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and Composition, (2) Arithmetic. This part of the Examination is obligatory on all candidates. II. Examination in the following Sections, A. Religious Knowledge, i. e. in certain portions of the Bible and 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. B. English, i.e. (1) Greek and Roman History, (2) English History and Literature, (3) A Play of Shakspeare and a prepared portion of some other English author, (4) Geography, (5) Political Economy. Candidates must satisfy the Examiners in two of these divisions in order to pass in the Section. C. Languages, i. e. Latin, Greek, French, German, and Italian. No candidate can pass in this Section without shewing a fair knowledge of one of these languages. D. Mathematics, i.e. Pure Mathematics to Algebraical Geometry inclusive, Mechanics, and Hydrostatics. No candidate can pass in this Section who does not shew a fair knowledge of Euclid Bks. i.-iv, and Algebra to the end of Quadratic Equations. E. Natural Science, i.e. one of the three following groups of subjects: (1) Physics; (2) Chemistry; (3) Botany, Zoology or Geology and Mineralogy. Candidates may also offer F. Drawing, and G. Music. The names of the successful candidates under 19 years of age are published in two separate lists: (1) a list arranged in two divisions for each of the sections A. B. C. D. E. F. G.; (2) a general list, arranged in three divisions. Successful candidates also receive a certificate, signed by the Vice-Chancellor, conferring on them the title of Associate in Arts, and specifying the subjects in which they satisfied the Examiners and the Division or Divisions in which their names are placed. The names of all successful Candidates over 19 years of age are published in a separate list, and pass certificates are issued to them signed by the Vice-Chancellor, specifying the subjects in which they satisfied the Examiners. Those Candidates (Boys) who shew sufficient merit in translations from Latin and Greek authors, in Grammar, in Latin Prose Composition, and in Mathematics, to be excused from Responsions, may receive certificates from the Delegates to that effect; and those candidates (Girls) who shew sufficient merit in two languages and in Mathematics to be excused from the First Examination for Women, may receive certificates from the Delegates to that effect.

III. OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION FOR WOMEN.

The Delegacy of Local Examinations is also charged with the duty of conducting these Examinations which are held once at least in every year for the purpose of testing the attainments of women. They consist of a First Examination and a Second Examination which cannot be passed by any Candidate in the same Calendar year, and no Candidate is admitted to the Second Examination unless she has passed the First, or some other Examination accepted by the Delegates as equivalent. I. The First Examination, the standard of which corresponds with that of Responsions. Every Candidate is required to satisfy the Delegates in (1) two of the following languages: (a) Latin, (b) Greek, (c) French or Italian, (d) German; (2) Arithmetic; (3) Euclid I. II. or Algebra to Simple Equations inclusive. Candidates are examined in such manner as to test especially their knowledge of the grammar of the languages selected. Passages are set from unprepared books for translation into English, and Candidates are required to translate a piece of English into Latin, French or Italian, and German, as the case may be. II. The Second Examination, which consists of two parts: (1) The Pass Examination, (2) The Examination for Honours. The standard of the Pass Examination corresponds with that of the Public Examinations of the University (Pass). It is divided into six sections, viz. A. Languages, i. e. the same languages as are required in the Preliminary Examination, more advanced knowledge being required. B. Ancient History, i. e. the general outlines of Greek History from B. C. 510 to the death of Alexander, and of Roman History from the beginning of the First Punic War to the death of Nero, together with a special period of which an accurate knowledge is required. C. Modern History, i. e. English History from the accession of Henry II to the Revolution of 1688, together with a special period of which an accurate knowledge is required. D. Mathematics, i. e. (1) Algebra including Quadratic Equations and the simplest elements of Ratio and Proportion, (2) Euclid, Books I-III, IV. 1–9, VI. 1–8, and the Definitions of Book V, (3) Plain Trigonometry, (4) The Elements of Mechanics. E. Physical Science, i. e. (1) as necessary subjects: (a) The Elements of Physics, i. e. Mechanics, with either Heat, Light

and Sound, or Magnetism and Electricity, and (b) the elementary inorganic Chemistry; (2) as optional subjects: (a) Biology including Physiology and Morphology, (b) Geology. F. Logic and Political Economy, to the extent represented by the greater part of Whately's and Jevons's Logic, and Adam Smith, Books i. ii. In order to obtain the certificate of having passed this Examination, it is necessary to pass, at the same time, in Section A and in one at least of the other Sections. No Candidate can be examined in more than two Sections at any one Examination, but Candidates who have passed may offer any of the other Sections at a subsequent Examination. Candidates may obtain a Certificate of having passed or passed with distinction as the case may be.

