The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
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English. Latin, Greek, physics and solid
geometry. In the Schoolo Of Dentistry, two
scholarships are allotted TO the successful
competitors in an examination. In the Do
partment Of Veterinary Medicine there are
twelve state scholarships which entitle the
holder to FREQ tuition. Turning to the
pr'2cs offered, we observe that, In the
college o one OF s25 and two Of $50
ara obtainable by freshmen for tho best
special examination In Latin, mathematics
and French or German respectively.
There arc thirty-ninc other money prizes
offered IN tho college proper. ranging
from $40 to $l2O, besides several which
take the form OF medals or books. In tho
law school, -four prizes. worth from $40 to
SIS apiece, may DO competed for, and
twelve prizes are awarded In the medical
school, only one OF which, however, Is In
money. SO much for tho encouragement
nrordedt 10 INDECENT but deserving students.
We add that tho tuition fec In tho college
proper is $3.50 q year. excepting for the
last three years In tho course in science
and technology and for certain four-year
technical courses, when the fec Is 5000 per
annum. graduation fee Of 500 is charged
to each candidate for u baccalaureate degree
and $40 for other degrees conferred by the
college proper. The minimum cost Of pro-
curing an education at this university Is
computed at 1856 u year. but this Is, mani
testify, an underestimate, since no allowance
10 ,,nln for o1pt hos md unn1r,- aynnpona
Let US now glance at the requirements for
admission to the collegs proper and the
principal professional schools. II scemsthat
diplomas OF public high schools are accepted
rs complete or partial certificates from can.
didates for admission In the academical de-
partment. AS regards the examinations,
those applicants who intend to pursue the
courses in arts and science are tested in
English grammer and composition and In
thcirknowledge Of English authors specified
beforehand; In Greek and Roman history,
II nm applicant intends to pursue the study
OF Greek and Latin, otherwise, in English
and American history; and in algebra
through quadratic equations and In plane
geometry. A candidate must also offer
two Of the following languages: Greek,
Latin, French and German, and IL Greek
be- one ofthe languages offered. Latin must
be the other. For the other courses of
study followed in the college o il Is
not necessary that an applicant should offer
either Greek or Latin, except IA regards the
course in biology, for which Latin and Ger
man are both prerequisites. We should
here mention that, Immediately upon a STU
dents entrance into college, any one OF four
courses Is open to him. These continue
through the freshman and sophomore
years, and differ from each other In tho
languages assigned for study. The Ian
guagcs offered for admission by a student
determine which Of these courses may be
pursued during the first two years.
We note, finally. that in the law school
candidates for admission to the i~lrst-year
class are admitted on college diplomas; |.
on diplomas from the more advanced
public high schools, whore the applicant
exhibits a certificate showing the acquire
ment of high grades covering the subjects
required for entrance to tho academical
department: or by examination, which is
identical with that required for entrance
to the college proper. In the medical
school. also, diplomas from recognized
colleges and public schools are accepted
from candidates, who must otherwise sub
nit to an examination in the sub
jccts prescribed for admission to the
freshman class Of the college. The obvious
purpose Of these requirements is to render
It impossible to say OF the University OF
Pennsylvania, what could formerly he said
Of some Of its competitors, that thedegrees !
Of Bachelor Of Laws and Doctor OF Medicine |
could DO procured 10y men who could not
pass the examination for admission to the
freshman class In the acadcmical depart
ment, 1t would b. still, better, ifthe posses
sion Of a degree either in arts or science
were made the Indispensable condition OF
entrance into n law school or medical |
school, and II 10 toward this contamination |
that American universities Of the highest
grade are tending.