N/7 Cornell University Library LB 2338.N7 V.1 Examination for state scholarships . 3 1924 013 404 516 M Tort State Ml^e fif iiriciiliare, New York State Educationfertll'»'!f^ ^^^1* — -ifi. M ^ EXAMINATION FOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN (a) CORNELL UNIVERSITY . T^Vs 5 8' LAW— REGULATIONS— INSTRUCTION TO EXAMINERS a/ r1 1909 Albany, September i, 1908 To School Commissioners and City Superintendents The competitive examination of candidates for the State scholar- ships in Cornell University, provided for by the laws of 1894, chap- ter 556, title 12 (the consolidated school law), will be held in each county, Saturday, June 5, 1909, commencing at 9 a. m. The examination will be in charge of the city superintendents and the school commissioners in each county, under such regulations as may be agreed upon to secure an examination which shall be fair in all respects. Village superintendents are not authorized to act. LAW Laws of 1894, chapter 556, title 12 § 9 The several departments of study in the said university shall be open to applicants for admission thereto at the lowest rates of expense consistent with its welfare and efficiency, and without dis- tinction as to rank, class, previous occupation or locality. But, with a view to equalize its advantages to all parts of the State, the institu- tion shall receive students to the number of one each year fr£>m each assembly district in this State to be selected as hereinafter provided, and shall give them instruction in any or all the prescribed branches of study in any department of said institution, free of any tuition fee or of any incidental charges to be paid to said university, unless such incidental charges shall have been made to compensate for material consumed by said students or for damages needlessly or purposely done by them to the property of said university. The said free instruction shall, iporeover, be accorded to said students in consideration of their superior ability and as a reward for superior scholarship in the academies and public schools in this State. Said students shall be selected as the Legislature may from time to time direct, and until otherwise ordered, as follows : I A competitive examination under the direction of the Depart- ment of Public Instruction [Education Department] shall be held at the county courthouse in each county of the State, upon the first Saturday of June in each year, by the city superintendents and the school commissioners of the county. X378r-Ag8-6^oo (7- III 15) 2 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2 None but pupils of at least i6 years of age and six months' standing in the common schools or academies of the State during the year immediately preceding the examination, shall be eligible. 3 Such examination shall be upon such subjects as may be desig- nated by the president of the university. Question papers prepared by the Department of Public Instruction [Education Department] shall be used, and the examination papers handed in by the different candidates shall be retained by the examiners and forwarded to the De])artment of Public Instruction [Education Department]. 4 The examiners shall, within lo days after such examination, make and file in the Department of Public Instruction [Education Department], a certificate in which they shall name all the candi- dates examined and specify the order of their excellence, and such candidates shall, in the order of their excellence, become entitled to the scholarships belonging to their respective counties. 5 In case any candidate who may become entitled to a scholarship shall fail to claim the same or shall fail to pass the entrance exami- nation at such university, or shall die, resign or absent himself with- out leave, be expelled or for any other reason shall abandon his right to or vacate such scholarship either before or after entering thereupon, then the candidate certified to be next entitled in the same county shall become entitled to the same. In case any scholarship belonging to any county shall not be claimed by any candidate resi- dent in that county, the State Superintendent [Commissioner of Education] may fill the same by appointing thereto some candidate first entitled to a vacancy in some other county, after notice has been served on the superintendent or commissioners of schools of said county. In any such case the president of the university shall at once notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction [Commis- sioner of Education], and that officer shall immediately notify the candidate next entitled to the vacant scholarship of his right to the same. 6 Any State student who shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the president of the university that he requires leave of absence for the purpiose of earning funds with which to defray his living expenses while in attendance, may, in the discretion of the president be granted such leave of absence, and may be allowed a period not exceeding six years from the commencement thereof for the com- pletion of his course at said university. 7 In certifying the qualifications of the candidates preference shall be given (where other qualifications are equal) to the children of those who have died in the military or naval service of the United States. 8 Notices of the time and place of the examinations shall be given in all the schools having pupils eligible thereto, prior to the first day of January in each year, and shall be published once a week for three weeks in at least two newspapers in each county immediately prior to the holding of such examinations. The cost of publishing such notices and the necessary expenses of such examinations shall CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 3 be a charge upon each county respectively, and shall be audited and paid by the board of supervisors thereof. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction [Commissioner of Education] shall attend to the giving and publishing of the notices hereinbefore provided for. He may, in his discretion, direct that the examination in any county be held at some other time and place than that above specified, in which case it shall be held as directed by him. He shall keep full records in his Department of the reports of the different examiners, showing the age, postofifice address and standing of each candidate, and shall notify candidates of their rights under this act. He shall determine any controversies, which may arise under the provisions of this act. He is hereby charged with the general supervision and direction of all matters in connection with the filling of such scholar- ships. Students enjoying the privileges of free scholarship shall, in common with the other students of said university, be subject to all the examinations, rules and requirements of the board of trustees or faculty of said university, except as herein provided. NOTICE OF EXAMINATION Notice of this examination is to be published once a week, for three weeks prior thereto, in two newspapers in each county. At the proper time commissioners will advise with the other officers, who with them are to have charge of the examination in their county, and will jointly prepare, sign and publish the required notice. They will instruct publishers of newspapers to forward the bills for such publication to the board of supervisors of their county, as the law makes the cost of publication a county charge. FORM OF NOTICE To be published in two newspapers in each county, once a week, for three weeks prior to the examination. CORNELL UNIVERSITY STATE SCHOLARSHIPS (Notice pursuant to the laws ol 1894, chapter 556, title 13) A competitive examination of candidates for the State scholar- ships in Cornell University, falling to the county of will be held at the [name of building'] in the city (or village) of Saturday, June 6, 1909, commencing at 9 a. m. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age and of six months' standing in the common schools or academies of the State during the year immediately preceding this examination, and actual resi- dents of this State. 4 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT No person should enter an examination unless prepared to accept a scholarship, should one be awarded. The examination will be upon English, history (ancient, English, American), plane geometry, algebra and any Uvo (at the option of the candidate) of the following: Greek, Latin, advanced French, advanced German, advanced mathematics. As an alternate for ad- vanced mathematics, physics or chemistry may be offered. The paper on American history will include civil government. There will be as many candidates appointed from this county as there are assembly districts in this county. Candidates will become entitled to the scholarships in the order of their merit. Dated at , this day of May, 1909. Superintendent of schools, city of. School commissioner School commissioner WHERE EXAMINATIONS MAY BE HELD While the law provides that the examination shall be held in the county courthouse in each county, it, at the same time, permits it to be held elsewhere by the direction of the Commissioner of Educa- tion. It is the evident purpose of the law to provide at least one place where the examination may of right be held, hence the court- house is designated. It would undoubtedly be better to hold the examination in a school building in all cases where the local school officers will consent thereto, which they will probably do in most instances. Where such consent is obtained, you may insert such place in the notice without communicating with the Department for direction in the matter. No expense must be incurred on this account. Unless school buildings are offered free of cost, the exam- ination will be held at the county courthouse. In New York city examinations will be held as follows : New York county at the De Witt Clinton High School, loth avenue and 59th street. New York city; Kings county at Public School 15, 3d avenue and Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn; Queens county CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 5 at Public School 47, Hillside avenue, Jamaica, Long Island ; Rich- mond county at Curtis High School building. New Brighton. HOW QUESTION PAPERS WILL BE SENT In all counties having but one school commissioner, printed ques- tion papers, blank forms for reports, blank statements of candidates, etc., will be forwarded to him. In counties having two or more school commissioners, or one or more city superintendents, they will confer together and inform me May i to whom the question papers, etc., should be sent. SPECIAL ATTENTION Examiners will call the attention of all interested to the following: 1 Candidates must be actual residents of this State. 2 Candidates must be at least 16 years of age. 3 Candidates must show that they have attended a common school or academy of this State for at least six months during the year immediately preceding the date of the examination. Teaching can not be considered equivalent to attendance. Attendance at private schools or in normal departments of normal schools does not comply with the provisions of the law. 4 Candidates should attend the examinations in the counties in which they actually reside, unless they obtain permission from the Department to do otherwise. 5. No person should enter an examination unless prepared to accept a scholarship, should one be awarded. 6 No person can receive a Cornell State scholarship who does not enter an examination. 7 Any person appointed to a scholarship and afterward declining the same, forfeits it absolutely, and the vacancy is filled from the list of other eligible candidates. The candidate is eligible, however, to enter a succeeding examination by meeting the conditions re- quired. 8 It is advisable for candidates who fail to obtain scholarships to take the entrance examination at the university in September, as all vacancies will be filled by appointments from candidates on the eligible lists who have passed the entrance examination and regis- tered in the university. No direct assurance can be given that a scholarship will be awarded, as there may be no vacancies. 9 To be entitled to be placed upon an eligible list from which appointment to scholarships in counties having no claimants will be made, candidates must attain at least 233 credits. Candidates who fail to attain such standing can not receive consideration by the 6 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Department in making appointments to these vacant scholarships until the eligible lists are exhausted. 10 Every candidate to be eligible for a scholarship, must submit a complete set of papers. 11 There may be cases in which the number of candidates who present themselves will be smaller than the number of scholarships belonging to the county, and in such cases it may be thought un- necessary to go through the examination. To take that course would be a mistake. Candidates will become entitled to their scholarships only after the steps indicated by the statute shall have been taken. The law must be fully complied with. Therefore, it is advised that all the proceedings be taken regularly, and that the examination papers be filed in the Department, even though the number should be so small in any county as to remove the necessity for competition between candidates. SUBJECTS FOR EXAMIKATION The president of GDrnell University has designated the following subjects for the examination of igog: English, history, algebra, plane geometry, and any two (at the option of the student) of the follow- ing: Greek, Latin, advanced French, advanced German, advanced mathematics. As an alternate requirement for advanced mathe- matics, physics or chemistry may be offered. SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION The following outlines are taken from the university require- ments for admission. English. The examination is not designed to test the candidate's familiarity with the history of English literature or with the minu- tiae of the books prescribed, but to test his ability to express himself readily and easily in accordance with the usages of ordinary prose composition. To this end the candidate is urgently advised : 1 To train himself in writing concise paragraphs in answer to questions upon the most striking narrative and descriptive incidents in the books of the A list. 2 To study more systematically the contents of the books of the B list, endeavoring to retain a knowledge of each book as an organized whole. This result will be best secured by writing numer- ous essays or compositions of considerable length upon the general purport of each book. 3 To cultivate, in all his writing, the habits of correct grammar ,and spelling (including proper names characteristic of the books read), of correct sentence structure, punctuation and paragraphing. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 7 4 To avoid most carefully the error of believing that the mere oral memorizing of the contents of the books prescribed is the kind of preparation desired. The candidate is expected to learn from these books the art of expressing himself. In every case the examiner will treat mere knowledge of the books as less important than the ability to write good English. The books for 1909, 1910 and 191 1 are as follows: A Group I (two to be selected) : Shakspere's As You Like It, Henry V, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, Tzvelfth Night. Group II (one to be selected) : Bacon's Essays; Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, part I; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Franklin's Autobiography. Group III (one to be selected) : Chaucer's Prologue; Spenser's Faerie Queene (selections) : Pope's The Rape of the Lock; Gold- smith's The Deserted -Village; Palgrave's Golden Treasury (first series), books II and III, with especial attention to Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper and Burns. Group IV (two to be selected) : Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wake- Held; Scott's Ivanhoe; Scott's Quentin Durward; Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables; Thackeray's Henry Esmond; Mrs Gas- kell's Cranford; Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities; George Eliot's Silas Marner; Blackmore's Lorna Doone. Group V (two to be selected) : Irving's Sketch Book; Lamb's Essays of Elia; De Quincey's Joan of Arc and The English Mail Coach; Carlyle's Heroes and Hero Worship; Emerson's Essays (selected) ; Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies. Group VI (two to be selected) : Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner; Scott's The Lady of the Lake ; Byron's Mazeppa and The Prisoner of Chilian; Palgrave's Golden Treasury (first series), book IV, with especial attention to Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome; Poe's Poems; Lowell's The Vision of Sir Launfal; Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum; Longfellow's The Court- ship of Miles Standish; Tennyson's Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, and The Passing of Arthur; Browning's Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, How they Brought the Good Ne-jus from Ghent to Aix, Evelyn Hope, Home Thoughts from Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident of the French Camp, The Boy and the Angel, One Word More, Herve Riel, Pheidippides. B Shakspere's Macbeth; Milton's Lycidas, Comus, L' Allegro, and // Penseroso; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, or Washington's Farewell Address and Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration; Macaulay's Life of Johnson, or Carlyle's Essay on Burns. 8 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT History. One of the three following subjects (to be selected by the candidate) : 1 Ancient history with special reference to Greek and Roman history, and including also a short introductory study of the more ancient nations and the chief events of the early Middle Ages, down to the death of Charles the Great (814 A. D.)- 2 American history and civil government. 3 English history. Each of the above topics is intended to represent one year of historical work wherein the study is given five times a week, or two years of historical work wherein the study is given three times a week. The examination in history will be so framed as to require com- parison and the use of judgment on the pupil's part, rather than the mere use of memory. The examinations will presuppose the use of good textbooks, collateral reading, and practice in written work. Geographic knowledge will be tested by requiring the loca- tion of places and movements on an outline map, or otherwise. (The requirement in history is based on the recommendations of the committee of seven of the American Historical Association.) Elementary algebra A. A thorough knowledge of the four fundamental operations with rational expressions ; factoring, includ- ing the determination of the highest common factor and the solu- tion of equations, by factoring; fractions, including complex frac- tions, and an elementary treatment of ratio and proportion; the binomial theorem for positive integral exponent (without proof) ; and radicals, including the extraction of the square root of poly- nomials and of numbers. Also the solution of equations of the first degree (numerical and literal, integral and fractional) involving one or more unknown numbers ; easy quadratic equations, solved both by factoring and by completing the square ; and simple cases of simultaneous equations one of which is quadratic. Emphasis should be laid, throughout the course, upon translating verbally stated problems into equations, solving these, and inter- preting the results. Plane geometry. The usual theorems and constructions con- tained in the best textbooks on this subject, including the general properties of plane rectilinear figures, thS circle and the measure- ment of angles, similar polygons, areas, regular polygons and the measurement of the circle. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 9 Also the solution of original exercises, including loci problems, and the mensuration of lines and plane surfaces. (A knowledge of the metric system of weights and measures is assumed in all the examinations in mathematics.) Latin. Candidates are examined in the entrance requirements adopted by the College Entrance Examination Board. These are: 1 a Latin grammar. The inflections ; the simpler rules for com- position arid derivation of words, syntax of nouns and the verb; structure of sentences in general, with particular regard to relative and conditional sentences, indirect discourse, and the subjunctive; so much prosody as relates to accent, versification in general, and the dactylic hexameter. b Elementary Latin prose composition. Translation into Latin of detached sentences and very easy continuous prose based upon Caesar and Cicero. 2 Caesar. Any four books of the Gallic War, preferably the first four. 3 Cicero. Any six orations from the following list, but prefer- ably the first six mentioned : The four orations against Catiline, Archias, The Manilian Law, Marcellus, Roscius, Milo, Sestius, Ligarius, the fourteenth Philippic. 4 Virgil. The first six books of the Aeneid. Greek. Candidates are examined in the entrance requirements adopted by the College Entrance Examination Board. These are : 1 a Greek grammar. The inflections of nouns and verbs ; the principles of the syntax of nouns and of verbs; the structure of sen- tences in general, with particular regard to relative and conditional sentences, and to indirect discourse; versification so far as applied to the dactylic hexameter. b Elementary Greek prose composition. Consisting principally of detached sentences to test the candidate's knowledge of gram- matical construction. The examination in grammar and prose composition will be base 1 on the first two books of Xenophon's Anabasis. 2 Xenophon. The first four books of the Anabasis. 3 Homer. The first three books of the Iliad (omitting II, 494- end). German. Elementary German, (i) The examination will re- quire an accurate knowledge of the principles of grammar and especially of the declension of articles, adjectives, pronouns and nouns; the conjugation of verbs; the prepositions and the cases which they govern; the uses of modal auxiliaries; the elementary 10 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT rules of syntax and word order. The proficiency of the apphcant will be tested by questions on the above topics and by the translation into German of simple English sentences. (2) Translation of pas- sages of easy prose, narrative and dramatic. It is believed that the requisite facility can be acquired by reading not less than 200 duo- decimo pages of simple German. Practice in pronunciation, in writing German from dictation, an.l in the use of simple German phrases in the classroom is recom- mended. Advanced German, (i) Advanced grammar. In addition to a thoroug'h knowledge of the elements of 'word formation, including the force of prefixes and suffixes, and familiar synonyms, the can- didate must be familiar with the essentials of German syntax, and particularly with the uses of the subjunctive and infinitive moods. The proficiency of the applicant will be tested by questions on these topics, and by the translation into German of easy connected English prose. (2) Translation of passages from standard classical authors. It is believed that the requisite facility can be acquired by reading, in addition to the amount mentioned under elementary German, at least 500 pages (a total with elementary recjuirement, of 700 pages) of classical and temporary prose and poetry. It is recommended that not less than one half of this reading be selected from the works of Lessing, Schiller and Goethe. The candidate should acquire the ability to follow a recitation conducted in German and to answer in that language questions asked by the instructor. French. Elementary French, (i) The translation at sight of ordinary 19th century prose. It is important that the passages set be rendered into clear and idiomatic English. It is believed that the power of translating at sight ordinary igth century prose can be acquired by reading not less than 400 duodecimo pages from the works of at least three different authors. Not mor£ than one half of this amount ought to be from works of fiction. This number of pages is to include not only prepared work, but all sight reading done in class. (2) The translation from English into French of sentences or of a short connected passage, to test the candidate's familiarity with elementary grammar. Elementary grammar is understood to include the conjugation of reo-ular verbs, of the more frequent irregular verbs, such as aller, envoyer, teiiir, pouvoir, voir, vouloir, dire, savoir, faire, and those belono-ino- to the classes represented by ouvrir, dormir, connaitre, conduire, and crain- dre; the forms and positions of personal pronouns, the uses of other pronouns and of possessive, demonstrative, and interrogative ad- CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS II jectives; the inflection of nouns and adjectives for gender and num- ber, except rare cases; the uses of articles, and the partitive constructions. Pronunciation should be carefully taught and pupils be trained to some extent to understand spoken French. The writing of French from dictation is recommended as a useful exercise. Advanced French, (i) The translation at sight of standard French. It is important that the passages set be rendered into clear and idiomatic English. It is believed that the necessary proficiency in translation at sight can be acquired by reading, in addition td the elementary work, not less than 600 duodecimo pages (a total, with the elementary requirement, of 1000 pages) of prose and verse from the writings of at least four standard authors. A considerable part of the amount read should be carefully translated into idiomatic English. (2) The translation into French of a connected passage of English prose. Candidates will be expected to show a thorough knowledge of accidence, and familiarity with the essentials of French syntax, especially the uses of tenses, modes, prepositions, and conjunctions. Careful attention should be paid to pronuncia- tion and the use of spoken French. For examination no specific authors or works are designated. An examination in pronunciation and the writing of French from dicta- tion will be included. Advanced mathematics, i Solid geometry. The usual theorems and constructions contained in the best textbooks on this subject, including the relations of planes and lines in space ; the properties and measurement of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones ; the sphere and the spherical triangle. Also the solution of original exercises, including loci problems, and the mensuration of surfaces and solids. 