Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Forty-Second Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., For the Year 1891-92 Similar examinations are also held on the day preceding the opening of each term. In special cases, candidates may be examined and admitted at other times in the year. Candidates are expected to come well prepared in the English branches named below. They will be as strictly examined in these studies as in the Ancient Languages and Mathematics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.