Princeton University requirements for admission and estimate of expenses.

TERMS OF ADMISSION

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
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IN EFFECT JUNE, 1905,
AND THEREAFTER

Candidates entering in 1905 may enter under the requirements stated in the

Princeton University Catalogue for 1903-1904, pp. 70-79, 154-171,

except that each candidate shall pay the entrance fee.

For information concerning Entrance and Courses of Instruction apply
to H. N. VanDyke, Registrar of the University, Princeton, New Jersey.

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TERMS OF ADMISSION TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

IN EFFECT JUNE, 1905, AND THEREAFTER

Candidates entering in 1905 may enter under the requirements stated in the

Princeton University Catalogue for 1903 — 1904, pp. 70-79. I54-I7I.

except that each candidate shall pay the entrance fee.

ENTRANCE FEE

Each candidate who proposes to take the Princeton
Entrance Examination in June must send to the Registrar
before June ist,

I.) A statement containing his name and address, the
place at which he proposes to take the examination, and the
subjects in which he wishes to be examined.

2.) A certificate of moral character.

3.) A fee of five dollars, either by money order or
cheque payable to Princeton University.

In return he will receive a receipt from the Registrar
which he must show to the examiner when he registers at
the examination.

Each candidate who takes the examination in September
must pay this fee unless he has already paid it in June,
but those who have paid this fee in June shall be admitted
without further payment to the September examinations of
the same year. Candidates taking examinations in different
years shall pay the fee each year.

Each candidate admitted to any class otherwise than
by the regular examinations of the University, (<?. g., on
certificate of the College Entrance Examination Board,) shall
pay an admission fee of five dollars.

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ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

All candidates for examination in Princeton must report
at the Faculty Room in the University Offices half an
hour before the first examination begins. Examinations
for admission will be written, with supplementary oral ex-
aminations if needed. The first examination will begin in
Princeton, on Thursday, June 15th, 1905, at 9 a. m., and
will continue through Saturday forenoon. The second will
begin on Monday, September i8th, 1905, at 2 p. m. Appli-
cants who have any conditions or other deficiencies from
the June examination are required to remove them at the
September entrance examinations. Attendance is required at
the beginning of the examinations.

Simultaneously with the June entrance examinations in
Princeton, examinations will also be held in the cities of
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Albany, Buffalo, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Harrisburg, In-
dianapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, Newark, Omaha, Port-
land, Ore., St. Louis, St. Paul, San Antonio, Scranton, Syra-
cuse, Washington, Wilkesbarre, and at such preparatory
schools and other cities as the number of candidates or the
distance from other places of examination may justify. The
places in which the examinations are to be held can be
learned by application to the Registrar.

Examinations at other times and places than those speci-
fied are very inconvenient and often impracticable, and
applicants for examination on other than the regular days
must obtain previous permission by writing to the Registrar,
and are required to pay %\o into the treasury.

All candidates for admission to any class, or as special
students, must bring with them satisfactory testimonials of
good moral character, preferably from their last instructors,
and if the candidate has been a member of another college,
university, or similar institution, he must produce a certifi.

cate from its President or Faculty that he is free from cen-
sure in that institution.

Each applicant for admission should be provided with a
statement, signed by his teacher, as to his fitness to be ex-
amined in each of the subjects which he offers. The state-
ment is merely for the information of the examiners, and is
in no sense an admission certificate.

No candidate is admitted into the undergraduate de-
partment without examination and a vote of the Faculty.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS

At the examinations in June and September, candidates
intending to enter the Freshman class one year later are ad-
mitted to examination in a portion of the subjects required
for entrance. Certificates as to preparation in the subjects
in which the candidate wishes to be examined should be
presented.

FRESHMAN ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

The following entrance requirements are defined for the
most part in close accordance with recommendations of the
National Educational Association and of the College En-
trance Examination Board. It is recommended that candi-
dates be prepared for examination on the requirements as
specified, but equivalents will be accepted. The University
will in all cases be the judge of the equivalence of subjects
offered as substitutes for the specified requirements.