2 Advanced algebra. As much as is contained in the better textbooks on this subject, including in particular: 1 A. somewhat more extended treatment (tos^ether with a thorough review) of the more important topics included in elemen- tary algebra ; for example, complex fractions, highest common factor, fractional and negative exponents, radicals, the theory of quadratic equations (including maximum and minimum and simul- taneous quadratic equations), ratio, proportion, the progressions, and the binomial theorem for positive integral exponents. 2 Permutations and combinations, inequalities, mathematical in- duction, irrational and complex numbers, with graphical representa- tion of sums and dififerences of the latter, elementary treatment of determinants, including the use of minors and the solution of linear equations, undetermined coefficients, partial fractions, loga- I£ NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT rithms (not including logarithmic series), and elementary tests for the convergence of infinite series, and series of differences,- includ- ing interpolation. Also the solution of numerical equations of higher degree, and so much of the theory of equations, with graphical methods, as is necessary for their treatment, including Descartes's rule of signs and Horner's method, but not Sturm's functions nor multiple roots. Special attention should also be paid to applications under each topic, and emphasis should be placed upon accuracy and precision. 3 ' Plane trigonometry. The definitions and relations of the six trigonometric functions as ratios ; circular measurement of angles ; proofs of the principal formulas, especially those for the sine, cosine, and tangent of the sum or difference of any two angles whatever, and of double angles and half angles; also the product expressions for the sum of two sines or of two cosines, etc. ; the transformation of trigonometric expressions by means of these formulas, the use of inverse functions, and the solution of right and oblique triangles, together with simple applications. (The above requirements in mathematics are based largely upon those of the College Entrance Examination Board.) As an alternate requirement for advanced mathematics, physics or chemistry may be offered as below. I Physics. Students offering physics for entrance must show an acquaintance with the more important phenomena and with the principles involved in the explanation of them. They must, in addi- tion to a year's work with the textbook, have completed a year of laboratory practice and must be prepared to work simple numerical problems upon the laws of falling bodies ; upon the pendulum ; upon properties of liquids and gases, including the determination of density ; upon thermometry, and calorimetry, including specific heats and heats of fusion and liquefaction ; upon the relations of current and electromotive force and resistance ; upon velocity, wave length, and resonance in sound ; upon refractive indexes, focal lengths, and the size and position of images in optics. The student must under- stand and be able to use the metric system in measurement and computation. The laboratory work offered must be chiefly quantitative in char- acter, and must consist of at least 40 exercises or experiments of the character given in Nichols's Outlines of Physics, or other works similar to this in grade and method. The laboratory work pre- scribed above must have been performed by the student individually, in evidence whereof he must present his laboratory notebook at the time of examination. He must, moreover, be prepared to describe intelligently the method pursued and the results obtained in the experiments which he has performed. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 13 2 Chemistry. Students offering chemistry for entrance should have completed a course substantially equivalent to that outlined in the Report of the College Entrance Examination Board. This course comprises : " The chief physical and chemical characteristics, the preparation and the recognition of the following elements and their chief compounds : Oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, chlo- rine, bromine, iodine, fluorine, sulphur, phosphorus, silicon, potas- sium, sodium^ calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, mercury, silver, aluminum, lead, tin, iron, manganese, chromium. More detailed study should be confined to the italicized elements (as such) and to a restricted list of compounds, such as water, hydrochloric acid, carbon monoxid, carbon dioxid, nitric acid, ammo- nia, sulphur dioxid, sulphuric acid, hydrogen sulphid, sodium hydroxid. Attention should be given to the atmosphere (constitution and relation to animal and vegetable life), flames, acids, bases, salts, oxi- dation and reduction, crystallization, manufacturing processes, fa- miliar substances (illuminating gas, explosives, baking powder, mortar, glass), metallurgy, steel, common alloys, porcelain, soap. Combining proportions by weight and volume ; calculations founded on these and Boyle's and Charles's laws ; symbols and no- menclature (with careful avoidance of special stress, since these are nonessential) ; atomic theory, atomic weights and valency in a very elementary way ; nascent state ; natural grouping of the elements ; solution (solvents and solubility of gases, liquids and solids, satura- tion) ; strength (^activity) of acids and bases; conservation and dissipation of energy ; chemical energy (very elementary) ; electro- lysis. Chemical terms should be defined and explained, and the pupil should be able to illustrate and apply the ideas they embody. The theoretical topics are not intended to form separate subjects of study, but are to be taught only so far as is necessary for the corre- lation and explanation of the experimental facts. Tt is recommended that the candidate's preparation in chemistry should include : a Individual laboratory work, comprising at least 40 exercises. By this is meant that the experimental work actually performed by the student in the laboratory must amount to not less than 90 actual hours. If these hours are spent in sessions of three consecutive 45-minute periods or exercises, then 40 such periods or exercises constitute the minimum requirement for the laboratory work. In no case will credentials be accepted when the laboratory work amounts to less than 90 hours of actual laboratory practice. It is advised that careful attention be given to the quality of the notebook record. The notebook must show that the student is able to interpret chemical phenomena correctly. A mere statement of observations and perfunctory conclusions is to be avoided. 14 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT b Instruction by lecture-table demonstrations, to be used mainly as a basis for questioning upon the general principles involved in the pupil's laboratory investigations. c The study of at least one standard textbook, to the end that the pupil may gain a comprehensive and connected view of the most important facts and laws of elementary chemistry. METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE EXAMINATION During the morning session examinations will be given in English {A and B) and geometry. The remaining subjects will be given in the afternoon. Detailed information will be found in the Regula- tions, copies of which will be sent with the supplies. Conductors of examinations will supply to applicants ink and pens, forwarding bills for the same, together with the bills for publishing the notices of the examinations, to the board of super- visors of your county, which is required by law to audit and pay these necessary expenses. The Department will furnish paper for all candidates. HOW AWARDS ARE MADE The paper in English will be given loo credits, 50 credits being assigned to each part {A and B). The papers in algebra, history, plane geometry, Latin, French, German, Greek, advanced mathe- matics, physics or chemistry will also be given 50 credits each. If all are correctly answered the candidate will receive 350 credits, and a correspondingly less number as he approaches correctness. The aggregate number of credits received will determine the relative standing of the candidates. • Beginning at the head of the list, as many scholarships are awarded for each county as there are assembly districts in that county. Assembly district lines are not considered. HOW VACANCIES WILL BE FILLED The law now authorizes the Commissioner of Education to fill vacancies arising in any county, by appointing some candidate stand- ing highest on the list of candidates selected from other counties after the quota of scholarships belonging to such other counties has been filled. In exercising this power the following system will be followed, of which it may be well to advise the class. After ap- pointments have been made for each county to the claimants there- from, the names of candidates standing highest upon the list in each county, if any, will be selected, classified and arranged in the order of merit and appointments to vacancies will be made from this list in the order in which the names of candidates stand. If this list should be exhausted, the same course will be pursued as to candidates coming upon the next list selected Ln like manner. In CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS IS this way all candidates will secure the rights to which their merits entitle them, the Commissioner of Education will be relieved from the disagreeable duty of discrimination, and the scholarships will be equitably distributed over the territory of the State. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS The entrance examinations at the university will be held Septem- ber 20-24, 19091 inclusive. The June examination heretofore held by the university will hereafter be held at Ithaca and other points throughout the United States and foreign countries by the College Entrance Examination Board [Address Secretary, Postoffice Sulj- station 84, New York City]. The certificates issued as a result of these examinations will be accepted under the same conditions as if such examinations were held by Cornell University. The State scholarship examination is not an entrance examination and there- fore the securing of a State scholarship does not necessarily insure the admission of the holder to the university. The entrance require- ments as announced in the register must first be satisfied. All appointments will be awarded at the earliest date possible, probably before July i. This Department will notify all candidates of the standing which they attain in the examination and their rights in the premises. REGISTRATION OF STATE SCHOLARS Examiners should inform all candidates that holders of State scholarships whose appointments take effect at the beginning of the university year 1909, must be registered before 4 p. m. on registra- tion day, September 29, 1909, excepting those intending to attend the Cornell University Medical College in New York city (ist ave- nue, 27th and 28th streets), who must be registered there on the opening day in the first week in October. A failure to thus register without furnishing a valid excuse will forfeit all rights to scholar- ships. Holders of State scholarships must also register, each term, before the close of registration day, and a failure to do so, without assigning in advance a valid reason, forfeits the scholarship. Very respectfully yours M& Commissioner of Education CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 17 State of New York Education Department EXAMINATION FOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908-9 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. Note — Each candidate must take geometry, English A and B. GEOMETRY Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1 Can the equality of two triangles be tested by comparing (a) the sides only, (b) the angles only? Give reasons for your answer in each case. 2 Prove that if from a point without a circle a tangent and a secant are drawn, the tangent is a mean proportional between the whole secant and its external segment. 3 The bisector of the right angle of a triangle divides the hypotenuse into parts respectively 20 inches and 15 inches in length ; find the length of each leg of the triangle and the area of the triangle. 4 Given the side and the radius of a regular inscribed polygon ; find the _ side of a regular inscribed polygon of double the number of sides. 5 Show how to construct a square equivalent to a given parallelogram. Prove your construction. l8 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ENGLISH A and B Select one subject f?