The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-14

Yesterdays Yale News says: The inn
portant conclusions as to uniform coll
IeSe entrance requirements reached by
the conferences held recently at Colum-
bia university, are now published for
the first time. These conferences We're
participated in by representatives of
Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton,
University of Pennsylvania and Cor
nell, as well as by representative
schoolmasters The conferences were
arranged by President Low of Column
bia, acting with the presidents of the
other colleges named, the specific OBJ
1ect being to try to reach some agree
ment on the part of the six institutions
participating as to the form and con-
tent OF college entrance examinations.
The Yale representatives We're: In Lat
in, Professor Morris; in Greek, Profess
sor Seymour; in mathematics, Profess
sor Phillips; in German, Professor Pal
mer; in French, Professor Luquiens,
and in history, Professor Adams.
There was no conference in English,
the recommendation of the commits
sion of New England colleges being ac-
oepted. The conclusions reached are
not binding on any college, but are sug-
gested to be offered in place of the reg
ular entrance examinations of the coll
lege.
Unfortunately the report of the Latin
conference appeared before final con-
illusions had been reached and the
final result will probably differ from
the published statement in several
points. The recommendation on gram
mar was opposed by representatives of
tlVe OF the colleges and must come up
for further consideration. There is al
so an error in regard to the amount
of Vergil specified. 1t should be Books
L-VI., not I-IV. A third meeting of
the Latin conference will be held on
May %. 1t is probable that substan-
TALLY the present Yale requirements
will be adopted in Latin adding per-
haps sight passage in Cicero and
in Vergil. 1t is not certain that these
additions win be made by Yale.
The entrance examinations in Greek
as recommended by the recent confer
ence call for essentially the same at
tafnments as the present Yale require
ments, but rather more stress is laid
upon grammar, composition and Greek
at sight The examination on previ-
ously appointed passages is limited to
the first two books of the Anabasis and
the first two books of the Had (without
the catalogue of ships), but will be
somewhat more rigorous than before.
The examinations at sight are not to
be adapted to the proficiency of those
who have read only the books just
named, but to the proficiency of those
who have read the first two books of
the Had and the first two books of
the Anabasis more carefully than is
customary at present, and in addition
perhaps twice as much more, some
what less carefully than Books III. and
XVIII. of the Anabasis and Book III.
of the Had are read at present. The
examinations at sight is not to be an
exercise in guessing but "the candi-
date is expected to show in his trans
lation an accurate knowledge of the
forms and structure of the language,
and an intelligent comprehension of
the whole passage.
The conference in history has includ-
ed in its recommendations the Yale re-
quirements in that subject namely, the
Greek and Roman history required for
admission to the academic department,
and the English and American history
required for admission to the Sheffield
Scientific school. 1t also suggests that
satisfactory written work done in the
preparatory school and certified by the
teacher should constitute a consldera-
BILE part of the evidence of proficiency
required by the college. Suggestions