There are three regular forms of entrance to the courses
leading to degrees in Princeton University, z;/2. (i) Entrance
for those who offer Greek and are candidates for the degree
of A. B. (2) Entrance for those who do not offer Greek
and are candidates for the degree of Litt. B. or B. S. (3)
Entrance for those who are candidates for the degree of C.E.

The Freshman entrance requirements for candidates
for the various degrees given in course in Princeton Uni-
versity are as follows: (The detailed statement of each sub-
ject is given on a later page.)

FRESHMAN ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
LEADING TO THE DEGREE OF A. B.

History. One and only one of

1. American History and Civil Government,

2. English History,

3. Ancient History.

GREEK.

1. Greek Grammar,

2. Greek Composition A,

3. Xenophon,

4. Homer A.
Latin.

1. Latin Grammar,

2. Latin Composition A,

3. Cassar, (four books),

4. Cicero A, (six orations),

5. Vergil A, (six books),

6. Sallust, (Catiline).
English.

1. English A, (reading),

2. English B, (careful study).
Modern Languages. One and only one of

I. French A,

I. German A.

(For maximum requirements leading to advanced stand-
ing in French, see French B, and in German, see Ger-
man B. Papers will be regularly set in French A, and in
German A. Candidates desiring to offer either French B
or German B, must notify the Registrar on or before May
ist, preceding the examinations.)

Mathematics.

1. Algebra to Quadratics, A I,

2. Algebra, Quadratics through the Binomial The-
orem, A II,

4. Plane Geometry.

FRESHMAN ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
LEADING TO THE DEGREES OF LITT. B. AND B, S.

iV". B. — Hereafter the degree of Bachelor of Science {B. S. )
will be open to those who co?icentrate i?i ofie of the Mathematical
or Scientific Departments during the Ju7iior and Senior years ^
and the degree of Bachelor of Letters {Litt. B. ) has been consti-
tuted to be opefi to those who concentrate in one of the Departments
in philosophical^ political^ literary, or other humanistic studies.
The entrafice requirements for these two degrees are identical.
History. One and only one of

1. American History and Civil Government,

2. English History,

3. Ancient History.
Latin.

1. Latin Grammar,

2. Latin Composition A,

3. Caesar, (four books),

4. Cicero A, (six orations),

5. Vergil A, (six books),

6. Sallust, (Catiline).
English.

1. English A, (reading),

2. English B, (careful study).
Mathematics.

1. Algebra to Quadratics, A I,

2, Algebra, Quadratics through the Binomial The-
orem, A II.

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4- Plane Geometry,

5. Solid Geometry,

6. Plane Trigonometry.

Modern Languages and Science. One and only one of
the following five combinations:

1. French A and i. German A,

2, French B and Physics A or B,
2. French B and Chemistry,

2. German B and Physics A or B,
2. German B and Chemistry.

freshman entrance requirements for the course
leading to the degree of c. e.

English.

1. English A, (reading),

2. English B, (careful study).

Foreign Languages. One and only one of the three
languages :
Latin (i. Latin Grammar, 2. Latin Composition A,

3. Caesar, 4. Cicero).
French (i. French A),
German (i. German A).
Mathematics.

1. Algebra to Quadratics, A I,

2. Algebra, Quadratics through the Binomial Theo-
rem, A IL

4. Plane Geometry,

5. Solid Geometr}'^,

6. Plane Trigonometry.

Science. One and only one of the two sciences:

Physics A or B,

Chemistry.

[It is recommended that all candidates should receive
instruction in freehand drawing before entrance.]

FRESHMAN ENTRANCE SUBJECTS

HISTORY

(One and only one of i, 2, 3 to be offered for A. B.,
Litt. B., and B. S. entrance.)

It is recommended that each of the following courses be
pursued in the spirit and by the methods suggested in the
Report of the Committee of Seven of the American Histori-
cal Association on the Study of History in Schools. (The
Macmillan Co. 1899.)

