Word: civil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arranged the student at the University of Pennsylvania has at the end of the sophomore year the choice of three distinct fields: He may continue in the regular academic course; he may study for a diploma in science or in the special line of mechanical or civil engineering, or he may in the school of finance fit himself for business life. In this last course the studies include political economy, constitutional law, mercantile law and practice, the history and laws of finance, legislation and administration, and the theory and practice of accounting, as well as general literature, history and modern...
...Bologna, the ruling power was at first entirely in the hands of the students, they choosing the professors, while at Paris the lecturers alone had authority. The officers were originally a rector and a counselor, with civil officers, such as beadles, notaries, etc. The rector held his place for a year and the retiring rector chose his successor. Degrees of "doctor" and "magister" were given, though these titles were not originally used. The degree was given after an examination and bestowed the right of teaching upon the holder. It took six to eight years to get a degree...
...Silas W. Burt has been appointed chief examiner of the New York civil-service commission, and Mr. John Jay president...
...school will be approved as part of such one year's course, unless the council is satisfied that the candidate offering it has no intention or expectation of counting the same study towards the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, Bachelor of Laws, Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, or Civil Engineer...
...Under the same standing rule, the council will also recommend for the degree of Master of Arts students, otherwise properly qualified, who are recommended by the appropriate faculty for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, Bachelor of Laws, Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, or Civil Engineer, after the longest course of study and residence provided for such degree, and upon examinations passed with high credit. Members of the schools of divinity, law, medicine and science, who are already Bachelors of Arts of Harvard University, and who wish to obtain the Master's degree simultaneously with their professional degree, should...