The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-20
The Johns Hopkins, Michigan, and
Union Universities.

The Johns Hopkins, Michigan, and
Union Universities.
We have. already reviewed tie require
mcnts prescribed for an A. b. degree at six
OF the most conspicuous American colleges.
Wo purpose now to complete tho survey. so
far AS the means Of information are forth
coming, by defining the range Of study i'm
posed for the same end by the Johns Hop
kins. Michigan. and Union universities
With q view to comparison with the ma
tcrials previously collected, we shall again
contine ourselves to n student who offers
Greek among his qualifications for admis-
sion, and who after matriculation pursucs
what is convcntionaliy known rs a classical
course.
At Johns Hopkins University candidate
for admission is not compelled to offer
Greek. but. IL he does, he is not called upon
to evince any acquaintance with French or
German. Assuming that he contemplates
the classical course, and has therefore
studied Greek at school. we find that he
will be examined in four books Of MEMO
PHON's Anabass. four books of HoMERs
Had. and ono book OF HEHoDoTUs. He
will also be expected to translate casy Eng
lish prose into Greek As regards Latin,
his proficiency will be tested in five books
Of CEsARs Gallic War. in the Eclogues
OF VIRGIL. and six books Of the Eneid.
in selections from OVID and in seven ora
tions of CICERO. He will also be asked
to translate simple English prose into Latin.
In mathematics he must have mastered
the equivalent of tho following: Thirty
eight chapters Of ToDHUNTEI's Algebra:
CHAUvENEr's Geometry: the plane trigo-
nomctry in NEWCOMERS Essentials of
Trigonometry, and the first fifty sections
of SALMoN's Comic Sections. The candi-
date will also be examined in English gram
mar and the outlines of the language, and
in two examples of English literature.
which are specified year beforehand. Al
elementary knowledge of the history Of
Greece and Rome, and Of geography. is
likewise compulsory. Equally imperative
is IN acquaintance with the elements Of
physics, chemistry. botany, and either
physiology OF physical geography.
The undergraduate course at Johns Hop
kins comprises three years. and the studies
are distributed in seven groups. An under
graduate is required to designate immedi-
ately after matriculation the group which
he prefers. For TIE moment We are con-
cerned only with tho classical group. which
corresponds In the main with what used to
be thirty years ago the ordinary course Of
study in American colleges. Thus in Greek
n student will read an Grafton OF ANDoCIDEs,
three books OF the Odyssey. play each Of
EsCHYLUs. SOPHOCLEs, EURIPIDEs. and
ARIsTOPHANEs; a book of HERoDOTUs, some
orations Of LYsIAs. DEMosTHENEs on the
Crown. the Protagoras Of PLATO. and ex-
tracts from the eleglac. ambic. and lyric
poets. He will also be exercised one hour Il
week in reading Greek at sight. The Latin
course will comprise the Odes. epodes.
satires. and epistles of HORACE. CICERO's
trcatiscs de Senectute and dc Amicitia. the
fourth book Of QUINTUs CuRTIUs. two books
OF owns Fast, and selections from PLAU-
Tus. TERENCE. CATULLUs. PRoPERrIUs.
and tho letters OF PLINY. The sight read
ing the last year. We Should add that dur
ing the !lrst twoyear ,,rose composition in
both Greek and IN is obligatory. Tho
student Growing the classical course will be
expected to devote five hours weekly to Ger
man and four hours weekly to French for one
year. AS regards the former language he
will be examined in WHITSEY'S grammar
Part !. Of BUcHHEIM's Modern German
Reader. ScHILLER's "William Tell" and
GoETHE's "Egmont" With respect to
French he must show certain proficiency
in grammar and idioms. and must have
read the selections in SUPER's reader. and
also SoUvEsTRE's "Philosophe sous les
1ous " ard HUGo's Hermann" The pos
session. however. of a limited knowledge OF
Greek and Latin. German and French. will
not suffice at Johns Hopkins to secure an
A. b. degree. Tho candidate for that di-
ploma must also have given five hours a
week for Il year to science either chemistry.
physics, or biology, an hour a week to com
piilology. five hours a week to logic.
ethics. and psychology. collectively. and
three hours apiece to physical geography.
and Greek and Roman history. On the whole.
it may be said that an A. b. degree at Johns
Hopkins means less than an A. Is. degree at
Harvard as regards Greek. Latin. French.
and German. but more as regards acquaint-
ancc with the physical and speculative
sciences. We refer. Of course. merely to
the range OF the studies prescribed not to
the degree Of proficiency attained in them.
as to which no information is obtainahle
from the catalogue OF either institution.
At the University OF Michigan a candidate
for admission who aims at the degree Of
Bachelor OF Arts. will be examined in tho
following subjects: Tho English language
composition. rhetoric. and four or five desig-
mated specimens OF English literature; in
MYERs's General History and the History
OF the United States MS far as the close Of
the Revolutionary war; In algebra as far
as aud including quadratic equations: the
elements OF plane. solid. aud spherical
geometry. OF physics, and OF botany. In
Greek the applicant will be tested in gram
mar and prose composition. and In three
books Of XENopHoS's Anabasis. In Latin,
besides exhibiting an acquaintance with tho
grammar and the power OF writing simple
Latin prose. the applicant must have read
four books OF CAssAR's Gallo War. six ora
lions OF CICERO. and nine booAs of the
Eneid. Neither French nor German figures
among the requirements for naturalization.
At the University Of Michigan candidates
for an A. b. degree may pursue either the
so-called credit system or the university
svstem II they choose the former, they