1. American History and Civil Govermnent. The course
of study recommended for American History and Civil
Government should occupy four exercises a week for one
year. Military details may be neglected. The origins of
the American people and the development of their political
life should be clearly understood in their main outlines.

2. English History. For the period preceding the
Norman invasion a brief outline will suffice. The course of
English History after that event down to 1850 should be
carefully studied with proper reference to the development
of political institutions.

3. Ancient History. For the present the requirement
will be restricted to Greek History to the death of Alexan-
der the Great, and Roman History to the accession of Com-
modus. As soon as it appears practicable, notice will be
given and the requirement will be extended to comprise
"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
Middle Ages down to the death of Charles the Great (814)."
It is recommended that instruction in the schools should be
extended to comprise Ancient History in the sense above
defined.

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GREEK

(i, 2, 3, 4 to be offered for A.B. entrance.)

I. Greek Grammar. The topics for the examination
in Greek grammar are similar to those detailed under Latin
grammar,

1. Greek Cojnposition A. Consisting principally of de-
tached sentences to test the candidate's knowledge of gram-
matical constructions.

The examination in grammar and prose composition will
be based on the first two books of Xenophon's Anabasis.

3. Xenophon. The first four books of the Anabasis.

4. Homer A. The first three books of the Iliad (omit-
ting II, 494-end).

Greek 5 and 6 are approved substitutes for 4. Can-
didates desiring papers in these subjects or desiring to offer
any other substitute for 4, must notify the Registrar of the
University on or before May ist, preceding the examina-
tions.

5. Homer B. The sixth, seventh, and eighth books of
the Iliad.

6. Herodotus. Selections from the seventh book, sec-
tions 1-60 and 172-239.

Papers will be regularly set in Greek 11 and 12. These
subjects are not required, nor may they be substituted for
any of the specified subjects, but excellence in them will be
taken into account in the general estimate of the candidate's
Greek papers.

11. Greek Composition B. Consisting of continuous prose,
based on Xenophon, and other Attic prose of similar dif-
ficulty.

12. Sight Translation. Based on prose of no greater
difficulty than Xenophon's Anabasis.

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LATIN

(i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to be offered for A.B., Litt, B., and B.S. ;
I, 2, 3, 4 to be offered for C. E. unless a modern language
be offered.)

1. Latin Grammar. The inflections; the simpler rules
for composition and derivation of words; syntax of cases
and verbs; structure of the sentence in general, with par-
ticular regard to relative and conditional sentences, indirect
discourse and the subjunctive; so much prosody as relates
to accent, versification in general, and dactylic hexameter.

2. Latin Composition A. Translation into Latin of de-
tached sentences and very easy continuous prose, based upon
Caesar and Cicero.

3. Ccesar, Any four books of the Gallic War, prefera-
bly the first four.

4. Cicero A. Any six orations from the following list,
but preferably the first six mentioned.

The four orations against Catiline, Archias, the Manilian
Law, Marcellus, Roscius, Milo, Sestius, Ligarius, the Four-
teenth Philippic.

5. Vergil A. The first six books of the ^Eneid.

6. Sallust. The Catiline.

Papers will be regularly set in Latin 7, which is an
approved substitute for 6. Candidates desiring to offer 8,
9, 10 or any other substitute for any part of the specified
subjects 3, 4, 5, or 6, must notify the Registrar of the Uni-
versity on or before May ist, preceding the examinations.

7. Ovid. Twenty-five hundred lines from the Meta-
morphoses.

8. Vergil B. The last six books of the ^neid.

9. Vergil C. The Eclogues and Georgics.
10. Cicero B. De Amicitia and De Senectute.

Papers will be regularly set in Latin 11 and 12. These
subjects are not required, nor may they be substituted for

any of the specified subjects, but excellence in them will be
taken into account in the general estimate of the candidate's
Latin papers.

1 1. Latin Co?nposition B. Consisting of continuous prose
of moderate difficulty, based on Cicero.

12. Sight Translation. Based exclusively on prose of
no greater difficulty than the easier portions of Cicero's
orations.

