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2. CANDIDATES.-Candidates must have matriculated as members of the University: they must either have passed Responsions (p. 129), or the Previous Examination at Cambridge, or have obtained the certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examiners (p. 212), or have satisfied the Examiners of Senior Candidates at one of the Local Examinations (p. 216) in English, in Mathematics, in Latin, and in either Greek or a modern language, i. e. in French, German, or Italian: they must give in their names to the Clerk of the Schools some time before the day of the Examination, and in so doing must pay a fee of £2.

3. SUBJECTS AND ORDER OF THE EXAMINATION.-The subjects of the Examination are Harmony and Counterpoint, in not more than four parts. It is conducted partly viva voce, partly in writing. Those candidates who satisfy the Examiners receive, on application to the Clerk of the Schools, a certificate to that effect.

2. Second Examination.

1. TIME.-The Examination takes place annually in Michaelmas Term, on a day of which notice is given in the University Gazette.

2. CANDIDATES.-(a) Candidates must have passed the First Examination, and must have composed a piece of Music in fivepart harmony, with an accompaniment for at least five stringed instruments. This piece of music must be forwarded to the Professor of Music at an appointed time, together with a written assurance that the whole is the candidate's own composition: no candidate can offer himself for the Examination until this composition has been approved by all the Examiners. If approved it is not to be performed, but a copy of it must be deposited in the Music School.

(B) They must give in their names to the Clerk of the Schools some time before the day of the Examination, in so doing must pay a fee of £2, and exhibit the certificate of having passed the First Examination.

3. SUBJECTS AND ORDER OF THE EXAMINATION.-The subjects are, (1) Harmony; (2) Counterpoint, in not more than

five parts; (3) Canon, Imitation, &c.; (4) Fugue; (5) Form in Composition; (6) Musical History; (7) A critical knowledge of the full-scores of certain works which are designated from time to time by the Professor of Music, and notified in the University Gazette. The text-books which are recommended for the Examination are Ouseley's Treatises on Harmony, Counterpoint, and Form in Music; Berlioz, or Kastner, on Instrumentation; and either Burney's or Hawkins' History of Music. The Examination is conducted partly viva voce, partly in writing. Those candidates who satisfy the Examiners receive, on application to the Clerk of the Schools, a certificate to that effect.

III.

OF EXAMINATIONS HELD UNDER THE
SANCTION OF THE UNIVERSITY.

1. Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examinations. I. EXAMINATIONS OF BOYS FOR CERTIFICATES. Examinations are held from time to time under the authority of a Board entitled the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination Board, the members of which are appointed in equal numbers by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge respectively.

The Examinations for Higher Certificates are held at Oxford, at Cambridge, at several Public Schools, and at certain other centres in July at a date fixed by the Board. Any boy who is under education at a School at which the Examination is held, or who, being under education at another School, applies through his Master to the Board, is admitted as a candidate: in either case two months' notice has to be given and a fee of £2 paid.

Boys who have left school, or who have not been members of any school, are also admitted to the Examination under the authority of the University of Oxford.

The Subjects of the Examination are divided into four groups :

Group I. (1) Latin, (2) Greek, (3) French, (4) German.
Group II. (1) Elementary, (2) Additional, Mathematics.
Group III. (1) Scripture Knowledge, (2) English, (3) His-
tory.

Group IV. (1) Natural Philosophy, Mechanical Division, (2) Natural Philosophy, Chemical Division, (3) Botany,

(4) Physical Geography and Elementary Geology, (5) Biology.

The Examination in Latin includes as obligatory subjects (a) Prose Composition, (B) Translation into English from books not specially prepared, (y) Grammar. Candidates may also offer a portion of a classical author as a prepared book, which must be selected, with certain admissible exceptions, from a list issued from time to time by the Board. A paper in Verse Composition is also set, but deficiency in it, or the omission of it, may be compensated by the merit of the candidate's other work in this part of the Examination.

The Examination in Greek includes as obligatory subjects (a) Translation into English from books not specially prepared, (B) Grammar, (y) either a portion of one classical author to be specially prepared, and to be selected, with certain admissible exceptions, from a list issued from time to time by the Board, or Prose Composition. A paper in Verse Composition is also set, but deficiency in it, or the omission of it, may be compensated by the merit of the candidate's other work in this part of the Examination.

