VIII. MECHANICAL DRAWING. Two prizes, of fifteen and ten dollars respectively, are offered by CHARLES R. SPALDING, B.S., of Chicago, to the members of the Junior Class (Chandler Scientific Course), for the best sets of Mechanical Drawings, comprising Isometrical, Tinted, and Descriptive Geometry Drawings, and Surveying Plots. IX. THE BENNETT PRize. Extract from the will of the late PHILO SHERMAN BENNETT of New Haven, Conn.: "I give and bequeath to William J. Bryan, of Lincoln, Neb., the sum of $10,000, in trust, however, to pay to twenty-five colleges or universities, to be selected by him, the sum of $400 each. Said sum of $400 to be invested by each college receiving the same and the annual proceeds used for a prize for the best essay discussing the principles of free government." X. PHILOSOPHICAL PRIZE. The late JOSEPH STORY of Boston, Mass., has established an annual prize of twenty-five dollars "to be used for the publication of the best thesis on a subject in Philosophy, presented by any member of the Senior Class." THE DANTE PRIZE. THE DANTE SOCIETY of America offers an annual prize of one hundred dollars for the best essay on a subject drawn from the life or works of Dante. The competition is open to students and graduates of not more than three years' standing of any college or university in the United States. All inquiries concerning subjects for this year and regulations governing the competition should be addressed to the Secretary of the Society, Professor F. N. Robinson, Cambridge, Mass. THE CECIL RHODES SCHOLARSHIP. Attention is called to the Cecil Rhodes Scholarship of the yearly value of £300 and tenable at any college in the University of Oxford for three consecutive academic years. The next appointment from New Hampshire will be made in 1907. Full particulars regarding conditions, etc., may be obtained on application to the Dean of Dartmouth College. HONORS COMMENCEMENT APPOINTMENTS The speakers at Commencement are appointed by the Faculty on the basis of excellence in general scholarship for the entire College course. RUFUS CHOATE SCHOLARS Students who attain a rank of 92 are designated "Rufus Choate Scholars." The designation is entirely a term of honor and carries with it no pecuniary allowance. The assignment is made at the close of each year, and the names of such scholars are to be announced by the Dean, and published in the annual catalogue. HONORS For excellence in special departments of study, three grades of honors are awarded by the Faculty, — Honorable Mention, Honors, and Special Honors. HONORABLE MENTION Honorable Mention is awarded in the following courses of study to students who obtain an average rank of 92 per cent in the courses specified below for each department: GREEK, for Courses 5, 6, 7, and 8. LATIN, for Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4. ENGLISH, for Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4; or for Courses 1, 2, 9, and 10. FRENCH, for any four of the following Courses: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12. GERMAN, for Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4; or for Courses 5, 6, 7, and 8. MATHEMATICS, for Courses 1, 2, 7, and 8; or for Courses 3, 4, 9, and 10. GRAPHICS, for Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4. PHYSICS, for Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4. CHEMISTRY, for Courses 2, 3, 4, and 5 or 7. ZOOLOGY, for courses in Biology 1, 2, and any two B courses in Zoology. HISTORY, for Courses 1 and 2, and any other two courses. POLITICAL SCIENCE, for Courses 1, 3, 4, and 8. POLITICAL SCIENCE, for Courses 3, 8, and Economics 1 and 2, and History 4 or 6. PHILOSOPHY, for Courses 1, 2, 7, and 8. The names of students receiving Honorable Mention are printed in the annual catalogue published next after the award. HONORS Honors are awarded in the following departments of study to students who maintain an average rank of 92 per cent in the courses specified below for each department, and who in addition pass with credit a special examination at the close of the work : GREEK, Courses 15, 16, and an average of three hours of Greek in each semester of Junior and Senior years, including Greek 17 and 18 and Archæology 3 or 4. LATIN, one three-hour course in each semester of Junior and Senior years. ENGLISH, Courses 1, 2, and 3, 4, or 9, 10, and 5, 6, 15, 16. FRENCH, Courses 9, 10, or 11, 12, and any two of the following courses: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. GERMAN, any three of Courses 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and Courses 17, 18. MATHEMATICS, Courses 7 and 8, or 9 and 10, and 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16. GRAPHICS, all courses in Civil Engineering. PHYSICS, Courses 3, 4, 5, and any one of Courses 6, 6 a, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 a. CHEMISTRY, Courses 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 or 8 b, and either 6 or 8 a. ZOOLOGY, courses in Biology, 4, 7, 9, 10. BOTANY, Courses in Biology, 5, 6, and any two of the following courses: 7, 12, 13, 14. MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, for all courses. HISTORY, four courses, not