-om each of the following groups and on each subject chosen write a composition, brief but complete enoitgh to show your ability to think clearly and to use the English language correctly. Papers will be rated on unity, coherence, proportion and general plan of each composition as a whole, as well as on paragraphing, sen- tence structure, use of idioms etc. 2j credits are assigned to group I, 2^ credits to group II and jo credits to group III. Group I I The picture presented in the court room at the moment when the judge awards Shylock the pound of flesh. 2 The picture presented in the banquet room at the moment when the ghost of Banquo appears to Macbeth. Group II I The Scottish clan [Za^ o/' //z^ Zfl/-^] . 2 The use of contrast in Lancelot and Elaine. 3 The Cock Lane ghost \^Life of Johnson, Life of Goldsmitk] 4 The condition of the language in the time of Ivanhoe. Group III I Pope was at fault in the quarrel with Addison. 2 A comparison of Brutus and Cassius [Answer full}', covering motives, character development and fate]. 3 An appreciation or estimate of Milton's Covins. 4 Burke's arguments to prove that of the three methods of dealing with the colonies but one is really possible. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS IQ State of New York Education Department EXAMINATION FOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908-1.30 to 5 p. m. Note — Each candidate must take algebra, one of the histories and two of the follow- ing: Latin, French, German, Greek, advanced mathematics. In place of advanced mathematics one of the following may be taken: chemistry, physics. ALGEBRA Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1 Resolve into prime factors: jr" —J'". ^^ — '^x" -V 14^— 8, 2ax'_y' — Say* 2 Simplify — ^ — -' X =— 3Solvel-J— «^ + l) = l (A(^ + l) + f(j/-lJ = 9 4 a Find the square root of 1 + 10jr= + Sjjt" + XQx" — 24^" — ZOx'—ix 0—11 6 Explain the meaning oi a , a , d^ c Simplify 27* (4'"'*) ^ (-l)^ 5 A sum of money at simple interest amounted in in years to a dollars and in n years to b dollars ; find the sum and the rate of interest ENGLISH HISTORY Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. I What have been the chief sources of the English language as it now exists? When did the language assume substantially its present form? 20 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2 "The real fighting power should reside in a class or classes large enough to represent approximately the interests of the nation, or else in a central government that has the interests of the nation at heart." Show in what way and with what results this principle was violated at the time of the civil wars of the 15th century. 3 Mention three important risings against the English government caused by taxes considered unjust. Give the result in each case. 4 Write briefly on the jurisdiction of the following in the Plautagenet period ; manorial courts, church courts. 5 Show how the industrial revolution furthered the democratization of the English government. ANCIENT HISTORY Each of the following questions has 10 credits assigned to it. 1 Show what geographic conditions were determining factors in the history of (a) Egypt, {b) Phenicia, (c) Rome. 2 Mention the points of resemblance between conditions in Athens at the time of Solon and conditions in Rome at the time of the first secession of the plebs. 3 Identify each of the following by telling when he lived and for what he was famous: Epaminondas, Phidias, Fibius, Horace, Theodosius. 4 Compare Greek colonization before 500 B. C. with Greek colonization after 350 B. C. as to location of colonies and reasons for founding them. 5 Give the important results, near and remote, of removing the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople. AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT Each of the following questions has 10 credits assigned to it. I Mention an event in the early history of each of the following colonies that shows the democratic tendencies of the people: New York, Virginia, Connecticut. -J What were the principal causes of the growth of New York State during {a) the colonial period, (b) the national period? How was New York State affected industrially by the development of the West? CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 21 3 Mention the important public measures and events with which Alexander Hamilton was connected. 4 Give a brief account o£ the presidential election of 1824 and of its results. 5 What is the general character of the first 10 amendments to the Consti- tution? Give three provisions contained in these amendments. LATIN Each of tfie following questions has ro credits assigned to it. 1-2 Translate into English : 1 Itaque non sum praedicaturus quantas ille res domi militiae 2 terra marique, quantaque felicitate gesserii; ut eius semper vo- 3 luntatibus non modo cives adsenserint, socii obtemperarint, hostes 4 obedierint, sed etiam venti tempestatesque obsecundarint: hoc 5 brevissirae dicam, neminem umquam tam impudentem fuisse, 6 qui ab dis immortalibus tot et tantas res tacitus auderet optare, 7 quot et quantas di immortales ad Cii. Pompeium detulerunt. Quod 8 ut illi proprium ac perpetuum sit, Quirites, cum communis salutis 9 atque imperi turn ipsius hominis causa, sicuti facitis, velle et optare 10 debetis. — Cicero, Pro Lege Manilla, 16 11 Visa dehinc caelo facies delapsa parentis 12 Anchisae subito talis effundere voces: 13 "Nate, mihi vita quondam, dum vita manebat, 14 care magis, nate, IHacis exercite fatis, 15 imperio lovis hue venio, o;}x\ classibus ignem 16 depulit, et caelo tandem miseratus ab alto est. 17 Consiliis pare, quae nunc pulcherrima Nautes 18 dat senior; lectos iuvencs, fortissima cor da, 19 defer in Italiam ; gens dura atque aspera cultu 20 debellanda tiii ha-tio est." — Virgil, Aeneid, 5, 722-731 3 Account for the mode and tense of gesserit (line 2) ; for the mode of sit (line 8) ; for the case of wz'/a!"(line 13), consiliis (line 17), cultu (line ig), tibi (line 20). 4 Write the genitive plural of classibus (line 15), iuvenes (line 18); the ablative singular of communis (line 8) ; the nominative singular of corda (line 18). Write the principal parts of auderet (line 6), delapsa (line It). Write line 19, indicating quantity of syllables, division into feet and principal cesura. 5 Translate into Latin : a Cicero believed that Pompey should" be placed in command of the Mithridatic war. b Anchises, even though dead, was in the habit of appearing to Aeneas to warn him of dangers. 22 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FRENCH Each cf the followmg questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1-2 Translate into English: L'^te de 1792 avait 6te tres pluvieux; I'ete de 1793 fut tres cliaud. Par suite de la guerre civile, il n'y avait, pour ainsi dire, plus de chemins en Bretagne. On y voyageait pourtant, grace a la bcaute de I'ete. A la fin d'une sereine journee de juillet, une heure environ apres le soleil couche, un homrae a cheval, qui venait du c6te d' Avranchcs. s'arreta devant la petite auberge dite la Croix-Branchard, qui et;iit a I'entree de Pontorson. II avait fait chaud tout le jour mais le ver.t commengait a souffler. Ce voyagenr etait enveloppe d'un ample manteau. II portait un large chapeau avec cocarde tricolore, ce qui n'etait point sans hardiesse dans ce pays de haies et de coups de fusil ou une cocarde etait une cible. Le manteau noue au cou s'ecartait pour laisser passer les bras libres, et dessous on pouvait entrevoir une ceinture tricolore et deux pommeaux de pistolets sortant de la ceinture. Au bruit du cheval qui s'arrgtait, la porte de I'auberge s'ouvrit, et I'aubergiste parut, une lanterne a la main. C'etait I'heure inter- mediaire ; il faisait jour sur la route et nuit dans la maison. L'hSte regarda la cocarde. — Citoyen, dit-il, vous arretez-vous ici? — Non. — Oii done allez-vous? — A Dol. — En ce cas, retournec h. Avranches, ou restez a Pontorson. — Pourquoi ? — Parce qu'on se bat k Dol. — Ah ! dit le cavalier. — Et vous voyagez seul comrae cela? — J'ai une escorte. — Oii ga? — Mou sabre et mes pistolets. L'aubergiste alia chercher un seavf d'eau et fit boire le cheval, et, pendant que le cheval buvait, I'hote cousiderait le voyageur et se disait en lui-meme: — C'est egal, il a I'air d'un prgtre. — Hugo, Quatre-vingt t7-eize cocarde=cock.SiAe, cii/e^ta.rget 3 Form and compare adverbs derived from ion, mauvais, petit. Write the singular of croix, yeux; the'plural of neveu, madame. 4 Conjugate joindre in the imperfect indicative active ; appeler in the present indicative active; aller in the past indefinite (perfect) indica- tive. Give the principal parts of vouloir, venir. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 2$ 5 Translate into French: (a) It will be necessary for him to come to my housf •omorrow, (d) He studied French for three years in order to be able to read French books, (c) He had just arrived when you saw him, (d) Do not say so, although you may be certain of it. GERMAN Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1-2 Translate into English: 1 Mir traumte neulich in der Nacht vor Pfingftsonutag, als stiinde 2 ich vor einem Spiegel und beschaftigte mich mit den neuen Som- 3 merkleidern, welche mir die lieben Eltern auf das Fest batten 4 machen lassen. Ich war frisiert und gepudert, die Locken standen 5 mir wie Fliigelchen vom Kopfe; aber ich ko'nute mit dem An- '(■' 6 Ziehen nicht fertig werden, weil ich immer die Kleidungsstiicke - . 7 verwechselte, und weil mir immer das erste .vom Leibe fiel, wenn 8 ich das zweite umzunehmen gedachte. In dieser grofsen Verle- 9 genheit trat ein junger schoner Mann zu mir und begriifste mich 10 aufs freundlichste. "Ei, seid mir willkommen!" sagteich; "es ir ist mir ja gar lieb, dafs ich euch hier sehe." — "Kennt ihr mich 12 denn?" versetzte jener lachelnd. — "Warura nicht?" war meine 13 gleichfalls lachelnde Antwort. "Ihr seid Merkur, und ich habe 14 euch oft genug abgebildet gesehen. " — "Das bin ich," sagte jener, 15 "und von den Gottern mit einem wichtigen Auftrag an dich 16 gesandt. Siehst du diese drei Apfel?" — Er reichte seine Hand 17 her und zeigte mir drei Apfel, die ebenso wundersam schon als 18 grofs waren, i:nd zwar der eine von roter, der andere von gelber, 19 der dritte von griiner Farbe. Man mufste sie fiir Edelsteine 20 halten, denen man die Form von Friichten gegeben. Ich woUte 21 darnach greifen; er aber zog zuriick und sagte: "Du mufst erst 22 wissen, dafs sie nicht fiir dich sind. Du soUst sie den drei schon- 23 sten jungen Leuten von der Stadt geben, welche sodann, jeder 24 nach seinem Lose, Gattinuen finden sollen, wie sie solche nur 25 wiinschen konnen. Nimm und mach' deine Sachen gut!" sagte 26 er scheidend und gab mir die Apfel in meine offnen Haude. — Goethe, Dichtung zmd Wahrheit verwechseln = confuse 3 Decline einem Spiegel (line .2), den neiten Soinmerkleidern (lines 2-3) in the singular ; dieser grofsen Verlegenheit (lines 8-g) in the plural; denen (line 20) in both singular and plural. 4 Write the principal parts of halten, greifen, wissen, finden, nehmen. 5 Translate into German ; "And you, Edward, what have you done?" the father asked his eldest son. "I took my apple to our neighbor's daughter, poor little Elsa, who has been ill so long," answered the boy. "She did not wish to take it, but I laid it on the bed and ran away." 24 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GREEK Each of the following question! has lo credits assigned to it. 1 Translate into English : 1 AKOueras 8e o KAe'app^o? raCra rjptro tov ayyeXov iroaiy Tts arj 2 X'^P^ V '" l^^<^iv fmiviitv Iv rfj vrjuif ipv/JLara, €)(0VTK 6 ivdcv /xiv TOV TLyprjTa, iv9cv 8e rrjv Stjjpup^a, to, 8' £7riT);8iti e^^otcv €k 7 T^s ti* /ifcro) )(u>pai 3roXA.^s Kai dya5;}s oucttjs icai tmv ipyao'o/j.ivwv 8 ivovTiDV, etTa Se (cai aTroiXov M.ev(Xaov 6 oious a/u.<^ EXivrj kdu KTi^/iacn 7ra.cn fj,dxip.(.v. — Homer, ///«^, 3, 86-94 4 Give the reason for the mode of Ta.p.a>p.ev (line g). Scan line 5, marking quantity of syllables, division into feet and principal cesura. Give the derivation of TrovXv/Joretpjj (line 4) ; the Attic prose forms for rev eivtKa (line 2). Give the principal parts of eXuiv (line 8). 5 Translate into Greek: (a) The friends and the soldiers of Cyrus will be greatly honored if he conquers Artaxerxes and the Persian army, (i) He says that it is not possible for us to cross the river, because there are no boats. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 2$ ADVANCED MATHEMATICS Each of the folloiuing questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1 a One root of the equation 6jr'— j;=— 32jr + 20 = is 2; find the remain- ing roots. b Form the equation whose roots are 3, — ^ and |. 2 Construct the graph of the function x^ — Ax+lO. 3 The radius of the base of a circular cone is 6 feet and the altitude is 8 feet; find the volume of the cone and the area of its lateral surface. 4 a Given log 2 = .301030, log 3 =.477121, log 5 = .698970; find the value oflog?if i In the common system what is the value of log 1, log 10, log 0, log (axd),log^^y 5 a Deduce the formula for sin {x+j') in terms of the functions of x andjc. 