The Examination for Honours is divided into eight Sections, viz. (1) Latin and Greek; (2) Mathematics; (3) Modern History; (4) Physical Science; (5) English; (6) German, French, Italian, and Spanish; (7) Ancient History; (8) Philosophy. Under the provisions of a recent University Statute the Delegates have made arrangements for using the Honour Examinations of the University for the examination of Candidates offering to be examined in Greek and Latin, in Mathematics, in Modern History, and in Natural Science. In these Sections Candidates are examined by the University Moderators or Public Examiners (as the case may be) in the same Papers and at the same time as Members of the University, and the standard for each class is the same as in the Class List of Members of the University. In each of these Sections Candidates may offer a portion of the subjects of Examinations, and if they shew sufficient merit will receive a certificate of having passed or passed with distinction as the case may be.' No Candidate will be examined in more than one of the eight Sections at the same Examination, and no Candidate who has obtained Honours in any part of a Section may again be examined in that part of it. Candidates who have shewn sufficient merit are arranged in classes in each Section according to their merit, the names in each Class being placed in alphabetical order. The standard in all the Sections is that of the University Honour Examinations, and the Class Lists are published in the University Gazette, and recorded permanently in the University Calendar and the Honours Register of the University.

Candidates who have passed the First Examination, or an Examination accepted as equivalent, are permitted to offer themselves for an Examination in Music. Under the provisions of a recent University Statute the Delegates have made arrangements for using the First Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music, which is conducted partly in writing, partly viva voce, in harmony and counterpoint in not more than four parts.

There is also a separate and optional Examination in the Rudiments of Faith and Religion, which is divided into two parts: (1) Holy Scripture, with or without a knowledge of the Greek Text of the selected books of the New Testament; (2) the Book of Common Prayer. Candidates may offer either one or both of these parts.

IV. EXAMINATION OF SCHOOLS.

The same Delegacy is also empowered to examine Schools or parts of Schools. A school may be examined either in connexion with the Local Examinations or independently. In the latter case arrangements are made by the Delegacy to meet the special requirements of the Schools which apply to be examined, as to time and subjects of Examination.

When a School Examination is combined with the Local Examinations it may be conducted either wholly or in part upon the Local Examination Papers, and the answers to the Local Examination Papers may be used either for the purposes of the School Examination only or for both the School and Local Examinations. In the last case the School must be appointed a Special Local Centre, to which Candidates who are not members of the School may be admitted at the discretion of the School authorities, and the Candidates whose answers are used for the purposes of the Local Examinations are examined under the same conditions of superintendence as Local Examination Candidates at other centres. Combined School and Local Examinations are in all cases held at the time at which the Local Examinations are appointed to be held, and so far as relates to the Local Examination Papers in accordance with the Local Examinations Time-table.

Further information as to the several Examinations, i. e. the time, places, and special books, which vary from year to year, may be obtained, in the case of the Local Examinations, from

the Local Secretaries at the Centres at which the Examinations are held, and in the case of all the Examinations from the Secretary to the Delegacy, Clarendon Building, Broad Street, Oxford.

IV. EXTRA-ACADEMICAL PRIVILEGES OF

STUDENTS AND GRADUATES.

The following are some of the privileges and exemptions of Graduates, and of those who have passed certain of the University Examinations, in regard to admission to the several professions: they are all shared in common with members of other Universities.

1. IN LAW.

(a) Calls to the Bar. Members of the University who have passed a Public Examination may enter their name at an Inn of Court without passing the preliminary examination: if they have either passed' a Public Examination,' or have resided two full years at the University, they are, at several Inns, exempted from the payment of the caution-money which is required from other Students: they are allowed to keep their Terms by dining in the Hall of their Inn during three days in each Term: and their three years of studentship may be contemporary with their Oxford course, so that they may qualify themselves for being called to the Bar three years after passing ‘a Public Examination.' (This term is ambiguous, but it has recently been interpreted to mean Responsions.)

(b) Admission as Attorneys and Solicitors.

1. Any one who has been matriculated at the University, or who has passed the Local Examinations of the University, is exempted from passing the preliminary examination which would otherwise be required before he could be articled.

2. Any member of the University who has passed Moderations can be articled for four years instead of five—and any Bachelor of Arts for three years instead of five.

2. IN MEDICINE.

(a) Registration.

Any Doctor or Bachelor of Medicine is entitled, on payment of a fee of £2 in respect of qualifications

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