The Trustees of the University have deemed it advisable to include among its fundamental and permanent arrangements a Preparatory Department. It will be their aim to make this department a first-class school of preparation for College.

The Professors of the University have charge of the instruction in the studies be-longing to their several departments.

The requirements for admission are Reading, Writing, Spelling, Intellectual Arithmetic, Practical Arithmetic, English Grammar and Geography.

The requisite studies have been arranged in a course of three years for classical, and two years for scientific students, as appears by the following schedules: