Cornell University examinations, 1869-1931.
Collection Number: 36-2-3877
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Cornell University examinations, 1869-1931.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
36-2-3877
Abstract:
Printed entrance, scholarship, and class examinations, 1869-1931. Also "Lists of Candidates
and Schedule of Examinations for Advanced Degrees," 1892-1913. Bound volume of entrance
and class examinations, 1871-1879, with a list of reference books in the University
Library, 1879, kept by the Chi Chapter of Psi Upsilon. Blank examinations for botany,
undated; rhetoric, 1872; French, 1871, 1872; and German, 1873. Exams from Charles
David Damsky, M.E. 1917 course E14 Elementary Electrical Engineering first prelim
November 1, 1915, third prelim January 26, 1916, E15 Elementary Electrical Engineering
Experiment B, E35 Electrical Engineering for Mechanical Engineering Seniors first
prelim December 14, 1916. Second prelim February 8, 1917, History 54 Jacksonian democracy
readings collateral to Fish Ch, X-XV, also additional study material. Also a sheet
from the Office of the Registrar called Explination of Grading Systems. Also, "Examination
Questions on the Lectures on Political Economy delivered by Prof. W. D. Wilson," 1871.
Creator:
Cornell University
Quanitities:
.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Printed entrance, scholarship, and class examinations, 1869-1931. Also "Lists of Candidates
and Schedule of Examinations for Advanced Degrees," 1892-1913. Bound volume of entrance
and class examinations, 1871-1879, with a list of reference books in the University
Library, 1879, kept by the Chi Chapter of Psi Upsilon. Blank examinations for botany,
undated; rhetoric, 1872; French, 1871, 1872; and German, 1873. Exams from Charles
David Damsky, M.E. 1917 course E14 Elementary Electrical Engineering first prelim
November 1, 1915, third prelim January 26, 1916, E15 Elementary Electrical Engineering
Experiment B, E35 Electrical Engineering for Mechanical Engineering Seniors first
prelim December 14, 1916. Second prelim February 8, 1917, History 54 Jacksonian democracy
readings collateral to Fish Ch, X-XV, also additional study material. Also a sheet
from the Office of the Registrar called Explination of Grading Systems.
Also, "Examination Questions on the Lectures on Political Economy delivered by Prof.
W. D. Wilson," 1871.
Series IV contains exams from the New York State College Entrance Examination Board
(1903-1908) and the New York State Education Department (1911-1915).
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cornell University Examinations, #36-2-3877. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
See also two bound volumes of examinations, Question papers used at the examinations
for admission, call number LD1352.Q47.
Names:
Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Chi Chapter (Cornell University)
Subjects:
Examinations -- Questions.
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations.
Form and Genre Terms:
Examinations (documents)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Examination Questions - Assorted
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Questions and Topics for Examination in Logic, Prof. Ziba H. Potter - Spring Term
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1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Questions and Topics for Examination in Logic, Prof. Ziba H. Potter - Spring Term
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1874 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Outlines of Lectures on Psychology, Delivered Before the Junior Class in CU, By Professor
W.D. Wilson - Fall Term (Arranged as Topics and Questions for Examination)
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1881-1882 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Subjects and Questions for Examination in Psychology - Fall Term
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1877-1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Subjects and Questions for Examination in Psychology - Fall Term
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1875-1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions and Syllabus of the Lectures on Psychology, Delivered Before
the Junior Class in CU, Prof. W.D. Wilson - Fall Term
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1874-1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Question Subjects for Examination on the Lectures on Psychology, Delivered Before
the Junior Class in CU, Prof. W.D. Wilson - Fall Term
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1873-1874 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions and Syllabus of the Lectures on Psychology, Delivered Before
the Senior and Junior Classes in CU, Prof. W.D. Wilson - Fall Term
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1871-1872 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Lectures on the History and Criticism of Philosophy, and the Progress of Knowledge,
Delivered Before the Senior Class of CU, Prof. W.D. Wilson - Fall Term + Subjects
and Questions for Examinations
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1880 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions on the Lectures on the Philosophy of History, Delivered Before
the Senior Class in CU, Prof. W.D. Wilson - Winter Term
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1872-1873 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Questions and Subjects for Examination in the Philosophy of History, CU, Professor
W.D. Wilson - Winter Term
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1877-1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Subjects and Questions for Examination on the Lectures on Moral Philosophy, Delivered
Before the Class in CU, Professor W.D. Wilson - Winter Term
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1875-1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Topics and subjects for Examination on the Lectures on American Law and Jurisprudence,
delivered before the Senior Class in CU, Professor W.D. Wilson - Third Term
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1877-1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; Text Books specially recommended: Story
on the Constitution. Smith's Elements of the Laws. ; annotated; "Phil Barnard" on
the front
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions on the Lectures on Political Economy, Delivered Before the Senior
and Junior Classes in CU, Prof. W.D. Wilson - Winter Term
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1872-1873 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions on the Lectures on Political Economy, Professor W.D. Wilson
- Winter Term
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1876-1877 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; "Phil Barnard" on the front; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions in Political Economy - CU - Winter Term
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1878-1879 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; written name on the front
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Subjects and Questions for Examination in Political Economy - CU - Winter Term
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1880-1881 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
C: Cornell University - Physics
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1874-06-23 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; instructions on the front: "Do not fold
your papers. Write your name on each page of answers. Give solutions of problems in
full."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
A: Electricity and Magnetism - Winter and Spring Terms
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1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
C: Optics - Summer Term
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1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; "Phil Barnard" on the front
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Electricity and Magnetism
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1876-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 10 questions; question #1 begins
with: "Describe the friction electric machine (plate machine), …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Heat
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1877-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions and 3 problems; 2 copies; question
1: "What are the various effects of heat?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Acoustics and Optics - Winter Term
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1877-03-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Electricity and Magnetism
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1877-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 12 questions
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Mechanics - Fall
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1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions; question 1 begins: "Define
velocity"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Acoustics and Optics - Winter Term
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1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 1 -6 for Acoustics and questions
7 - 12 for Optics
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Optics - Summer Term
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1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "Show how
the index of refraction of a substance …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Electricity and Magnetism - Examinations from 8 to 11
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1879-03 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions; "[Two questions may be omitted.]"
on the front
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Electricity and Magnetism
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1879-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; a note on the front: "N.B.
-- Students who were conditioned last term will remove that condition if …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Heat
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1879-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; note at the top: "Leave a
blank line between answers and write the number of each question conspiciously whether
you try to answer it or not."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Mechanics - Fall Term
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1880 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "How is
force measured?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Acoustics and Optics
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1880-03 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "What is
a musical interval?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Optics - Spring Term
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1880-06-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; note at the top: "Seniors
under examination in this subject should notify the Professor in charge when they
hand in their papers."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Electricity and Magnetism
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1881-03-22 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "Give the
evidence that there are two kinds of electricity."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Heat
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1881-12-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1: "What are the
principal effects of heat?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Electricity and Magnetism - Spring Term
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1881 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questionsl annotated; 2 copies; question
1 begins: "What is the effect of a current flowing through a conductor?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Acoustics and Optics
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1882-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "Name and
describe the qualities of a musical note."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Syllabus of Lectures on Chemistry - Second Term
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1877 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 27 questions; question 1 begins:
"Berthollet's laws."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in General Chemistry
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1878-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; annotated; question 1: "Mention
the important compounds of sodium which occur in nature."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in General Chemistry
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1880-03-24 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1: "Give the definition
of an acid."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Syllabus of Lectures on Chemistry
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 25 questions for Theoretical
Chemistry and 5 questions on Inorganic Chemistry; 2 copies
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Inorganic Chemistry
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1880-12-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1: "What is an acid?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
General Chemistry
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1881-06-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 6 questions; question 1: "Give the formulae
of the compounds of sodium which occur more frequently in nature."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Astronomy
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1879-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions; 11 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. ; question
1 begins: "Explain the two causes fo the differnce between mean and apparent time."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Physical Astronomy
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1881-06-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 6 questions; note at the top: "[Illustrate
by drawings whenever the question permits.]"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Descriptive Astronomy - Professor Oliver
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; Room 3 Sibley, 11 a.m.
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Physiological Botany, Final Examination
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1876-06-05 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 15 questions; question 1 begins: "What method
is best adapted to the study of Flower, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Botany - Second Preliminary Examination - Spring Term
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1879-05-23 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Botany - Final Examination - Spring Term
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1879-06-09 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 20 questions
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Physiological Botany
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1881-06-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 15 questions; question 1: "What should be
the chief characteristics of a typical flower?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Papers on the Lectures on Geology, Prof. Ch. Fred Hartt, M.A. - Spring
Term
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1871-1872 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in General Geology
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1878-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; exam divided into parts: Physiography, Lithology,
Petrology, etc., Dynamical Geology, Historical Geology, Miscellaneous; annotated
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Geology
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1879-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 7 questions; handwritten exam in purple
ink
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Exam on Army (1)
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; no original title; 6 questions; question
1: "Discuss the following topics: (a) Bases of operation, (b) Lines of operation,
(c) The supply of armies in the theatre of war"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Exam on Army (2)
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; no original title; 6 questions; question
1: "Discuss the general considerations which precede the opening of a campaign"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Lectures on Physiology - Fall Trimester
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1874-1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; outline of lectures and a syllabus
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Programme of General and Special Instruction in Physiology, Zoology, Comparative Anatomy
and Economic Entomology, With Rules of Health
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1875-1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; name signed on the front; outline of lectures
and syllabus for Human Physiology and Hygiene (fall trimester)
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Synopsis of Lectures on Veterinary Science - First Term
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1879-1880 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Building Materials and Construction - Spring Term
|
1879 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 15 questions
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination on Renaissance
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1880-12-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; handwritten exam in purple
ink; could not decipher full original title
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Handwritten Exam in Purple Ink
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; original title not found; question 10: "Name
the various kinds of structures to which the Romans applied architecture."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Arithmetic A
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1875-09-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 questions; question 2 begins: "How many
feet and inches deep is a rectangular pit … "
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Arithmetic B
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1875-09-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 8 questions; question 2 begins:
"A wall 5 feet high and 1 foot thick contains 5,400 bricks, "
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Arithmetic
|
1876-09-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 7 questions; question 1: "Write in figures,
using the proper commas and decimal-points, One Hundred and Two Billion, Thirty Million,
…"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Arithmetic
|
1878-06-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 questions; question
1 begins: "Describe the Roman notation, …"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Arithmetic
|
1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 questions; question 1 begins: "Define:
--A Unit; …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Arithmetic
|
1879-09-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 questions; 2 copies and second copy is
annotated; question 1 begins: "What number added to XCVII will amount to CCVI?"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Geometry
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 6 questions; question 1: "A perpendicular
is the shortest line that be drawn from a point to a line."
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Plane Geometry
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 5 questions; question 1 begins:
"If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral be equal each to each, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Plane Geometry
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1878-06-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; drawings; 5 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define: --A Surface, a Plane, a Line, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Plane Geometry
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1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; annotated; 5 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define: --An Angle, a Right Angle, an Acute Angle, …"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Plane Geometry
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1879-09-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 6 questions; question 1 begins: "Define:
a regular polygon, similar polygons, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Solid Geometry
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1877-09-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 questions; question 1: "The sum of any
two face-angles of a triedral angle is greater than the third"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Geometry
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1878-03-26 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 questions; "Phil Barnard"
on top of page; question 1: "Define -- a plane, …"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Solid Geometry
|
1878-09-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 A.M.; 5 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define:--A Prism, A Zone, A Spherical Triangle, …"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Solid Geometry and Conic Sections
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1879-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 questions; question 1: "Planes perpendicular
to the same straight line are parallel to each other."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Solid Geometry and Conic Sections
|
1880-03-23 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2:30 - 5:30 P.M.; 9 questions; question
1: "Define: The plane angle of a diedral angle, …"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Geometry and Conic Sections
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1880-12-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2:30 - 5:30 P.M.; 8 questions; question
1: "Define: a right angle, the inclination of a line to a plane, a prism."
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra. B. (First Sheet)
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1875-09-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; calculations on the back; 5 questions; question
1 begins: "How do you perform algebraic subtraction ; …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra. A. (First Sheet and Second Sheet)
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1875-09-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; one drawing on the back; 9 questions in
total; question 1 begins: "How do you transpose a quantity from one side of an equation
to the other; …
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra through Quadratics [not for those examined in Algebra Entire] Second Paper
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1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 (1/4) p.m.; questions #5-9
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra through Quadratics [not for those examined in Algebra Entire] First Paper
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1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 11 a.m.; questions #1-4
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra ---Afternoon
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1877-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; part of an exam; questions #5-8; handwritten
exam; question 5 begins: "Clear the following equation from radicals, and solve it"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra Entire -- Second Paper
|
1878-01-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 (1/2) p.m.; questions #7-10; handwritten
exam; question 7(a) begins: "Solve the equations"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra Entire -- Second Paper
|
1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; questions
#6-8; note at the top of page: "Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as in 'Algebra Through Quadratics'"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra
|
1878-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; 9 questions;
2 pages
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra -- Through Quadratics
|
1879-09-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 3 p.m.; 10 questions;
question 1 begins: "Find the lowest common multiple of"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra --
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1879-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10:30 a.m.; 10 questions;
question 1 begins: "Reduce 34/49 to a continued fraction"; could not decipher original
title
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra Entire -- First Paper
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions #1-5;
2 pages; question 1(a) begins: "What is meant by a 'negative quantity'?"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra Entire -- Second Paper
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 pages; 2 (1/4) p.m.;
questions #6-12; question 6(a) begins: "Find x, y, and z from the equations"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University, Entrance Examinations - Higher Algebra
|
1880-09-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.; 10 questions; annotated;
question 8 begins: "State and prove the rule for finding the equal roots of an equation
…"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University, Entrance Examinations - Elementary Algebra
|
1881-09-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 - 6 p.m.; 7 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define: Algebra, an unknown quantity, a polynomial, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Algebra
|
1882-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 - 6 p.m.; 11 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define: rational, irrational, radical, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Trigonometry
|
1879-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 questions; question
1 begins: "Show that cos(a-b) …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Trigonometry
|
1880-06-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 2:30 p.m.
- 5:30 p.m.; 9 or 10 questions; a piece of exam ripped off; could not decipher entire
original title
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Trigonometry
|
1881-06-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 - 6 p.m.; 7 questions; 2 questions for
THEORY OF EQUATIONS; question 1 begins: "Define the six principal trigonometric functions
…"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Plane Analytic Geometry
|
1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 9 o'clock a.m.; Sibley
Building; 9 questions; questions in Roman numerals; possibly Dec. 13, 1876
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Geometry of 3 Dimensions
|
1878-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10 a.m.; Sibley; 4 questions;
could not fully decipher original title; question 1 begins: "Find equation of sphere
whose centre is at …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Plane Analytic Geometry, Technical Courses
|
1877-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m.; 6 questions; 2
pages; question 1(a) begins: "Draw carefully an ellipse, …"; could not completely
decipher original title
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Analytic Geometry
|
1879-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in very light green ink;
2:30 p.m.; 8 questions; 2 pages; question 1 begins: "Find the coordinates …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Analytic Geometry of 3 Dimensions
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 12 pages; 5 sections
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Analytic Geometry of 3 Dimensions
|
1880-03-26 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in very light green ink;
8 a.m.; 6 questions; 2 pages
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Analytical Geometry
|
1880-03-26 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 - 11 a.m.; 10 questions; question 1 begins:
"Refer a straight line to oblique axes …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Analytical Geometry
|
1880-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.; 8 questions; question
1 begins: "Find the expression for the angle between two straight lines in a plane."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Analytical Geometry
|
1881-12-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.; 8 questions; question
1 begins: "Find the cosine of the angle …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Differential Calculus and Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions
|
1877-03-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2:15 p.m.; 10 questions;
2 pages; question 1 begins: "Show that the limit of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Differential Calculus
|
1878-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 7 questions; question
1 begins: "What is meant by the limit of any expression?"; initialed J.E.O
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Differential Calculus
|
1878-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 6 Sibley; 6 questions;
question 1 begins: "What is meant by the Derivative of a function?"; initialed L.A.W
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Calculus - Winter Term
|
1877-1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 7 questions; question
1 begins: "What is meant by a Differential, …"; initialed L.H.Potter at the bottom
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Differential and Integral Calculus
|
1878-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.; 3 Sibley
Building; 6 questions numbered with Roman numerals; question 1 begins: "Annotate Articles
322 and 323 Differential Calculus."; initialed L.A.W.
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Differential and Integral Calculus
|
1877-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in very light green ink;
8 a.m.; 3 Sibley; 6 questions; initialed L.A.W
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Integral Calculus
|
1879-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in very light green ink;
8 - 11 a.m.; 7 questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Differential Calculus
|
1879-06-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m.; 6 Sibley; 6 questions;
initialed L.A.W
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Trigonometry
|
1883-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 - 6 p.m.; annotated; 6 questions but two
questions are numbered 5; loose page
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Botany, Methods of Study - none complete
|
1887-04-04 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten notes; appears as outline of
lectures; loose page
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Calculus
|
1880-03-26 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 8 a.m.;
7 questions; question 1 begins: "Define a function; a limit; …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Calculus and Analytic Geometry
|
1881-12-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 - 11 a.m.; 10 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define the integrals …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Example Questions, Shades, Shade and Perspective - Fall Term
|
1879-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; 7 questions;
figure of a house and sun at the bottom right corner
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions, Descriptive Geometry - Fall Term
|
1880 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in light purple ink; 7
questions; question 1 begins: "Find the intersection of a cylinder and sphere …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions, Descriptive Geometry - Fall Term
|
1881 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 8 questions;
question 1 begins: "Find the intersection of an oblique plane …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Exam. Analytical Mechanics, Juniors
|
1878-03-27 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 4 questions;
detailed drawings
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Exam. (practical) Analytical Mechanics
|
1878-03-28 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 5 questions;
detailed drawings
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Exam. Weisbach's Mechanics, Juniors
|
1878-05-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 4 questions;
detailed drawings
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Exam. Weisbach's Mechanics Numerical Problems, Juniors
|
1878-05-24 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 2 questions;
detailed drawings
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination (theory) in Analytical Mechanics
|
1878-12-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 4 questions;
detailed drawings
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Exam. (practical) Weisbach's Mechanics, Seniors
|
1878-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 3 questions;
detailed drawings
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Analytical Mechanics Numerical Problems
|
1879-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.; detailed drawings; note at bottom of exam in pink ink: "N.B. The class
in Hydraulics of next term will please look over pp. 712 - 718 (incl.) for Friday,
I.P.C. (Jan 9th 1880)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Analytical Mechanics, Theory
|
1880-03-22 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 4 questions;
corrections made in what looks like blue colored pencil; ; detailed drawings
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Hydraulics, Theory
|
1880-03-22 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; detailed drawings;
4 questions;
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Hydraulics, Numerical Problems, Seniors in Civil Engineering
|
1880-03-23 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; detailed
drawings; 2 questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Analytic Mechanics Numerical Problems
|
1880-03-24 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 3 questions;
question 1 begins: "At a certain instant of its motion in its curved path, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Mechanics Theory
|
1880-05-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; detailed
drawings; 3 questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
2nd Examination, Weisbach's Mechanics, Juniors, Numerical Problems
|
1880-05-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 2:30 p.m.