6 Express each of the following as a function of a positive acute angle: cos 295°, sin (-255°), tan 165°. CHEMISTRY Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1 State and illustrate the periodic law. What important service has this law rendered to chemistry? 2 Mention three general methods of preparing hydrogen and describe in detail one of these methods. 3 Describe a method of preparing sulphuric acid on a commercial scale. . 4 Describe Marsh's test for arsenic. 5 Write equations to show the reactions between the following: («) sodium chloride and sulphuric acid, i^b) calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acidj {c") ammonium chloride and potassium hydroxide, (d) copper and nitric acid. PHYSICS Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. I State Newton's three laws of motion and illustrate two of these laws. 26 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2 Describe the construction of a mercurial barometer. State and explain the general relation of barometric readings to the state of the weather. 3 If 60 grams of a substance at 100° C, immersed in an equal weight of water at 16° C. , give a resulting temperature of 18° C. , what is the specific heat of the substance? 4 How does the primary rainbow differ from the secondary rainbow? Show how the primary rainbow is produced. Use diagram. 5 Describe the construction and explain the operation of a simple dynamo. CeMe ef k^\mK Im, Immu Ltej. New York State Education DjMJartmenfjoto^ EXAMINATION FOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY LAW— REGULATIONS— INSTRUCTION TO EXAMINERS igii Albany, August I, 1910 To School Commissioners and City Superintendent: The competitive examination of candidates for tlie State scliolar- ships in Cornell University, provided for by section 1037 of tlie Education Law of 1910, will be held in each county, Saturday, June 3, 191 1, commencing at 9 a. m. The examination will be in charge of the city superintendents and the school commissioners in each county, under such regulations as may be agreed upon to secure an examination which shall be fair in all respects. Village superintendents are not authorized to act. LAW JIdtiailion Jura', (L. 1909, cli. 21 as amended L. 19K1, (•//. 140) § 1037 The several departments of study in Cornell University shall be open to applicants for admission thereto at the lowest rates of expense consistent with its welfare and efficiency, and without distinction as to rank, class, previous occupation or locality. But, with a view to equalize its advantages to all parts of the State, the institu- tion shall receive students to the number of one each year from each assembly district in this State to be selected as hereinafter provided, and shall give them instruction in any or all the prescribed branches of study in any department of said institution, free of any tuition fee or of any incidental charges to be paid to said university, unless such incidental charges shall have been made to compensate for material consumed by said students or for damages needlessly or purposely done by them to the property of said university. The said free instruction shall, moreover, be accorded to said students in consideration of their superior ability and as a reward for superior scholarship in the academies and public schools in this State. Said students shall be selected as the Legislature may from time to time direct, and until otherwise ordered, as follows : I A competitive examination under the direction of the Educa- tion Department shall be held at the county courthouse in each county of the State, upon the first Satur(la\- of June in each year, by the city superintendents and the schoul commissioners of the county. X388r-Agio-6soo (7-12964) 2 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 2 None but pupils of at least i6 years of age and six months' standing in the common schools or academies of the State during the year immediately preceding the examination, shall be eligible. 3 Such examination shall be upon such subjects as may be desig- nated by the president of the university. Question papers prepared by the Education Department shall be used, and the examination papers handed in by the different candidates shall be retained by the examiners and forwarded to the Education Department. 4 The examiners shall, within lo days after such examination, make and file in the Education Department, a certificate in which they shall name all the candidates examined and specify the order of their excellence, and such candidates shall, in the order of their excellence, become entitled to the scholarships belonging to their respective counties. 5 In case any candidate who may become entitled to a scholarship shall fail to claim the same or shall fail to pass the entrance exami- nation at such university, or shall die, resign or absent himself with- out leave, be expelled or for any other reason shall abandon his right to or vacate such scholarship either before or after entering thereupon, then the candidate certified to be next entitled in the same county shall become entitled to the same. In case any scholarship belonging to any county shall not be claimed by any candidate resi- dent in that county, the Commissioner of Education may fill the same by appointing thereto some candidate first entitled to a vacancy in some other county, after notice has been served on the superintendent or commissioners of schools of said county. In any such case the president of the university shall at once notify the Commissioner of Education, and that officer shall immediately notify the candidate next entitled to the vacant scholarship of his right to the same. 6 Any State student who shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the president of the university that he requires leave of absence for the purpose of earning funds with which to defray his living ' expenses while in attendance, may, in the discretion of the president be granted such leave of absence, and may be allowed a period not exceeding six years from the commencement thereof for the com- pletion of his course at said university. 7 In certifying the qualifications of the candidates, preference shall be given (where other qualifications are equal) to the children of those who have died in the military or naval service of the United States. 8 Notices of the time and place of the examinations shall be given in all the schools having pupils eligible thereto, prior to the first day of January in each year, and shall be published once a week for three weeks in at least two newspapers in each county immediately prior to the holding of such examinations. The cost of publishing such notices and the necessary expenses of such examinations shall be a charge upon each county respectively, and shall be audited and paid by the board of supervisors thereof. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 3 9 The Commissioner of Education shall attend to the giving and publishing of the notices hereinbefore provided for. He may, in his discretion, direct that the examination in any county be held at some other time and place than that above specified, in which case it shall be held as directed by him. He shall keep full records in his Department of the reports of the dififerent examiners, showing the age, postoffice address and standing of each candidate, and shall notify candidates of their rights under this act. He shall determine any controversies, which may arise under the provisions of this act. He is hereby charged with the general supervision and direction of all matters in connection with the filling of such scholar- ships. Students enjoying the privileges of free scholarship shall, in common with the other students of said university, be subject to all the examinations, rules and requirements of the board of trustees or faculty of said university, except as herein provided. NOTICE OF EXAMINATION Notice of this examination is to be published once a week, for three weeks prior thereto, in two newspapers in each county. At the proper time commissioners will advise with the other officers, who with them are to have charge of the examination in their county, and will jointly prepare, sign and publish the required notice. They will instruct publishers of newspapers to forward the bills for such publication to the board of supervisors of their county, as the law makes the cost of publication a county charge. FORM OF NOTICE To be published in two newspapers in each county, once a week, for three weeks prior to the examination. CORNELL UNIVERSITY STATE SCHOLARSHIPS Notice pursuant to the Education Law (L. 1909, ch. 21 as amended L. 1910, ch 140) section 1037 A competitive examination of candidates for the State scholar- ships in Cornell University, falling to the county of will be held at the \naine of building'] in the city (or village) of Saturday, June 3, 191 1, commencing at 9 a. m. Candidates must be at least 16 years of age and of six months' standing in the common schools or academies of the State during the year immediately preceding this examination, and actual resi- dents of this State. 4 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT No person should enter an examination unless prepared to accept a scholarship, should one be awarded. The examination will be upon English, history (ancient, English, American), plane geometry, algebra and any hvo (at the option of the candidate) of the following: Greek, Latin, advanced French, advanced German, advanced mathematics. As an alternate for ad- vanced mathematics, physics or chemistry may be offered. The paper on American history will include civil government. Papers in the six required subjects must be submitted. There will be as many candidates appointed from this county as there are assembly districts in this county. Candidates will become entitled to the scholarships in the order of their merit. Dated at , this day of May 191 1. Superintendent of schools, city of . School commissioner School commissioner WHERE EXAMINATIONS MAY BE HELD While the law provides that the examination shall be held in the county courthouse in each county, it, at the same time, permits it to be held elsewhere by the direction of the Commissioner of Educa- tion. It is the evident purpose of the law to provide at least one place where the examination may of right be held, hence the court- house is designated. It would undoubtedly be better to hold the examination in a school building in all cases where the local school officers will consent thereto, which they will probably do in most instances. Where such consent is obtained, you may insert such place in the notice without communicating with the Department for direction in the matter. No expense must be incurred on this account. Unless school buildings are offered free of cost, the exam- ination will be held at the county courthouse. In New '^'ork city examinalinns will be held as follows: New York county at the Dc Will Clinton IIi';li Scliool. lolh avenue and 59th street, Nc«' York city ; Kings count)- at the Brooklyn Training Schnol for Teachers, Prospect pi. and Nostrand av.. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 5 Brooklyn; Queens county at Public School 47, Hillside avenue, Jamaica, Long Island ; Richmond county at Curtis High School building. New Brighton. HOW QUESTION PAPERS WILL BE SENT In all counties having but one school commissioner, printed ques- tion papers, blank forms for reports, blank statements of candidates, etc., will be forwarded to him. In counties having two or more school commissioners, or one or more city superintendents, they will confer together and inform me May i to whom the question papers, etc., should be sent. SPECIAL ATTENTION Examiners will call the attention of all interested to the following: 1 Candidates must be actual residents of this State. 2 Candidates must be at least 16 years of age. 3 Candidates must show that they have attended a common school or academy of this State for at least six months during the year immediately preceding the date of the examination. Teaching can not be considered equivalent to attendance. Attendance at private schools or in normal departments of normal schools does not comply with the provisions of the law. 4 Candidates should attend the examinations in the counties in which they actually reside, unless they obtain permission from the Department to do otherwise. 5 No person should enter an examination unless prepared to accept a scholarship, should one be awarded. 6 No person can receive a Cornell State scholarship who does not enter an examination. 7 Any person appointed to a scholarship and afterward declining tlie same, forfeits it absolutely, and the vacancy is filled from the list of other eligible candidates. The candidate is eligible, however, to enter a succeeding examination by meeting the conditions re- quired. 8 It is advisable for candidates who fail to obtain scholarships to take the entrance examination at the university in September, as all vacancies will be filled by appointments from candidates on the eligible lists who have passed the entrance examination and regis- tered in the university. No direct assurance can be given that a scholarship will be awarded, as there may be no vacancies. 