Evening journal., 1900-05-23
DELAW ARES
EXAMINATIONS
Candidates for Entrance Will
be Examined in Various
Towns Next Month

Candidates for entrance to Delaware
College will be examined at Newark
and at several other points In the
state on Friday and Saturday OF COM
mencement week. June % and %. II
Is expected that candidates within cas-,
reach of Newark will present them
selves for examination at the college
Examiners will attend at MiddletOwn
Smyrna Dover Georgetown. Milford
and Seaford If candidates notify the
president OF the college that they ex-
pect to present themselves at such
places. Examination will begin at hall
past nine o'clock.
In accordance with the policy OF
gradually raising the standard OF
scholarship at Delaware College. the
examinations this year will be some
what more difficult than last and Will
include "a wider range OF subjects. An
candidates must pass satisfactory ex.
aminations in English grammar. En.
glish composition. spelling, American
history, American civil government
American literature. arithmetic. alge.
bra through quadratics. and plane
geometry Candidates wishing TO enter
the Latin scientific course will be re.
grammar. four books of Caesar and
four books Of Vergil Those enter
ing the classical course will be exam
ined not only in Latin but in Greek
grammar and Nenophon's Anabasis
A failure to pass the examination In
some studies does not necessarily ex-
clude a candidate from college. Bus
candidates admitted after unsatisfac.
tory examination In any study must
pass the examination in such study be-
fore they can be admitted TO full class
standing. Candidates may take part Of
the examinations I'm June and part al
Newark on September II and ~.
Candidates for entrance TO the col.
lege should have q clear notion of what
course they wish to undertake. The
engineering courses civil mechanical
and electrical. are suitable 10 the needs
Of young men who wish to practice
lsuch branches of engineering Gradu.
ates In these courses are likely soor
after leaving college to find profitable
professional engagements Before un-
dertaking such a course, however. q
young man should be reasonably sure
that his tastes and aptitudes are likely
TO iit the profession to which the
course leads.
The agricultural course Is we'll suited
10 those who expect to undertake farm
ing upon sound scientific and practica
principles. The course offers, however
not only a technical training In agri
culture, but also opportunity for lin.
guistic and literary culture. lt is ex
pected that the technically trained
farmer will have an intellectual hunger
for other books than those that trea
OF agriculture and the course accord
ingly Is In part designed TO direct tn
taste in language and literature.
Students who expect 60 study theol
ogy. law or medicine are likely to fini
what they need In the classical or thu
Latin scientific course. Either Of thesl
courses or the modern language cours'
will serve the needs Of those who ex
meet 20 make teaching their life work
The last named course will meet the
needs OF those who hope as teachers
to specialize in modern languages.
Candidates for entrance TO collegl
should bear in mind that a colleg'
course is not merely a preparation fol
earning a living, but more especially
for living in the broadest and highes
sense Of the word. Accordingly mucl
time at college is wisely spent upoI
those studies that have only more o
less remote bearing upon the merely
. practical side Of life II is the aim o
Delaware College not only TO give it
graduates a technical equipment. sucl
as the engineering courses mainly ain
at. but as well to make them good citl
zens and lovers of whatever Is excel
J lent.