PRINCETON ABOLISHES LATIN AND GREEK FOR ENTRANCE

At the spring meeting of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University, some important changes, involving serious modifications of the entrance requirements and the course of study offered after entrance, were authorized and have been announced by President Hibben. They are part of the large program of reconstruction which was undertaken immediately after the signing of the armistice.

Beginning with this year, Greek will no longer be required for entrance to the Bachelor of Arts course, and Latin will not be required of S.B. students in case they offer added requirements in mathematics and modern languages. This does not mean that Princeton's former policy of the encouragement of the course in the classics will be in any way slighted, for opportunities for advanced work in that field will still be offered to undergraduates.

Hereafter, Latin will be the only absolute requirement for freshmen who are taking the A.B. course, while mathematics will be substituted for it by those men who are planning to receive the S.B. The choice of two of the following subjects remains for those trying for the degree of A.B.: English, foreign language, mathematics and science. Two other subjects are also to be chosen from a list of twelve.

In the Sophomore year, Latin is not required for any degree, and there is a wider choice of electives. In the upper class program, the old system of departments has been partially abolished. Three divisions have been substituted instead, and a man must take three courses in his division.