The Examination in Elementary Mathematics includes as obligatory subjects, (1) Arithmetic, (2) those parts of Elementary Geometry which are treated of in Euclid I, II, (3) Elementary Algebra, to the extent required in Responsions (see p. 130).

(For the details of the other subjects the reader is referred to the Regulations of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination Board, published at the Clarendon Press.)

Every candidate who satisfies the Examiners in at least four subjects, taken from not less than three different groups (with the exception that candidates who satisfy the examiners in one subject taken from Group ii. or Group iv. may offer three subjects taken from Group i.) receives a certificate from the Board.

This certificate exempts an Undergraduate from the necessity of passing Responsions, provided that it states that the holder of it has passed in Latin, Greek, and Elementary Mathematics as specified above.

It is also accepted by most Colleges, by the Halls, and by the Delegates of Non-Collegiate Students, as a substitute for the ordinary Matriculation Examination: but in almost all cases the certificate must be of such a kind as to carry with it an exemption from Responsions as stated above; and in several Colleges it must also show that the candidate has passed with distinction in at least one subject. Enquiry should in each case be made of the College authorities as to the conditions under which the certificate is accepted.

II. EXAMINATIONS OF BOYS' SCHOOLS.

The same Board also holds Examinations of Schools, and parts of Schools, on the application of the Head Master or Governing Body. The arrangements are made in each case to suit the convenience of the particular School which is to be examined: and full particulars respecting the general conditions of the Examinations will be found in the printed Regulations of the Board, mentioned above. The Examination of a School may be combined with the Examination of particular boys in a School for certificates.

III. EXAMINATION OF GIRLS FOR CERTIFICATES.

The general conditions are the same as those for boys, with the exceptions (1) that the Italian language is added to Group I, Drawing to Group II, and Music to Group IV, and (2) that the Examination may be passed in two portions, not less than two subjects being offered each time. The certificate does not carry with it, as it does in the case of boys, any privileges at the University.

IV. EXAMINATION OF GIRLS' SCHOOLS.

The general conditions are the same as those which are mentioned above for Boys' Schools.

Further information than is contained in the Regulations already referred to can be obtained on application to the Secretary to the Delegacy, Hertford College.

2. Oxford Local Examinations.

Examinations of persons who are not members of the University are held once at least in every year at Oxford, and in

such other places as the Delegates from time to time appoint, upon application from a Local Committee formed in any place for that purpose, under the authority of a Board entitled the Delegacy of Local Examinations.

I. EXAMINATION OF JUNIOR Candidates.

Candidates for this Examination, who may be of either sex, must not have exceeded their sixteenth year on the 1st of July in the year in which the Examinations are held. The Examination consists of two parts: I. Examination in preliminary subjects, i.e. (1) Reading aloud from an English author, (2) Writing from dictation, (3) English Grammar and Composition, (4) Arithmetic, as far as Single Rule of Three. This part of the Examination is obligatory on all candidates. II. Examination in the following subjects: 1. Religious Knowledge, i. e. in certain selected books of the Bible, and in parts of the Book of Common Prayer. All candidates must be examined in at least one division of this subject, unless their parents or guardians object to it. 2. English, i.e. Greek and Roman History, English History, a selected Play of Shakspeare and Geography. Candidates are required to pass in two of these divisions in order to pass in the Section. 3. Latin. 4. Greek. 5. French. 6. German. 7. Mathematics, including Euclid Books i. ii. and Algebra to Simple Equations. 8. Mechanics and Mechanism. 9. Chemistry. Every candidate is required to satisfy the Examiners in three at least of these subjects, and no candidate is examined in more than six. Candidates may also offer themselves for examination in Drawing and Music. Successful candidates receive certificates stating the subjects in which they have passed, and their names are published in three divisions according to their merits. Lists are also published of the Candidates who distinguish themselves in each of the subjects from 1 to 9 inclusive, provided that they also obtain Certificates.

II. EXAMINATION OF SENIOR CANDIDATES.

Persons of either sex are admitted to this Examination without limit of age. The Examination consists of two parts: I. Examination in preliminary subjects, i. e. (1) English Grammar, Analysis

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