- 5:00 p.m.; detailed drawings; 2 questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
First Examination. Mechanics of Engineering
|
1882-03-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in light purple ink; 3
questions; question 1 begins: "Required the strains in the three upper pieces."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Second Examination (Numerical Problems) Mechanics of Engineering
|
1882-03-22 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 2 questions;
question 1 begins: "Required the stresses in the pieces A, B, and C"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Original Designs
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 different drawings in squares; drawn in
purple ink; at the bottom, upside down: "(Name) No. 6"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Civil Engineering
|
1879-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in light purple ink; 3 pages;
8 questions numbered with Roman numerals; 6 additional notes numbered under Roman
numerals (I - VI)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University, Exam. Questions, R.R. Surveying
|
1880-05-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; 7 questions;
question 1 begins: "Give the method of adjusting the vertical …"; initialed Robert
A. Pance
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Stone Cutting
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; could not completely
decipher original title; 10 questions numbered with Roman numerals
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Engineering
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; could not completely
decipher original title; 10 questions numbered with Roman numerals; initialed R.A.
Pance
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Questions for Examination in Geodesy - Winter Term
|
1880 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in light purple ink; 8
questions; question 1 begins: "Describe the secondary base …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Questions for Examination in Geodesy - Winter Term
|
1881 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in light purple ink; 8
questions; question 2 begins: "Give some of the practical tests of ..."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Examination in Grammar
|
1872 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1: "State the different
ways of forming the plural in English nouns."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
The Cornell University - Examination in Grammar
|
1873-09-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "Explain
the use of the Verb, the Adjective, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
The Cornell University - English Grammar
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 20 questions; question 1 begins: "Write
a short account of yourself in grammatical sentences"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Examination in Grammar
|
1877-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 14 questions; question 1 begins: "Write
a short account of yourself containing information in regard to …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Questions in Geography
|
1876-09-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 16 questions; annotated; question 1: "What
are the tropics and where are they?
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - In Geography
|
1877-06-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 13 questions; annotated; question 1: "Name
the capital of Dacotah, of Switzerland, of Bolivia"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sheffield Scientific School - Examination for Admission
|
1876-06-30 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 7 questions to translate into Latin; 16
vocabulary words; question 1 for translation: "Caesar led his army into Gaul."; question
1 for vocabulary: "ducere"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sheffield Scientific School - Examination for Admission
|
1876-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts: I) Translate, II) Grammar; question
1 of II.: "Decline obsides, loca, superiora."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Latin - LIVY., Freshman
|
1877-03 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III); I) Translate, II) Other
questions, III) Hand in maps
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Latin - Quintilian (Book X), Sophomore Latin
|
1877-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Latin - Q.B.F.F.Q.S. - Cato Major, and Cicero's Letter, Freshman Latin
|
1878-03 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 parts (I - V); slightly annotated
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Latin - The Satires and Epistles of Horace
|
1878-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; two passages with a set of questions for
each; first passage: Satire I, VI, 1-22; second passage: De Arte Poetica 453-476
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Greek - Cornell University - Examination in Greek, Fall Trimester
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II) and 7 questions each question
I.I: "Translate Apology, Chap. XX"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Greek - Greek.
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III); annotated; written at
the bottom: "Return the papers"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Greek - Greek.
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III); 5 questions for part
I; parts II and III are translations
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Greek - Plato's Apology, Freshman Greek
|
1877-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Greek, Freshman Greek
|
1877-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III); I. Herodotus, II. Homer,
III. "Composition or derivation of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Greek, Freshman Greek
|
1878-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); includes Herodotus and
Homer's Odyssey
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Greek - Homer's Odyssey, Books IX and X, Freshman Winter Term
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, The Cornell University - The College of Languages, Examinations
in German, Winter Trimester
|
1870-04-04 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 questions (translating)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, The Cornell University -College of Languages, Examination in
German, Fall Trimester
|
1870-1871 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 16 questions; question 1 begins: "Decline
the definite article throughout."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
College of the City of New York - Department of German Language and Literature - Examination
Paper, Sophomore Class
|
1871-02-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, Cornell University -College of Languages, Examination in German,
First Year Class
|
1872-06-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, Cornell University - German Examination - The Story of Clavigo
|
1873-03-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, Cornell University - Examination in German, First Trimester
|
1873-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; exam in red ink; 4 parts (I-IV); question
I.I begins: "Write with the definite article, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sheffield Scientific School - Annual Examination - Junior Class
|
1875-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); slightly annotated
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sheffield Scientific School - Annual Examination - Junior Class
|
1876-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); slightly annotated
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sheffield Scientific School - Annual Examination - Freshman Class
|
1876-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); slightly annotated
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, Cornell University - Examination in Whitney's German Grammar
and Reader, Embracing Two Terms' Work
|
1877-06-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, Cornell University - Examination in German, First Trimester
|
1877-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); question I.I begins: "Write,
with the definite article, the nominative singular, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year - Goethe's Prosa
|
1878-03-28 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year - Examination in Whitney's Grammar and Reader, First Year - First
Term
|
1878-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 parts (I - V); part I begins: "Answer
the questions, without translating the two following passages"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - First Year, Cornell University
|
1878-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); part I has 8 questions
based on a passage; part II is translating
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sheffield Scientific School - Annual Examination - Freshman Class
|
1873-06-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University - Examination in German, Spring Trimester
|
1870-1871 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); question I.I begins: "Translate
the following into English:--"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Cornell University - College of Languages - Examination in German
|
1871-09-23 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University
|
1871-03-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); each part has a passage
to be translated and questions on that passage
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University - Examinations in German, Spring Trimester
|
1870-1871 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University - College of Languages - German Examination,
Lessing's Nathan der Weise, Fall Trimester
|
1871-1872 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University - Examination in German, Gɶthe's Italiänische
Reise, Spring Term
|
1872-1873 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, German - Examination in "Wilhelm Tell"
|
1877-12-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Cornell University - Examination in German, Fall Trimester
|
1876-12-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 sections both labeled "I"; first question
I.I: "Write, with the definite article, the nominative singular, …"; second question
I.I: "Translate into German"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Junior German
|
1876-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University - German Examination, Schiller's Wilhelm
Tell [For two Terms]
|
1875-03-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 parts (I - V)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University - German Examination, Goethe's Italinische
Reise, Third Term
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, The Cornell University - German Examination, Schiller's "Piccolomini,"
Fall Term
|
1875-1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Cornell University - German Examination ,"Hermann und Dorothea"
|
1876-03-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, German Examination, Goethe's Prosa
|
1877-06-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); both parts have a passage
to be translated followed by questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, German - Examination in "Wilhelm Tell" (Duplicate)
|
1877-12-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I -II)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, German - Lessing's "Nathan der Weise"
|
1878-01-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts(I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Scientific German
|
1878-06-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); both parts have a passage
to be translated followed by questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sheffield Scientific School - Annual Examination - Junior Class
|
1878-06-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Wilhelm Tell
|
1878-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV);
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Goethe's Prose
|
1879-03 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); part I: Sesenheim; parts
2: Werther
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, German Comedy
|
1879-03 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III); part I: From Lessing's
Die Juden; part II: From Schiller's Der Baraiit; part III: From Goethe's Der Triumph
der Empfindsamkeit
|
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Hermann und Dorothea
|
1879-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); part III divided between
"For Prof. Fiske's Section" and "For Prof. White's Sections"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Second Year, Examination in German
|
1879-06-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV); all 4 parts involve translating
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Advanced, Senior German - Faust
|
1878-06-04 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); both parts have a passage
to be translated followed by questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Advanced, Lessing's Nathan der Weise
|
1878-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; divided into Acts (First - Fifth Act)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Advanced, Senior German - Lessing
|
1878-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Advanced, Senior German - Egmont
|
1879-03 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Advanced, Goethe's Faust
|
1879-06-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German - Advanced, Senior German - Schiller's Lyrics
|
1879-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
A Page of a German Examination
|
1880-03-24 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 passages to translate; original title
not found
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German Literature - Examination in German Literature
|
1876-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); question I.I begins: "State
what is known about the Gothic translator of the Bible"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German Literature - Examination in German Literature
|
1877-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); part I: First Term; part
2: Second Term; question I.I begins: "Describe the character of the ancient Goth as
compared with that of the Greek …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German Literature - Examination in German Literature
|
1877-06-09 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions; question 1 begins: "Write
a sketch of Winkelmann's life"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German Literature
|
1878-06-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); question I.I begins: "Give
a concise characterization of the satire in the sixteenth century"; name "Phil Barnard"
handwritten on the top
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - Cornell University - French Department, First Year, Second Term
|
1874-03-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 17 translating questions; slightly annotated
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - (A B C) Cornell University - French Department, Second Year, First Term
|
1876-12-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; one passage to be translated; 5 additional
translating questions; annotated on the back
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - Cornell University - French Department, Second Year, Second Term
|
1876-03-22 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - Cornell University - French Department, 2nd Year, 3rd Term
|
1877-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 passages to translates
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - The Cornell University - French Department, First Year, Second Term
|
1878-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 17 questions to translate; question 1 begins:
"Did you tell my brother that you are going to Paris?"; additional questions on verb
conjugation
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - The Cornell University - French Department, Second Year, Second Term
|
1878-03-28 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - Cornell University - Department of French, First Year, Fall Term
|
1878-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 14 translating questions and verb conjugations
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - Cornell University - Department of French, Second Year, Third Term
|
1879-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II); both parts have a passage
to be translated followed by questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
French - Cornell University - Department of French, Second Year, First Term
|
1879-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 parts (I - IV)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Italian - Cornell University - Italian Examination, First Year, First Term
|
1877-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions; question 1 begins: "Write
the definite article before the singular and plural …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Italian - Cornell University - Italian Department, First Year, First Term
|
1878-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 parts (I - V)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Italian - Cornell University - Department of Italian, First Year, Second Term
|
1879-03-27 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; passage to be translated: Il Vero Amico,
Atto Primo, Scena 11, Trivella, e Florindo
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Italian - Cornell University - Italian Department, Second Year, Third Term
|
1879-06-05 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 parts (I - II)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Italian - Cornell University - Italian Department, First Year, Third Term
|
1879-06-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; slightly annotated; one passage to be translated
followed by questions; passage begins: "Uscito poi, e camminando di mala voglia, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Spanish - Cornell University - Spanish Department, First Year, First Term
