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§ 3. Degrees conferred upon Absent Persons.

Persons who have obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts, or of Civil Law, or of Medicine, and who are resident in a British colony, may be admitted to the degree of Master of Arts, or to that of Doctor of Civil Law or Medicine or Divinity, in their absence, under the following conditions:—

1. They must have completed the statutable period of standing for the degree which they seek.

2. Candidates for the degree of Civil Law or of Medicine must transmit their dissertations, and candidates for the degree of Doctor of Divinity their exercises, to the Regius Professor of their faculty, and obtain his approval of them.

3. They must transmit a testimonial of good character, if in Holy Orders, from the Bishop or Archdeacon of the colony; if laymen, from either the Bishop, the Archdeacon, the Governor, or a Judge of the Supreme Court, of the Colony.

4. They must, as for a degree in ordinary course, obtain the consent of their College or Hall, or of the Delegates of NonCollegiate Students, as the case may be, and such consent must be signified in the usual way.

5. Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Divinity must also transmit a declaration of their assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer.

§ 4. Incorporation.

Members of the Universities of Cambridge and Dublin can be, under certain conditions, incorporated into the University of Oxford, i.e. admitted to the same status and degree which they hold in their own University.

I. INCORPORATION OF UNDERGRADUates.

(1) They must be matriculated either as members of a College or Hall, or as Non-Collegiate Students.

(2) In counting their standing they can count only those Terms which they kept at their University by a residence of forty-two days which residence must be certified in writing under the

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seal of their College or University, and the certificate delivered to the Registrar of the University of Oxford within twenty-one days in full Term after their matriculation.

(3) The certificate mentioned in the foregoing clause must be publicly read in the Ancient House of Congregation, and the consent of that House formally asked to the Incorporation. That consent having been granted, the Vice-Chancellor publicly mentions the number of Terms which the Undergraduate is entitled to count towards his degree at Oxford.

The only exemptions from Examinations which are allowed are that (a) those who have passed the Previous Examination at Cambridge are exempted from Responsions, and (b) those who have passed the General Examination at Cambridge from the First Public Examination.

2. INCORPORATION OF GRADUATES.

(1) They must obtain the consent of the Hebdomadal Council. (2) They must be matriculated, either as members of a College or Hall, or as Non-Collegiate Students.

(3) They must, within twenty-one days in full Term after their matriculation, produce to the Registrar a certificate or certificates under the seal of their College or University, stating (a) the degree or degrees to which they have been admitted, and * (b) that before taking their first degree they were actually resident in their University during the greater part of each of nine Terms. In the case of a Bachelor of Arts the certificate must further give the date of his matriculation, and state the number of Terms during which his name remained on the boards or books of his College or of the Censor of Non-Collegiate Students.

(4) These certificates must be publicly read in Congregation, and the consent of that House asked to the Incorporation. That consent having been given, the person to be incorporated is presented to the Vice-Chancellor, and formally admitted to the same status and degree in the University of Oxford as that which he is certified to have in his own University. In the case of a Bachelor of Arts the Vice-Chancellor also mentions the number of Terms which he is entitled to count towards his next degree, the number so counted being reckoned from the date of his matriculation at his own University, and Easter Term at Cambridge or Dublin

being reckoned as equivalent to Easter and Trinity Terms at Oxford.

(5) Bachelors and Doctors of Divinity are further required, before presentation to the Vice-Chancellor, to make and subscribe the Declaration of Assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer which is prescribed for graduates in Divinity in ordinary course at Oxford.

The standing of graduates incorporated, above the degree of Bachelor of Arts, is counted from the day of their incorporation. The fees which are payable to the University on the occasion of incorporation are mentioned on p. 230.

II. OF EXAMINATIONS FOR DEGREES.

§ 1. Examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.

