File #3292: "1880-1881 Catalog, V.U. History, V.U. Growth, Admission, Expenses, Courses, Examination, Reports, Grading."

1880-1881 Catalog, V.U. History, V.U. Growth, Admission, Expenses, Courses, Examination, Reports, Grading.

Indiana--History; Vincennes (Ind.)--History; College Publications

Pg. 12-13. Left page: VINCENNES UNIVERSITY HISTORY, cont.: Describes the present institution's status as corresponding to the most advanced High Schools and Academies, with opportunities for more advanced courses. NEW BUILDING: Erected in 1879, the new building has school-room for 200 students, rooms for a cabinet and a library, a third story hall with a capacity of 400-500 people, furniture, warming and ventilation. ADMISSION: Describes requirements: age twelve or over and able to work arithmetic through fractions, analyze simple sentences, parse words, and answer questions in elementary geography. TUITION: No admission charged in Academic department, three dollars per term for Preparatory department, half tuition for children of ministers. Right page: STUDIES: Describes opportunities for knowledge of language and science, the Preparatory Dept. and the Academic department's choice of Classical or Scientific study, with exercises in Rhetoric and Composition throughout the entire course as well as plans for offering Greek or German. EXAMINATIONS & REPORTS: Describes frequent examinations, deductions for absence from recitation or failures in reciting, reports of standing in studies and deportment to parents every four weeks, and certificates of promotion. GRADING SCALE: Describes grading scale, mandatory make-up work if average is less than 75, and loss of standing in the class if two studies are failed.

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

1880-1881

Vincennes University, Byron R. Lewis Historical Library

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