|
1878-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; list of vocabulary; 2 parts (I - II)
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Spanish - Cornell Unversity - Department of Spanish, First Year, Second Term
|
1879-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; passage to be translated followed by questions;
passage begins: "Tuve particular gusto de que hubiese retrucado …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Spanish - Cornell Unversity - Department of Spanish, First Year, Third Term
|
1879-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; slightly annotated; one passage to be translated
followed by questions; passage begins: "Luego que nos …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
English Language and Rhetoric - Syllabus, First Year, Third Term - History and Elements
of English, Professor Shackford
|
1877-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; name "Walter (?) Harvard Tap (?) '80" on
the front; 12 pages and 232 questions
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
English Language and Rhetoric - History of Elements of English, First Year, Third
Term - Professor Shackford
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 20 questions; question 1 begins: "Explain
the terms 'bow-wow,' …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
English Language and Rhetoric - History and Elements of English, First Year, Third
Term - Professor Shackford
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 13 questions; question 1 begins: "Give the
family, the stocks of family, and the branches of the stock of languages …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
English Language and Rhetoric - Rhetoric, First Year, Fall Term - Professor Shackford
|
1877-1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 13 questions; question 1: "Show that Rhetoric
is both a science and an art."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
History - Questions for the use of Historical Students in the University of Michigan,
By C.K. Adams - Professor of History
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; first 3 pages are ripped; date could have
been on the front; annotated; 2 parts; Part First: Consitutional History of England
(with 14 questions); Part Second: Constituational History of the United States (12
questions); total 16 pages
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
History - Cornell University - Examination in History
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 14 questions; question 1 begins: "Give briefly
and concisely the main causes of the Revival of Learning in Western Europe"; questions
on Macaulay's Essays, Essay on Barrre, On Buckle's History of Civilization in England
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
History - Cornell University - Department of History, First Term, Third Year
|
1877-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 14 questions; question 1 begins: "What authority
have we for the history of the Romans before B.C. 250?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
History - Cornell University - Department of History, First Term
|
1878-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 16 questions numbered with Roman numerals;
question I begins: "Into what two branches were the Italici divided?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
History - Examination in Modern History
|
1878-12-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 16 questions; question 1 begins: "Give some
account of the way in which procedure by torture was fastened upon Modern Europe"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
History - Cornell University - Modern History, Close of Second Term
|
1879-03-28 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 15 questions; question 1 begins: "Name the
main things done by Charles VII in the Centralization of Power"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
History - Cornell University - Department of History, Third Year, Third Term
|
1879-06-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 20 questions; slightly annotated; question
1: "Describe geographically Normandy, Guyenne, Brittany, Burgundy, Flanders."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Chemistry - The Cornell University - Syllabus of Lectures on Chemistry - Theoretical
Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 25 questions on Theoretical Chemistry; 5
questions on Inorganic Chemistry; question 1 on Theoretical Chemistry: "Give a definition
of chemistry, and explain the distinction between it and physics"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Chemistry - Examination in General Chemistry
|
1878-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; slightly annotated; question
1: "Mention the important compounds of sodium which occur in nature"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Chemistry - General Chemistry, Second Term
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 questions; question 1: "Explain by means
of examples the method of determining the formula of a compound"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Chemistry - Directions for Bequences in Chemical Practice
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten directions in purple ink; divided
into three parts (I - III); 3 pages; could not completely discern originial title
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Chemistry - Chemical Equations
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten guidelines in purple ink; begins:
"In writing these equations observe"; 8 parts (I - VIII); 2 pages
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
List of Apparatus
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; 33 appratus listed;
signed at the bottom "G.C. Calchrell, Professor" but name was not fully identifiable
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Mathematics - Arithmetic - Directions for Exams
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; note at the top begins: "As the time for
reading each paper is in general necessarily very short, your chances of success in
mathematical examinations …"; 5 directions; direction 1 begins: "Write legibly, without
crowding"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Mathematics - Arithmetic
|
1876-09-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 7 questions; question 1 begins: "Write in
figures, using the proper commas and decimal-points, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Mathematics - Arithmetic
|
1877-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 5 questions; question
1 begins: "Write out the metric tables of length capacity, and weight"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Mathematics - Arithmetic
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 a.m.; 5 questions; question 1 begins:
"Write the Metric table of Long Measure"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Mathematics - Arithmetic
|
1878-01-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 9 questions; question
1 begins: "Give the Metric Tables of length, surface, capacity, and weight"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Mathematics - Arithmetic
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 questions; question
1 begins: "Write down a prime and also a composite number"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Mathematics - Arithmetic
|
1878-06-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 9 a.m.; 8 questions; question
1 begins "Describe the Roman notation"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra
|
1876-09-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 questions; two sheets glued to one page
(First Sheet, Second Sheet); question 1: "Multiply a--b into x--y, and give all the
reasoning"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
State of New York - Department of Public Instruction - Examination for State Certificates,
Questions in Algebra
|
1876-12-21 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; long page, ripped slightly and folded in
book; 8 questions; question 8: "Derive the formula for finding the last term of a
Geometrical Progression"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra - Forenoon (Morning)
|
1877-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; questions 1-4; question
1 begins: "Twice A's property and 3 times B's property, are together equal to $8000"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra - Afternoon
|
1877-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; questions 5-8; question
5 begins: "Clear the following equation from radicals and solve it"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics [Not for those who are examined in Algebra Entire.] - First
Paper
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1 -4;
question 1(a): "Remove the parantheses from …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics [Not for those who are examined in Algebra Entire.] - Second
Paper
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/4) p.m.; questions
5-9; question 5(a) begins: "Find x, y, and z from the equations …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Entire - First Paper
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1-5;
question 1(a) begins: "What is meant by a 'negative quantity'?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Entire - Second Paper
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/4) p.m.; questions
6-12; question 7(a): "Reduce the following radicals to their simplest forms, and add
them …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra
|
1877-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; 8 questions;
question 1 begins: "Define 'similar quantities' … Students in the Technical Courses
with substitute the following …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics [Not for those who are examined in Algebra Entire.] - First
Paper
|
1878-01-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1-7;
question 4(a) begins: "Find the lowest common multiple of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics [Not for those who are examined in Algebra Entire.] - Second
Paper
|
1878-01-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; questions
8-11; question 8(a) begins: The length of a room is 2 yards more than the breadth
…"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Entire - First Paper
|
1878-01-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1-6;
question 4(a) begins: "What is meant by the logarithm of the number n to the base
b?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Entire - Second Paper
|
1878-01-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; questions
7-10; question 7(b) begins: "The sum of the roots of a quadratic equation equals what?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics - First Paper
|
1878-06-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1-5;
question 1(b) begins: "Perform the operations indicated in the following expression,
simplify the result, and divide it by a+x"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics - Second Paper
|
1878-06-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; questions
1-8; question 1 begins: "Solve the set of equations"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics - First Paper
|
1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1-5;
question 1 begins: "Find the number to which if 3 be added, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics - Second Paper
|
1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; bottom of page was frayed;
questions 1-7; question 1 begins: "Solve the equation …Find the sum of the two roots"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Entire - First Paper
|
1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1-2,
6; note in the middle of the page: "[Questions 3, 4, 5 as in 'Algebra Through Quadratics']";
question 1 begins: "Write the Binomial Formula, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Entire - Second Paper
|
1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; questions
6-8; note at top of page: "Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 as in 'Algebra Through Quadratics'"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra
|
1878-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; 9 questions;
question 9 begins: "Describe the method of finding equal roots of an equation"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra - Technical
|
1878-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam in purple ink; 9 questions;
question 1 begins: "Prove that multiplication is commutative and associative for 2
factors"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics
|
1879-01-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; questions 1-7;
question 1 begins: "Half of A's property exceeds 1/3 of B's property by $6000"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Entire
|
1879-01-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10 (1/2) a.m.; questions
8-13; note at top of page: "Questions 2, 4, 6, and 7 as in 'Algebra Through Quadratics'";
question 8 begins: "Write the logarithm of the expression …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Algebra Through Quadratics
|
1879-06-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m.; Room VII; 10 questions;
question 8 begins: "Find two numbers whose sum is 6"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Geometry - The Cornell University - Geometry
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 6 questions; question 1: "A perpendicular
is the shortest line that can be drawn from a point to a line"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Geometry
|
1877-09-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 p.m.; 5 questions; question 1 begins:
"If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral be equal each to each, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Geometry
|
1878-01-08 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 7 questions; question
1 begins: "Define a straight line, parallel lines, a right angle, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Geometry
|
1878-03-26 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; 8 questions;
question 1 begins: "Define -- a plane, a straight line perpendicular to a plane, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Geometry
|
1878-06-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 p.m.; 5 questions; question 2 begins:
"Prove that if the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Geometry
|
1878-09-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 4 p.m.; 5 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define:--An Angle; A Right Angle; An Acute Angle…"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Geometry
|
1879-01-07 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 questions; question 1 begins: "Define:
Parallel Lines; A Triangle; A Right Triangle; …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Solid Geometry
|
1875-12-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 1-5; questions 6-7 as "Substitutes";
question 1 begins: "Of all isoperimertric polygons having the same number of sides"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Solid Geometry
|
1877-09-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 a.m.; 4 questions; question 1: "The sum
of any two face-angles of a triedral angle is greater than the third"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Geometry - A
|
1877-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 pages; 5 questions;
last page is annotated; question 1 begins: "From a given point without a plane"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Geometry - B
|
1877-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 pages; 5 questions;
question 1 begins: "Two triedral angles are equal or symmetrical"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Solid Geometry
|
1878-01-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m.; 5 questions; question
1 begins: "Any triangular pyramid is the third part of a triangular prism"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Solid Geometry
|
1878-06-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 a.m.; 5 questions; question 1: "Define
a Plane, a Great Circle, a Pole of a Circle, a Lune."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Solid Geometry
|
1878-09-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 a.m.; 5 questions; question 1: "Define:--A
Prism, A Zone, A Spherical Triangle, A Trirectangular Triangle"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Solid Geometry and Conic Sections
|
1879-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 questions; question 1: "Planes perpendicular
to the same striaght line are parallel to each other."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Analytic Geometry
|
1876-12-13 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initialed L.A.W. at the
bottom; 9 a.m.; Sibley Building; 9 questions (I - IX); question I.I: "The length of
the side joining the first two points."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Analytic Geometry - Technical Courses
|
1877-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m.; 6 questions; question
1(a) begins: "Draw carefully an ellipse, and a hyperbola …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Analytical Geometry - Prof. Potter
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 9 questions; question
1 begins: "Derive the equation of a meridian curve of the earth"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Analytic Geometry - Professor Wait
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 questions; question 1: "Explain Peirce's
system of angular notation, and show why
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Analytic Geometry - Peck
|
1878-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 (1/2) p.m.; 8 questions; question 1 begins:
"Find the equation of the straight line that passes through the points …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Analytic Geometry - Technical Courses
|
1878-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; Sibley Building;
8 questions; question 1(a) begins: "Find the equation of the straight line that passes
through the point …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Analytic Geometry - 3 Dimensions