The University does not lay down a uniform course for all candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but allows a large amount of choice in regard both to the subjects, the time, and the order of the several Examinations. There are altogether twelve Examinations in Arts1: but it is not required that every ⚫ candidate for the degree of B.A. should pass all of these. In ordinary cases, four suffice for the purpose of obtaining a degree. (1) Responsions are obligatory upon all, except those who have either (a) passed the Previous Examination at Cambridge, or (b) satisfied the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examiners in Latin, Greek, and Elementary Mathematics (p. 213), or (c) obtained a special certificate at the examination of Senior Candidates in the Oxford Local Examinations (p. 216), or (d) resided for three years and obtained Honours in the Final Examination at an Affiliated College (see p. 224), or (e) have been placed in the List of Selected Candidates for the Civil Service of India (see p. 222). They may be passed either before or after matriculation. (2) The First Public Examination is obligatory upon all (except those who have passed the General Examination at Cambridge, and have been incorporated at Oxford), but a

1 The Papers and Questions set at all the Examinations in Arts are published at the Clarendon Press Depository, 116 High Street, Oxford.

student has the choice of entering his name either as an ordinary candidate or as a candidate for Classical Honours. There is also an Examination for Honours in Mathematics, which is altogether optional, and which does not count as one of the Examinations which are necessary for a degree. (3) The Second Public Examination consists of two parts. (a) The Examination in the Rudiments of Faith and Religion, or in the matter substituted therefor, is uniformly obligatory upon all. (b) The other part of the Examination is subdivided into seven Schools, of which, though a student may combine as many as he pleases, no student is required to pass more than one. These Schools are (a) the Pass School, (b) the Honour School of Literæ Humaniores, (c) the Honour School of Mathematics, (d) the Honour School of Natural Science, (e) the Honour School of Jurisprudence, (ƒ) the Honour School of Modern History, (g) the Honour School of Theology,

The conditions under which candidates are eligible for, and under which certificates are given or Honours awarded in the several Examinations, are mentioned below: the other conditions which are required for the degree of Bachelor of Arts are men→ tioned above (p. 121).

1. RESPONSIONS.

1. TIME.—This Examination is held four times a year: it begins (a) on a day between September 20 and October 5, to be fixed from year to year by the Vice-Chancellor (this Examination is specially known as the 'Examination in lieu of Responsions'), (b) in Michaelmas Term on Friday in the eighth week of full Term, (c) in Hilary Term on Friday in the eighth week of full Term, (d) in Trinity Term on the Friday before Commemoration.

2. CANDIDATES.-Candidates for this Examination are of two classes, those who are, and those who are not yet, members of the University. The names of both classes of candidates have to be given in to the Junior Proctor, at an hour and place fixed by him, not less than six clear days before the beginning of the Examination: and both classes of candidates are required (1) To pay a fee of £2.

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(2) To state in writing, on a form provided for the purpose,
(a) the particular Greek and Latin books which they offer,
A candidate born in India of parents born in India

may offer one Oriental language, either Sanskrit or
Arabic, in place of either Greek or Latin;

(b) whether they offer Euclid or Algebra.

Those candidates who are already members of the University may give in their names to the Proctor personally, and are required to exhibit the certificate which they received from the Vice-Chancellor at the time of their matriculation (or an official copy of it duly attested by the Registrar).

Those candidates who are not yet members of the University can only give in their names to the Proctor through the Head or Tutor of a College or Hall, or the Censor of Non-Collegiate Students, who must at the same time transmit to the Proctor a certificate that in his opinion the Candidate bona fide desires admission at such College or Hall or as a Non-Collegiate Student.

The names of all Candidates who have thus given in their names are printed in a list which is affixed to certain public places within the University, and published in the University Gazette.

3. SUBJECTS.-There are five separate subjects of examination, in each of which a Candidate must satisfy the Examiners. The principle of compensation between different subjects is not recognised: failure in any one subject exposes a Candidate to rejection.

The amounts of the several subjects which are required, under the existing regulations of the Board of Studies, are as follows:

(1) Algebra.

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Greatest Common Measure, Least Common Multiple, Fractions, Extraction of Square Root, Simple Equations containing one or two unknown quantities, and problems producing such equations.

Or, Geometry.

Euclid's Elements, Books I, II.

(2) Arithmetic; the whole.

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