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THE POPULAR EDUCATOR. 



9. I know not why I have been laughed at by you. 10. Thus have I 

 persuaded myself, thus do I feel that our minds are not mortal. 11. 

 Who believes that the citizens will object to peace? 12. Who is 

 always confident that that which is frail and perishing will remain 

 steadfast and firm ? 13. The glory of the Romans has remained till 

 our time. 14. Lycurgus commanded that all citizens should eat in 

 common. 



EXERCISE 140. ENGLISH-LATIN. 



1. Soleo de amicorum meorum fortuna gaudere. 2. Qavisi sunt. 

 3. Gaudebunt. 4. Sorores mesa gavisoB sunt. 5. Fortuna fortibus 

 hominibus arridet. 61 Putasne fortunam fortibus arrisuram esse? 

 7. Nego fortunam fortibus semper arridere. 8. Deridet philosophum. 

 9. Cur philosophus a puero deridetur ? 10. Non est dubium quin philo- 

 sophi a stultissimis derisi sint. 11. Oratores student excitos civium 

 animos permulcere. 12. Persuasum est mini oratores excitos hominum 

 animos permulcere debent. 13. Napoleone regnante, tota Europa 

 bello arsit. 



Fable. The Kid cmd the Wolf. 



A kid, standing on the roof of a house, abused a wolf who was 

 passing by. To whom the wolf said, "Not you, but the roof has 

 abused me." Place and opportunity often render timid men bold. 

 Fable. The Crane and the Peacock. 



A peacock, spreading out his feathers in the presence of a crane, 

 said, " How great is my beauty and your ugliness !" But the crane, 

 flying forth, said, " And how great is my swiftness and your slow- 

 ness ! " This fable warns us not, on account of any good which Nature 

 has allotted to us, to despise others, on whom Nature has bestowed 

 other advantages, and perhaps greater ones. 



THE UNIVERSITIES. VI. 



DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. I. 



THE University of Dublin differs in two important respects from 

 the sister universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 1st. It con- 

 sists of but one college, " The College of the Holy and Undivided 

 Trinity." 2ndly. Residence is not necessary in order to obtain 

 a degree. 



The one college, however, in Dublin University is much larger 

 and wealthier in endowments than any college in the other 

 universities, having generally about 1,300 students on its books; 

 and the non-requirement of residence enables persons of limited 

 means, and who may be engaged in some occupation, to obtain 

 a degree, who might not be able to do so at all if residence were 

 a sine qua non. In our remarks on this university, we propose 

 first to explain, as simply as possible, the ordinary course re- 

 quired to obtain the B.A. and higher degrees, and then to 

 enumerate the various rewards that can be obtained in Trinity 

 College, and the encouragements in the way of prizes which are 

 peculiarly acceptable to students of moderate means, as either 

 affording them an opportunity to pass through college at a 

 reduced rate, or giving them the means to meet the requisite 

 expenses. 



The first thing which one seeking for a degree wants to know 

 is, how he is to become a member of the college, and therefore we 

 commence with an explanation of the mode of " entrance," or 

 " matriculation," as it is technically called. Every candidate 

 for entrance into Trinity College, Dublin, must pass the 

 " Entrance Examination," which is usually held in the months 

 of January, April, June, October, and November. The precise 

 dates are given each year in the University Calendar, or can be 

 obtained by application to " The Senior Lecturer, Trinity College, 

 Dublin." Before " entering," each candidate has to select some 

 one of the college tutors (who are always fellows) to be his 

 tutor ; not that he is in any ordinary sense to receive tuition 

 from him, but the college tutor is the medium of communication 

 between the student and the board during his college course, 

 and is ready at all times to obtain information for and advise 

 his pupils. There is no payment to the tutor further than what 

 is included in the ordinary college fees, to which we shall pre- 

 sently refer. 



Having resolved to enter, and selected and been accepted by 

 a particular tutor, the candidate presents himself for entrance, 

 and is examined in the following course : Latin and English 

 Composition, Arithmetic, English History, Modern Geography, 

 Algebra (the first four rules and fractions), Euclid (Books i.,ii., 

 and iii.), and any two Greek or Latin authors from the following 

 list : ~ Greek. 



