ADMISSION.

Candidates for the first year must present testimonials of good moral character, and must pass an examination in Arithmetic, including the metric system; Algebra, to quadratics; Plane Geometry; Political and Physical Geography; Physiology; American History; and English. Those who pass also an examination in Myers and Allen's Ancient History and Myers's Mediæval and Modern History, can take French in place of the History of the first year.

In English the examination will consist in the criticism of specimens of incorrect English, together with a short essay, correct in spelling, punctuation, division into paragraphs, grammar and expression, on a subject to be announced at the time of the examination. In 1893 the subject will be taken from one of the following books: Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar and Twelfth Night; Scott's Marmion; Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Macaulay's second Essay on the Earl of Chatham; Emerson's American Scholar; Irving's Sketch-Book; Scott's Ivanhoe; Dickens's David Copperfield. In 1894, Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar and Merchant of Venice; Scott's Lady of the Lake; Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Macaulay's second Essay on the Earl of Chatham; Emerson's American Scholar; Irving's Sketch Book; Scott's Abbot; Dickens's David Copperfield. In 1895, Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night; Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus and Lycidas; Longfellow's Evangeline; the Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Macau

lay's Essay on Milton and Essay on Addison; Webster's first Bunker Hill Oration; Irving's Sketch-Book; Scott's Abbot.

Students are advised to prepare themselves thoroughly in all the required subjects and especially in English, since no college can be expected to admit students who can not write their own language with neatness, clearness, and an approach to accuracy.

They are further recommended not to limit their preparation to these requirements. The excellent academies and high schools of New Hampshire put within their reach, a preliminary training which will add greatly to the value of a college

course.

Candidates for advanced standing are also examined in the studies that have been pursued by the class which they propose

to enter.

A certificate from any academy or high school will be accepted in place of an examination, upon any subject required for admission to the first year. Every certificate must state the amount of work done by the student, his proficiency, and the text-books used; and in case it is not evident that the student is thoroughly prepared, an examination will be required.

The times for examination are the Monday afternoon and Tuesday before Commencement, and the Tuesday and Wednesday before the beginning of the first term. Candidates will first present themselves with their credentials on the first day of the examination. See Calendar.

Certificate forms will be furnished on application.

Principals who have previously made the necessary request, will be furnished on June 1, with examination papers for admission. If the principal receiving such papers holds an examination on the Tuesday before the Thursday coming on or nearest the seventh of June, and within one week sends the answers to the questions to the Dean, the examination will have the same effect as if held at the College.

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.

For the Courses of Study see pages 64-79.

1. How Crops Grow.

AGRICULTURE.

Forty-five exercises.

This course consists of lectures and recitations upon the composition of plants, the composition and sources of their food, and the processes by which they obtain and assimilate the elements necessary for their growth.

2. Plant Diseases. See Botany.

3. Animal Nutrition.

Thirty exercises.

This course consists of lectures and recitations upon the physiology of the alimentary organs, the composition of foods, their assimilation, and the composition of the animal body.

4. Principles of Agriculture.

Twenty exercises.

One hundred exercises.

An exposition of the relations of the natural sciences to Agriculture. 5 and 6. Practical Agriculture. These two courses form a consecutive series of exercises in which instruction is given by means of practical talks and exercises relative to fertilizers, soils, fruits, vegetables, bees, fowls, and other subjects.

Forty-five exercises.

7. Dairying and Dairy Chemistry. Course 7 consists of lectures and recitations upon the composition and manufacture of dairy products, and practical work in the dairy room. 8. Practical Stock Feeding.

Thirty exercises.

Course 8 is a continuation of Course 3 and consists of lectures upon the compounding of food rations for stock, the action of various foods upon the animal system, and the most approved practice in feeding for the production of milk, butter, live weight, etc. The lectures are accompanied by practical illustrations.