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l ` L The Arts COUTSGS ·  
gpl A Year hy year more and more diplomas are issued to graduates of what is some- Of all the colleges in Kentucky the State College is the Only 0110 that is free it  
l times known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the result from sectarian limitations, and its breadth of policy is nowhere better reflected than  
L_ being that outsiders are apt to suppose there is little room for anything else, This in the Arts or Classical Course. ln the short space of four years (sometimes threel  
i" is more than an Agricultural and Mechanical College, it is the State College, Now the Arts Faculty have the enterprise to instruct their students in an encyclopedic  
yi all intelligent people are aware that the Arts course is very much older than any list of subjects comprising Latin, Greek, English, Angl0—SaX0n, French, German. A lAl=  
 ’ other collegiate course. and there is no degree more honorable than that of A, B, or Sanskrit, Comparative Philology, Matlieniaties, Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, His- .  
z A. Nl. l>egrer·s. such as are now given in our colleges and universities, probably tory, Political Economy, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and `jislt
  origiuatccl in Europe about the eleventh century. In the eighth century the circle Physiology. To give tree scope to the bent of each student there are several eler- ]i__
.·  of the seven liberal arts was divided into the iriiriwzm (grammar, rhetoric and logic) tives in this formidable list. Moreover, the student may choose English or Latii Y
I and flu- ¤,·wuZ:·z`:·a`um (aritluuctic, music, geometry and astronomy), These varied and Greek as his major study. The Arts Courses offered at State College are not V
A ..‘' soiuewlmt al'terwar•ls; hut medicine_ theology and law were always held distinet surpassed by any in the State; indeed, it is notorious that the candidates we re- ° 1.
{lf _ from the arts. 'l`he degrees both of Bachelor and Master of Arts were conferred at ject at our Entrance examinations are readily accepted by other scholastic institu—  
V if flxtoril iu the time ol' Il¢·ur_v Ylll., and the degree of Master of Arts was eoiiterrcrl tions that claim equal standing. In short, if any young Kcntuekian desires a first ”  
»i,- Q pr·olml¤l'i· much e·:u·li<-r. l>c;;rccs iu arts cmuc into use in the elcvcneth century, in class training in the liberal arts, he should observe: First, that State College oli°er< y  
  i law :1 century later, iu uiedicine about the l'ourtee·uth century, and in ruusie in 1,463, a greater variety of studies than any other in the State; secondly, its facilities tor ·_ — .A-i  
 i; l}·‘_H!‘¢‘¢’!< lll :1;Jri<‘1lltm‘¢·. pecilagogy and engineering are modern, instruction are unquestionably greater than tl1OSe of any I‘iV21l iI1Stit11ti0I1.  
  The ordinary catalogue gives all the necessary details to prospective student: l iff
  'l`he·re· are five <'Kt‘é*ll<’Ili reasons why a young man or woman ol` intelligence so that it is needless to recount them here. The Dean of the Arts Faculty is Prot  
  A should nshoose the Arts. locally known as the Classical Course. In the first place Neville, who occupies the chair 0f Latin and Greek and is ably assisted by Prof.  
ji the ilcgrr-e in Arts is the oldest and most honorable in existence. Secondly, it rep- Blanton, ln spite of the innocuous eccentricities of genius it is self-evident that  
  r‘¤·s¢*nls Gl lrroairl and liberal education rather than a narrow or professional one, a gentleman who can translate Macaulay’s essays into Latin prose worthy of Ll\`}‘ ·  
jing » ’l`hir¤ll)‘. the .\ rts l`oursc is the only eflieicnt introduction to the learned professions. or Sallust is more than qualified to lcad the blind by a way that they know not and  
V'] l·`ourlhly, it allords the best general culture to all students who intend to be jour- to east the mantle of a profound classic culture over the shoulders Of the uns0phiS—  
I it nulisls. <·ou1nwr<·i:1l men lihrariaus, teachers. preachers, lawyers or physicians, The ticated young ladies and gentlemen who are privileged to sit at his feet. i  
_   umn who knows little or nothing outside of his daily calling cannot claim culture, There is a tendency in some quarters to regard the Arts Course as rather l1H—  
l j l•”il`ll1ly the .·\rts Vourse is hy long odds the most popular in all countries) According practical whereas with the assistance of the preceptors the Arts graduates haw S€l·  
  io the l‘e·;»ort of llr. llarris there were in the United States more students taking}; dom experienced any difficulty in securing lucrative positions to which their tHSt<‘#  
' j_ classical course than there were in all other courses put together. inclined and for which their talents fitted them.  
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