Nowadays we are ■ accustomed to talk as if University -, studies had always meant Greek, Litin, < and mathematics. But a few centuries j ago Greek and Latin were struggling for admission, and were in the same position as natural science has been un til quite recently. And as for mathe matics, the science cau hardly be said to have had- any existence. According to the new scheme of the Senate. "A» ts" will include Greek, Latin, English, modern languages (de fined to mean French, German, or Italian), history and political economy, jurisprudence and constitutional history, ; mathematics.physical science, chemistry, natural science,and mental science. Out of these eleven departments of learniug the student is to choose five, two of i which must be Latin and mathematics. There is, therefore, ample opportunity for everyone to select the studies which most accord with his own powers and tastes. The department of physical science is subdivided into four groups, of which the candidate is not expected to take up more than two. And natural science is also subdivided into four branches, of which the student is required to take one only. The ob ject of this is clearly that these natural ' and physical science subjects, being con '. fined within narrower limits, may be \ studied with greater thoroughness. In ' all the subjects, mere booklearning by : itself will not be sufficient. In lan -1 gnages, the candidate will not only be ' examined in works and periods of ' literature especially selected beforehand for the examinati- n, but he will also ' show that he can use the language itself as an instrument by translating | at sight. The department of Mathe matics is to include the greater part of " Euclid, Algebra to the binomial theorem, Trigonometry to the solution of triangles, and Elementary Mechanics and Hydrostatics ; and in all the clivi ' siona of the subject, with the exception 1 of Geometry, the candidate will be ex pected to solve easy original problems. ' In the branches of natural science the 1 examination will be conducted partly by means of specimens, which the can " didate will have to analyse or describe, and in chemistry his knowledge will be tested by actual work in the laboratory. 