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During the 1800s, most college curricula were centered around the [[classics]], and a substantial mastery of [[Latin]] and [[Greek]] was a requirement for admission. [[Brown University]]'s 1836-7 catalog, for example, says that entrants must

During the 1800s, most college curricula were centered around the [[classics]], and a substantial mastery of [[Latin]] and [[Greek]] was a requirement for admission. [[Brown University]]'s 1836-7 catalog, for example, says that entrants must

:be thoroughly acquainted with the Grammar of the Latin and Greek languages, be able to construe and parse and of the following books, namely:&mdash;Jacob's Greek Reader, the Historical Books of the New Testament, or three Books of Xenophon's Cyropædia, C&aelig;sars Commentaries, Virgil, Cicero's Select Orations, and translate English into Latin correctly.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=00Dr0QOabAjYypfexv&id=4xEWeUleibIC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22brown+university%22&as_brr=1#PPA13,M1 The Catalogue of Brown University], 1836</ref>

:be thoroughly acquainted with the Grammar of the Latin and Greek languages, be able to construe and parse and of the following books, namely:&mdash;Jacob's Greek Reader, the Historical Books of the New Testament, or three Books of Xenophon's Cyropædia, C&aelig;sars Commentaries, Virgil, Cicero's Select Orations, and translate English into Latin correctly.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?vid=00Dr0QOabAjYypfexv&id=4xEWeUleibIC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22brown+university%22&as_brr=1#PPA13,M1 The Catalogue of Brown University], 1836</ref>

Most public schools did ''not'' prepare students to meet these requirements (those that did tended to be identified by names like "Boston Latin School").  

Most public schools did ''not'' prepare students to meet these requirements (those that did tended to be identified by names like "Boston Latin School").