Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
DELAWARE COLLEGE

Candidates for entrance to Dslav,,
College will be examined at Nev'
and at several other points In the e., .
on Friday and Saturday Of comma.
meut week, June 22d and 23d. i,
expected that candidates within ~
reach OF Newark will present tbss
selves for examination at the coIIss
Examiners Will attend at Middletoy
Smyrna, Dover. Georgetown, Mil,.'
and Seafordl II candidates notiiv \
president of the college that the, ar.
to present themselves at such pl.cs
Examination will begin at $40 o'clos,
In accordance with the policy
gradually raising the STANDARD
scholarship ut Delaware College, /,
examinations this year will bo semJ
what more difficult than last and NJ
include wider range of subjects
candidates must pass satisfacio
examination in English Grammar, IN
lish Composition, Spelling, Ameris
History, American Civil Governnsr
American Literature, Arithmetic, Al,I
bra through quadratics, and pal
Geometry. Candidates wishing 10 enl
the Latin scientific course will be
auiyed to pass an examination in NJ
Latin grammar, four books Of On
and four books of Virgil. Those end
ing the classical course will be n
amined not only in Latin but in Grss
grammar and Xenophon's Anabasis,
A failure to pass the examination
some studies does not necessarily n
cude a candidate from college. m
candidates admitted after unsatisfactoI
examination in any study must pass NJ
examination in such study before M
can be admitted to full class standn|
Candidates may take part Of n
examinations In June and Fart
Newark on September 18th and 18th,
Candidates for entrance to the COLI :
should have n clear notion of wbl
course they wish to under take. I'd
engineering courses, civil, mechanic
and electrical, are suitable to the nod
of young men who wish to prl
tice such branches of engineered
Graduates in these courses are liks
, soon after leaving college to find prod
. able professional engagements. Batd
undertaking such a course, however
! young man should be reasonably sd
| that his tastes and aptitudes are liks
, to fit for the profession TO which \
, course leads. Il
, The agricultural course is well soft
/ to those who expect to undertake fad
, iEg upon sound scientific and nractic
/ principles. The course offers, howest
! no tonly.at echn calItraining in agricJ
I ture, but also opportunity for linguis
and literary culture. 1t is expect
that the technically trained farmer v
i have an intellectual hunger for oh
/ books than those that treat of agric
, ture, and the course accordingly IS
. part designed to direct the lasts
/ language and literature.
I Students who expect to study theolcl
law or medicine are likely to find vi
: they need in the classical or the La
a scientific course. Either OF th
F.? courses or the modern language cou
!, will serve the needs of those who exp
L to make teaching their life work.
last named course will meet the ne
of those who hope, as teachers,
specialize in modern languages.
Candidates for entrance to coll
should hear in mind that coll
course is not merely preparation
r earning living. but more espeOi'
X for living in the broadcast and high
y sense of the word. Accordingly mi
n time at college is wisely spent VI
Q those studies that have only mort
a less remote bearing upon the Incl
y practical side OF life, 1t IL the aiu
o Delaware College not only to give
o graduates a technical equipment, $
10 as the engineering courses mainly
10 at, nut as we'll to make them good Q
n zens and lovers OF whatever is eS
l. lent.