Show harvard CONTINUED experience proves that not many good scholars of high character are obliged to leave college for want of money II harvard arvard catalo catalogue zue 1891 92 page this sentence een tence lias has appeared in in ever every y issue 0 of th the 0 annu annual a I 1 harvard II 11 a arvard catalogue for the last fifteen years how ilow full of encouragement it is to the ambitious poor student who has pe perhaps chaps successfully cess fully completed his high school career and wonders if it he lie may hope ever to gather laurels in the higher col field I 1 it has boon been the inspiration to many a young fellow standing at the rubicon of his existence to cross and win for himself fame and fortu fortune tie to be as the roman boys were wo wont nt to say aut caesar afsar aul aut there seems to be a period in the ordinary danart boys life when the chief aim and object et of f school life is its completion rf if f lie gets safely through this C crucial fuel a I 1 stage he W will ill settle down to wor work k a and nd make the most of what time he lie has left it is during those latter years that he makes up hia his mind whether lie will enter college or not the secondary school is thus the tile cradle of the future college graduate here it is that the im impressions impress preshious pres sious ious are made the preparation is is given and the desire instilled if at all for a higher education we will suppose that the student has decided to go to college let us see in what his preparation consists the examinations to enter Il harvard arvard are divided into two sets elementary and advanced the candidate is admitted it lie passes in all the elementary studies and at least two of the advanced but slight modifications of this rule ma may be accepted at the tile discretion of the tile examining ami U in g board I 1 the elie elementary examinations are held it eld in greek occupying two hours latin occupying two hours english occupying one and a half hours ol 01 french occupying one hour german occupying one hour IIi history story occupying one hour algebra occupying one hour geometry occupying one hour physics occupying one hour ph physics y sies laboratory work occupying one hour making a total of nine subjects occupying twelve and a half hours the advanced examinations embrace greek latin occupying occupy in all t two v 1 0 hours if greek Gree kand and latin composition mccu py dying g two hours G german aman occupying two hours french t 44 da a Matke mathematics maties Is 9 1 99 b i a physical science occupying ng two hours b physical science occupying two hours the minimum number of hours therefore is sixteen and a half including nine subjects A candidate may be admitted ho weyer in spite of deficiencies I 1 in n a some orn bof of these subjects this matter matte r is also regulated by the exam examining I 1 ng board but it ia is safe to say that deficiencies in subjects aggregating over four hours are equivalent to failure if a student who has failed in some of his ex examinations ami nations is yet permitted to enter lie is said to be admitted on conditions and he lie must make up all his conditions before ho lie can obtain a degree it is never wise however to n neglect eg lee any subject or subjects relying on the he hope po 0 of I 1 passin passing w with ith conditions for th the 1 harvard examinations m eions are proverbially severe and more than one aspiring candidate lias hag had ills his expectations crushed by y failing to pass in a study in in which ho he felt sure he lie should receive honors lio nors in view of this f fact let it maybe may bo w well ell to describe more in detail the requirements quire ments in each topic under the head of english tile applicant ia is required to write a composition on oil ono one of tile several subjects announced at the time of examination these subjects acts are drawn from the works of celebrated grated english writers writer and a list of the books is published one year in advance he ile is also required to correct specimens of bad english greek tho translation at it sight of simple attic prose with questions on the usual forms and ordinary constructions of the language latin tho the translation at sight of simple prose with questions as in greek french As in latin german As in latin Ili history story this includes also historical 91 geography graphy either 1 Ili history story of gre greece ece and home rome or 2 Ili history story of the united states and england may bo be presented present pd algebra an extremely severe examination A very thorough knowledge of all the principles in algebra is needed it consists 1 principally cipully of the solution of both I numerical and literal equations of the first and second degrees with one or more unknown quantities and of problems leading to such equations piano plane Gro metry 1 A 1 set of original problems to solve physics either 1 questions in involving a theoretical knowledge of the tile principles of astronomy and physics prop proper er or 2 a test paper designed to aseff ascertain tain the students student 11 power of app applying I 1 Y the tile all theories ies 1 in ato physics together with a laboratory examination if the latter alternative is submitted a course of experiments not less than forty in number num ler and actually performed at school by the tile butil pupil iq in