OF the examina-
lions were oral and some written. Up to the
time OF asking The questions or giving out
the printed slips no one had any idea
of what the former would be the latter contain,
beyond, OF course the fact that they would cmbody
a portion Of the studies gone over during the past
year.
NO BETTER SYSTEM.
than the adopted here could be devised to test
the proficiency of the students. No communication
Is allowed one with another. Each must stand on
his own merits. Strict impartialty and the strctest
thoroughness are the greatly predominant features
OF the examination Only few Of the parents OF the
students or other visitors were present, which was
not 1t should be, though they very likely may In
crease IN numbers as the examination progresses.
The programme OF the examination was the same
in all the departments. To eacn was given the same
time for answering the questions anu at The end OF
this specified time the examination in one particular
branch ended, and another subject or branch was
THE SENIOR GLASS;
as naturally coming first In order. The subject upon
which they were examined was spherical astrOn.
Om,. This was only Que SUBJECT 1t Is true; but 1t
was enough. IN view OF the searching thoroughness
with winch the examination was conducted, 70
give To each BRAIN sufficient abnormal activity
tor one day. Professor Compton conducted the
outsider evlnced very little regard Ior mental equ
hbrium, and some OF them-such strides nave been
made IN this department OF study-wOuld have
puzzled, teyond quesrion, Herschel and our more
modern astronomers.
single branch OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the only
one In which this class was examined. Professor
D0remus conducted the examination, ana IL was
curately the degree OF proficiency attained bv each
student IN this important speciality OF scientific
THE SOPHOMORE CLASS.
Tne examination OF This CLASS embraced q more
extended range than that OF the Two preceding
classes. There were two papers IN the departmenI
OF mathematics, both being upon the diierental
calculus. he first paper embraced ten prob
lens, eacn difficult OF solution, aud calling for
the dIilereniate OF Of. fa9ctlons .o that would
braced the same NUMBER OF problems OF still more
di ncut solution. Among them was one to deter
nine tine equation OF the cvcoid; another to deter
nine the normal TO The cycl0d. and another TO de.
termIne the equation OF the spiral OF Archimedes,
whatever tnat may be. These explanations were
conducted by Professors Dechartys and Huntsnan.
In the department Of philosophy the class was ex-
inallon To give an idea what sophomore wisdom
Is and must he we give the questions to which an-
swers were required to be wrlrten:-
Name and define the principal operations of the mindn
Give logical definition of proposition.
8Name and define the three kinda OF propositions deter
mined BY the orr OF the ,cop ui rroo.o
what is the dictum OF Aristotle,
s-What are the csnons Of categorical syllou.ms'
lO.Deane conditional ,sylosism When is it cOns'rac-
spslne the aSrspt tiaas 81 a, lem. a;
MWhat is meant by abstraction and generalization!
Ssms Tie Seess sn sGa Of
What ,s are rnasss m dydsd
the s,ey Of petite ,s pSS and
at oxford conacs TO the of tine mnS
studies at oxod therefore some Of the works Of
the mind.
THE FRESHMAN CLASS.
This class was examined In American literature
and natural history, Professor Barton and Tutors
Stratiord aud Burnett conducting the first and
Wolf the last The examination upon the nrst
branch covered qulte an extended field and some
OF the questions were sufficiently abstruse to puzzle
even Older heads than college nedgllngS In natu-
raj history the examination was restricted TO the
departments or physiology ana hygiene. me FOL
loving are the two concluding questions on this
paper, the proper answer 10 which can hardly be
otherwise than salutary in Its influence upon the
members OF this class regards their nabLS OF Inc
briefly or sObrlety IN the future:-
9-Descrbe the manufacture Of wIne-of malt liquors.
10From what cider perry, ale, beer, brandy whis
key, nader What the effect of using liquors
In excess?
THE INTRODUCTORY CLASS.
This class was examined In their new building.
The examinations were In French, Latin and Ger.
man, conducted bv Tutors Fabrigon, Tisdall,
Roberts, FristOn and Hutton. The questions were
all printed slips and embraced two papers In
each language
RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION.
In all the classes II could only be learned that the
same papers would be returned to-day with marks
portant To the youths whose names VIII be found on
the top OF the page. Well, alter ALL II Is but mna-
ture world. They work nd meet the consequences.
II they fan they kindly told Of It, III they sue
| coed they are congratulated The ususl committee
| of the Alumni II should have been stated above,
present and rather jealous OF the reputation OF
| their Alma Mater They had many things to think
OF and grave doubts OF the present Board OF Public
Instruction; but they wait We shall expect to hear
, from them soon The examination Will continue
| day pursuant TO the programme already published
IN the HERALD.