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 7 questions; question
3 begins: "Write the general equation of planes that contain the above line"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Analytic Geometry (An. Geom.) of 3 Dimensions
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 4 questions; question
1 begins: "Find equation of sphere whose centre is at point …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Descriptive Geometry: Sophomores, Fall Term
|
1878-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; could not completely
discern originial title; 8 questions; question 1 begins: "Find the intersection of
two cylindrical …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Trigonometry - Professor Arnold
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 questions; question 1: "Give definitions
of tangent and secant as ratios, and find tanx in terms of secx"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Trigonometry A
|
1877-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 questions; question
1 begins: "Express the six trigonometric functions as ratios …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Trigonometry B
|
1877-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 questions; question
2 begins: "Given the six functions of an angle, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Term Examinations - Trigonometry
|
1888-06-09 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8-11 a.m.; 7 questions; question 1 begins:
"Find directly from the definitions what are the largest and smallest values each
trigonometric function can have …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
|
1877-09-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10 a.m.; 8 questions;
question 3 begins: "Obtain the formula for the cosine of the sum of two angles, and
deduce the formula"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Trigonometry
|
1878-01-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 9 (1/2) a.m.; 5 questions;
question 1(a) begins: "Define in two ways the secant of an angle"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Spherical Trigonometry
|
1878-01-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 (1/2) a.m.; 4 questions;
question 1 begins: "Prove that in any spherical triangle …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Trigonometry
|
1878-03-26 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; Room K;
initialed at the bottom L.A.W.; 5 questions; at the bottom of the page: "(Courses
of Arch., Civil Eng., and Math)"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Trigonometry
|
1878-06-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 (1/2) p.m.; 2 pages
(First Sheet, Second Sheet: "to be worked after handing in answers to the above");
questions 1-6 on First Sheet; questions 7-8 on Second Sheet
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
|
1878-06-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10 a.m.; 8 questions;
question 2 begins: "Give the algebraic signs of the sine, cosine, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Trigonometry
|
1879-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 questions; question
2 begins: "Make a table showing the signs of the several trigonometric functions for
each of the four quadrants"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential and Integral Calculus
|
1876-12-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initialed L.A.W. at the
bottom; 9 o'clock; Sibley Building; 9 questions (I - IX); slightly annotated; question
II begins: "If from a circular piece of paper with a given radius R, a sector be cut
out ..."
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential Calculus and Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions
|
1877-03-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initialed L.A.W.; Room
3 Sibley Building; 2:15 p.m.; 10 questions; 2 pages front and back; question 1 begins:
"Give geometrical illustrations showing …"; list of candidates on the last page
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Integral Calculus - Technical Courses - Loomis
|
1877-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m.; 8 questions; question
6 begins: "Prove the formula for the differential of a plane area"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Integral Calculus
|
1877-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8 a.m.; 7 questions; question
1 begins: "Prove Eddy's formula for integrating … "
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Calculus - Winter Term
|
1877-1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initialed L.H. Potter
at the bottom; 7 questions; question 1 begins: "What is meant by a Differential, …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential Calculus
|
1878-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initialed J.E.O at the
bottom; 7 questions; question 1 begins: "What is meant by the limit of any expression?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential Calculus
|
1878-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initialed L.A.W. at the
bottom; 6 Sibley; 6 questions; question 1 begins: "What is meant by the Derivative
of a function?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential Calculus
|
1878-06-04 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; 6 Sibley; slightly
annotated; 5 questions; question 1: "Give Cox's demonstration of Taylor's Theorem"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential and Integral Calculus
|
1878-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initialed L.A.W; 8 a.m.
to 11 a.m.; 6 questions (I - VI); question 1: "Annotate Articles 322 and 323 Differential
Calculus"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Calculus -- Darres
|
1879-03-28 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 9 questions; question
1: "Define The Cycloid, and find its equation"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential Calculus and Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions
|
1879-03-28 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; initial L.A.W.; 6 Sibley;
8 to 11 a.m.; 7 questions; question 7 begins: "Investigate the form of the surface
represented by the equation"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
A page of equations
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Calculus and Analytical Geometry of 3 Dimensions
|
1879-03-28 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8-11 a.m.; 6 Sibley; 2
pages; 9 questions; question 5 begins: "Prove that an equation involving only two
coordinates will …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Differential Calculus
|
1878-06-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 11 a.m.; 6 Sibley; 6 questions;
question 6 begins: "Find the minimum value of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - B - Cornell University - Heat
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 questions; question 1 begins: "Describe
the determination of the absolute coefficient of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - The Cornell University - Heat
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 11 questions; question 1 begins: "Reduce
the following temperatures Centigrade to …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - B, Fall Term
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 18, 21; question
3: "Define (a) Centre of Gravity and (b) the various kinds of equilibrium"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - C, Fall Term
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 4, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 20; question
4: "Define the terms (a) velocity and (b) acceleration"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - D, Fall Term
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions I, 2, 5, II, 23, 27, 28; question
28: "How is the velocity of air in a flue to be determined?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - B - Cornell University
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; "Phil Barnard" written at the top; 5 questions;
question 1 begins: "Describe the phenomena of statical induction"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - B - Mechanics, Fall Term
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 1-6 and problems 7-9; question
1 begins: "Define the unit time"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - C - Mechanics, Fall Term
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 1-6 and problems 7-9; question
1 begins: "What are the French and English standards of mass?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Elictricity
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; possible typo in original title; possibly
"Electricity"; "Phil Barnard" written at the top; annotated; 5 questions; question
1 begins: "What is the relation between the magnitudes of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - A - Electricity and Magnetism, Winter and Spring Terms
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 questions; question 1(a): "Define potential"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - B - Electricity and Magnetism, Winter and Spring Terms
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; light drawings; 5 questions; question 1(a)
begins: "Describe the phenomena of statical induction"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - C - Acoustics and Optics, Winter Term
|
1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; lightly annotated; questions 1-4, questions
5-6 under "OPTICS"; question 1 begins: "What is necessary to cause reflection of sound?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
|
1876-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; "Ph. Barnard at the top"; 10 questions;
question 1 begins: "Describe the friction electric machine (plate machine)"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - C - Optics, Summer Term
|
1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 1-5; questions 6-8 under "Those
who did not pass the examination in March may answer the following questions in addition
to the above."; question 1 begins: "Describe the Magic lantern"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Mechanics
|
1876-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 12 questions; question
1: "Define Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Unit of Force"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Heat
|
1876-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 12 questions; question
1: "Distinguish between the real and apparent expansions of a liquid"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Acoustics and Optics, Winter Term
|
1877-03-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 pages 12 questions;
question 1 begins: "Explain the transmission of sound through an elastic medium"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Optics
|
1877-06 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions; question 1: "Define Real focus,
Vitrual focus, conjugate foci"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Problem Set - Due by October 23
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 7 questions; question 1 begins: "Where is
the centre of gravity of this series of weights?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Heat
|
1877-12 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; lightly annotated; questions 1-10 and problems
1-3; question 1 begins: "What are the various effects of heat?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Acoustics and Optics, Winter Term
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; question 1-6 under Acoustics; questions
7-12 under "OPTICS"; question 1 begins: "How is sound produced?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Optics, Summer Term
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "Show how
the index of refraction of a substance …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
|
1878-09 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10 questions; question
1 begins: "Describe the fundamental phenomena of electrical attraction and repulsion"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Mechanics
|
1878-09 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10 questions; question
1: "Describe the units of length, mass, and time"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Heat
|
1878-09 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 8-9 questions; part of
the page ripped off; question 1 begins: "Describe the thermometric scales in use"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Acoustics and Optics, Winter Term
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; questions 1-6 under Acoustics; questions
7-12 under "OPTICS"; question 1 begins: "How is sound produced? What is the distinction
between noise and music?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Mechanics, Fall
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions; question 1: "Define veolocity;
acceleration; force; work; energy"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism- Special Examination for Engineers
|
1879-05-24 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 to 12 Saturday; 10 questions; question
1: "Find the expression for the resistance of three conductors in Multiple Arc"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
|
1879-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "Three
copper wires, lengths 3, 8, and 10 metres; …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Examination in Architecture - Building Materials and Construction - Sophomore. Spring
Term
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 20 questions (I - XX); 2 pages front and
back; question I: "Name the kinds of stone commonly used in building, and classify
them geologically"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Junior Examination in Architecture, Fall Term
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 20 questions (I - XX); question I: "Sketch,
and give the names of the mouldings used in Greek Architecture"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Department of Architecture - Examination in Building Materials and Construction, Spring
Term
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 2 pages (2 copies of each); 20 questions
(I - XX); question III begins: "Explain the proper method of making concrete …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Senior Examination in Architecture, Spring Term
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 14 questions (I - XIV); question I begins:
"What style of Architecture affords the best examples of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Senior Examination in Architecture, Spring Term
|
1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 12 questions (I - XII); question I begins:
"Name the two systems of heating"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture - Cornell University - Exam Questions, S.S. and Perspective, Juniors,
Fall Term
|
1878-12-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; 7 questions;
drawn figures; question 1: "Define brillant point, curve of shade and shadow"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture - "Methods of accomplishing or covering the transition from the square
corner of a tower to the side of the octagon of a belfry or spire"
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 29 methods; method 1: "Tower gabled on all
sides"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture - Pressure of Wind on Roofs
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten; page has the problem set-up
with a table of values; "Let P be the horizontal force of the wind in lbs per square
foot --"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture - A part of an exam
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten; questions 16-18; question 16
begins: "What is the horizontal thrust of a beam of white pine"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture Exam
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 13 questions; question 13 was cut and pasted
onto the page; 2 pages; question 1 begins: "To what amount of tensile strain may a
white pine timber …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture - A part of an exam, "Rafters, struts, and tie-beam of white pine"
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; question 21 (or 27, could not discern completely);
figure drawing; question: "Determine the strains and proper cross-sections of pieces"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture - "Methods of accomplishing or covering the transition from the square
corner of a tower to the side of the octagon of a belfry or spire" - Another Copy
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; horizontal
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Architecture - Examination in Building Materials and Construction, Spring Term
|
1877 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 2 pages; 20 questions
(I - XX); question I begins: "Name three kinds of stone commonly used in building"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Subjects and Questions for Examination in Psychology, Fall Term
|
1875-1876 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; divided into 12 sections (labled as "No.1"
to "No. 12") with 3 questions each; question 1 of No.1: "Describe the white nerve
matter and its distribution throughout the body"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Subjects and Questions for Examination in Psychology, Fall Term
|
1877-1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; divided into 12 sections (labled as "No.1"
to "No. 12") with 3 questions each; annotated; question 1 of No.7: "Point out the
difference between the sensation of …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Examination in Structural and Economic Geology
|
1878-03-25 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; "Phil Barnard" written on the front; annotated;
questions 35-67; question 35: "Phenomena and composition of 'dust showers' and 'blood
rains.' What is 'red snow'?"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Examination in General Geology
|
1878-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; divided into 6 sets (I. Physiography, II.