9 To be entitled to be placed upon an eligible list from which appointment to scholarships in counties having no claimants will be made, candidates must attain at least 233 credits. Candidates who fail to attain such standing can not receive consideration by the b NEV/ YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Department in making appointments to these vacant scholarships until the eligible lists are exhausted. ID Every candidate to be eligible for a scholarship, must submit papers in the six required subjects. II There may be cases in which the number of candidates who present themselves will be smaller than the number of scholarships belonging to the county, and in such cases it may be thought un- necessary to go through the examination. To take that course would be a mistake. Candidates will become entitled to their scholarships only after the steps indicated by the statute shall have been taken. The law must be fully complied with. Therefore, it is advised that all the proceedings be taken regularly, and that the examination papers be filed in the Department, even though the number should be so small in any county as to remove the necessity for competition between candidates. SUBJECTS FOR EXAMINATION The president of Cornell University has designated the following subjects for the examination of 191 1 : English, history, algebra, plane geometry and any tzvo (at the option of the student) of the follow- ing: Greek, Latin, advanced French, advanced German, advanced mathematics. As an alternate requirement for advanced mathe- matics, physics or chemistry may be offered: SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION The following outlines are taken from the university require- ments for admission. English. The examination is not designed to test the candidate's familiarity with the history of English literature or with the minu- tiae of the books prescribed, but to test his ability to express himself readily and easily in accordance with the usages of ordinary prose composition. To this end the candidate is urgently advised: 1 To train himself in writing concise paragraphs in answer to questions upon the most striking narrative and descriptive incidents in the books of the A list. 2 To study more systematically the contents of the books of the B list, endeavoring to retain a knowledge of each book as an organized whole. This result will be best secured by writing numer- ous essays or compositions of considerable length upon the general purport of each book. 3 To cultivate, in all his writing, the habits of correct grammar and spelling (including proper names characteristic of the books read), of correct sentence structure, punctuation and paragraphing. CORNEfX SCHOLARSini'S 7 4 To avoid most carefully the error of believing that the mere oral memorizing of the contents of the books prescribed is the kind of preparation desired. The candidate is expected to learn from these books the art of expressing himself. In every case the examiner will treat mere knowledge of the books as less important than the ability to write good English. The books for 191 1 are as follows: A Group I (two to be selected) : Shakspere's As You Like It, Henry V, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Veniee, Twelfth Night. Group II (one to be selected) : Bacon's Essays; Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, part I; The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator; Franklin's Autobiography. Group III (one to be selected) : Chaucer's Prologue; Spenser's Faerie Queene (selections) : Pope's The Rape of the Lock; Gold- smith's The Deserted Village; Palgrave's Golden Treasury (first series), books II and III, with especial attention to Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper and Burns. Group IV (two to be selected) : Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wake- field; Scott's Ivanhoe ; Scott's Quentin Durward; Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables; Thackeray's Henry Esmond; Mrs Gas- kell's Cranford; Dickens's A Tale of Tzvo Cities; George Eliot's Silas Marner; Blackmore's Lorna Doone. Group V (two to be" selected) : Irving's Sketch Book; Lamb's Essays of Elia; De Quincey's Joan of Arc and The English Mail Coach; Carlyle's Heroes and Hero Worship; Emerson's Essays (selected) ; Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies. Group VI (two to be selected) : Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner; Scott's The Lady of the Lake ; Byron's Mazeppa and The Prisoner of Chillon; Palgrave's Golden Treasury (first series), book IV, with especial attention to Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome; Poe's Poems; Lowell's The Vision of Sir Launfal; Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum; Longfellow's The Court- ship of Miles Standish; Tennyson's Garcth and Lynctte, Lancelot and Elaine, and The Passing of Arthur; Browning's Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, Hozv they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, Evelyn Hope, Home Thoughts from Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident of the French Camp, The Boy and the Angel, One Word More, Herve Riel, Pheidippides. B Shakspere's Macbeth; Milton's Lycidas, Comus, L' Allegro, and II Penseroso; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, or Washington's Farezvell Address and Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration; Macaulay's Life of Johnson, or Carlyle's Essay on Burns. 8 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT History. One of the three following subjects (to be selected by tlie candidate) : 1 Ancient history with special reference to Greek and Roman history, and including also a short introductory study of the more ancient nations and the chief events of the early Middle Ages, down to the death of Charles the Great (814 A. D.). 2 American history and civil government. 3 English history. Each of the above topics is intended to represent one year of historical work wherein the study is given five times a week, or two years of historical work wherein the study is given three times a week. The examination in history will be so framed as to require com- parison and the use of judgment on the pupil's part, rather than the mere use of memory. The examinations will presuppose the use of good textbooks, collateral reading, and practice in written work. Geographic knowledge will be tested by requiring the loca- tion of places and movements on an outline map, or otherwise. (The requirement in history is based on the recommendations of the committee of seven of the American Historical Association.) Elementary algebra A. A thorough knowledge of the .four fundamental operations with rational expressions ; factoring, includ- ing the determination of the highest common factor and the solu- tion of equations, by factoring; fractions, including complex frac- tions, and an elementary treatment of ratio and proportion ; the binomial theorem for positive integral exponent (without proof) ; and radicals, including the extraction of the square root of poly- nomials and of numbers. Also the solution of equations of the first degree (numerical and literal, integral and fractional) involving one or more unknown numbers ; easy quadratic equations, solved both by factoring and by completing the square ; and simple cases of simultaneous equations one of which is quadratic. Emphasis should be laid, throughout the course, upon translating verbally stated problems into equations, solving these, and inter- preting the results. Plane geometry. The usual theorems and constructions con- tained in the best textbooks on this subject, including the genera! properties of plane rectilinear figures, the circle and the measure- ment of angles, similar polygons, areas regular polygons and the measurement of the circle. COU.NELL SCltOLAUritJlfS 9 Also the solution of original exercises, incluiling; loci problems, and the mensuration of lines and plane surfaces. (A knowledge of the metric system of weights and measures is assumed in all the examinations in mathematics.) Latin. Candidates are examined in the entrance requirements adopted by the College Entrance Examination Board. These are : 1 a Latin grammar. The inflections ; the simpler rules for com- position and derivation of words, syntax of nouns and the verb; structure of sentences in general, with particular regard to relative and conditional sentences, indirect discourse, and the subjunctive; so much prosody as relates to accent, versification in general, and the dactylic hexameter. • b Elementary Latin prose composition. Translation into Latin of detached sentences and very easy continuous prose based upon Caesar and Cicero. 2 Caesar. Any four books of the Gallic War, preferably the first four. 3 Cicero. Any six orations from the following list, but prefer- ably the first six mentioned: The four orations against Catiline, Archias, The Manilian Law, Marcellus, Roscius, Milo, Sestius, Ligarius, the fourteenth Philippic. 4 Virgil. The first six books of the Aeneid. Greek. Candidates are examined in the entrance requirements adopted by the College Entrance Examination Board. These are : 1 a Greek grammar. The inflections of nouns and verbs; the principles of the syntax of nouns and of verbs ; the structure of sen- tences in general, with particular regard to relative and conditional sentences, and to indirect discourse ; versification so far as applied to the dactylic hexameter. b Elementary Greek prose composition. Consisting principally of detached sentences to test the candidate's knowledge of gram- matical construction. The examination in grammar and prose composition will be based on the first two books of Xenophon's Anabasis. 2 Xenophon. The first four books of the Anabasis. 3 Homer. The first three books of the Iliad (omitting II, 494- end). German. Elementary German, (i) The examination will re- quire an accurate knowledge of the principles of grammar and especially of the declension of articles, adjectives, pronouns and nouns; the conjugation of verbs; the prepositions and the cases which they govern; the uses of modal auxiliaries; the elementary 10 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT rules of syntax and word order. The proficiency of the applicant will be tested by questions on the above topics and by the translation into German of simple English sentences. (2) Translation of pas- sages of easy prose, narrative and dramatic. It is believed that the requisite facility can be acquired by reading not less than 200 duo- decimo pages of simple German. Practice in pronunciation, in writing German from dictation, and in the use of simple German phrases in the classroom is recom- mended. Advanced German, (i) Advanced grammar. In addition to a thorough knowledge of the elements of word formation, including the force of prefixes and suffixes, and familiar synonyms, the can- didate must be familiar with the essentials of German syntax, and particularly with the uses of the subjunctive and infinitive moods. The proficiency of the applicant will be tested by questions on these topics, and by the translation into German of easy connected English prose. (2) Translation of passages from standard classical authors. It is believed that the requisite facility can be acquired by reading, in addition to the amount mentioned under elementary German, at least 500 pages (a total with elementary requirement, of 700 pages) of classical and temporary prose and poetry. It is recommended that not less than one half of this reading be selected from the works of Lessing, Schiller and Goethe. The candidate should acquire the ability to follow a recitation conducted in German and to answer in that language questions asked by the instructor. French. Elementary French, (i) The translation at sight of ordinary 19th century prose. It is important that the passages set be rendered into clear and idiomatic English. It is believed that the power of translating at sight ordinary 19th century prose can be acquired by reading not less than 400 duodecimo pages from the works of at least three diflerent authors. Not more than one half of this amount ought to be from works of fiction. This number of pages is to include not only prepared work, but all sight reading done in class. (2) The translation from English into French of sentences or of a short connected passage, to test the candidate's familiarity with elementary grammar. Elementary grammar is understood to include the conjugation of regular verbs, of the more frequent irregular verbs, such as aller, envoyer, tenir, pouvoir, voir, vouloir, dire, savoir, faire, and those belonging to the classes represented by ouvrir, dormir, connaitre, conduire, and crain- dre; the forms and positions of personal pronouns, the uses of other pronouns and of possessive, demonstrative and interrogative ad- CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS It jectives; the inflection of nouns and adjectives for gender and num- ber, except rare cases; the uses of articles, and the partitive constructions. Pronunciation should be carefully taught and pupils be trained to some extent to understand spoken French. The writing of French from dictation is recommended as a useful exercise. Advanced French, (i) The translation at sight of standard French. It is important that the passages set be rendered into clear and idiomatic English. It is believed that the necessary proficiency in translation at sight can be acquired by reading, in addition to the elementary work, not less than 600 duodecimo pages (a total, with the elementary requirement, of 1000 pages) of prose and verse from the writings of at least four standard authors. A considerable part of the amount read should be carefully translated into idiomatic English. (2) The translation into French of a connected passage of English prose. Candidates will be expected to show a thorough knowledge of accidence, and familiarity with the essentials of French syntax, especially the uses of tenses, modes, prepositions, and conjunctions. Careful attention should be paid to pronuncia- tion and the use of spoken French. For examination no specific authors or works are designated. An examination in pronunciation and the writing of French from dicta- tion will be included. Advanced mathematics, i Solid geometry. The usual theorems and constructions contained in the best textbooks on this subject, including the relations of planes and lines in space; the properties and measurement of prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones; the sphere and the spherical triangle. Also the solution of original exercises, including loci problems, and the mensuration of surfaces and solids. 