Final examinations were still by disputation. The students came to
learn to read Latin easily. Students acted in Latin plays. If a
student went to a tavern, he could be flogged. For too elaborate
clothing, he could be fined. Fines for absence from class were
imposed. However, from this time until 1945, a young man's
university days were regarded as a period for the "sowing of wild
oats".
All students had to reside in a college or hall, subscribe to the
39 articles of the university, the Queen's supremacy, and the
prayer book. Meals were taken together in the college halls. The
universities were divided into three tables: a fellows' table of
earls, barons, gentlemen, and doctors; a second table of masters
of arts, bachelors, and eminent citizens, and a third table of
people of low condition. Professors, doctors, masters of arts and
students were all distinguishable by their gowns.
Undergraduate education was considered to be for the purpose of
good living as well as good learning. It was to affect the body,
mind, manners, sentiment, and business, instead of just leading to
becoming a better disputant. The emphasis on manners came mostly
from an Italian influence. The university curriculum included
Latin and Greek languages and was for four years. The student
spent at least one year on logic (syllogizing, induction,
deduction, fallacies, and the application of logic to other
studies), at least one year on rhetoric, and at least one year on
philosophy.
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