Before a student can be admitted to candidacy for this degree he must give evidence that he has completed a liberal undergraduate course of academic study such as is required by colleges of good standing antecedent to the baccalaureate degree, and of such a character as to fit him to pursue to advantage researches in the field chosen for his graduate work. The Faculty of Graduate Studies reserves the right to decide in all cases whether the antecedent training fulfills the requirements. The applicant may be credited with graduate work done at other universities, provided such work is shown to be of grade similar to that required here, but at least one year, preferably the last, must be spent in residence at this University and the other requirements of the degree as prescribed must be fulfilled.

The candidate for the Doctor's degree shall offer three topics from the University subjects—one major and two collateral minor studies, one of which minors may be in the subject which includes the major topic. These must be pursued under the guidance of a committee consisting of the professors in charge of the University subjects in which the studies are pursued, with the professor in the major subject as chairman. This committee will determine his division of time, study, and research among the major and minor topics. Before the Doctor's degree is conferred, the candidate shall have pursued his major subject at least three years and each minor at least two years since he obtained his baccalaureate degree. The candidate shall pass satisfactory examinations upon the three subjects selected. He must satisfy the Professors of French and German, not more than one month after the opening of his final year, that he can read understandingly in the original, French and German works pertaining to his special field. In order to graduate the candidate must possess a broad acquaintance with his major subject and he must present a thesis upon some topic approved by the professor in charge of his major subject, which shall be a contribution to knowledge and which shall be accompanied by an adequate bibliography.

CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE

The professors and other university officers offering the topics in which a candidate must qualify for his degree and to whom he is assigned constitute the Committee that must pass upon his work. The officer directing the major topic is chairman.

EXAMINATIONS

Candidates must pass examinations upon all their topics. The examinations upon the minor topics may be taken at the close of the respective years in which these topics are completed, or later, at the direction of the examiner. The final examination on the major topic shall cover the candidate's entire university work, and shall be given when the professor of that subject is satisfied that the student has taken sufficient work to

warrant such an examination being taken. If a candidate has satisfactorily passed his final examination, he may be permitted to complete his thesis away from the University.

DEFENSE OF THE THESIS

Before a candidate shall be recommended to the Board of Trustees for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy he must have successfully defended his thesis in public before a Board of Experts not officially connected with the University. Before the candidate shall be permitted to undertake the defense of his thesis, the thesis must have been favorably reported on and recommended for defense by the professor having supervision over the candidate's major topic, and by a co-referee appointed from the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

The subjects from which the candidate's selection may be made, as the Faculty may determine in each case, are as follows:

Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Anatomy, Architecture, Astronomy, Astro-Physics, Bacteriology, Botany, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Commerce, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, Ethnology, French, Embryology, English, Ethics, Geology and Mineralogy, Germanic Languages and Literature, Greek Language and Literature, Gynecology, Histology, Hydraulic Engineering, History, History of Art, International Law and Diplomacy, Latin Language and Literature, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Meteorology, Microscopy, Nautical Science, Paleontology, Pathology, Philosophy, Physics, Physiology, Pharmacology, Political Sciences, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Romance Languages and Literatures, Semitics, Sociology, Spanish, Zoology.

REGULATIONS REGARDING THESES

All theses for each degree sought must, in their final form, be presented to the Dean on the dates announced in the University Calendar. They must previously have been typewritten on official thesis paper, which may be obtained from the Treasurer of the University. The Dean will present theses to the Chairman of the Committees on the candidates; doctoral theses will further be submitted for examination to the co-referees appointed from the Faculty. Accepted theses, with their accompanying drawings, are the property of the University, and will be deposited in the University Library, but the authors of them are permitted to make copies. The candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is expected to print his thesis under the supervision of the professor in charge of his major subject, within one year after the degree is granted, and he is expected to present one hundred copies to the University, to be distributed among institutions of learning.

DOCTORATE DISPUTATIONS

The Thirty-Sixth Doctorate Disputation was held publicly on May 27, 1919. The theses that were successfully defended, the candidates, and the members of the boards of experts, were as follows:

Thesis: The classification and biology of the North American Cerambycid Larvae. By Frank Cooper Craighead, B. S., 1912, Pennsylvania State College; M. S., 1915, George Washington University. Before Leland Ossian Howard, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D., Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture; Andrew Delmar Hopkins, Ph. D., Forest Entomologist, in charge of Insect Investigations, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture; Adam Bvöing, Ph. D., Expert in Coleoptera, Bureau of Entomology. Paul Bartsch, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology, presiding.

