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the high school and the college work it is 

 provided that throughout the first year of 

 his college residence the student shall pur- 

 sue one subject which he has pursued in 

 the high school either for two or for three 

 years, or which he has pursued throughout 

 the whole of the final year of his school 

 course. The student will be encouraged to 

 choose the last alternative only in cases 

 where it is fairly certain that this subject 

 is to constitute one of the important lines 

 of specialization in his college work. Were 

 either of the first two alternatives adopted, 

 which would perhaps most often occur, the 

 result would be to assure by the end of the 

 first year a considerable proficiency in 

 some one subject. It will be remembered 

 that the entrance requirements were de- 

 signed primarily to assure the gaining of 

 a satisfactory amount of concentration in 

 some two or more lines of work without 

 particular reference to the special subjects 

 in which such concentration was de- 

 manded. The requirement just described 

 for the first year of college is intended to 

 carry forward this principle of concentra- 

 tion, and to secure the two-fold result of 

 bridging the gap between the college and 

 the high school in a subject with which 

 the student is already reasonably familiar, 

 and also to secure at a relatively early 

 stage of the college course the intellectual 

 advantages which are gained by a consid- 

 erable mastery of some one topic. 



The college requirements fall into two 

 main groups; those which are to be ful- 

 filled during the first two years of the 

 course, and those which are to be fulfilled 

 before graduation, and chiefly during the 

 final two years of residence. For a num- 

 ber of years the university has conferred 

 a title known as the associate's title iipon 

 students who have completed with a cer- 

 tain degree of excellence the first two 

 years of the college course. This title will 



still be conferred in accordance with the 

 following plan. 



In conjunction with the requirements 

 for the "continuation work" in the first 

 year are those now to be described which 

 extend over the first and second years. 

 During this period two courses in English 

 and one in public speaking must be taken. 

 The student is also obligated so to arrange 

 his work that either in the high school or 

 in the first two years of college he shall 

 have completed the equivalent of two units 

 in each of the following four groups of 

 subjects: (1) Philosophy, history, social 

 science; (2) modern language other than 

 English; (3) mathematics; (4) science, 

 physical or biological. 



The English requirement is simply a 

 continuation of the one which the univer- 

 sity has administered for a number of 

 years, and which experience apparently 

 justifies. It is designed primarily to equip 

 the student with a satisfactory command 

 over the written and the spoken form of 

 his mother tongue. 



The distributive "group" requirement 

 is obviously designed to assure the posses- 

 sion by each student of at least a rudi- 

 mentary acquaintance with each of the 

 great typical fields of knowledge. It will 

 be readily understood by those familiar 

 with high school curricula, that a student 

 in a well equipped school might easily ful- 

 fill this group requirement before enter- 

 ing college. If this be not done, however, 

 the discrepancy must then be made good 

 before the end of the second college year. 



The requirement in modern language is 

 intended to assure the student a practical 

 reading knowledge of some one modem 

 language. This capacity will be tested by 

 suitable examinations in the case of stu- 

 dents who enter the university with cred- 

 its for the required amount of language; 

 or the successful passing of an advanced 



