The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-25
Students Entering the Institution VIII be
Required to Pass a Rigid Examin-
alton in English ana Mathe-
MATES.


Professor Morgan Galloway is also
here, ready to assume his duties.
THE FACULTY.
The faculty this year will be as
follows:
Chairman of the Faculty and Pro
lessor of Rhetoric and English Litera
ture-Leslie Waggener, M. A, LII. D.
Assistant Professor of English Lit
erature-Morgan Galloway.
Professor of Modern Languages-H
Tallichet, d. Lit
Professor of Law-O. M. Roberts,
LII. ID.
Professor of Law-Robert S. Gould
LII. d.
Professor of Mental and Moral Phi
losophy and Political Science-Robert
L. Dabney, D. D., LII. d.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Walter Lafevre.
Professor OF Pure and Applied Math-
ematics, George Bruce Halsted.
Professor of Chemistry, Edgar Ever
hart.
Professor of Greek, j. R. Sitlin 5ton
Steriet
Associate Professor of Physics, Alex
ander Macfarlane, LII. ID.
Associate Professor of Geology,
Frederic w. Simonds.
Assistant Professor of History,
George P. Garrison.
Assistant Professor of Applied Math-
ematics, Z. U. Taylor.
Assistant Professor of Latin, Thos.
Fitzhugh.
Instructor in French, J. Magnenat.
Instructor in German, Jessie An
drews.
Lady Assistant, M s. H. M. Kirby.
Proctor and Librarian, James B..
Clark.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION.
Every candidate for admission to the
university Except graduate from an
approved High school), whatever may
be- his age, who is candidate for a
degree, whether academic or profess
sional, will be required to pass the
entrance examination in English and
in mathematics, as follows:
Observation-Disclosures will be exam
ined upon English grammar, includ-
ing etymology and the elementary
principles of syntax, and upon rheto
ric, including figures of speech and
qualities of style, which they may be
called upon to explain by examples.
The main test will consist in writing,
upon given subject, a composition,
correct in spelling, punctuation, CAPT =
tai letters and grammar. The written
examination may be supplemented by
oral questions upon particular points,
such as peculiarities in the forms OF
plurals, and in the various kinds OF
syntactical agreement.
Among the subjects for compost
tions given at the opening OF the SEES
sion of 1SS9-90 were the following:
From "The Recommendation Lady
Ann Newcome found lodgings at
Brighton.
From "The Deserted Village"-De-
scribe the village before the desertion
and alter.
From "Vision OF Sir Laurfal"-Con-
trast Sir Launfals two encounters
with the leper.
From "The Lady Of the Lake"-The
burial of Duncan.
In 1890 the subjects will be drawn
from the following: Bunyan's "Pil
grim's Progress" Dickens "Oliver
Twist" Winters "Sn W Bound"
Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
In 1891 the subjects will be drawn
from the following: Shakespaare's
Midsummer Nights Dream" Thack-
eray's "The Newcomes," Hawthorne's
"Mosses from an Old Manse."
In 1892 tie subjects will be drawn
from the following: Goldsmith's
Vicar of Wakefield" Cooper's "Spy."
Longfellow's "Evangeline."
Every candidate is expected to be
familiar with all the books mentioned
for the year in which he enters.
In addition to this essay,
each candidate will be examined
IN elementary rhetoric, including ng-|
ures Of speech, qualities of style and
the construction of the sentence.
No student who fails in the English
entrance examination will be admitted
to the university.
Observation-Disclosures, includ-
ing proportion, decimals, interest, dis
count and the metric system algebra,
including theory of opponents, radi-
calls, simple and quadratic equations,
and the elements OF Plane geometry
(correspon ding to the first six books
of Halsted's Geometry.
Passing these examinations, STU
dent will be admitted to the Fresh
man class in the course of science, or
to the junior class Of the law depart
ment.
Candidates for the degree of bach
elor of arts will be required to pass,
in addition to the examinations in
English and in mathematics, the ex-
aminations in Latin and Greek, as
folio VS.:
Latin-(a) Grammar, with special
stress upon infections and the syntax
of the simple sentence. (b) Til