University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Emfranee Ggarni nation af ffte foefaniL Irfanfon WING to the wide circulation of the BLUE AND GOLD, and the poor facilities the above school have had for advertising, we take this opportunity of aiding our infant sister, by publishing the following set of examination papers. We hope that this page may catch the eyes of those contemplating a college course, for they will thereby be saved much unneccessary work, as they will immediately see that they are sufficiently prepared, and proceed to enjoy themselves from now until school reopens in the fall. Those who have never heard of a university before may be seized with a vain desire to see what one is like, and consequently swell the num- bers at Palo Alto next term. In either event we shall feel fully repaid for the great labor expended in securing these papers. A careful study of them will enable any one not unduly verdant to enter the classic (?) halls of the L. S. J. U. unconditionally. If any one feels unequal to the task, let him apply to the Faculty and name his own terms. These papers have been so selected that any one knowing enough to pass them will be sure to be able to pass any entrance examination whatever. i. Write a full-page letter telling all you know, avoiding tautology, and using as many punctuation marks as possible. 2. Write the alphabet in full. 3. Define museumf, library J, paddock, cinder-path, and rearrange in order of importance. To be corrected by Mrs. Stanford. t Of great importance. I Of slight importance. 199

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ilfte fue anc} AIR The Wearing of the Green. OMK fill your glasses, fellows, V ' And sing a song with me, The days of boys are days of joys, Wherever they may be ; Our punch is ready steaming, The winter night is cold, So fill your bowls ye merry souls, We ' ll toast the BLUE AND GOLD. CHORUS. Oh, here ' s a health to Berkeley And college days of old : In time to come we ' ll think of them, And toast the BLUE AND GOLD. Where soft south winds are hushing, ' Neath the cool and classic shades Of stately oaks and cedars Where the campus outline fades, Where we ' ve burned a many a Bourdon, Played many a game of ball ; And when we ' re old those tales o ' ertold Dim memories will recall. Here ' s confusion to the Exes, Whatever they may be ; Here ' s a health to all the Prexes Of our jolly old U. C. Here ' s another to Ye Co-eds Of Ye merry days of old. In time to come we ' ll think of them, And toast the BLUE AND GOLD. Then fill your glasses, fellows, We ' ll drink a parting cheer To memories left behind us, We ' ll hold forever dear. And when the years before us Are buried ' neath the mold, In other lands we ' ll all join hands And toast the BLUE AND GOLD. 198

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4. For what do the following abbreviations stand? Hon., Gov., C. P. R. R., D. C., U. S. S., Pres., etc. (At the request of our noble bene- factor.) 5. Name one work by Jordan. 1. Translate the following passage, stating whether you use Harper ' s or Bohn ' s translation. (The passage will always be chosen from the first book of the . Eneid, which it is advisable to read before taking the exam- ination.) 2. Translate freely sine qua non, and show that the antecedent of the relative is Stanford University. 3 . Who wrote Caesar ' s ' ' Commentaries ? ' ' Cicero ' s ' ' Orations ? ' ' Are they in verse ? State reasons for the negative. 4. How old was Cicero ' s instructor in Greek, and how much younger than Cicero himself? 5. Transcribe into Latin, Take 1 your time. 2 (i carpo, 2 dies.) 1. Copy from Harper ' s translation, two full-page selections from the ' ' Anabasis. ' ' 2. What is the difference between the stage used by Xenophon and a modern one. 3. Transcribe into Greek ' ' Thence they marched three stages four parasangs. (To prevent deception, dictionaries and grammars will be fur- nished by the examiner.) 4. Were the cannons used by Xenophon the same ones subsequently used by Hannibal ? 5. What is the difference between a parasang and a hot tamale ? 200