included in Honorable Mention. SOCIOLOGY, all the undergraduate courses. PHILOSOPHY, Courses 4, 5, 12, 13. SPECIAL HONORS Special Honors are awarded in the departments specified below to those who fulfil the conditions mentioned hereafter. Any student who attains the average rank of 85 per cent in the studies of Junior year, or who attains 92 per cent in any department, with an average of at least 80 per cent in all departments, in the studies of Sophomore and Junior years, will be allowed to become a candidate for Special Honors in any department in which he has attained a rank of 90 per cent. Students who are thus entitled to become candidates for Special Honors, and who wish to do so, must give written notice to that effect to the Dean of the Faculty and to the officer in charge of the department in which Special Honors are sought, on or before the 15th of October of their Senior year, and must fulfil the following conditions: (a) They must take the elective courses indicated below in the department in which they seek Special Honors, and must also pursue such additional courses of study and collateral reading or investigation as shall be prescribed. At the close of the year they must pass a special examination covering their work in the department, including the courses of collateral reading or investigation presented for Special Honors, and designed to test the range and accuracy of their work. (b) They must also, if required, present theses satisfactory to a committee appointed by the Faculty, embodying the result of their special study. The subjects of theses shall be announced not later than March 1, and the theses must be handed to the Dean of the Faculty not later than June 10 of Senior year. (c) They must maintain their general standard of scholarship, and if their average rank falls below 80, or if it falls below 70 in any one department in any Semester, they will be required to discontinue their work for Special Honors. (d) No student will be allowed to become a candidate for Special Honors in more than one subject, without a special vote of the Faculty. Special Honors may be sought in the following departments : GREEK Continuous work in Greek throughout the course, covering all Greek courses of Freshman year, two courses in Sophomore year, one of which must be a three-hour course, and an average of four hours a week in Junior and Senior years. This work must include Greek 15, 16, 17, and 18, and Archæology 3 or 4. The candidate will do additional work, equivalent to at least one three-hour course for a year, to be assigned at the opening of Senior year; he will be examined on this work and on his general attainments in Greek at the end of Senior year. A thesis is required. LATIN - Work in the elective courses of Junior and Senior years amounting to four hours a week; an examination on the work of some Latin author not covered in the course, and also a general examination upon Latin Literature, with more special reference to the period to which the particular author studied belonged. A thesis is required. ANCIENT CLASSICS- Courses in Greek and Latin covering an average in each of three hours a week in Junior and Senior years. Special study in one of the two languages amounting to the work of a three-hour course for Senior year will be required, and the final examination will cover this study, as well as the general work in the two languages. A thesis in connection with the subject of special study may be required. ENGLISH Eight courses, with examinations on all courses of Junior and Senior years, and upon two authors outside the course, amounting to three hours for Senior year. A thesis will be required. FRENCH — Any six of the following courses: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. A thesis will be required. GERMAN · Courses 13, 14, and any two of Courses 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and any three of Courses 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23-24, with collateral reading and study. A thesis will be required. MATHEMATICS-All courses, and advanced work in Calculus, and its applications. A thesis may be required. PHYSICS- Courses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and any three of Courses 6, 6a, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10 a, with the solution of some simple research problem described in a thesis. CHEMISTRY Courses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 a, and 12, 15, 16, or corresponding courses. A thesis may be required. ZOOLOGY Courses in Biology 1, I a, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 18, and either 5 or 6, with special laboratory work and collateral reading amounting to a minimum of three hours per week for Senior year. BOTANY Courses in Biology, I, I a, 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, and either Courses 3 or 4, with collateral reading and such additional work as may be indicated by the instructor, amounting to a minimum of three hours per week for Senior year. HISTORY - At least eight courses with collateral reading and additional work, amounting to a minimum of three hours per week for Senior year. A thesis may be required. |