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GRADUATE DEPARTMENT.
Courses appropriate for graduate students and leading to advanced
degrees are provided in the various departments, as indicated in the
list of courses of instruction, and in the description of the departments
and colleges. An inspection of these courses will show that the
amount of instruction offered is greatly in excess of the amount of
which any person can avail himself while an undergraduate student.
Many
of the courses are open to undergraduates who have prepared
themselves by taking the necessary preliminary electives, but a large
number of courses are specially adapted to the wants of graduate stu
dents. No sharp line of demarcation separates the two classes, but in
all cases the necessary prerequisite work must have been taken. In
nearly or quite every branch of study the advanced courses of lectures
and the seminaries and laboratories afford abundant opportunities for
carrying on profitable work of a high grade during two or three years
after the baccalaureate degree has been taken. The facilities thus
afforded commend themselves specially to graduates of those colleges
elsewhere which do not offer a large range of electives during the
undergraduate course.
LABORATORY AND SEMINARY FACILITIES.
In the graduate work the aim is to surround the student with an
atmosphere of earnest devotion to the cause of the advancement of
knowledge, and to excite a truly scholarly spirit. The greater part of
such work is carried on in the numerous well-equipped laboratories
and seminaries, in which the student, with the aid and under the inti
mate personal guidance and direction of the professor, is encouraged
in the prosecution of original investigation of an advanced nature.
Graduate students have access to the alcoves of the library, as well
as to the special collections in the seminary rooms, and thus have ex
ceptional opportunities for prosecuting advanced work. The great
library building, with its rich collections, affords an attractive and
inspiring environment.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS.
Applications for fellowships and graduate scholarships should con
tain a full statement of the branches of study which the candidate