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the equivalent examinations of the College En- 

 trance Examination Board. 



B. Examination in four subjects. 



1. Subjects. A candidate who presents evidence 

 that he has satisfactorily completed an " approved 

 secondary school course," shall oflfer himself for 

 examination in the four subjects named below. 

 A satisfactory record in these examinations shall 

 admit to Harvard College without conditions: 

 (a) English, (6) Latin, or for candidates for the 

 degree of S.B., French or German, (c) Mathe- 

 matics, or Science (Physics or Chemistry), (d) 

 any subject (not already selected under (6) or 

 (c) from the following list: Greek, French, Ger- 

 man, History, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics. 



2. The examination papers, (a) The prepara- 

 tion presupposed by the examination papers in 

 the several subjects shall not be less than is ordi- 

 narily necessary for the present elementary exam- 

 inations. The papers shall contain a sufficient 

 number of alternative questions, and shall be so 

 framed as to permit variety in the methods of 

 school instruction. They shall also include ad- 

 vanced questions, thus permitting each student to 

 reveal the full amount and the quality of his 

 attainment. In any subject offered for examina- 

 tion which the candidate has pursued to an ad- 

 vanced grade he must present evidence of that 

 grade of attainment. The papers shall not, how- 

 ever, presuppose a greater length of preparation 

 than is ordinarily required for the present Har- 

 vard examinations. (6) Time of examinations. 

 The four examinations must be taken at one time, 

 in either June or September. (c) Judging the 

 examination books. A copy of the candidate's 

 school record shall be given to the readers of the 

 examinations. In judging the books the examiner 

 shall submit a full statement of his opinion of 

 each book. In addition, at the option of the 

 examiner, a grade may be given. 



3. A satisfactory record. A " satisfactory rec- 

 ord " shall not be construed to require that a 

 candidate attain distinction in all four subjects, 

 but shall mean that in the judgment of the Com- 

 mittee on Admission the candidate's examination 

 record as a whole, when viewed as the basis for a 

 general estimate of his quality, is such as to make 

 his admission to Harvard College advisable. 



THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL 80CIETT 



The seventeenth annual meeting of the 



New York Zoological Society was held at the 



Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, January 10, 1911, at 



8.30 o'clock P.M. Mr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, 



president of the society, presided and Mr. 

 Madison Grant, the chairman of the executive 

 committee, laid before the meeting the report 

 of that committee for the year 1910. Colonel 

 C. J. Jones gave the first public exhibition of 

 a series of moving pictures showing the roping 

 and capture of living wild animals in British 

 East Africa, including lions, rhinoceroses and 

 various antelopes, and Mr. Eoy C. Andrews 

 showed a series of pictures taken during the 

 past season of the capture of whales in 

 Japanese waters. 



The report of the executive committee cov- 

 ered the following matters : 



During the year $12,848 have been ex- 

 pended for the purchase of animals, chiefly for 

 the purpose of strengthening the collections 

 in general, from a zoological point of view, 

 rather than for the purchase of costly special 

 features. As a result of this policy, the col- 

 lections, as a whole, are to-day stronger in 

 rare species, and also in number of individu- 

 als, than at any previous period. The health 

 of the collections at the park and the aquar- 

 ium has been maintained at a high standard 

 throughout the year, and there have been few 

 losses of importance. 



Administration Building. — The administra- 

 tion building was completed and thrown open 

 to the use of the members on November 20, 

 1910. It provides accommodations for the 

 members of the society, and it is hoped that 

 members and their guests will make full use 

 of the opportunities afforded. 



New Buildings. — The following new struc- 

 tures are under way at the present time: Ten 

 additional bear dens and cages, eagles and 

 vultures aviary, and a winter house for trop- 

 ical birds of prey. Plans for a zebra house 

 have been completed, and the contract, it is 

 hoped, will be awarded during the winter. 



National Collection of Heads and Horns. — 

 The National Collection of Heads and Horns 

 has been greatly increased during the year 

 and now contains 688 specimens. A few of 

 the most notable additions are : Head of 

 square-mouthed rhinoceros from Col. Theo- 

 dore Roosevelt; bongo, from Mr. James L. 

 Clark; New Brunswick moose, from Mr. 



