Student's Handbook to the University and Colleges of OxfordClarendon Press, 1885 |
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... appointed by the Delegates of the Press ; but although the statements which it contains are believed to be correct , they are not official , and they are liable to alteration from time to time . INTRODUCTION CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. OF ...
... appointed by the Delegates of the Press ; but although the statements which it contains are believed to be correct , they are not official , and they are liable to alteration from time to time . INTRODUCTION CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. OF ...
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... appointed from time to time by one or other of the legislative bodies mentioned above . The functions of the University are mainly two : ( 1 ) That of teaching , which is discharged partly by means of Pro- fessors and other public ...
... appointed from time to time by one or other of the legislative bodies mentioned above . The functions of the University are mainly two : ( 1 ) That of teaching , which is discharged partly by means of Pro- fessors and other public ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... appointed time the persons to be matriculated are taken in their proper academical dress to the Vice - Chancellor . They write their names , in Latin , in a Register . They pay the requisite fees . They are then addressed in a short ...
... appointed time the persons to be matriculated are taken in their proper academical dress to the Vice - Chancellor . They write their names , in Latin , in a Register . They pay the requisite fees . They are then addressed in a short ...
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... appointed time is never refused in cases of urgency , yet such permission has to be obtained beforehand from the proper authorities . The day on which the Undergraduate members of each Society are expected to come into residence is ...
... appointed time is never refused in cases of urgency , yet such permission has to be obtained beforehand from the proper authorities . The day on which the Undergraduate members of each Society are expected to come into residence is ...
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Page 218 - Notice will be given, from time to time, of the number of cadetships which will be allotted half-yearly to University candidates. In case there should be more candidates than vacancies, the required number will be selected by competition among the said candidates at the ensuing July or December examination...
Page 73 - This is awarded every year for the best composition in English Verse. There is no limitation as to the length of the composition, but the metre is usually required to be heroic couplets. The value of the prize is £21. Competitors must be Undergraduate members of the University who have not exceeded four years from their matriculation. (3) English Poem on a Sacred Subject. A prize for this is awarded once in every three years: there is no restriction as to metre, but the length of the composition...
Page 151 - Part I. MECHANICS, HYDROSTATICS, and PNEUMATICS. Part II. HEAT. Part III. ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM. Part IV.
Page 153 - POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Under the head of Logic, Candidates are recommended to study the following subjects : — The nature and origin of knowledge ; The relation of language to thought ; The history of Logic in Greece to the time of Aristotle inclusive ; The theory of the Syllogism ; Scientific Method, including a comparison of the methods of different sciences, and the principles of historical evidence. Questions will be set in Trendelenburg's Elementa Logices Aristoteleae, and in Bacon's Novum...
Page x - It is open without respect of birth, age, or creed to all persons who satisfy the appointed officers that they are likely to derive educational advantage from its membership : and, subject only to necessary limitations of academical standing, any person who has been admitted as a member is eligible to compete for all its prizes and distinctions, save only that Degrees in Divinity are conf1ned to members of the Church of England.
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Page 199 - Hon. MA Oxon. Crown 8vo., cloth, 12s. THE FIRST PRAYER-BOOK OF EDWARD VI., compared with the Successive Revisions of the Book of Common Prayer ; together with a Concordance and Index to the Rubrics in the several editions. By the same Author. Crown 8vo., cloth, 12s. DID QUEEN ELIZABETH TAKE " OTHER ORDER " in the "ADVERTISEMENTS
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Page 220 - University passed in 1880, any College or Institution within the United Kingdom or in any part of the British Dominions, being a place of education in which the majority of the students are of the age of 17 at least, may on certain conditions be admitted to the privileges of an Affiliated College.