Thesis: Relation of initial ability to the extent of improvement. By Frank McGinley Phillips, M. Di., Iowa State Normal School; A. B., 1908, Iowa State Teachers' College; A. M., 1915, State University of Iowa. Before Edward Franklin Buchner, Ph. D., Professor of Education, Johns Hopkins University; McLeod Harvey, Ph. D., Professor of Education, Howard University; Will Carson Ryan, Jr., A. B., Director of Information Service, U. S. Bureau of Education. William Carl Ruediger, Ph. D., Professor of Educational Psychology, presiding.

The Thirty-seventh Doctorate Disputation was held publicly on October 16, 1919. The thesis that was successfully defended, the candidate, and the members of the board of experts, were as follows:

Thesis: The effect of bleaching with oxides of nitrogen upon the baking qualities and commercial value of wheat flour. By Edward Elmer Smith, B. S. in Chemical Engineering, 1914, University of Idaho; M. S., 1916, George Washington University. Before Harvey Washington Wiley, A. M., M. D., LL. D., Sc. D., Contributing Editor, Good Housekeeping Magazine; formerly Chief Chemist, U. S. Department of Agriculture; Arthur Philip Greele, A. B., LL. M., Patent Attorney, formerly Assistant Commissioner of Patents; Henry Corbin Fuller, B. S., in charge of the Division of Food Products, Institute for Industrial Research. Hiram Colver McNeil, Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry, presiding.

The Thirty-eighth Doctorate Disputation was held publicly on February 2nd and 3rd, 1920. The theses that were successfully defended, the candidates, and the members of the boards of experts, were as follows:

Thesis: The detection and estimation of small amounts of organic nitro compounds with special reference to the examination of the urine of TNT workers. By Elias Elvove, B. S., 1903, M. S., 1904, University of Kentucky; Phar. D., 1910, George Washington University. Before Carl Lucas Alsberg, A. M., M. D., Chief, Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture; Atherton Seidell, M. S., Chemist, Office of the Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service; Morris A. Pozen, B. S. in Chemistry, Phar. D., Chief Chemist, Health Department, of the District of Columbia. Charles Edward Munroe, Ph. D., LL. D., Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Chairman, Committee on Explosives, Council of National Defense, presiding.

Thesis: Colonizing termites. By Thomas Elliott Snyder, B. A., 1907, Columbia University; M. F., Yale University. Before Leland Ossian Howard, Ph. D., M. D., LL. D., Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture; Alton Lacy Quaintance, B. S. A., M. S., Sc. D., Entomologist in charge of deciduous fruit investigations, U. S. Department of Agriculture; Adam Böving, Ph. D., Expert in Coleoptera, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Paul Bartsch, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology, presiding.

Thesis: The body temperature of birds. By Frank Alexander Wetmore, A. B., 1912, University of Kansas; M. S., 1916, George Washington University. Before Leonhard Stejneger, Head Curator, Department of Biology, U. S. National Museum; Theodore Sherman Palmer, A. B., M. D., Expert in Game Conservation, U. S. Biological Survey; Harry Church Oberholser, B. A., M. S., Ph. D., Assistant Biologist, U. S. Biological Survey. Paul Bartsch, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology, presiding.

The College session of 1920-21 begins Wednesday, September 29, 1920. The Collegesare open to men and women.

ADMISSION

Every applicant for admission is required to present a certificate of standing and regular dismissal from the school or college which he has last attended.

Candidates for admission to the Freshman Class may present certificates of admission or take an examination in the required subjects. Certificates, in lieu of any or all examinations, will be accepted from schools whose work is attested by well-prepared students admitted to the University in previous years, and from schools that present evidence of affording adequate preparation in the required subjects. Deans of the Colleges will, on application, furnish certificate blanks to the principals of such accredited schools. The certificates of the College Entrance Examination Board will be accepted.

The requirement for admission is a four-year high-school course, or its equivalent, amounting to fifteen "units." For prescribed studies see the specifications of each college.

A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting approximately a quarter of a full year's work.

ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

The regular examinations for admission are held about June 1, and the schedule for the examinations is issued May 25.

Unless admitted by certificate, every undergraduate candidate for a degree is required to pass an examination.

Candidates from the Washington high schools for the Kendall and the University Scholarships will be examined on nine and one-half units. These units upon which the examination will be given are the following: the specified subjects-English (three units), Mathematics (two and onehalf units), and one other language (two units); the remaining two units will be in language, history, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology-as the candidate shall elect. The remainder of the fifteen units must be certified from the high schools.

DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS

ENGLISH
(Three Units)

The requirement in English is that recommended by the National Conference on Uniform Entrance Requirements in English.