Lithology, III. Petrology,etc., IV. Dynamical Geology, V. Historical Geology, VI.
Miscellaneous) each with a set of questions; 22 questions in total
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Physiological Botany, Final Examination
|
1877-06-11 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 20 questions; question 1 begins: "Give a
definition of each of the following parts of plants …"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Astronomy, Prof. Potter
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; lightly annotated; 12 questions (I - XII);
question I: "Explain the difference between the Sidereal and Solar days"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Military Science
|
1878-03-26 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam on lined paper; 13 questions;
question 1: "Define discipline as applied to organization od modern armies"
|
|||
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Sand Surveying
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten in purple ink; 2 pages; 14 questions
(I - XIV); question I begins: "Describe briefly the different kinds of …"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Assorted Exams and Non-Exams (1 of 3)
|
1870-1884, 1917, undated |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Examination in History
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
14 questions; question 1 begins: "Give briefly and concisely the main causes of the
Revival of Learning …"; 2 questions under Questions on Macaulay's Essays; Essay on
Barrère; On Buckle's History of Civilization in England
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Examination in History, First Year Class
|
1870-03-31 |
Scope and Contents
8 sections (I - VIII); various number of questions for each; question III.1: "To which
of the above families do the East Indians belong?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Examination in History, Second Year Class
|
1870-04-02 |
Scope and Contents
9 sections (I - IX); various number of questions for each; question I.1: "Who were
the original Italians?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - The College of History, Second Year Class, Third Trimester
|
1870-06-25 |
Scope and Contents
19 questions; question 1 begins: "What were the powers of the Emperor Augustus and
of his immediate successors?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Department of History, Second Year Class
|
1871-06-13 |
Scope and Contents
7 sections (I - VII); various number of questions for each; question I.1: "What were
the principal causes of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire."
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Department of History, Third Year Class, Fall Trimester
|
1871 |
Scope and Contents
13 sections (I - XIII); question II(a): "Which was the first dynasty of French kings?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - College of History, Sophomore Class
|
1871-03-15 |
Scope and Contents
13 questions; question 1 begins: "What was the first form of government at Rome?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - College of History, Third Year, Fall Trimester
|
1870-1871 |
Scope and Contents
12 questions; question 1 begins: "What is meant by the history of European civilization?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Department of History, Third Year Class, Fall Trimester
|
1872 |
Scope and Contents
Year was rewritten on exam; 12 sections (I - XII); question I(a): "Who were the inhabitants
of Gaul when the Franks invaded it?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - College of History - Department of Ancient History, First Year
Class
|
1872-03-19 |
Scope and Contents
10 sections (I - X); question I: "What advantages may arise from the study of History?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - College of History - Department of Roman History, Second Year
Class
|
1872-03-20 |
Scope and Contents
10 sections (I - X); question I.1: "What authority is there for the early history
of Rome?"
|
|||
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Department of History, Second Year, 3rd Term
|
1872-06-17 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in purple ink; 15 sections (I - XV); question I begins: "What different offices
and powers did Augustus and …"
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Department of History, Second Year Class, Winter Term
|
1873-03-19 |
Scope and Contents
12 questions; question 1 begins: "In the early times of Rome, what was the distinction
between …"
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - The College of History, Second Year Class
|
1873-06-20 |
Scope and Contents
21 questions; question 2 begins: "After the time of the Antonines, what body virtually
appointed the Emperor?"
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Department of History, Third Year Class
|
1873-12-15 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in red ink; 10 sections (I - X); question I.1: "Describe the Celtic character
and religion"
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - College of History, Second Year Class, Winter Term
|
1874-03-18 |
Scope and Contents
14 questions (I - XIV); question I: "Describe the Constitution of Romulus, and the
division into tribes, curiӕ, centuries, and gentes?"
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - College of History - Ancient History, First Year Class
|
1874-06-22 |
Scope and Contents
9 sections (I - IX); question I.1: "What are the characteristics of the Mongolians?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - History of the Decline and Fall of Rome, Second Year Class
|
1874-06-24 |
Scope and Contents
11 sections (I - XI); question I.1: "Describe the character of Julius Cӕsar."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - History of the Decline and Fall of Rome, Second Year Class (Another
Copy)
|
1874-06-24 |
Scope and Contents
Lightly annotated
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Modern History - Close of Second Term, Class of 1874, A.D. White
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
12 questions; question 1 begins: "The good and evil effects of the Scholastic Philosophy
…"; "OPTIONAL EXAMINATION" section with parts A, B, C
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Department of History, Third Year, Third Term
|
1875-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
19 questions; question 1 begins: "What was the Constitution of the Roman Empire under
Augustus?"
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Modern History - First Term
|
1881-12-14 |
Scope and Contents
14 questions; question 1 begins: "What was the effect of the great maritime discoveries
upon the paths of commerce, --"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Modern History - Second Term
|
1882-03-22 |
Scope and Contents
12 questions; question 1: "State the political results of the Thirty Years' War."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Modern History - Third Term
|
1882-06-07 |
Scope and Contents
7 questions; question 1: "What was the Congress of Vienna, and what were its chief
political results?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Junior American History - Winter Term
|
1884-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten title, date written on the back, 18 questions; question 1: "Causes of
King Philip's war."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Examination in Literature - Fourth Year, Fall Term
|
1872-1873 |
Scope and Contents
20 questions; question 1: "What are the fine arts?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Examination in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Senior Class
|
1873-03-17 |
Scope and Contents
15 questions; question 1 begins: "How does the opening of Macbeth contrast with that
of Hamlet …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Examination in Shakespeare's "Othello" - Fourth Year, Spring Term
|
1873 |
Scope and Contents
20 questions; question 1: "How does Shakespeare idealize his characters?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Literature - Fourth Year, Fall Term
|
1873-1874 |
Scope and Contents
71 questions; question 1: "The Law of Evolution in Literature"; question 50 misnumbered
as question 55
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Literature - Professor Shackford, Fourth Year, Winter Term
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
23 questions; question 1 begins: "State the principal Historical Art-Epics …"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Comparative Literature - Professor Shackford, Senior Year, Third Term
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
30 questions; question 1: "In what respect is all criticism comparative"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Rhetoric - Professor Shackford, First Year, Winter Term, Second
Section
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
12 questions; question 1: "Give an example of each degree of Personification"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Rhetoric - Professor Shackford, First Year, Third Term
|
1875-06-08 |
Scope and Contents
3 sections (I-III); 8 questions for each section; question I.1: "What is the advantage
of the participial construction?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Rhetoric - Professor Shackford, Freshman Year, Second Term
|
1876 |
Scope and Contents
9 questions; question 9 has parts (a)-(l) and parts (d) and ( e) are repeated twice;
question 1 begins: "The expansion and the enlargement …"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Rhetoric - Professor Shackford, Freshman Year, Third Term
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
20 questions; question 1 begins: "Explain by examples the figurative nature of language
…"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Professor Shackford
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
3 sections (I-III); 24 questions total but two questions are numbered 7; question
I.1: "From what does Antithesis derive its force?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - History and Elements of the English Language - Freshman Year,
First Term
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
15 questions; question 1: "What classes of words in English are of Saxon origin?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - History and Elements of the English Language - Prof. Shackford,
First Year, Third Term (1 of 2)
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
30 questions; question 1: "When is it inferred that different languages are derived
from the same source?
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - History and Elements of the English Language - Prof. Shackford,
First Year, Third Term, Second Section (2 of 2)
|
1874 |
Scope and Contents
30 questions; question 1: "What are the great divisions or families of languages?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Ancient Oratory - Fourth Year, Spring Term
|
1873 |
Scope and Contents
25 questions; question 1: "The words orator and oration in their ancient and their
modern sense."