ENGLISH

(Both I and 2 to be offered by all candidates.)
The examination will be based upon the books pre-
scribed by the uniform entrance requirements in English.
Questions as to the subject matter, structure, and style of
these books will be asked. Candidates must be prepared
in all of the books required for the year of examination.
For 1905 the books prescribed are:

1. English A. For reading, Shakespeare's The Mer-
chant of Venice and Julius Cfesar, Addison's Sir Roger de
Coverley Papers in The Spectator, Goldsmith' s The Vicar of
Wakefield, Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner, Scott's Ivanhoe,
Carlyle's Essay on Burns, Tennyson's The Princess, Lowell's
The Vision of Sir Launfal, George Eliot's Silas Marner.

2. English B. For careful study, Shakespeare' s Mac-
beth, Milton's Lycidas, Comus, L'Allegro, and II Penseroso,
Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, Macaulay's
Essays on Milton and Addison.

For 1906, 1907 and 1908 the books prescribed are:
I. English A. For reading, Shakespeare's The Mer-
chant of Venice and Macbeth, Addison's Sir Roger de Cover-
ley Papers in The Spectator, CV?/.?r/(^^'x The Ancient Mariner,
Scott's Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake, Tennyson's Gareth
and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, and The Passing of
Arthur, Lowell's The Vision of Sir Launfal, George Eliot's
Silas Marner, Irving's Life of Goldsmith.

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2. English B. For careful study, Shakespeare' s Julius
Csesar, Milton's Lycidas, Comus, L'Allegro, and II Pense-
roso, Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, Macau-
lay's Essays on Samuel Johnson and Addison.

GERMAN

1, German A. Candidates should be able to translate
at sight a passage of simple German ; to put into German
short English sentences taken from the language of every-
day life or a passage of simple connected prose; and to
answer questions upon the rudiments of grammar.

Satisfactory preparation for this examination is furnished
in the two-year course in elementary German recommended
by the Modern Language Association. The course com-
prises drill in pronunciation, memorizing easy sentences, the
rudiments of grammar with easy exercises illustrating gram-
matical forms and principles, and the reading of 75 to 100
pages of graduated texts from a reader, followed by 150 to
200 pages of easy stories and plays. It is recommended
however that not more than one play be read.

2. German B. Candidates should be able to translate at
sight German prose of ordinary difficulty, whether recent or
classical; to put into German a connected passage of ordin-
ary English; and to answer any grammatical questions re-
lating to usual forms and essential principles of the lan-
guage, including syntax and word-formation.

Satisfactory preparation for this examination is furnished
by the intermediate German course of three years recom-
mended by the Modern Language Association. In ad-
dition to the preparation suggested for German A this prep-
aration comprises the reading of about 400 pages of moder-
ately difficult prose and poetry, with continued practice in
grammar and composition.

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FRENCH

1. French A. Candidates should be able to translate
at sight easy French prose, to put into French simple
English sentences, or a passage of easy connected prose,
and to answer questions on the rudiments of the grammar.

Satisfactory preparation for this examination is furnished
in the two-year course in elementary French recommended
by the Modern Language Association. The course com-
prises drill in pronunciation, the rudiments of grammar,
memorizing easy sentences, with easy exercises illustrating
grammatical forms and principles, translation into French,
writing French from dictation, and the reading of looto 175
pages of graduated texts, followed by 250 to 400 pages of
easy modern prose in the form of stories, plays, or historical
biographical sketches.

2. French B. Candidates should be able to translate at
sight ordinary French prose or simple poetry, to put
into French a connected passage of English prose and to
answer questions involving a more thorough knowledge of
syntax than is expected in French A.

Satisfactory preparation for this examination is furnished
by the intermediate French course of three years recom-
mended by the Modern Language Association. In addition
to the course recomended for French A, this preparation
comprises the reading of from 400 to 600 pages of moder-
ately difficult French, a portion of it to be in the dramatic
form, exercise in giving French paraphases, and continued
practice in grammar and composition.

MATHEMATICS

(i, 2, 4 to be offered by all candidates. In addition,
5 and 6 to be offered for Litt. B., B. S., and C. E.)

