Special Announcement.

Upon the unanimous recommendation of the Faculty, the Directors of the University have authorized the publication of the following statement:—

After June, 1885, only Bachelor degrees will be conferred upon students on the completion of the four-year courses of the Polytechnic School as laid down above. The full professional degrees of "Civil Engineer," "Mechanical Engineer," "Chemist," "Engineer of Mines," and "Architect," will be given only to graduate students who complete an additional course of study and practice during a fifth year.

The work of the fifth year has not been fully arranged, and it should be understood that the details of professional study are always subject to change. The elaborate professional thesis now required of Seniors will, after June, 1885, be deferred till the fifth year. So far as outlined