2 Advanced algebra. As much as is contained in the better textbooks on this subject, including in particular: a A somewhat more extended treatment (together with a thorough review) of the more important topics included in elemen- tary algebra; for example, complex fractions, highest common factor, fractional and negative exponents, radicals, the theory of quadratic equations (including maximum and minimum and simul- taneous quadratic equations), ratio, proportion, the progressions, and the binomial theorem for positive integral exponents. b Permutations and combinations, inequalities, mathematical in- duction, irrational and complex numbers, with graphical representa- tion of sums and differences of the latter, elementary treatment of determinants, including the use of minors and the solution of linear equations, undetermined coefficients, partial fractions, loga- li, NliW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT rithms (not including logarithmic series), and elementary tests for the convergence of infinite series, and series of differences, includ- ing interpolation. Also the solution of numerical equations of higher degree, and so much of the theory of equations, with graphical methods, as is necessary for their treatment, including Descartes's rule of signs and Horner's method, but not Sturm's functions, nor multiple- roots. Special attention should also be paid to applications under each topic, and emphasis should be placed upon accuracy and precision. 3 Plane trigonometry. The definitions and relations of the six trigonometric functions as ratios ; circular measurement of angles ; proofs of the principal formulas, especially those for the sine, cosine, and tangent of the sum or difference of any two angles whatever, and of double angles and half angles; also the product expressions for the sum of two sines or of two cosines, etc. ; the transformation of trigonometric expressions by means of these formulas, the use of inverse functions, and the solution of right and oblique triangles, together with simple applications. (The above requirements in mathematics are based largely upon those of the College Entrance Examination Board.) As an alternate requirement for advanced mathematics, physics or chemistry may be offered as below. I Physics. Students offering physics for entrance must show an acquaintance with the more important phenomena and with the principles involved in the explanation of them. They must, in addi- tion to a year's work with the textbook, have completed a year of laboratory practice and must be prepared to work simple numerical problems upon the laws of falling bodies ; upon the pendulum ; upon properties of liquids and gases, including the determination of density; upon thermometry, and calorimetry, including specific heats and heats of fusion and liquefaction; upon the relations of current and electromotive force and resistance ; upon velocity, wave length, and resonance in sound; upon refractive indexes, focal lengths, and the size and position of images in optics. The student must under- stand and be able to use the metric system in measurement and computation. The laboratory work offered must be chiefly quantitative in char- acter, and must consist of at least 40 exercises or experiments of the character given in Nichols's Outlines of Physics, or other works similar to this in grade and method. The laboratory work pre- scribed above must have been performed by the student individually, in evidence whereof he must present his laboratory notebook at the time of examination. He must, moreover, be prepared to describe intelligently the method pursued and the results obtained in the experiments which he has performed. CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 1 3 2 Chemistry. Students offering chemistry for entrance should have completed a course substantially equivalent to that outlined in the Report of the College Entrance Examination Board. This course comprises: "The chief physical and chemical characteristics, the preparation and the recognition of the following elements and their chief compounds : oxyycii, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, chlo- rine, bromine, iodine, fluorine, sulphur, phosphorus, silicon, potas- sium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, sine, copper, mercury, silver, aluminum, lead, tin, iron, manganese, chromium." More detailed study should be confined to the italicized elements (as such) and to a restricted list of compounds, such as water, hydrochloric acid, carbon monoxid, carbon dioxid, nitric acid, ammo- nia, sulphur dioxid, sulphuric acid, hydrogen sulphid, sodium hydroxid. Attention should be given to the atmosphere (constitution and relation to animal and vegetable life), flames, acids, bases, salts, oxi- dation and reduction, crystallization, manufacturing processes, fa- miliar substances (illuminating gas, explosives, baking ' powder, mortar, glass), metallurgy, steel, common alloys, porcelain, soap. Combining proportions by weight and volume ; calculations founded on these and Boyle's and Charles's laws; symbols and no- menclature (with careful avoidance of special stress, since these are nonessential) ; atomic theory, atomic weights and valency in a very elementary way ; nascent state ; natural grouping of the elements ; solution (solvents and solubility of gases, liquids and solids, satura- tion) ; strength (^activity) of acids and bases; conservation and dissipation of energy; chemical energy (very elementary) ; electrol- ysis. Chemical terms should be defined and explained, and the pupil should be able to illustrate and apply the ideas they embody. The theoretical topics are not intended to form separate subjects of study, but are to be taught only so far as is necessary for the corre- lation and explanation of the experimental facts. It is recommended that the candidate's preparation in chemistry should include : a Individual laboratory work, comprising at least 40 exercises. By this is meant that the experimental work actually performed by the student in the laboratory must amount to not less than 90 actual hours. If these hours are spent in sessions of three consecutive 45-minute periods or exercises, then 40 such periods or exercises constitute the minimum requirement for the laboratory work. In no case will credentials be accepted when the laboratory work amounts to less than 90 hours of actual laboratory practice. It is advised that careful attention be given to the quality of the notebook record. The notebook must show that the student is able to interpret chemical phenomena correctly. A mere statement of observations and perfunctory conclusions is to be avoided. 14 HEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT b Instruction by lecture-table demonstrations, to be used mainly as a basis for questioning upon the general principles involved in the pupil's laboratory investigations. c The study of at least one standard textbook, to the end that the pupil may gain a comprehensive and connected view of the most important facts and laws of elementary chemistry. METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE EXAMINATION During the morning seision examinations will be given in English (A and B) and geometry. The remaining subjects will be given in the afternoon. Detailed information will be found in the Regula- tions, copies of which will be sent with the supplies. Conductors of examinations will supply to applicants ink and pens, forwarding bills for the same, together with tile bills for publishing the notices of the examinations, to the board of super- visors of your county, which is required by law to audit and pay these necessary expenses. The Department will furnish paper for all candidates. HOW AWARDS ARE MADE The paper in English will be given loo credits, 50 credits being assigned to each part (A and B). The papers in algebra, history, plane geometry, Latin, French, German, Greek, advanced mathe- matics, physics or chemistry will also be given 50 credits each. If all are correctly answered the candidate will receive 350 credits, and a correspondingly less number as he approaches correctness. The aggregate number of credits received will determine the relative standing of the candidates. Beginning at the head of the list, as many scholarships are awarded for each county as there, are assembly districts in that county. Assembly district lines are not considered. HOW VACANCIES WILL BE FILLED The law now authorizes the Commissioner of Education to fill vacancies arising in any county, by appointing some candidate stand- ing highest on the list of candidates selected from other counties after the quota of scholarships belonging to such other counties has been filled. In exercising this power the following system will be followed, of which it may be well to advise the class. After ap- ]>ointments have been made for each county to the claimants there- from, the names of candidates standing highest upon the list in each county, if any, will be selected, classified and arranged in the order of merit, and aj^pointments to vacancies will be made from this list in the order in which the names of candidates stand. If this list should be exhausted, the same course will be pursued as to candidate? coming upon the next list selected in like manner. In CORNELL SCHOLARSHIPS 1 5 this way all candidates will secure the rights to which their merits entitle them, the Commissioner of Education will be relieved from the disagreeable duty of discrimination, ami the scholarships will be equitably distributed over the territory of the State. ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS The entrance examinations at the university will begin Septem- ber 19, igii. The June examination heretofore held by the uni- versity will hereafter be held at Ithaca and other points throughout the United States and foreign countries by the College Entrance Examination Board [Address Secretary, Columbia University, New York city]. The certificates issued as a result of these examinations will be accepted under the same conditions as if such examinations were held by Cornell University. The State scholarship examination is riot an entrance examination and there- fore the securing of a State scholarship does not necessarily insure the admission of the holder to the university. The entrance require- ments as announced in the register must first be satisfied. All appointments will be awarded at the earliest date possible, probably before July i. This Department will notify all candidates of the standing which they attain in the examination and their rights in the premises. REGISTRATION OF STATE SCHOLARS Examiners should inform all candidates that holders of State scholarships whose appointments take eflFect at the beginning of the university year 191 1, must be registered before 4 p. m. on registra- tion day, September 27, 1911. A failure to thus register without furnishing a valid excuse will forfeit all rights to scholarships. Holders of State scholarships must also register, each term, before the close of registration day, and a failure to do so, without assign- ing in advance a valid reason, forfeits the scholarship. Very respectfully yours Commissioncy of Education J 6 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Education Department EXAMINATION FOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1910 9 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. Note — Each candidate must take geometry, English A and B. GEOMETRY Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1 The bases of an isosceles trapezoid are 6 inches and g inches respectively ; the altitude of the trapezoid is 4 inches. Find the area of the triangle on the shorter base, formed by producing the legs of the trapezoid till they meet. 2 Find the area of a rhombus one of whose sides is 17 and one of whose diagonals is 30. 