1. Homer, " Iliad." Books i., ii., vi. 



2, New Testament, Gospels of St. Luke and St. Johu, and the Acts. 



Euripides, "Hecuba, "or "Troades." 

 Sophocles, " Antigone." 

 Plato, " Apologia Socratis." 

 Lucian, Walker's "Selections." 

 Xenophon, " Anabasis." Books i., ii., iii. 



, vii. 



Latin. 



Virgil, " ^Eneid." Books i., ii., vi., 

 Horace, "Odes.'' 



Horace, "Satires" and "Epistles." 

 Sallust. 



Livy. Books i., ii., iii., xxii. (any two of these). 

 Caesar, "De Bello Gallico." Books i., ii. iii. 

 Cicero, "De Amicitia" and " De Senectute." 



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Having " passed " the entrance examination, the student 

 becomes a Junior Freshman ; and before we proceed to explain 

 the rest of his course, we will mention the fees which have to 

 be paid at entrance by ordinary students. 



Each successful candidate must pay .15 within twelve days 

 after his examination ; and his half-year's fees, due on the 22nd 

 of March and 22nd of September in each year, until he obtains 

 his B.A. degree, are .8 8s. These charges include all pay- 

 ments of every kind for non-resident students. Those who 

 reside in college have to pay additional fees for rooms, commons 

 (i.e., their dining in the "Common" Hall), and their personal 

 expenses. 



During his first year in college, a man is designated a Junior 

 Freshman ; during the Second, a Senior Freshman ; during the 

 third, a Junior Sophister ; during the Fourth, a Senior Sophister ; 

 at the end of which he may pass his degree examination and 

 become a B.A. 



A " year " in university language does not mean a calendar 

 year, but the period from October 10th to the following 30th 

 of June ; the remaining portion of the year being the long 

 vacation. The college year consists of three "Terms." 

 Michaelmas Term begins on the 10th of October and ends on 

 the 20th of December ; Hilary Term begins on the 10th of 

 January and ends on the Feast of the Annunciation of the 

 Virgin Mary ; Trinity Term begins on the 15th of April and 

 ends on the 7th of July. 



Each of these terms can be " kept " by those who reside in 

 or near college attending the Term Lectures, or by those who 

 cannot attend lectures passing the Term Examination, which is 

 held in the Examination Hall, and generally lasts two or three 

 days. Having entered and been enrolled as a Junior Freshman, 

 a student, to rise to the class of Senior Freshman, must keep 

 one term at least by examination. 



JUNIOR FRESHMAN CLASS. 



The subjects for the ordinary examinations for the several 

 terms in the Junior Freshman year are as follow : 

 Hilary Term. 



Mathematics. Euclid, Books i., ii., iii., vi., and Definitions of Book 

 T. ; Arithmetic ; Algebra, Elementary Eules. 



Classics. Olyuthiac Orations of Demosthenes, Books i., ii. ; Cicero, 

 " Pro Milone." 



English Composition.* Macaulay's Biographies of Goldsmith, John- 

 son, and Pitt. 



Trinity Term. 



Mathematics. Euclid, as before ; Arithmetic, as before ; Algebra, to 

 the end of Quadratic Equations ; Trigonometry, to the end of solution 

 of Plane Triangles. 



Classics. The "Medea" of Euripides; Books iii. and iv. of the 

 " Odes " of Horace. 



English Composition. Clarendon Press Selections from Addisou's 

 "The Spectator Club." 



Jfic7iaelmas Term. 



Mathematics. Euclid, Arithmetic, Algebra, and Trigonometry, as 

 before. 



Classics. Book viii. of Herodotus to chap. 99, and Book xxi. of Livy. 



Englisli Composition. Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield." 



Having kept one of the above terms by passing the examina- 

 tion, the student will become a Senior Freshman. The student 

 can always ascertain from the calendar, or from his tutor, the 

 dates fixed for the Term Examination. 



To rise to the class of Junior Sophister, the student must 

 pass the " General Examination of Senior Freshmen," held at 



* The books named under this head at all the examinations ore 

 intended to supply subjects for English composition. 