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Senior Examination in Grecian and Roman Oratory
|
1874-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
40 questions; question 1: "What circumstances were favorable to the cultivation of
Oratory in Greece?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University - Ancient Oratory
|
1874-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
20 questions; question 1: "What was the function of the Orator at Athens?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination Papers on the Lectures on Geology - Delivered by Prof. Ch. Fred. Hartt,
M.A., Spring Term
|
1871-1872 |
Scope and Contents
Booklet format; 20 sections (I - XX); 5 questions in each section but two questions
numbered 4 in section VI; question I.1 begins: "Describe Titanotherium, Palotherium,
Megatherium"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination Papers on the Lectures on Geology - Delivered by Prof. Ch. Fred. Hartt,
M.A., Winter Term
|
1871-1872 |
Scope and Contents
Booklet format; 20 sections (I - XX); 5 questions in each section; question I.1 begins:
"What are dykes, veins, faults, joints, planes of stratification, ripple marks, wave
marks?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination Papers on the Lectures on Geology - Delivered by Prof. Ch. Fred. Hartt,
M.A., Spring Term
|
1872-1873 |
Scope and Contents
Booklet format; annotated; 20 sections (I - XX); 5 questions in each section but two
questions numbered 4 in section XV; question I.1: "What are atolls and how are they
formed?"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Structural and Economic Geology - Winter Term
|
1876-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
34 questions; question 1: "Scope and main divisions of Geology, with definitions"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination in Geology - Spring Term
|
1876 |
Scope and Contents
16 questions; question 1: "Name ten of the most abundant rock-forming minerals, giving
characters of three"
|
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Box 2 | Volume 1 |
Examination Questions on the Lectures on the History and Criticism of Philosophy -
Delivered before the Senior and Junior Classes - Prof. W.D. Wilson, Fall Term
|
1871-1872 |
Scope and Contents
20 sections (I - XX); questions not numbered in order; not on the first page: "If
these Examination questions are read in the order in which they are numbered, they
will present a syllabus of the Lectures in the order in which they were delivered";
question I.1: "What is the proper scope of Metaphysics?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Questions for the Use of The Class in Zoology - Winter Trimester
|
1876-03-07 |
Scope and Contents
63 questions; initialed J.H.C. at the front page; question 1: "Name and give an account
of the simplest organism described in this course"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Junior Examination in Architecture, Fall Term
|
1875 |
Scope and Contents
20 questions (I - XX); question I: "Define the terms 'Aesthetic' and 'Technical'"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Examination in Physics - Electricity (Donated by Prof. E.
G. Shalkhauser)
|
1871-06-12 |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed notes; actual exam has 10 questions and is annotated; question
1 begins: "What are the different departments or branches of the science of electricity
…"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Assorted Exams and Non-Exams (2 of 3)
|
1870-1871 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Examination Questions on the Lectures on Political Economy - Delivered by Prof. W.
D. Wilson, Before the Senior and Junior Classes, Winter Term
|
1870-1871 |
Scope and Contents
Booklet format; annotated; "William E. Holcomb" signed at the top but could not decipher
completely; 20 sections (No. 1 - No. 20); questions not numbered in order; question
No.1.1: "Define the nature and scope of Political Economy"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Assorted Exams and Non-Exams (3 of 3)
|
1871-1873, undated, 1965 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Cornell University - Physiological Botany
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Piece of last page ripped off; dated June 17 (but no year); 2:30 p.m.; 16 questions;
question 1: "How are Plants distinguished from Animals"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Cornell University - College of Languages - French Department - First Year Class
|
1872-03-18 |
Scope and Contents
16 sentences to translate into French; sentence 1: "Bread and water are good for men.
Wine is only good for the sick."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
The Cornell University - French Department, First Year Class, Third Trimester
|
1871-06-14 |
Scope and Contents
15 sentences to translate into French; one passage to translate to English; sentence
1 begins: "Has not your eldest sister changed her dress?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
The Cornell University - Examination in German - Winter Trimester
|
1873 |
Scope and Contents
3 sections (I - III); question III.1 begins: "What is declension?"; "GRAHAM" written
on the back
|
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Cornell University - Rhetoric - Freshman Class, Spring Trimester
|
1872-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in purple ink; 20 questions; question 1: "What are the characteristics of Poetic
Diction?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Cornell University - German Department - Exam Papers (1 of 3)
|
1869-1879, undated |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Cornell University - German Department - Exam Papers (2 of 3)
|
1880-1889 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Cornell University - German Department - Exam Papers (3 of 3)
|
1890-1895, undated |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Examination Papers - Miscellaneous
|
1889-1893, undated |
Scope and Contents
All papers initialed "K.J. 1893" at the bottom
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Freshman Latin - Nepos
|
1889-12-20 |
Scope and Contents
One section labeled (I); 12 numbered questions on first page under "Translation at
Hearing, Etc., and Writing From Memory"; passage is from Ages. 2, I-2; question 1:
"What mode and what tense do you expect?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Freshman Latin - Cicero: De Senectute
|
1890-03-19 |
Scope and Contents
2 sections (I, II); section I has one passage followed by 6 questions; section II
has writing and translation passages (6 numbered questions)
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Freshman Latin - Livy.
|
1890-06-02 |
Scope and Contents
2 sections (I, II); section I has one passage followed by 7 questions; section II
has writing and translation passages (4 numbered questions)
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Sophomore Latin - Terence: History of Roman Literature, Fall Term
|
1890-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
First set of questions (1-4) on translation and a passage; second set of questions
(1-5) on Roman literature; second question 1: "Describe, briefly, the Roman theatre
in the time of Terence."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Sophomore Latin - Horace - Odes and Epistles - Spring Term
|
1891-06-06 |
Scope and Contents
2 sections (I, II); questions 1-5 under section I; questions 1-4 under section II;
question I.1 begins: "Translate (at sight) Epist. I, 19, 1-14"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Sophomore Latin - Horace: Epodes, Satires, and (in part) Odes - Winter Term
|
1891 |
Scope and Contents
2 sections (I, II); questions 1-5 under section I; questions 1-5 under section II;
section II on History of Roman Literature; question II.1 begins: "Give, approximately,
the dates of publication of …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Greek A
|
1890-03-20 |
Scope and Contents
4 questions (1-4) on translation; question 4 begins: "Translate into Greek: …" and
has 5 numbered sentences for translating
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Grecian History
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
10 questions; question 1: "Discuss the geography of Greece in its larger sense"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Greek History
|
1889-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
Annotated; 10 questions; question 1 begins: "Give Curtius' theory of the settlement
of Greece"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Grecian and Roman History and Ancient Geography
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Lightly annotated; 3 sections (I-III); question III.2: "Where was Euboea, --Mt. Olympus,
--the Maeander?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Roman History
|
1890-03-17 |
Scope and Contents
Annotated; 10 questions; question 10 has parts a-j; question 1: "Enumerate the sources
from which the early Roman annalists obtained their information"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Roman History (133 B.C. - 476 A.D.)
|
1890-06-09 |
Scope and Contents
Annotated; 9 questions; question 9: "The state of Christianity in the time of Constantine."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - French Department, Freshman Year, First Term
|
1889-12-18 |
Scope and Contents
3 sections (I-III); sections II and III are on translation; question I.1 begins: "Conjugate
in full the following tenses …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Literary Courses - Department of Romance Language, First Year,
Second Term
|
1890-03-17 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in French; 5 sections (I-V); 30 numbered questions under section IV; question
V.1: "State the formation, comparison and position of adjectives"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Literary French - Department of Romance Languages, Course I
|
1890-06-09 |
Scope and Contents
5 sections (I-V); all sections are on translation; 20 sentences to be translated under
section IV; 26 sentences to translate to English under section V
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Department of Romance Languages, French, Course 2
|
1890-06-09 |
Scope and Contents
4 sections (I-IV); sections I, II, III on translation, at sight; 3 questions under
section IV; question IV.2: "Mention the most important results of the Romantic mvoement."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Department of Romance Languages, Course 2
|
1890-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in French; 4 sections (I-IV); sections I, II, IV on translation; 4 questions
under section III; question III.1: "Give a brief sketch of Corneille's life."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Department of Romance Languages, Course 2
|
1891-03-23 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in French; 4 sections (I-IV); sections I, II, III on translation; section IV
begins: "Give a brief biographical sketch of any two of the following writers of the
Romantic School: …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Department of Romance Languages, Course 2
|
1891-06-09 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in French; 2 sections (I, II); passage in section I is from Sainte Beuve, Causeries
du Lundi and passage in section II is from Mrime, Tamango; section II has 5 questions;
question II.1: "What do you understand by Romanticiism?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Department of Romance Languages, Course 6
|
1891-12-22 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in French; 3 sections (I-III) on translation; section III is "Translation at
Hearing"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - German Department, First year, First Term
|
1889-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
3 sections (I-III); section II begins: "Write the nominative and genitive singular,
and the nominative plural with the appropriate form of …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - German Department, First year, Second Term
|
1890-03-18 |
Scope and Contents
4 sections (I-IV); section II begins: "Give the principal parts of the following verbs:
…"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - German Department, First year, Third Term
|
1890-06-10 |
Scope and Contents
3 sections (I-III); section II begins: "Explain the syntax of …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Maria Stuart
|
1890-12 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in German; 4 sections (I-IV); section IV: "Give a brief sketch of Mary's life.
