Higher Requirements at Cornell.

The subject of laying greater emphasis upon entrance examinations in English has received considerable attention among other colleges since the question was agitated by Harvard. At Cornell the Trustees and Faculty at their last meeting decided that hereafter greater stress will be laid upon English. In addition to the four professors and two instructors now in change of that department, an additional man will be appointed next year. Furthermore it was decided that after 1894 and until further notice, school certificates will not be received on entrance in place of examinations. The matter of accepting Regents' certificates and diplomas is still undecided, but action will no doubt be taken in regard to them before long.