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Term following. Due notice of the day will be given to the applicants for admission.

The Examination is in the following books and subjects:-(1) Latin Prose Composition. (2) Easy Passages of unprepared Translations. (3) A portion of some Greek author, e.g. two Greek Plays of the same author, or five consecutive books of Homer; and a portion of some Latin author, e. g. the Georgics, or five consecutive books of the Eneid, or Horace's Odes I-III inclusive, with the Ars Poetica. The Latin and Greek books selected must be such as may be offered for Responsions. (4) Greek and Latin Grammar. (5) Euclid I, II; or Algebra to Simple Equations inclusive. (6) Arithmetic.

The Certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board or that of having passed the Examination in lieu of Responsions will be accepted instead of the Matriculation Examination.

At Magdalen the Examination is usually held at the end of each Term and also at the beginning of Michaelmas Term. The subjects are the same as are required at Responsions: the portions of Classical authors which are recommended are the Hecuba and Alcestis of Euripides, and Horace, Odes I-III, with the Ars Poetica.

At Brasenose the Examination is held at the beginning of Michaelmas and Hilary Terms, and in Whitsun week. The subjects are:-(1) St. Matthew's Gospel, with Rudiments of Religious Knowledge. (2) The Hecuba and Alcestis of Euripides (but for one of these plays Homer, Iliad I, may be substituted). (3) Horace, Odes I-III with the Ars Poetica. (4) Translation from English into Latin Prose. (5) Greek and Latin Grammar. (6) Arithmetic. (7) Either Euclid, Book I, or the First Part of Algebra.

At Corpus the ordinary Matriculation Examination is held twice a year: (1) early in June; (2) at the same time as the Scholarship Examination, which is duly advertised. The subjects are as follows:(1) Translation from English into Latin Prose. (2) Translation into English of an unprepared passage of Greek or Latin. (3) Portions of two Greek authors and one Latin author, or two Latin authors and one Greek author, selected by the candidate from the list prescribed for Responsions (see p. 131). (4) Arithmetic. (5) An English Essay, or a paper of General Questions. (6) Euclid, Books I, II; or Algebra to Simple Equations.

Candidates who have passed Responsions or any equivalent examination are excused from examination in Elementary Mathematics.

Candidates who propose to read for Honours in Mathematics, Natural Science, or Modern History, will be examined in those subjects, and in so much only of the Classical subjects as is required for Responsions. Such Candidates will be excused from the classical part of the Examination, if they have obtained a certificate which excuses from Responsions either in the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination, or in the Oxford Local Examinations. Such Candidates are requested to give notice of the subject in which they wish to be examined, in writing, to the President, a month at least before the date of the Examination.

All Candidates are expected to show fair promise of obtaining Honours in the University Examinations.

Candidates who have passed the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination with a certificate which excuses from Responsions, and with distinction in one of the following subjects, viz. (1) Latin, (2) Greek, (3) French and German, (4) Mathematics, (5) Natural Philosophy, (6) Heat and Chemistry, (7) History, will be allowed to matriculate without further examination.

At Christ Church the Examination is held twice in the year:-(1) On the Thursday and Friday in October before the beginning of full Term, with a view to residence in the January following. (2) On the Thursday and Friday in the third week before the Commemoration, with a view to residence in the October following. Candidates must call on the Dean at 9.30 A.M. on the first of the two days, bringing testimonials of character for the previous two years from their Masters or Tutors.

The subjects of Examination are:-(1) Euripides: two of the following plays, Hecuba, Alcestis, Medea; or Xenophon, Anabasis I-IV. (2) Cæsar de Bello Gallico I-IV; or Cicero de Amicitia, and de Senectute; or Virg. Æn. I-V. (3) Latin Prose Composition. (4) Latin and Greek Grammar. (5) Arithmetic. (6) Euclid, Books I, II, or Algebra to Simple Equations inclusively; but the former is strongly recommended.

At Trinity, candidates for residence in October are usually examined in the May preceding; but Examinations are also held at the beginning of Term in October and January, when a few candidates are admitted to fill extra vacancies. The subjects are:-(1) Translation from English into Latin prose. (2) Translation of a passage of unprepared Greek into English. (3) Latin and Greek Grammar, or English Essay, or both. (4) Two plays of Sophocles, prepared. (5) Five books of the Æneid, prepared. (6) Arithmetic. (7) Euclid, Books I, II, or the first part of Algebra. For (4) and (5) equivalents may, by permission, be offered by candidates who are still at school at the time of the Examination. Candidates may offer as extra subjects any of the following:-(1) Higher Mathematics, (2) Chemistry or Physics (one or more branches), (3) A period of Ancient or Modern History.

At St. John's the Examination is held at the beginning of every Term. The subjects are:-(1) Latin Prose composition. (2) Greek and Latin Grammar. (3) Arithmetic. (4) Euclid, Books I, II, or Algebra, as far as is required for Responsions. (5) Euripides, Hecuba and Alcestis. (6) Virgil, Æneid, I-V, or equivalents. (7) Translation into English of an easy passage of unprepared Latin.

Candidates who have passed the University Examination in lieu of Responsions, or have satisfied the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examiners in Latin, Greek, and Elementary Mathematics, are admitted without any further examination.

At Jesus the Examination includes (1) Latin Prose Composition, (2) Greek and Latin Grammar, (3) Arithmetic, (4) Algebra as far as is

required for Responsions, or Euclid, Books I, II. (5) A portion of some Greek and of some Latin author, e.g. Euripides, Hecuba and Medea, and Horace, Odes I-III, with the Ars Poetica, or equivalents.