In what respects does the play depart from historic accuracy?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Lessing's Prose
|
1891-03 |
Scope and Contents
Exam in German; lightly annotated; 2 sections (I-II); section II: "Give a brief sketch
of Lessing's life and literary activity."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Sophomore German
|
1891-06 |
Scope and Contents
2 sections (I, II); section I on "Lessing's Prose" and section II on "Hermann and
Dorothea"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Department of German, Cornell University - Gtz, and Goethe's Prose
|
1892-03 |
Scope and Contents
2 sections (I, II); section I has parts (a.)-(e.); section II has 3 questions; question
II.1: "What were the main features of Goethe's residence in Strasburg?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Department of German, Cornell University
|
1892-06 |
Scope and Contents
No original title; 2 sections (I, II); section I on "Egmont" and has 6 passages to
translate; section II has 3 questions; question II.3: "Discuss Schiller's criticisms
of the play."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Physics - 2a: Examination in Mechanics
|
1891-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten exam; annotated at the bottom; 3 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.; 6 questions; question
1 begins: "State and explain Newton's Laws of Motion"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Course 2a Physics - Electricity and Magnetism, Spring Term
|
1892 |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten exam; annotated at the bottom; 6 questions; question 1 begins: "Describe
the tangent galvanometer."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Preliminary Examination - Logic
|
1890-11-25 |
Scope and Contents
Annotated; 5 questions; question 1: "Explain Intension and Extension of Words."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Logic
|
1890-12-16 |
Scope and Contents
Annotated; 8-10 A.M.; 8 questions; question 1 has parts a-c and begins: "Give the
Contradictory, the Contrary, the Subalternate or Subalternant of: …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Logic and Psychology
|
1891-03-20 |
Scope and Contents
Annotated; 8-10 A.M.; 2 sections (I, II); questions 1-2 under section I and questions
1-5 under section II; question II.1 begins: "Give a definition of Physiological Psychology."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Examination in Physiological Psychology
|
1891-06-05 |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten exam; annotated; 8 questions; question 3 begins: "What is imagination?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Sophomore Rhetoric
|
1890-12-17 |
Scope and Contents
5 topics (I-V); Topics: I. The Paragraph, II. Invention, III. Invention, IV. The Plan,
V. The Development
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Sophomore Rhetoric
|
1891-03-21 |
Scope and Contents
5 questions (I-V); question I.1 begins: "What is meant by interpretation?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Sophomore Rhetoric
|
1891-06-06 |
Scope and Contents
5 questions; question 1: "What is the difference between Testimony and Authority?
Illustrate."
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Oratory
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten exam; 24 questions; question 1: "In what 3 ways does an oration differ
from an essay?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
The Institutes of Education
|
1892-12-19 |
Scope and Contents
9 questions; question 1 begins: "Give a general statement of the scope of education
as a science … "
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
The Institutes of Education
|
1893-03-18 |
Scope and Contents
10 questions; question 1 begins: "Show by a linear diagram the order in which the
members of the …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - School of Law - Examination in Elementary Law and Contracts -
Juniors, Fall Term
|
1892 |
Scope and Contents
17 questions; question 1 begins: "What is the common law?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - School of Law - Examination in Contracts - Juniors, Winter Term
|
1893 |
Scope and Contents
16 questions; question 1 begins: "Explain the following words as used in the seventeenth
section of the Statute of Frauds …"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Examination Notes in Military Science and Tactics
|
1892-03 |
Scope and Contents
3 sections: Military Science, Art of War, Military Law
|
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Questions on the Lectures and on the Text
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Handwritten exam; subject unknown/could not be deciphered; questions 1-4 on the Lectures;
questions 5-12 on the Text
|
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Series II. Examination Schedules and Rules of Conduct
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Assorted Exams and Non-Exams (1 of 3)
|
1870-1884, 1917, undated |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - The Graduate School - Schedule of Examinations, Advanced Degrees
|
1917 |
Scope and Contents
Includes an alphabetical list of names and their exams and a list of exams arranged
by dates
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - College of Arts and Sciences for Conduct of Examinations and
Cases of Fraud in More than One College
|
Undated |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Assorted Exams and Non-Exams (3 of 3)
|
1871-1873, undated, 1965 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Cornell University - Office of the Registrar - Explanation of Grading Systems
|
1965 |
Box 1 | Volume 4 |
Cornell University - List of Candidates and Schedule of Examinations for Advanced
Degrees
|
1892-1913 |
Scope and Contents
No 1894, 1906, 1908-1912; note card from H.S. White, Chairman of the Committee on
Graduate Work to Dean's Office, University Faculty
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Botany - Arrangement of Lectures and Examinations in the General Course - Spring Term
|
1879 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter
|
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
The Cornell University - Programme of Examinations
|
1878 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; booklet of schedules of exams; "Entrance
Examinations" and "Term Examinations"
|
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Series III. Entrance Examinations
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Entrance Examinations - Grammar
|
Undated |
Scope and Contents
Slightly annotated; 21 questions; question 21 has 22 options; question 1: "Which letters
of the English Alphabet are mutes?"
|
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
The Cornell University - Entrance Examination in Geography
|
1875-09-14 |
Scope and Contents
9 questions; question 1 begins: "Draw an outline map of the United States as large
as your paper will allow; …"
|
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University, Entrance Examinations - Arithmetic
|
1880-19-14 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 questions; question 1 begins: "Define
a prime number, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Cornell University, Entrance Examinations - Arithmetic
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1881-01-04 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 questions; question 1 begins: "Define:
a unit, a compound fraction, a complex fraction, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Entrance Examinations: Grammar
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1871 |
Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Entrance Examination in Grammar
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1874-06-30 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 14 questions; exam is in red ink; question
1 begins:
What are the labials? ..."
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Partial Entrance Examination in Latin
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1877-06-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Cornell University - Partial Entrance Examination in Latin
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1878-06-19 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 5 parts (I - V)
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
German Entrance Examinations
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1877-06-20 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 3 parts (I - III)
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Solid Geometry - Entrance Examination
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1879-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 8 a.m.; 6 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define: two parallel planes, ..."
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Trigonometry - Entrance Examination
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1879-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; 10 (1/2) a.m.; 8 questions;
question 1 begins: "Define tangent of an angle, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Higher Algebra, Entrance Examination
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1879-06-18 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; handwritten exam; Room II; 10 questions;
question 3 begins: "Prove that, the number of permutations of n things …"
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Box 1 | Volume 2 |
Plane Geometry - Entrance Examination
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1879-06-16 |
Scope and Contents
Gift from The Chi of Psi Upsilon Chapter; 9 a.m.; 6 questions; question 1 begins:
"Define: a postulate, a straight line, a square, …"
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Box 1 | Volume 1 |
Entrance Exams - English
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1897-06-1931-09 |
Scope and Contents
Includes an old envelop addressed to the College Entrance Exmaination Board; exams
of years 1897-1920 were in this envelope
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Box 1 | Volume 3 |
Samples of Entrance and Scholarship Examination Papers
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1910-1912 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Examination Papers - Miscellaneous
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1889-1893, undated |
Scope and Contents
All papers initialed "K.J. 1893" at the bottom
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Entrance Examination in Latin
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1889-09 |
Scope and Contents
7 questions on translation and passages; question 1 begins: "Translate (at sight)
Cic. Brutus, I, 1"
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Examination in Entrance Greek
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1890-09-29 |
Scope and Contents
10 questions (I - X); question II begins: "Questions on the preceding passage: (1)
Difference between the force of …"
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Box 1 | Volume 5 |
Cornell University - Question Papers Used at the Examinations for Admission and at
the Examinations for University Scholarships
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1890-1901 |
Box 23 | Folder 1 |
Cornell University - Question Papers Given at the Examinations for Admission and at
the Examinations for University Scholarships
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1902-1909 |
Scope and Contents
No 1907, 1908. Duplicates of exams from 1902 and 1903 can be found in box 3, folder
1.
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Series IV. Other
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Subseries IVa. Various Cornell exam materials
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Examination Papers - Miscellaneous
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1889-1893, undated |
Scope and Contents
All papers initialed "K.J. 1893" at the bottom
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Cornell University - Department of Military Science and Tactics - Memorandum No. 3,
H.E. Tutherly, Professor
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1892-03-09 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Letter of Transmission of Examination Papers from Mr. Kirby Jones
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1930-11-26 |
Scope and Contents
A piece of correspondence between Executive Secretary Harold Flack to Professor Otto
Kinkeldey; copies of letters from Mr. Kirby Jones
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Charles David Damsky - Mechanical Engineering - Old Prelims
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1913-1917, undated |
Scope and Contents
From Courses E 14, E 15, and E 35; includes data sheets from Lefax Filing Index: Operation
of Mechanical Stokers, Rated Tractive Force of Locomotives, Superheated Ammonia Vapor;
includes annotated Jacksonian Democracy -"Readings for History 53 collateral
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Subseries IVb. College Entrance Examination Board
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (I and II) - Elementary Algebra
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1903-06-15 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (III) - Elementary Algebra
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1903-06-15 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics B - Advanced Algebra
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1903-06-19 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics E - Trigonometry
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1903-06-19 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (I and II) - Elementary Algebra
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1904-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (II) - Elementary Algebra
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1904-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (III) - Elementary Algebra
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1904-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics C - Plane Geometry
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1904-06-21 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics D - Solid Geometry
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1904-06-21 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics E - Trigonometry
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1904-06-24 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (I) - Elementary Algebra
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1905-06-19 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (II) - Elementary Algebra
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1905-06-19 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics A (I and II) - Elementary Algebra
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1905-06-19 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics C - Plane Geometry
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1905-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics C, D - Plane and Solid Geometry
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1905-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics D - Solid Geometry
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1905-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics F - Plane Trigonometry
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1905-06-23 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics E - Trigonometry
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1905-06-23 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Mathematics C - Plane Geometry
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1908 |
Subseries IVc. New York State Education Department Examinations for Training School
Certificate
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Drawing
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1911-06-16 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - American History with Civics
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1912-01-15 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Arithmetic
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1912-01-16 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - American History with Civics
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1913-06-16 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Arithmetic
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1913-06-17 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - History of Education
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1913-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Language Composition and Grammar
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1913-06-17 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Drawing
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1913-06-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - School Management
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1913-01-22 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - School Management
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1913-06-18 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - American History with Civics
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1914-01-19 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Language Composition and Grammar
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1914-01-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Arithmetic
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1914-01-20 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Arithmetic
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1915-01-19 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - History of Education
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1915-01-22 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Examination for Training School Certificate - Drawing
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1915-01-22 |
Subseries IVd. Various other examinations
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Scope and Contents
Exams conducted by the Educational Department of the International Committee of th
Young Men's Christian Associations.
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
International Examinations - Mechcanical Drawing - Elementary
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1906-04-05 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Univerity of the State of New York High School Examination - Arithmetic
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1907-06-18 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
City of New York Department of Education, Examination for License No. 1 - Pratical
Tests - Drawing
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1911-06 |