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IX. Where was Numidia, Lilybaeum, Neapolis, Epirus, Delos, Olympus, Caucasus ? Bound the Mediterranean.

X. Who was Mucius Scaevola, Appius Claudius Caecus, Camillus, Hamilcar? Who conquered Hannibal, Mithridates, Pompeius Magnus, M. Antonius ?

MATHEMATICS.

ARITHMETIC.

1. A person bought a piece of silk containing 963 yards, and having used of it, he sold of the remainder at $1 a yard; the rest was sold at $ a yard; how much was received for the parts sold?

2. How much more is the compound than the simple interest of $5,000 for 6 years at 6 per cent.?

3. Give and explain the rule for the multiplication and that for the division of decimals.

4. A laborer dug a cellar 62 ft. long, 25 ft. wide, and 8 ft. deep, at 51⁄2d. a cubic yard; what was the amount of his bill in pounds, shillings, and pence?

5. If 17 carpenters can do a piece of work in 11 days, in what time can 7 carpenters do it?

6. Extract the square root of 62504836.

ALGEBRA.

1. Find the greatest common divisor of 3x2-7x+4 and 2x2 −7x+5.

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5.

A had 40 yards of cloth and B had 90 yards. A sold for $1 one-third of a yard more than B sold for the same sum. The whole amount received by both was $42. How many yards did each sell for $1?

6. Given x2+3xy+2y2=15,

2x+y= 4. Find the values of x and y.

7. Give and explain the rule for the multiplication and that for the division of fractions by one another.

GEOMETRY.

1. Define a triangle, and the different kinds of triangles. Define the different kinds of lines. Define a segment and a sector of a circle.

2. Prove that, If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal each to each, the equal sides are parallel, and the figure is a parallelogram. 3. Prove that The angle formed by two chords which cut each other is measured by one-half the sum of the arcs intercepted between its sides and between the sides of its vertical angle.

ENGLISH.

GRAMMAR.

1. Spell the following words (dictated): Artillery, synonyme, exception, transitive, foreshew, pavilion, categorical, peaceable, lovable, lodgement, polysyllable, benefited.

2. Divide the following words into syllables: Covetous, geographical, blanket, complimentary.

3. What are the labial letters of the alphabet? What the superfluous ones? What different sounds has the letter a?

4. What is an adjective, a noun, a conjunction?

5. Decline the following nouns in the singular and the plural: Knife, sheep, cloth, Thomas. Decline also the pronouns 'he' and 'it.'

6. Define regular and irregular verbs. Give the third person singular of the verb 'to study,' through all the tenses of the indicative mode. Give the first person singular of the verb 'to be' through all the tenses of the subjunctive mode.

7. Analyze the following sentence: "He could afford to suffer with those whom he saw suffer."

GEOGRAPHY.

1. Define latitude and longitude, and state how each is reckoned. Locate

the different zones.

2. Draw a map of your own State, giving boundaries, and locating the principal rivers and towns.

3. Bound the following States and countries, and give their capitals: Oregon, Mississippi, New Jersey, Belgium, Switzerland.

4. Through what waters would you pass in sailing from Detroit to Vienna ?

5. In what part of what countries are the following towns: Stockholm, Dresden, Calcutta, Tokio, Cairo, Sidney?

6. What are the established or prevailing religions, and what the forms of government and highest civil officers of Canada, Japan, Austria, Holland, Mexico?

SCHOLARSHIPS.

The following Scholarships were founded" for the benefit of young men in indigent circumstances, communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church."

SCOVILL SCHOLARSHIP, founded by William H. Scovill, Esq., of Waterbury.

SCOVILL SCHOLARSHIP, founded by J. M. L. Scovill, Esq., of Waterbury. ELTON SCHOLARSHIP, founded by John P. Elton, Esq., of Waterbury. ST. JOHN'S, WATERBURY, SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Parishioners of St. John's Church, Waterbury.

TRINITY CHURCH, NEW HAVEN, SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Parishioners of Trinity Church, New Haven.

ST. PAUL'S, NEW HAVEN, SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Parishioners of St. Paul's Church, New Haven.

LAKE SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Benjamin T. Lake, Esq., of Bethlem. HALLAM SCHOLARSHIP, founded by the Rev. Robert A. Hallam, D.D., of New London.

ST. JAMES'S, NEW LONDON, SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Parishioners of St. James's Church, New London.

SHELTON AND SANFORD SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Shelton and Sanford families, of Derby.

MORGAN SCHOLARSHIP, founded by the Rev. John Morgan, of Stratford. FOWLER SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Fowler family, of Northfield. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Samuel G. Cornell, Esq., of Green

wich.

ST. PAUL'S, NORWALK, SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Parishioners of St. Paul's Church, Norwalk.

TRINITY CHURCH, PORTLAND, SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Parishioners of Trinity Church, Portland.

SHERMAN SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Sherman family, of Brookfield.
BURR SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Mrs. Sarah Burr, of Hartford.

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, HARTFORD, SCHOLARSHIP, founded by Parishioners of St. John's Church, Hartford.

FIVE OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS were endowed in the same manner, by sundry subscriptions, and the nomination to these is vested in the Corporation.

TOUCEY SCHOLARSHIPS.

These are four in number, founded in 1868, by the Hon. Isaac Toucey, LL.D. They yield $300 each per annum, and are assigned, after a competitive examination, to students who are studying with a view to the Holy

Ministry. The founder, by making the College the trustee of another fund, has enabled it to appoint the holders of these Scholarships to Scholarships of equal value in the Berkeley Divinity School.

SCHOLARSHIPS OF THE CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY.

The Church Scholarship Society of the Diocese of Connecticut aids a few students with loans, not exceeding $100 per annum, which are granted only to persons in necessitous circumstances, preparing for Holy Orders, and sustaining a correct deportment as communicants. Applicants must be furnished with a testimonial of such qualifications, signed by a clergyman to whom they are personally known. The President of the College is President of the Executive Board of the Church Scholarship Society.

SCHOLARSHIPS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE INCREASE OF THE MINISTRY.

This Society holds the Mark Warner fund, amounting to about $10,000, the income of which, under the conditions of the gift, is to be applied to young men, scholars of the Society, studying at Trinity College or the Berkeley Divinity School. The Society is also able to grant other scholarships, ranging in value from $100 to $300 per annum.

SCHOLARSHIP OF CHRIST CHURCH, HARTFORD.

This was founded in 1839, by J. Smyth Rogers, M.D., Professor of Chemistry. In 1845, in consideration of the subscription from the Parish for the erection of Brownell Hall, the endowment was increased. The right of nomination is vested in the Rector of Christ Church.

SCHOLARSHIP OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, TROY, N. Y.

This was founded in 1830, by members of the Parish whose name it bears. It is" for the benefit of pious and indigent young men, studying with a view to the Ministry in the Protestant Episcopal Church." The right of nomination is in the Rector, Wardens, and Vestry of St. Paul's Church, Troy.

HEARTT SCHOLARSHIP.

This was founded in 1830, and endowed by Philip Heartt, Esq., of Troy. It has the same object with the preceding Scholarship. The right of nomination was vested in Mr. Heartt during his lifetime; and afterward in the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Connecticut; and during any vacancy in the Episcopate, devolves on the presiding officer of the College.

SCHOLARSHIPS OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING RELIGION AND LEARNING IN NEW YORK.

These are eight in number, and were founded in 1843, under an arrangement with the Society. They entitle the students by whom they are held to free tuition. The right of nomination is in the Society; and, in return, the College has the right to nominate, after free competition, to three scholarships in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, entitling the holders to two hundred dollars a year and freedom from all Seminary charges.

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