At Wadham the Examination comprises (1) One Greek and one Latin Author, chosen by the Candidate, such as -Two plays of Sophocles or Euripides, or Five Books of Homer, or Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis. The Georgics of Virgil, or Five Books of the Eneid, or Three Books of the Odes of Horace with one Book of either the Satires or the Epistles, or Four Books of Cæsar; or portions of other Classical Authors of like quantity. (2) Translation from English into Latin Prose. (3) Greek and Latin Grammar. (4) Arithmetic. (5) Euclid, Books I, II, or Algebra as far as Simple Equations. (6) An easy passage of unprepared Latin, and one of Greek, may also be set. Higher attainments in any special subject may, under certain circumstances, be allowed to compensate for some deficiency in the ordinary subjects of examination.

At Pembroke, the Examination is usually held two days before the beginning of the Term in which the candidate proposes to reside. The subjects are the same as are required at Responsions.

At Worcester the Examination is held at the beginning and end of every Term. The subjects are:-(1) The Hecuba and Alcestis of Euripides. (2) Cicero, de Amicitia and de Senectute. (3) Latin and Greek Grammar. Other books may, with the consent of the College, be substituted for those which are here mentioned. (4) Translation from English into Latin Prose. (5) Arithmetic. (6) Euclid, Books I, II, or Algebra to the end of Simple Equations. Candidates who hold certificates which exempt them from Responsions are exempted also from the College Examination.

At Keble the Examination is held in October for residence in October or January. The subjects are:-(1) Euripides, Hecuba and Medea, or Sophocles, Ajax and Electra. (2) Virgil, the Georgics, or Horace, Odes I-III with the Ars Poetica. (3) Euclid, Books I, II, or Algebra. (4) Arithmetic. (5) Greek and Latin Grammar. (6) Latin Prose. (7) Easy passages of Greek and Latin, not specially prepared beforehand. Candidates who have passed any Examination which grants exemption from Responsions are excused all these papers except (6) and (7).

Candidates to whom rooms have been promised receive them in the order in which their names are entered upon condition of coming up to the College standard in the Matriculation Examination; but, in exceptional cases, persons who have applied too late to receive a promise of rooms are allowed to offer themselves on the chance of being selected by the Warden to fill such extra vacancies as may fall in.

At Hertford the Examination is held on the Thursday before the meeting of the College each Term.

Candidates are examined (unless they have obtained any Certificate, or have passed any Examination which excuses them from Responsions)

in the following books and subjects, viz. (1) Euripides, Hecuba and Alcestis; (2) Virgil, Georgics; (3) Latin Prose Composition; (4) Latin and Greek Grammar; (5) Arithmetic; (6) Euclid, Books I, II. Other Greek and Latin Books may be substituted for those above mentioned, provided that the quantity in each case be not less than is required for Responsions.

At the Halls candidates are usually required to satisfy the Principal that they are likely to pass their University Examinations within a reasonable period of time, but it is not necessary to pass any Examination as a condition of admission.

3. FEES. The sums payable to a College or Hall on admission usually consist of (1) an admission-fee, (2) caution-money. Both these sums vary in amount at different Colleges; the latter is a deposit which is held by the College or Hall as a guarantee against possible loss, and is not required when, as at New College, Keble College, St. Mary Hall, and St. Edmund Hall, the battels are, or may be, paid either weekly, or in advance at the beginning of each Term: it is always returned when the name is removed from the College books, and sometimes at an earlier period. The sums payable under both the above-mentioned heads, and also the regulations as to the return of the caution-money, are specified on p. 231.

§ 2. Requirements of the Delegates of Non-Collegiate Students.

Persons who desire to be admitted to the University without becoming members of a College or Hall must apply to the Delegates of Non-Collegiate Students through the Censor, who is bound to satisfy himself that the candidates are of good character, that (unless they are of mature age) they have the consent of their parents or guardians to their living in lodgings, and that they are likely to derive educational advantage from becoming matriculated members of the University.

The Censor and Tutors hold an examination of candidates for matriculation at the beginning of every Term.

The subjects of the ordinary examination are:

(1) Three Books of Homer, or One Greek Play, or an

equivalent amount of some other Greek author. (Candidates are advised to offer either the Hecuba

or the Alcestis of Euripides; or Homer, Odyssey VI-VIII, as these are the most useful books.)

(2) Three Books of Virgil's Eneid, or Three Books of the Odes of Horace, or an equivalent amount of some

other Latin author.

(3) Translation from English into Latin.

(4) The elements of Greek and Latin Grammar.

(5) Arithmetic, including Fractions, Decimals, and Proportion.

(6) Euclid, Books I, II, or Algebra, the first four Rules, Fractions, and Simple Equations.

Each candidate must forward to the Censor, at the Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street, Oxford, some time before the day appointed for the examination,

(1) A testimonial of good conduct and character;

(2) A certificate of his parents' or guardians' consent to his living in lodgings, or of his being of age.

Persons coming to the University as Non-Collegiate Students with the intention of taking a Degree, and not merely for the purpose of special study, are recommended to pass Responsions before entering; and if they have not done so, they will be required to pass that Examination within two Terms from their matriculation (Easter and Trinity Terms being counted as one Term), unless they obtain the special permission of the Delegacy for deferring the same.

Non-Collegiate Students must reside in the Term in which they matriculate, and must ordinarily continue to reside without break from their matriculation to the time when they pass the First Public Examination.

Persons coming to the University for the purpose of special study are required to show proficiency in their special study before they are admitted.

The fees payable by these Students at the time of their Matriculation are specified on p. 242.

§ 3. Matriculation.

When a student has satisfied either of these two sets of requirements, he is eligible to be presented to the ViceChancellor for formal enrolment on the Register (Matricula) of

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