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62 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. ‘  .
, a—Drama—Shakspere: Jnlins Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet. *  BH
` b—Poetry——l\lilton: Lk/lllcgro, Il Pcnscroso, and either Comns or   flue
Lycidas. Tennyson: The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Crail, and The   live
" Passing of Arthur. The selections from Wadsworth, Keats and Shelley   hist
in Book IV of Palgrave’s Golden Treasury (First Series.)  
A c—Oratory——Burke: Speech on Conciliation with America,   €X€1
Macaulay’s Two Speeches on Copyright and Lincoln’s Speech at Cooper  i SGH
Union, Washington’s Farewell Address, and Webster’s First Bnnhcr   quil
Hill Oration.  
d——Essays—-Carlyle: Essay on Barns, with a selection from Burns   CSS2
` Poems. Macaulay: Life of Johnson. Emerson: Essay on Manners. °g  qua
Eramination—However accurate in subject-matter, no paper will  
· be considered satisfactory if seriously defective in punctuation, spelling  is dit?
or other essentials of good usuage.   con
The examination will be divided into two pa-rts, one of which will  
be on grammar and composition, and the other on literature.   in
‘ In grammar and composition, the candidate may be asked   mil?
specific questions upon the practical essentials of these studies, such   tha
as the relation of the various parts of a sentence to one another, the j mit
construction of individual words in a sentence of reasonable diff-  Q Hdv
culty, and those good usages of modern English which one should  *
k110w in distinction from current errors. The main test in com- lg  ma
position will consist of one or more essays, developing a theme   the
through several paragraphs; the subjects will be drawn from the  . tim
_ books read, from the candidates other studies, and from his personal  ; she
knowledge and experience quite apart from reading. For this pur-   yea
pose the examiner will provide several subjects, perhaps eight or   ma
ten, from which the candidate may make his own selections. He i" out
will not be expected to write more than four hundred words per  _, fell
hour.   tri;
The examination in literature will include:   the
A. General questions designed to test such a knowledge and appro {  Th~
ciation of literature as may be gained by fulfilling the requirenienii Q 
defined under 1, Rcarling, above. The candidate will be required t0   atii
submit a list of the books read in preparation for the examinatiolh 2 hig
certified by the principal of the school in which he was prepared, but E  fra
this list will not be made the basis of detailed questions.   eqi
B. A test on the hooks prescribed for study, which will c0nSiSl km
of questions upon their content, form and structure, and upon Ulf  n mf
y meaning of such words, phrases and allusions as may be necessary W  , QXI