In all numerical work special emphasis is laid upon accu-
racy and facility in reckoning.

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In each of the following subjects simple original exer-
cises will be set.

Problems having to do with lengths, areas, or volumes,
will be stated, usually, in terms of the metric system of
weights and measures.

1. Algebra to Quadratics, A I. The four fundamental
operations for rational algebraic expressions, factoring,
highest common factor, lowest common multiple, complex
fractions, the solution of equations of the first degree con-
taining one or more unknown quantities, radicals including
the extraction of the square root of polynomials and num-
bers, and fractional and negative exponents.

2. Eleinentary Algebra, Quadratics through the Binomial
Theorem, A II. Quadratic equations, equations in one or
more unknown quantities that can be solved by the methods
of quadratic equations, ratio and proportion, the progres-
sions, the elementary treatment of permutations and com-
binations, the binomial theorem for positive integral ex-
ponents, and the use of four, five, and six place logarithms.

4. Pla?ie Geometry. Demonstrations of theorems, and
constructions and demonstrations of problems; the solution
of simple numerical exercises, including lengths of lines and
areas of the triangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, regular poly-
gons, and circle; simple original exercises in construction
and demonstration.

5. Solid Geometry. Properties of straight lines and
planes, of dihedral and polyhedral angles, of projections, of
polyhedrons (including prisms, parallelepipeds, pyramids,
and the regular solids) of cylinders, cones, and spheres, of
spherical triangles, and the mensuration of these solids and
their surfaces.

6. Plane Trigonometry. Definitions of the six trigono-
metric functions as ratios, relations between these six func-
tions, values of the functions for 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°,

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120°, 135°, etc., etc., formulas for the sine, cosine, and tan-
gent of the sum or difference of two angles for all angles,
formulas for the sum or difference of two sines or two
cosines, expressions for the functions of double and half
angles, trigonometric identities and equations, theory of
logarithms and the use of trigonometric tables, and the
solution of right and oblique plane triangles. A knowledge
of the meaning of the circular measure of angles, and of the
inverse trigonometric functions is also desirable.

PHYSICS

The requirement in Elementary Physics may be met in
either of the two following ways:

1. Physics A. By passing an examination on the subject
as it is presented in such text-books as Gage's Principles of
Physics. In this examination much emphasis will be laid
upon the student's ability to solve numerical problems.

2. Physics B. By presenting a laboratory note-book
containing full records of all the experimental work per-
formed by the student during his course of preparation.
This note-book must bear the certificate of the instructor
that the records were made by the student himself, and that
they are a faithful description of the laboratory work actually
done by him. The note-book should be paged and properly
indexed. The presentation of this note-book will excuse
the student from the examination on the general subject,
but he will still be examined on the solution of numerical
problems as prescribed in A. The metric system will be
used exclusively in the examination.

In order to meet requirement A at least one school year, with
four or five recitations per week, should be devoted to the subject.
This course should be accompanied by class-room demonstrations
conducted by the teacher. Requirement B may be met in the same
length of time by dividing the time about equally between recitations
based on a suitable text-book, and laboratory exercises performed by

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the student himself. While it is desirable that this laboratory work
have a large range and accordingly be mainly of a qualitative char-
acter, still due stress should be laid upon the performance of exact
quantitative work.

CHEMISTRY

I. Chemistry. The candidate's preparation should
include: (i) The study of a standard text book, (2) instruc-
tion by lecture-table demonstrations, and (3) individual
laboratory work, embracing forty exercises selected from
some such work as Smith and Keller's Experiments for
Students in General Chemistry.

