Word: baccalaureat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sorbonne, erected in 1629 by Cardinal Richelieu, all the lectures are open to the public, except a few, styled conferences, to which only those are admitted who have acquired a baccalaureat or some other degree...
...give them an exalted idea of the amount of knowledge required for admission and of the extent of work accomplished by the freshman class. A consultation of a few minutes followed, and to my surprise I was informed that the Harvard examination for admission was equal to a French baccalaureat, and forthwith I was furnished with the necessary cards entitling me to the privileges of the Sorbonne Conferences. Upon the whole, I felt perfectly contented with Paris and her institutions after this piece of good fortune. Such is a brief account of my matriculation in a French university...