mechanics sound light heat ani and electricity must bo presented tho the advanced subjects itron are of course on oil the same lines but much li larder arder greek translation at sight from homer and herodotus with questions latin translation at sight from cicero and virgil with questions greek and latin composition the tile translation of ell english lish prose into idiomatic greek and batin latin Ger manTho college publishes one year in advanced ad list of works by cl classi assi cal german authors the student must read these and be prep prepared ired to arie in german on the sub subject ct matter contained in any of the boog books french A preparation equivalent to the german is required mathematics a logarithms piano plane trigonometry with its applications to surveying and navigation solid geometry mathematics b abaly analytic tic advanced algebra physical science a A course of at least sixty experiments of mo more a advanced nature than those of elementary physics physics together with a written and a laboratory ab oratory examination physical science b this includes work in general chemistry similar to that in a the examinations are held in cambridge brid toward O 0 va d the latter end of june and nd S september apte in they are also given at various rio other th r centrally located places over the entire world tho the total number may betaken be taken at one time or divided between june and and september or between the successive years before leaving the matter of examinations a few words should be said about their character and intent it is the design of the tile college authorities to find out just how much practical practical knowledge of the subject an in ideal possesses for example in language lie must translate a passage he has never seen before now a facility cikity and accuracy in sight translation ries implies m 1 a thorough understanding of t the lie language and eliminates any unfair advantage that might be derived by memorizing a set piece motoo so too in mathematics A pupil may be able to prove every proposition in euclid but if ho lie lacks the constructive ability to put I 1 into nto i practice as illustrated by original problems ilia his theories lie will utterly fa fail icil it I 1 is I 1 in this peculiar peculiar I 1 feature that the difficulty of IT harvard arvard examinations lies the subject of exi expense enso will next engage our attention this per perhaps lags more than anything else is a varia variable ae qu quality clity buethe but the annual outlay of an economical student who comes to cambridge with a good supply of clothing and bed ed I 1 linen inen is is necessarily nearly ta 00 for tuition he lie must pay except in the divinity school where the fee is 50 and in the medical school where it is A room furnished lighted and warmed cannot well cost less than 35 even if it is small and inconveniently located books stationery and laboratory fees amount to about 20 a year car and washing to at least 15 wholesome food can ba be procured for a week although a few students live for a little less sundries may rea reach li 40 a year especially if by living at a distance the student spends a good deal dea I 1 fo for r car fares allowing nothing for clothing those estimates would make the expenses of the first year after that they tend to gro grow w larger students who are not forced to practice strict economy of cout cobrae ae spend more than the sums named perhaps a quarter of each colle college collee e class live on lesa less than a year cloi clothes lies included another quarter spend between and every dollar over 1200 which even the richest student spends is as a wise writer on this point il i t has said a dollar of danger trl the s same ame writer has said as to the advisability of encouraging poor men to come to harvard Il arvard whenever you encounter a poor boy of eager aggressive mind a youth of energy one capable of feeling the enjoyment jo me n t of struggling with a multitude O 0 of ma making k i ng his ills merit known say to him that If harvard arvard college is is expressly constituted for such as he be here lie will find ind f the largest provision tor for his needs and the clearest field for his ills talents I 1 money is a power everywhere it is a power liero here but a power of far more restricted strict ed scope than in alio world at large e in th this is magnificent b hall all Ife memorial morial 11 hau Z rich and poor dine to together gether daily at the union the they debate together at the clubs which foster special interests tho finance club clab tile philological club the philosophical club tile signet and the 0 K c considerations of money have no place if a poor man is a man of muscle the athletic organizations will welcome him if a man skilled in words he will bo be made an editor of the college papers if lie lias has the alio powers er s that fit him for the place t the c po whole ol 01 body of ilia his classmates will elect him orator ivy orator odist or poet without the slightest regard to whether his purse is full or empty since this was written its truth has been strikingly exemplified by the election to the class of a man mannio NhO had not only worked ins his way into and through college jk but ut who was of unmixed neg negro bllou in a subsequent paper I 1 will dwell on some special phases ot of college life G A EATON OUDEN dec 1892 |