The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-13
Harvard University.

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certain interesting changes that have been
made OF late years at Yale University, not
only in the college proper, hut also in the
professional departments. Within the same
period, some notable innovations have been
introduced also at Harvard, which was the
first Of tho older American universities to
remodel our system Of tho higher education
upon the German pattern.
A word should first be said about the
statistics which exhibit the growth Of the
institution. Forty years ago, the under
graduates in the college proper numbered
about 100. Now, according to the Ear-
ward catalogue for the acadcmical year
ls~90-19OO, they number 1902. The scien-
tiiic school has 1875 students, the grad
ua,o school 1928, and the professional
schools, l,3SO. II n deduction he made for
names inserted more than once, We find
that 4,OoI Is the aggregate number of stu
dents in regular attendance upon the
university. We should also mention that
$50 persons awaited themselves last year Of
the opportunities Of instruction offered by
the so,alled Summer School.
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pccuniary assistance OF deserving students
has kept pace with the growth of the uni
versity. In the college proper, the scholar
ships carrying an income are distributed
in three groups according to the grade of
academic distinction attained; in the first
group, there were last year rs; in the
second group, 10; in the third group, 80.
In thn Torrp,n Sni,ntit, G,hnAl %
scholarships were awarded; in the graduate
school, % fellowships and 90 scholarships:
two Of these fellowships are worth n
thousand dollars a year, and several, seven
hundred dollars. In the Divinity School,
81 scholarships or fcllowships are dis
tributed; in the Law School, "a; in
the Medical School, ii; and, in the
Veterinary School, two. Besides the
so-called deturs, which are prizes of
books, there are five annual prizes for
elocution and two prizes for efficiency in
intercollegiate debates; there is an annual
prize for an essay on some subject drawn
from the life or works Of DANTE, another for
a metrical translation OF some poem of
HORACE, another for the best thesis pre-
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or in modern literature, another for the
best exhibition Of Spanish scholarship; there
arr also three prizes for essays on subjects
pertaining to political science, and the
Ricardo prize is awarded for tho best
essay on some topic connected with
political economy. These prizes range in
value from forty to three hundred and fifty
n. 4 So.
scholarships, the aggregate annual income
Of which considerably exceeds fifty thou
sane dollars, there are beneficiary funds
the yearly income of which, about twenty
eight hundred dollars, is usually allotted in
gratuities of not more than fifty dollars
each. II these figures be compared with
those forthcoming from other American
universities, it will be evident that nowhere
in the United States is n poo but meritori-
Gus student so certain Of receiving substan-
tial pccuniary assistance toward the attain
ment OF a liberal education as he Is at
Harvard.
We turn to the requirements for admis-
sion to the college proper: to the Lawrence
Scientific School and to the several profess
siOnal departments. A student who wishes
to enter Harvard College or the Scientific
School, rs a candidate for n degree, must. |
ordinarily, pass the prescribed examination
for admission; but, II he comes from
another college or scientific school. he NAV !
be admitted without complete examination. |
Students from other colleges. however. are
not admitted dd pundsm to the snmo
gradc) as a matter of course. The new
system Of requirements for admission TO
college proper, adopted in May. 1899, will |
go into full operation during the present
year, although, up to the end Of 1901, it
will be optional for applicants TO conform
to the new or the old system. According to
the new method, a candidate for admission
must offer studies amounting TO twcnty-six
points out OF a prescribed list in which the
weight attached to each study is expressed
by n numeral. The studies offered must in
clude English, one ancient language (Which
must be either Latin or Creek, one modern
foreign language German or French. Gle
mentary history, algebra, geometry and
either physics, chemistry, p~hyslographv,
anatomy or astronomy. We observe with
ShllSlHttlbl tUNt canIluAtpS who are |
looking forward to the extended study
Of English or ~ any other modern literature
are advised to acquire a knowledge Of
Greek, as well as Of Latin. Under the sys-
TEN, which has obtained for n number Of
years, no such advice was given, although
1t Is obvious that, without some KNOWLEDGE
OF Greek, the scientific vocabulary OF the
English or any other modern language can
not be thoroughly mastered. In the Srien-
titir School. however, il appears that a can
dldate may be admitted after the present
year without demonstrating his possession
Of any knowledge Of Latin.
The question may here arise what amount
OF knowledge of Latin and Greek is required
for admission TO the Freshman class in the
college proper, That depends on whether
an applicant offers to submit TO the "ele-
mentary or TO the advanced" examina.
ton. In the former case, he will be cx-
p"rted TO translate at sight into English
simple Latin prose or verse, or simplc Attic
prose. In the latter ease, the word "slm.
pie Is c~Xpunged, and nm applicant must
translat" at sight any Latin prose or verse
that III" examiners choose To select
or any Attic prose and passages from the
lllad or Odyssey; he must also translate
a short passage Of connected English
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