-------------------+--------------------------------------------- Subjects of Study. | Per-centage of influence exercised on the | position of the Students. +-----------++-----------------++------------- |During the || During the ||In the Classified | 1st Year. || 2nd Year. ||List at the end | || ||of 2nd year. +-----------++-----------------++------------- | PR | Ex || Y1 | PR | Ex || PR | Ex -------------------+-----+-----++-----+-----+-----++-----+------- Analysis, | 50.0| 50.0|| 34.5| 32.5| 33.0|| 49.7| 50.25 Mechanics, | 63.2| 36.7|| 27.2| 42.4| 30.4|| 59.6| 40.40 Descriptive | | || | | || | Geometry, | 62.5| 37.5||100.0| 0.0| 0.0|| 62.5| 37.5 Geodesy, | 53.8| 46.2|| 0.0| 51.4| 48.6||*51.4| 48.6 Physics, | 53.3| 46.7|| 33.8| 33.8| 32.4|| 51.8| 48.2 Chemistry, | 60.0| 40.0|| 29.4| 43.2| 27.4|| 60.8| 39.2 Architecture, | .. | .. || 0.0|100.0| 0.0||100.0|100.0 Military Art and | | || | | || | Topography, | .. | .. || 0.0| 68.0| 32.0|| 68.0| 32.0 French Literature, |100.0| 0.0|| 33.3| 66.7| 0.0||100.0| 0.0 German Language, |100.0| 0.0|| 33.3| 33.3| 33.4|| 66.7| 33.3 Drawing, |100.0| 0.0|| 33.3| 66.7| 0.0||100.0| 0.0 Shading and | | || | | || | Tinting Plans, |100.0| 0.0|| 40.0| 60.0| 0.0||100.0| 0.0 | | || | | * || | -------------------+-----+-----++-----+-----+-----++-----+------- [* When taught in the 2nd year] The students at the head of the list have generally since the wars of the first Empire entered into the civil rather than into the military services, the former being much better remunerated. The services are usually selected by preference, nearly in the following order:-- The Roads and Bridges (_Ponts et chaussées_)} very nearly on an and Mines (_Mines_,) } equality. Powder and Saltpetre (_Poudres et Salpêtres._) Naval Architects (_Génie maritime._) Engineers (_Génie militaire._) The Artillery (_Artillerie de terre._) } and the Staff Corps (_Etat Major_,) } very nearly on an equality. The Hydographical Corps (_Ingénieurs Hydrographes._) Tobacco Department (_Administration des Tabacs._) Telegraph Department (_Lignes Télégraphiques._) Navy (_Marine._) Marine Artillery (_Artillerie de mer._) Such, at least, is the result of a comparison of the selections made by the students during eight different years. This preference of the civil to the military services has been the subject of frequent complaints on the part of the military authorities to the minister of war.