. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . century; so severe was the discipline that the college became the terrorof the youth of Paris,and fathers were wont tosober their libertine sonsby threatening to makecapetes of them. Thiswas Calvins college,where he was known asthe accusative, from hisaustere piety. To obtainadmission to the collegeof Cluny (1269) thescholar must pass an en-trance examination. Hethen spent two years atlogic, three at meta-physics, two in Biblicalstudies ; he held weeklydisputations and preachedevery fortnight in French;he was


. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . century; so severe was the discipline that the college became the terrorof the youth of Paris,and fathers were wont tosober their libertine sonsby threatening to makecapetes of them. Thiswas Calvins college,where he was known asthe accusative, from hisaustere piety. To obtainadmission to the collegeof Cluny (1269) thescholar must pass an en-trance examination. Hethen spent two years atlogic, three at meta-physics, two in Biblicalstudies ; he held weeklydisputations and preachedevery fortnight in French;he was interrogatedevery evening by thepresident on his studiesduring the day. Ifstudents evinced no aptitude for learning they were dis-missed ; if only moderate progress were made, the secularduties of the college devolved upon them. It was thefoundation of these colleges which organised themselves, ^ The Montaigue scholars were called capetes from their peculiar capefermee, or cloak, such as Masters of Arts used to wear. The BibliothcqueSt. Genevieve occupies the site of the


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