All former students of the University, whether graduates or not,' and all other friends of the Institution and of higher equal education, are cordially invited to be present. ANY ALUMNUS who does not receive a copy of the CAT ALOG, or who changes residence, will 8. award. favor by sending his address to the Registrar; and any person who can supply obituaries of deceased Alumni.. or any information which may assist in making or keeping the Directory of the Alumni complete, will render a service by sending such information to the Registrar. D., '8S: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1868-73; First Assistant Kentucky Geological Survey, 1873-92; Professor of Natural History, Kentucky State College, 1874- go.
Member of the American Association for the Advancement o£Sciencei Member of the Sieological Society of America. M .• Alfred University, '99: Instructor in Science, Buffalo State Normal School, 1888-90; Professor of Physics and Manual Training, Baptist Normal Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, 1891-92; Principal High Schools, State of New York, 18g2-99; Lecturer in Science, Summer Institute, Chautauqua, 1897-.
6ENEQA.L INFOQMATION
DMISSION
Candidates for admission to the First Year Class must be at least fifteen years of age and of good moral character. The credentials of the University of the State of New York are accepted in lieu of an examination in the subjects required for admission, insofar as they cover these requirements. Certificates are also received from principals of preparatory or high schools, outside the State of New York, provided such schools are known to the Faculty for thoroughness of instruction.
This certificate must indicate for each subject the extent to which it has been completed, indicating the textbook used, the method of teaching, the amount of time spent on it, the date of the final examination, the degree of the applicant's skill , and must clearly demonstrate that the student met the requirements in every detail. In the examination, the candidate is expected to correct and rewrite examples of poor English, and to write an original essay of two hundred and fifty or three hundred words on one of the various topics announced during the examination. The candidate is required to write one or two paragraphs on each of the various topics he chooses from a significant number of topics included on the examination paper.
In each case, the examiner will regard knowledge of the book as less important than the ability to write English. This part of the exam deals with subject matter, literary form and logical structure, and also tests the candidate's ability to express his knowledge. It is recommended that the study of Greek composition be continued in connection with the reading of the Anabasis.
In addition to the subjects listed above, the candidate must choose and offer other preparatory or secondary studies corresponding to the eight points. If Latin or Greek is offered for entry into this course, it may comprise part or all of the amount required and described for entry into the classical course. The American History exam covers the period from the discovery of the New World to the end of the Civil War; in Greek history until the death of Alexander; in Roman history until the death of Commodus.
COURSES OF STUDY
Those of the junior and senior years are electives and may be chosen from any department of instruction under the following designations:. Each student chooses one major and two minor subjects from the following groups by the beginning of the junior year at the latest. Each candidate for a degree is required to complete a thesis for which credit is granted, two hours in the first semester and three in the second semester of the senior year.
The title of the thesis must be chosen from the field of the student's major subject no later than October 15 and must be approved by the professor under whom the major thesis is being performed. The diploma will be awarded to stu·. dents who satisfactorily complete one hundred and twenty semester hours as described above:. a) Bachel01' of .A?·ts to students in the classical course. Candidates with a bachelor's degree, either from this faculty or any other with equivalent subjects, may obtain a master's degree by one year of residential study or, in the case of Alfred graduates, by two years of non-residential study within the faculty's major.
Honors are awarded at the end of the freshman, sophomore and senior years. The names of those to whom honors are conferred shall be entered in the Registrar's books, announced on Commencement day, anel printed in the annual catalogue. The student must have taken at least eight hours of elective work in the department in which the honors is awarded.
He must maintain an average standing of 90 per cent or more in the studies pursued during the Junior and the Senior years. Honors are voted by the Faculty on the recommendation of the professor in charge of the department. These honors are awarded on the basis of the grade point average, calculated at the middle of the Senior year.
DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION
- XENOPHON'S MEMORABILIA
- DEMOSTHENES-ON THE CROWN OR THE OLYN·
- HISTORY OF ORATORY AND MODERN DEBATE
- HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
- HISTORY OF EUROPE IN THE XIX. CENTURY
The Greek read by the class forms the basis for a study of the style of Demosthenes. Selections are read as a basis for the study of Homeric society and of life in the heroic age as revealed in the poems. Training students to read Latin with ease is the main goal of freshman year education.
The characters Cresar and Pompey, and their part in the fall of the Republic, are explored. A study of the flora of Western New York as found in the region surrounding Alfred is introduced. This course includes practical work with instruments from the Observatory and study of a more advanced textbook.
Each student is assigned special reading and must study certain phases of the subject in particular. This course comprises the study of sociological issues of current interest, some of which include population, charities, degeneration. The purpose of this course is to give the student a clear understanding of the development of the educational ideal.
It aims in this course to enable the student to participate in the construction of the science on which his art is to be based. The following two courses for the study of the Old Testament in the original are offered. At the end of this course, the student is expected to be able to easily read any of the historical books.
The purpose of this department is to teach the student the intelligent use of the more common hand tools used in the shop. He is taught to design buildings and machines, and to make working and finished drawings of the same.
DEPA.RTMENT OF MUSIC
Other studies and pieces, adapted to the needs of the pupil, are added during the course. In this course the principles of breathing as applied to tone production and the art of vocalization. The zigzag class is an elementary class in voice culture, with special attention to breathing and page reading.
Certificates are awarded in the vocal and instrumental departments upon completion of the work of the classes. Vocal or instrumental music, half an hour per week 7 50 Vocal or instrumental music, two half hours per week 10 00.
COMPETITIVE FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
In this course principles of breathing as used for tone production and the art of vocalization. voice placement and elementary vocalization are achieved by using such exercises as are best suited to the student. Certificates are issued in the voice and instrument department after completion of grading work. with the addition of a year's work in Theory and Harmony. Vocal or instrumental music, half an hour a week 7 50 Vocal or instrumental music, two half hours a week 10 00. on subjects selected by the candidate from a list of several which is announced for each examination.
For the examination in June, 1903, the subjects will be selected from Shakespeare's Macbeth; Milton's Mina?'. The questions will be formulated with the expectation that the candidate has studied these books carefully and studied a book equivalent in scope to Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric or Hill's Foundations of Rhetoric. No free scholarship will be awarded to a candidate who does not score seventy-five percent in each of the four subjects of the competitive examination.
DE6QEES CONFERRED
HONORS
REGISTER OF STUDENTS
GIFTS AND BEQUESTS
This association includes all graduates of the university, all persons who have obtained a diploma from the university. The objects of the Society are to promote fraternal intercourse and sympathy, and to promote the interest of its members in their Alma Mater, and to promote the welfare of Alfred University. On its incorporation in 1886, the Association established a perpetual fund for the benefit of the University, giving it the name KENYON-ALLEN ENDOW.
The association has approved a form of commitment to pay, for the benefit of the fund. Claims or cash contributions are requested, and will be accepted and added to the fund as appropriate. The income of the fund is used, partly to defray the expenses incident to a course of lectures annually before the University, and partly to assist in paying the salary of the President.
The Association is represented on the Board of Trustees of the University by nine trustees, three of whom are elected each year for a term of three years. The Annual Meeting of the Association is held on Wednesday of Commencement Week, the whole day being given over to the Association.
PREPAQATOQY SCHOOL
NEW YOQK STATE SCHOOL OF CLAY-WORKING AND CERAMICS
