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  30 ANNUAL REGISTER OF
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  Certifleates of Character.
gi All applicants for admission into any class in the College,
f or Preparatory Department, must bring satisfactory testi-
  monials of good moral character.
  The following paragraphs from the " Regulations" are
  added for the benefit of intending matriculates:
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  Admission of Students.
24. By the acts of the Legislature each legislative Repre-
i sentative District is entitled to send, on competitive exam-
f ination, one properly prepared student each year, between
{ the ages of twelve and twenty-five, to the College free of
tuition. The candidate presenting himself at the College
for admission under this authority shall deliver to the Presi-
i dent a certificate from his district Board of Examination i
i setting forth " that the Board was duly appointed by ‘the
court of claims,’ as prescribed in the charter of the College,
approved March 4th, 1880; that he is between the ages of
' twelve and twenty-five,`and that he has been selected on
{ competitive examination from all of the students (of whom A
there shall not be more than one from each common school),
i sent before the Board by the trustees and teachers of the
several common schools in the district." The candidate
shall then be examined by the Faculty, or a committee
l` appointed by it, and must pass a satisfactory examination in
spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic as far as decimal frac-
, tions, English grammar, and geography, in order to be
  admitted as a "pr0pr1‘{y f7i’L;/7!Z7’C1l]H student in the meaning __
l of the act of the Legislature.
25. The charter of the College also provides " that teach-
ers or persons preparing to teach may be admitted free of
tuition charge for one year,at the rate of not more than four,
· at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, for each Legisla-
l tive Representative District." A person desiring admission
j under this provision must present to the President a certifi-
, cate from the School Commissioner of his county, or from
l some other satisfactory source, setting forth "that the ap-