STATEMENTS REGARDING THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND INSTRUCTION. The students attend daily morning and evening prayers in the College Chapel. On Saturday evening the attendance is voluntary. On Sunday, at 4 o'clock, P.M., Evening Prayer is said, followed by a sermon. All students are required to be present. They attend the morning service at such church in the city as their parents or guardians designate. The President, who is the Pastor of the College, discharges the duties of Chaplain, in which he is assisted by the other clerical members of the Faculty. Voluntary services are held during Advent and Lent, and at other times, in connection with the pastoral work in the College. The Monday morning recitation is devoted to religious studies. These comprise, during the College course, the following subjects: History of the Holy Scriptures; critical readings of the New Testament in Greek; Natural Theology; Evidences of Christianity; the Articles of the Christian Faith as contained in the Apostles' Creed; and the Book of Common Prayer. LECTURES ON HISTORY. The Rt. Rev. John Williams, D.D., LL.D., gives several courses of lectures on History to the Senior and Junior Classes, continuing through a period of two years. ENGLISH. In the written translations of Freshman year, attention is given specially to the change of Greek or Latin idioms into English idioms; and, in connection with the study of English synonymes, exactness is required in the choice of words. Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores are required to write essays once a month throughout the year. At the Annual Examinations Seniors and Juniors are examined in extempore theme writing. The course in Oratory includes the study of gesture, attitude, and action; the study of vocal culture, with practical exercises in reading and declamation; and lectures on manner and style in public speaking, with readings from the plays of Shakespeare. EXTRA STUDIES. In addition to the studies of the regular course, the Professors in the several departments assign more advanced work to such of the students in each class as prove themselves competent therefor. The names of the text-books used for these extra studies are not published this year. Instruction in Spanish and Hebrew is given to those Seniors who form voluntary classes for that purpose. EXAMINATIONS. The Examinations at the close of Christmas Term are upon the studies of the term. The Annual Examinations, in presence of Committees appointed by the Corporation, the Board of Fellows, and the Faculty, are both oral and written, upon all the studies of the year. The Examinations of the Seniors for degrees begin on June 13, 1872, and the Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman examinations begin on the 27th of June. Examinations for Honors follow the Annual Examinations. Admission to these is regarded as itself an honor, since it is gained by securing a high average mark at the daily recitations and by passing the Annual Examinations with great credit. Success in the Examinations for Honors entitles a student to peculiar distinctions both during and after his College course. The President or the Secretary of the Faculty will furnish copies of the Examination Papers to Teachers or others who may desire them. EXAMINATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. Students may receive the degree of Bachelor of Science, provided they have resided at least two years and a half in College, and have regularly passed the examinations in all the prescribed studies of the Academic course, except the Greek; together with a further and more particular examination, satisfactory to the Faculty and Board of Examiners, in one of the following branches, viz. Differential and Integral Calculus; Practical Astronomy; Analytical and Agricultural Chemistry; Geology and Mineralogy; Natural History; or Civil Engineering. Any student of the College may receive the Degree of Bachelor of Science, together with that of Bachelor of Arts, upon passing a special examination in the regular Mathematical and Scientific course, and the further examination above indicated. Notice of intention to apply for this degree must be given in writing to the Secretary of the Faculty, at the opening of the Christmas Term. MATRICULATION. Extracts from the College Statutes. SEC. 1. Matriculation shall consist in signing, in the presence of the President, Faculty, and others, the following promise: "I promise to observe the statutes, lawful usages, and customs of Trinity College; and to maintain and defend her rights, privileges, and immunities, at all times and in all places, according to my station and duties in the same." SEC. 2. All non-matriculated persons are considered as on probation, and therefore not entitled to the full privilege of members of the Institution. Upon giving evidence of good character, they are admitted to matriculation at the close of the term in which they have entered. Unless they are allowed to matriculate as early as at the end of the second term of their course, they cease to be students of the College. STANDING. The standing of a student is reckoned from the beginning of the Freshman year, and is determined by his diligence in study, his punctuality in attendance, and his general good conduct. Absences are not excused except in extreme cases. At the close of each term, a report of the scholarship, attendance, and conduct of each student is transmitted to his parent or Guardian. Appointments at Commencement are assigned to the members of the Senior Class according to the aggregate of marks attained by each of them during the entire College course. When a student has entered College after the beginning of Freshman year and before the beginning of the second term in Junior year, his standing for the term or terms during which he was absent is considered to have the same proportion to the maximum as that which he gains while in residence. The back standing of a student entering later in the course is computed in the same manner, with a deduction of five per cent. No appointment is ordinarily assigned to any student who has entered College at or after the beginning of Senior year. TERMS AND VACATIONS. There are two terms in the Academic year. Christmas Term begins about the middle of September. Trinity Term begins near the 20th of January, and closes with Commencement. Commencement Day in 1872 is the eleventh day of July. Christmas Vacation continues four weeks. Trinity Vacation continues nine weeks from Commencement. There is also a recess in the Spring. LIBRARY AND CABINET. The Library contains about 15,000 volumes, exclusive of pamphlets, unbound volumes, and duplicates, and is increasing from the income of the Bishop Burgess, Elton, Sheffield, Peters, and Athenæum Funds, amounting in the aggregate to $24,500. The last-mentioned fund was founded by a gift to the College of the avails of the furniture, etc., belonging to the Society of that name, at the time of its dissolution. The Alumni Library Fund now amounts to about $2,500, making the aggregate of the Library Funds, $27,000. The Portraits belonging to the College have been removed to the Hall formerly occupied by the Athenæum Society. The Libraries of the Literary Societies have been recently added to the College Library. The Reading-room of the College is supplied with the best newspapers and periodicals published in this country and in England. The students have free access daily to the Watkinson Library, a valuable collection of books for reference, containing about 25,000 volumes; and there are other excellent libraries in the city. The College Cabinet possesses a valuable collection of Minerals, Fossils, and Shells. EXPENSES. COLLEGE FEES. Tuition (remitted if necessary), $40 and $50 per term, $90 Room Rent (average for two persons $56 per year), $28 28 20 20 Washing can be procured at about seventy-five cents a dozen. Any unnecessary damages to the College property in any Section, are assessed upon all the occupants of that Section. Students admitted to advanced classes, except those from other Colleges, are required to pay $12 for each term of their advancement. This charge is remitted to indigent students. Through a bequest of $15,000 made by Mrs. Sarah Gregor, and through the scholarships mentioned hereafter, the College is enabled to remit the fee for tuition to all who are unable to pay it. Necessitous students are also provided to some extent with text-books, by means of a lending library established for that purpose. |