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...entrance requirements, too, differ entirely from the ones now in use. In 1820 the prospective student had to be: "Well versed in the grammar of the English, Latin and Greek languages; in 'Virgil', Cicero's 'Select Orations', 'Salust', 'The Greek Testament', Dalzel's 'Collectanea Graeca Minora', 'Latin and Greek Prosody', 'Arithmetick', and 'Ancient and Modern Geography...

Author: By The Dartmouth, | Title: Dartmouth's Undergraduates Numbered 138 in 1820 With a Faculty of Eleven Members--Expenses for Year Were $98.65 | 11/7/1931 | See Source »

About this time (1803) the authorities raised the standard of admission, and required examinations in Dalzel's "Collectanea Graeca Minora," the Greek Testament, Virgil, Sallust and Cicero, with a knowledge of Greek and Latin grammars. The candidates had to be well versed in geography and arithmetic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD 1800-1900 | 1/8/1900 | See Source »

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