3 Prove that the radius of a circle is equal to one side of an inscribed equilateral hexagon. 4 Prove that the areas of two triangles having an angle of one equal to an angle of the other are to each other as the product of the sides including the equal angles. 5 Construct a right triangle equivalent to a given scalene triangle. COKNI'LL SCHOLARSHIPS Ij ENGLISH A and E Papers should show the candidate's ability to think clearly and to express himself correctly. Answers will be rated on unity, coherence, proportion and general plan of each composition as a w/iole, as well as on paragraphini^, sentence structure, use of idioms etc. s^ credits are assigned to ijuestion i, 2^ credits to question 2 and £o credits to question j. 1 Write a brief characterization of one of the following: Squire Brace- bridge (Sketch Book); Elia {Essays of Elid); Mahomet (Heroes and Hero Worship); Celia (As You Like It); Henry V; Cassius (fulius Caesar); Jessica (Merchatit of Venice); Viola (Twelfth Night); Sir Roger de Coverley; the prioress (Prologue); Una (Faerie Queene); the village preacher ( The Deserted Village'). 2 Summarize in about 150 words the main plot of one of the following: The Vicar of JVakefield, Ivatihoe, (Juentin Durward, The House of the Seven Gables, Henry Esmond, Cranford, A Tale of Two Cities, Silas Marner, Lorna Doone. 3 Write a composition of at least three paragraphs, giving arguments for or against one of the following propositions [Base the arguments largely on the material gained from the study of the book or books named in parenthesis after the proposition chosen] : a Johnson was the greatest literary man of his time (Life of fohnson). b Burns's life was a failure (Essay on Burns). c Washington was a farsighted statesman (Farewell Address). d Burke was well fitted to champion the cause of the American colonies (Speech on Conciliation with winter ic a). e Macbeth is to be pitied rather than to be condemned (Macbeth). f A study of Milton's poems is more profitable to the high school student than a study of Macbeth(Coinus, Lycidas, L\lllegro, II Penseroso, Macbeth). l8 NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Education Department EXAMINATION FOR STATE SCHOLARSHIPS IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1910-1.30 to 5 p. m. Note — Each candidate must take algebra, one of the histories and two of the foUowr- ing- Latin, French, German, Greek, advanced mathematics. In place of advanced mathematics one of the following may be taken: chemistry, physics. ALGEBRA Each of the following questions lias lo credits assigned to it. VI -, I Simplify m-\-ii 2 Solve (a" ,, in—^ in''' \ ,— 3 The sum of two numbers is to their difference as 9 to 1 ; the difference of their squares is equal to twice their sum. What are the numbers? 4 Solve ■' , \ -I's +_J'a =5 5 a — y'-i + a Va''' — 'd = 'd. Find the value of a. ENGLISH HISTORY Kdch of tlie followiiig questions has lo credits assigned to it. I Why were the early English statesmen usually churchmen? Give one reason why the church has decreased in political influence in England. How is the church represented in English national government at the present time? CORNELL SCllOLAKSIUrS ly 2 Give three distinctivD ch.'iractcrir.fics of Anglo-Saxon life and government in lingland previous to Ihe. coming of llic Normans. 3 The modern history of England begins with the reign of Henry VII. Show the truth of this statement. 4 What was the attitude of the English people as a whole toward {a) Charles I, ijb) the restoration of Charles II? Account i'or their change of feeling. 5 Explain the causes of the gradual decrease in power of the House of Lords. Mention a recent movement or event resulting from this loss of power. ANCIENT HISTORY Each of the following guestiotis has lo credits assigned to it. 1 Compare the civilization of Greece with the civilization of Rome at the time of the Pyrrhic invasion (about 280 B. C. ), touching on (a) military organization and achievements, (b) occupations, (c) art and literature. 2 Locate each of the following and mention an important event connected with each: Thebes, Miletus, Corinth, Byzantium, Arbela. 3 Was the condition of Greece better or worse under the Spartan hegemony (404-371 B. C.) than under the Athenian hegemony (479-431 B. C.)? Give facts to svipport your contention. 4 Sketch the public career of Cicero and mention the principal points in which it resembled the public career of Demosthenes. Give reasons for Cicero's failure as a leader. 5 Write briefly on the formation of Teutonic states within the territorial limits of the Roman Empire. AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVIL GOVERNMENT Each ofthefollowijtg questions has to credits assigiied to it. 1 Explain the far reaching importance of the skirmish brought on by Washington at Great Meadows in 1754. 2 What changes in popular ideas or feeling were indicated by the election of each ai the following to the presidency ; Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Cleveland? 3 Compare the War of 1812 with the War with Mexico as to results on {a) industry, {b) settlement of new territory. 20 NEW YORK SI'A'I'I': laJUCA'J'IO.V DICI'ARTMliN'r 4 I low i.id the war with Spain and the changes resulting from it make clear the need for an interoceanic canal .somewhere on tue isthmus connecting North America and South America? 5 What controvers}' in regard to the meaning of the Constitution of the United States was settled by the Civil War? What important changes in the Constitution of the United States were made as a result of the Civil War? Explain. LATIN Each of the following questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1-2 Translate into idiomatic English : a I Hie quis potest esse, Quirites, tam aversus a vero, tarn praeceps, 2 tam niente captus, qui neget haec omnia, quae videmus, praeci- 3 pueque hanc urbem deorum imraortalium nutu ac potestate ad- 4 ministrari? Etenim, cum esset ita responsum, caedes, incendia, 5 interitum rei publicae coraparari, et ea per cives, quae tum propter 6 magnitudinem scelerum non nullis incredibilia videbantur, ea 7 non modo cogitata a nefariis civibus, verum etiam suscepta esse 8 sensistis. Illud vero nonne ita praesens est, ut nutu lovis optimi 9 maximi factum esse videatur, ut, cum hodierno die mane per forum 10 meo iussu et coniurati et eorum indices in aedem Concordiae 1 1 ducerentur, eo ipso tempore signum statueretiir? — Cicero, In Catilinam, III, g b 12 Tum sic Mercurium adloquitur ac talia mandat: 13 " Vade age, nate, voca zephyros et labere pinnis, 14 Dardaniumque diicem, Tyria Karthagine qui nunc 15 exspectat fatisque datas non respicit urbes, 16 adloquere et ceteris defer mea dicta per auras. 17 Non ilium genet rix nobis pulcherrima talem 18 promisit Graiumque ideo bis vindicat armis; 19 zeAfore qui gravidam imperils belloque frementem 20 Italian! regeret, genus alto a sanguine Teucri 21 proderet ac totum sub leges mitteret orbem." — -Virgil, Aeneid, 4, 222--231 3 Explain the syntax of mente (line 2), ducein (line r4). Account for the mode of statueretur (line \\), fore (line 19), mitteret (line 21). 4 Give the allusion in Tyria Karthagine (line 14). Explain the derivation of genet rix (line 17). Write line 19, indicating quantity of syllables, division into feet and princijjal cesuras. Write the genitive plural of urbem (line 3), the ablative singular of ceteris (line 16), the principal parts of labere (line 13). CORNELL SLIIOLAKSIIII'S 21 5 Translate into Latin: a Do not hesitate, fellow citizens, to ti'ust your consul. b Cicero hoped that the memory of his exploits would live in the minds of his countrymen even after his death. FRENCH Each of tlie following questions has lo credits assigned to it. 1.-1 Translate into English : Qu'etait devenu Joe pendant les vaines recherches de son maitre? Lorsqu'il fut pr^cipite dans le lac, son premier mouvement a la surface fut de lever les yeux ; il vit le Victoria remonter aveo rapidite. Ses amis 6taient sauves. Avant I'attaque des oiseaux de proie, Joe avait remarque une ile a I'horizon. II resolut de se diriger vers elle et commenga a nager vigoureusement. Comme il en approchait, il se crut poursuivi par un crocodile et plongea rapidement. Quand il revint a la surface, il se sentit saisir par un bras. Pauvre Joe ! il eut une derniere pensee pour son maitre. Mais, en ouvrant les yeux, il se vit, k sa grande surprise, entre deux negres d'uu noir d'ebene. Et il se laissa conduire jusqu'au rivage sans manifester la moindre crainte. II prit terre au milieu d'une foule de tout sexe et de tout age, qui commenga a I'adorer. Les habita7its de I'ile avaient ete temoins de la chute de Joe et le prenaient pour un dieu. Apres qu'il eut fait un bon repas, on le conduisit a une case entouree de talismans. Apres quelques heures de reflexion, Joe tomba dans un sommeil assez profond. Le lendemain matin, de tres bonne heure, il s'eveilla, sortit sans bruit de sa case, courut au rivage, et, s'emparant d'une barque et d'une paire de pagaies, il se laissa deriver. II reconnut avec satisfaction que le courant le portait vers la cote septentrionale du lac. — Verne, Cinq Semaiites en Ballon 3 Conjugate se sentir in the past indefinite (perfect) indicative; devenir in the future indicative; conduire in the present subjunctive active. Write the synopsis of voir in the third person singular of the simple tenses of the indicative and subjunctive. Give the principal parts of prendre and oiivrir. 4 Write the plural of oeil, bal, genoii, cheval; the feminine plural of cher vieux, has, long. Compare the adjective petit and the adverb bie}i. 5 Translate into French; Joe happened to fall into the lake. He was obliged to swim to the shore where a large crowd of negroes immedi- ately surrounded him. Being hungry, he ate heartily and then fell asleep. ■2- NEW VOKK STAll-; EUUCATIOX l.)E]'.\RT.MENT GERMAN Each of the follo'diing questions has /o credits assigned to it. 1-2 Translate into English: Rom 1 Ja, icli bin endlich in dieser Hauptstadt der Welt angeiangt! 2 Wenn ich sie in guter Begleitung, angefiilirt von cincm recht 3 verstdiidigen Ma/iiu\ vor funfzehn Jahren gesehen hiitte, woltte 4 ich mich glUcklich preisen. SoUte ich sie aberallein, mit eigenen 5 Augen sehen und besuchen, so ist es gut, dafs mir diese Freude 6 so spat zu Teil ward. 7 UberdasTiroler Gebirgbinichgleichsam weggeflogen. Verona, 8 Venedig habe ich gut, Bologna fliichtig und Florenz kaum gesehen. 9 Die Begierde, nach Rom zu komraen, war so grofs, wuchs so sehr 10 mit jedem Augenblicke, dafs kein Bleiben mehr war und ich mich 1 1 nur drei Stunden in Florenz aufhielt. AUe Tr^ume meiner Jugend 12 seh' ich nun lebendig, die erst en Kupferbilder, der en ich mich 13 erinnere — mein Vater hatte die Prospekte von Rom auf einera 14 Vorsaale aufgehangt — seh' ich nun in Wahrheit, und alles, was 15 ich in G-emaldeu und Zeichnungen, Kupfern und Holzschnitten 16 schon lange gekannt, steht nun beisammen vor mir ; wohin ich 1 7 gche, finde ich eine Bekanutschaf t in einer neuen Welt ; es ist alles, 18 wie ich mir's dachte, und alles neu. Ich habe keinen ganz neuen 19 Gedanken gehabt, nichts ganz fremd gefundcn, aber die alten sind 20 so bestimmt, so lebendig, so zusammenhangend geworden, dafs 21 sie fiir neu gelten konnen.— Goethe, Italienische Reise 3 Give the reason for the case of mir (line 5), deren (line 12) ; for the mode of ivollte (line 3). Give the nominative singular of eirein ver- standigen Man?te (lines 2-3). Decline die ersten Kupferbilder (line 12) in the singular. 4 Con.jugate each of the following in the singular: war (line 9) in the present subjunctive, stcht (line 16) in the perfect indicative, gche (line 17) in the imperfect subjunctive. Give the principal parts of aufhielt (line ir), gekannt (line 16). 5 Translate into German : If I should stay in Florence three weeks I could not see everything that I wish to see. I can stay, ho\ve\'er, only five days for I must be in Rome before the first of November. CORNELL SCHOLARSHirS 23 GREEK Each of the following questions has 10 credits assigned to it. 1 Translate into English: 1 'Ett^iS^ 8e Tictra- 2 KJitpvrj, otSa /iev ^/iii' opKovi ycyci/i^/xeVous Kat Sc^ias SeSo/ntVas /;i»; 3 a.8LKrj(T£iv dAXjjAovs' uAaTTd/x£vov Se cre re opw cus TroAefttovs ij;u.a? 4 Kat ij/iA£is opuivTt% TavTa diTK^vA-aTTOiite^u. £7rd §€ (TkottSiv ov Swa- 5 /;tai OUTE (re oidOia^Oai ■KUpMfnevov ^(U.Ss KaKuis Troieiv cyco re aau>'; 6 oiStt on rjp.ti'; ye ov&k eTTtvoov/u.o' toioOtoi/ ouSeV, eBo^e /xoi eis Aoyoti; 7 aot cA^eiv, ottcos £1 Swatjue^a i^(Xoi,p,ev dAAj/Awv r^v dTrtortav. Kai 8 yap oiSa avdpunrov; rjh-q, tovs /ief «« i'-afioXri^ tov^ he. koI i^ iiroi/'tas, 9 o'i (poP-qOcvTe'; dAA^Aous (j>dar] vte\r)yepeTa Zeus" 2 "'H S^ Aoi'yta cpy', ore p.' i)^6o8oTrrjp- ov yap ipbv iraXivdypeTOV ovS' aTraTTjXov 1 1 ou8' dTcAeuTjyTOi/, on Kev Ke^aXrj Karaveva-w. — Homer, Iliad, 1, 517-527 4 Give the com]iosition of ve^eX-qyepera (line i). Give the Attic form of rr)V (line i), oc^pa (line 7). What is the force of the perfect in irewoCOr)