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STRONG HALL. VASSAK COLLEGE. 



41 feet wide, and 35 feet high. The Sargeir 



tern of training is used, and all needed apparatus 

 is supplied. Tin- college buildings include also the 

 professors' residences and a conservatory. Two 

 new buildings are being erected on the campus, one 

 of which is a lecture hall to be devoted entirely to 

 the educational work of the college, and furnished 

 with rooms suitable for cla-ses of various sizes, and 

 also with two large lecture rooms. The other build- 

 ing is a residence hall, similar in its construction 

 rong Hall, which will accommodate 100 stu- 

 dents. 



The requirements of admission to the college 

 comprise examination in the following sub.v 

 Latin, mathematics, including algebra and plane 

 geometry: history, Greek and Roman, with either 

 English or American: English, the New England 

 requirements: Greek, German, or French offer 

 a second language : and French or German as a third. 

 But after March '24. 1897. in place of the third lan- 

 guage a year's work in physics or chemistry may be 

 offered, "or an additional year of work, above the 

 regular entrance requirement, in the second lan- 

 guage. Examinations for entrance are held in June 

 and September at the college, or. upon application 

 to the president, during the last week in .May or the 

 first week in June in any one of certain designated 

 cities. The requirements for adini-- rial 



courses are the same as those for entrance to the 

 freshman cl.t~-. Teachers who desire to pursue 

 special courses, on the presentation of satisfactory 

 testimonials, are received without examination. 

 The college off- !' study, which leads 



to the bacealau i extends over four 



years. The aim is to irive the student the opportu- 

 nity to follow lines of study continuously through 

 both the required and the elective port ions of the 

 course. Through the first year and a half of the 

 course each student must have fifteen hou 

 --room work a week: during the last two 

 and a half fourteen or fifteen hours. All elections 

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are subject to the approval of the faculty. The 



study of psychology is required of all candidates 

 for a degre . and also a cour-e in ethics. Instruc- 

 tion in Latin extends through the four years of the 

 undergraduate course, and is required for the first 

 and elective for the last three years. English is 

 required in both the freshman and sophoi: 

 In mathematics the prescribed courses com] 

 year of solid geometry, algebra, and trigonometry, 

 and all sophomores are required to take a course in 

 physics or a corresponding course in chemistry. 

 The required work in history in the sophomore 

 year i- <K-iirneu to give a thorough study of the his- 

 torical forces and institutions that were developed 

 previous to the modern era. and such a brief sur- 

 vey of modern European history ;<> will prepare the 

 student for the special courses off eied in the f< 

 ing years. In the freshman year the second lan- 

 2 offered at entrance is required, and a 

 - in hygiene running through the first semes- 

 ter. The degree of master of arts is conferred 

 upon bachelors of arts of Vassar or any other ap- 

 proved college who have pursued ,. ' ad- 

 vanced nonprofessional study. The required period 

 of residence is one year, while nonresidents must em- 

 ploy at least two years to complete the same amount 

 of work, and all candidai* - -nutations 

 in the course of study arranged, and present ,-. 

 Instruction in the history, ti:- 



and : f the ar - the 



belor 



of music i- xaminatioii after the can- 



didate has completed approved courses of graduate 

 study. 



The president of the Jamea M. Taylor, 



and the faculty, including instructors in IUUM'C and 

 art. numbers ">."> members. 43 of whom are women. 

 In 1896 . the 



number of gr, 1.301. Th. all 



students who iv-ide in the Coll' | : this 



includes tuition in all col!* . A 



