vs siwrs corlmaos or xsuruoxr.
required only during the hours of recitation and other pre-
‘ scribed College exercises, such as chapel, drill, etc., the prepar-
ation of their lessons being made elsewhere.
The courses of instruction in the Academy are provided for
those who enter directly from the common schools, and are in-
tending to supply the necessary training intermediate between
the course of study prescribed by the State Board of Education
for the common schools and the Freshman Class of the College.
Applicants for admission to the Academy, if county ap-
‘ pointees, must be, at least, twelve years of age, and must be
provided with credentials of scholarship from their County
° Board of examination. They must also pass a satisfactory ex-
. amination in spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic (as far as
I percentage), English grammar through syntax, and geogra-
l phy, in order to be admitted. `
Other applicants must be at least fourteen years of age, and
must have completed the common school course prescribed by
the State Board of Education. They must also pass a satisfac-
tory examination in spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic,
_ English grammar through syntax, and geography, in order to
be admitted, Applicants from the city must present certifi-
. cates that they have completed the course of study prescribed
for the city schools. Those who enter at any other time than
the beginning of the year will be required to pass a satisfac-
tory examination on the work already gone over by the classes
which they propose to enter.
Students matriculated in the Academy will be required to
pursue one of its prescribed courses of study, and will not be
permitted to take any work outside of this course except on the
recommendation of the Principal.
COURSES OF STUDY.
p I. Scien lzifio and Engineering Course.
Frssr YEA`R.—ATllZhlHBtlC through percentage, Robinson; Algebra,
l Wentworth’s Higher to chapter XI; Political and Descriptive Geography,
1 New Complete; History of the United States, Eggleston; English Gram-
mar, Patterson’s Advanced.
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