Calender of the University of Michigan (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...early in June. The examinations are then begun and concluded in time for the Commencement exercises. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION. Beginning with the year 1901 the requirements for admission to the Department of Medicine and Surgery will be materially increased. The requirements in force for the year 1900 are as follows: Every candidate for admission must be at least seventeen years of age, and must present to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of a good moral charactei. Women are admitted, as to all other departments of the University, on the same conditions as men. All persons applying for admission are required to have a special form of recommendation properly rilled out and signed. Blank forms for this purpose will be furnished on application to the Dean of the Department. No student is permitted to enter with more than two conditions in the subjects required for admission, and all entrance conditions must be removed before the beginning of the student's second college year. Subjects of Examination in /goo. The subjects on which applicants for admission in 1900 will be examined are as follows: English.--Each applicant will be asked to write an essay of not less than two pages (foolscap), correct in spelling, punctuation, jcapital letters, grammar, and paragraphing. Mathematics.--Arithmetic.--Fundamental Rules, Fractions (common and decimal), Denominate Numbers, Percentage, Proportion, Involution and Evolution, and the Metric System of Weights and Measures. Algebra.--Fundamental Rules, Fractions, Equations of the First Degree containing two or more unknown quantities. Geometry.--Plane Geometry. Physics.--An amount represented by Carhart and Chute's Elements of Physics. General Biology, or Botany and Zoology.--Sedgwick and Wilson's General Biology, or Spaldi...