The requirement embraces the sources, preparation,
physical and chemical properties of the following elements
and their most important compounds — Hydrogen, oxygen,
chlorine, fiit?'ogen, carbon, bromine, iodine, fluorine, sulphur,
phosphorus, arsenic, silicon, potassium, sodium, calcium, mag-
nesium, aluminium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, mercury,
silver, lead, and tin. Detailed study should be given to the
italicized elements and their compounds. Further, candi-
dates should be well posted in matters relating to natural
waters, the atmosphere, the laws of chemical combinations
by weight and by volume, oxidation and reduction, combus-
tion, nascent state, catalysis, bases, acids, and salts, the
nature and structure of flames, precipitation, distillation,
crystallization, the elementary gas laws and their applica-
tions, the atomic and molecular theories, equation writing,
stoichiometrical calculations and valency. They should
also have some elementary knowledge of chemical energy,
mass action, equilibrium, and the ionic theory.

At the examination each candidate must hand in, along
with his paper, a note book containing a detailed record of
the practical work done by him in the laboratory, and this
note book must bear the endorsement of his instructor.

The requirements are intended to be essentially equiva-

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lent to those specified in the Plan of Organization of the
College Entrance Examination Board of the Middle States
and Maryland.

Examination Certificates Issued by the College
Entrance Examination Board
will be accepted in place of the regular entrance examina-
tions, in so far as the certificates presented correspond to the
requirements of this University. Candidates offering such
certificates are required to submit therewith the testimonials
as to character and general fitness prescribed above for other
candidates. The latter testimonial shall state definitely the
amount of work done in each subject offered for examination.

ADMISSION TO SPECIAL COURSES

In exceptional cases students, are admitted to the privi-
leges of the University, not as members of any one of the four
regular classes or candidates for a degree, and are allowed to
take special undergraduate courses, selected under the direc-
tion of the Faculty, in such a manner as to secure full and
profitable employment of their time. Such special students
undergo an entrance examination sufficient to ascertain their
preparation for the courses proposed, and are subject to
the same regulations and discipline and to the same exami-
nations in the studies pursued as other undergraduates.
Those desiring to enter as special students are expected to
take the regular entrance examinations upon such subjects
as they offer, and in case the applicant passes in a sufficient
number of subjects ordinarily he will be accorded a special
course of study. These special courses, however, are not
offered to those who have failed in the regular course.

When special students are finally leaving the University
certificates of proficiency, signed by the President and

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Registrar, may be granted them on report by the Committee
on Special Students that they have completed the courses
on their schedule.

Admission to Advanced Standing

Candidates for admission to an advanced class will be ex-
amined in the studies previously pursued by the class they
propose entering, and may also be required to pass the regu-
lar examinations for admission to the Freshman Class. While
a certificate of satisfactory work done in any of these studies
in another institution will not necessarily excuse from ex-
amination, it may in some degree modify the examination,
and should therefore always be presented. Examinations for
advanced standing are held ordinarily in Princeton only.

Candidates for admission to the Sophomore class, who
have not completed the studies of the Freshman class at
another approved institution, must first pass an examination
on the studies required for admission to the Freshman class.

Candidates for admission to the Sophomore, Junior, or
Senior class, when coming from another institution, are ex-
amined only in the studies of the year preceding that which
they wish to enter, provided they present evidence that
they have passed satisfactory examinations on the previous
studies of the curriculum and entrance requirements, or
their equivalents.

A candidate coming from an undergraduate class in an
approved institution may be allowed, at the discretion of
the Faculty, to enter the next lower class in this University
without examination, provided he present satisfactory cer-
tificates from his former institution.

At the discretion of the Faculty the Bachelor diploma of
an approved institution may be taken in place of the exami-
nation for entrance to the Senior year.

No person is admitted to the University as a candidate

for a Bachelor's degree or for the degree of Civil Engineer
after the beginning of the first term of the Senior year.

REGULATION CONCERNING SECRET SOCIETIES

Immediately after the beginning of the Academic year
the students entering the Undergraduate Department meet
according to announcement for matriculation and subscrip-
tion to the following pledge required by the Board of
Trustees :

We, the undersigned, do individually for ourselves promise, without
any mental reservation, that we will have no connection whatever with any
secret society, nor be present at the meetings of any secret society in this or
any other institution so long as we are members of Princeton University ; it
being understood that this promise has no reference to the American Whig
and Cliosophic Societies. We also declare that we regard ourselves bound
to keep this promise and on no account whatever to violate it.