PRELIMINJ!RY J!NNOUNCEMENT I OF THE AT ~AUSTIN, TEXAS.~ FIRST SESSION-1883-4. AUSTIN, TEXAS &11GENB W. 8WINDltLLS, STAT.'I PRINTER. i883. _.......________________ _...____ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. FIRST SESSION, 1883-4. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. BOARD OF REGENTS. AsHBEL SMITH........................Harris county President of the Board. T. M. HARWOOD ........ ...........Gonzales county T. D. WOOTEN ........................Travis county E. J. SIMKINS........ ..... ...... . . . . Navarro county M. W. GARNETT..... ..... ............Harris county JAMES B. CLARKE ......... ____ .......Fannin c01:nty M. L. ORAWFORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Dallas county B. HADRA . . .......... ..... ... . ... . ...Bexar county A. P. WOOLDRIDGE, Secretary of the Board, Austin, Texas. _._.....-------,l FACULTY. CHAIRMAN OF THE FACULTY. (To be elected.) LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS. PROF. J. w. MALLET, A. M., M. D., LL. D .. PH. D., F. R. S.-School of Chemistry, and in charge of School of Physics, PROF. WILLIAM LEROY BROUN, A. M., LL. D.­School of Mathematics. PROF. MILTON w. HUMPHREYS, A. M., LL. D., PH. D.-School of Ancient Languages. PROF. LESLIE WAGGENER, A. M., LL. D.-School of English Language, History and Literature. PROF. R. L. DABNEY, A. M., D. D., LL. D.-School of Mental and Moral Philosophy, and Political Science. PROF. H. TALLICHET, B. L., D. LIT.-School of Mod­ern Languages. LAW DEPARTMENT. Prof. 0. M. Roberts, A. M., LL. D. Prof. Robert S. Gould, A. M. I ot~~:~itional professors, assistant instructors, and ~ecessaryofficers will hereafter be appointed.) .1. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. The session will begin on the fifteeenth day of September, 1883, and extend to the fifteenth day of June, 1884. The following are the courses of instruction as at present established: 1. A course of general education, extending over four years, and leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 2. A modified course of education with literary leaning, of the same duration, and leading to the degree of Bachelor of Letters. 3. A modified course of education with scientific leaning, of the same duration, and leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science. 4. Five special courses of advanced education in the main departments of human study, each course based upon the previous attainment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts, demanding usually about two years of special study, and leading to the degree of Master of Arts, respectively, in: First. Mathematical Studies. Second. Classical Studies. Third. Modern Languages and Belles Let::~s. Fourth. Metaphysical and Political Scien~ t f ~ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. Fifth. Sciences of Observation and Exper~ I 5. Purely special courses of instruction in indi­vidual Academic Schools, with demands for time varying in accordance with the nature of each sub­ject, and leading to the title of School Graduate in these several subjects. 6. A course of professional education in law, ex­tending over two years, and leading to the degree of Bachelor of Law. 7. Medical Department, located at Galveston, not yet organized. No merely honorary degrees will be conferred by the University of Texas. Applicants for admission should be of good moral character, not less than sixteen years of age in the case of young men, or seventeen years in the case of young women, and capable of standing credita­bly the following EXAMINATIONS FOR ENTRANCE: 1. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, entering at the commencement of the course: IN CLASSICS: Latin-Grammar, elementary exercises in trans­lation from English into Latin, any two books of Cresar's Commentaries, any three Orations of Cicero, and the first two books of Virgil's .tEneid. f _u_ _______. UNIVI