age is often extended, and partly in that they are frequently confined to persons who produce evidence of their need of assistance. They are usually of less value than Scholarships, but many Exhibitions give the holder the right of wearing a Scholar's gown, as well as some of the other privileges of a Scholar. Bible-Clerkships are offices to which certain duties, such as those of marking the attendance of Undergraduates in Chapel or of saying grace in Hall, are usually attached. They are in the free gift of the Head of a College, but it is not infrequent for him to open them to a competition among persons who produce evidence of their need of pecuniary assistance. Detailed particulars of their value and conditions of tenure will be found below in the notices of All Souls, Oriel, and Queen's Colleges. Information as to Academical Clerkships will be found in the notice of Magdalen College, and several Colleges appoint Undergraduates to organistships or librarianships, to which small salaries are attached. Scholarships, Exhibitions, and, as a rule, Bible-Clerkships, are awarded after a competitive Examination, official notice of which is given at least a month before the Examination in the Oxford University Gazette. The notices usually appear under the heading of University Intelligence in the principal newspapers. Printed copies are distributed among the Public Schools, and may be obtained on application to the Head of each College by any one who desires to offer himself as a candidate at the College. The Examination Papers are not officially published, but copies of them can sometimes be procured on application to one of the officers of a College, and candidates who have not been at one of the larger Public Schools, where the standard required is well known, will do well to endeavour to ascertain the nature of what is required of them before entering their names for the Examination. The Scholarship Examinations of several Colleges are now held together; the same papers are given to all who offer themselves, and candidates may stand at any or at all of the Colleges which have combined. A candidate who offers himself at more than one College will be required to state on entering his name the order of his preference in case more than one College should be willing to elect him. The combinations at present existing are stated below. Candidates are sometimes directed to send their names by letter to the Head or Tutor of a College some little time before the Examination: more usually they are directed to call personally upon the appointed College officer on the evening of the day before that on which the Examination begins. A candidate is in all cases required to produce at the time of entering his name a certificate of his date of birth (to be obtained from the Registrar of Births of the parish in which he was born), accompanied by a certificate of good character. SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION. In Classics, one or more Scholarships, as well as Exhibitions, are annually offered by every College. The Examinations include translation from Greek and Latin into English, and from English into Greek and Latin; but the Greek and Latin Verse papers are now usually optional, and many Colleges allow some equivalent subject, such as a modern language, to be offered. There is always in addition an English Essay or a paper of general questions (or both), as well as one in grammatical, philological, and literary criticism. At some Colleges a History paper is given, and candidates are sometimes allowed to take mathematical as well as classical papers, so that a Classical Scholarship may be, and often is, won by proficiency in subjects other than the Greek and Latin languages. Combined Examinations for Classical Scholarships have been recently held or announced to be held by — Queen's, St. John's, Hertford, and Keble; Trinity and Wadham; New College, Magdalen, and Corpus; Merton, Lincoln, and Worcester; University, Exeter, Oriel, Brasenose, and Christ Church. In Mathematics, Scholarships and Exhibitions are usually offered by Balliol, Brasenose, Christ Church, Corpus, Exeter, Hertford, Jesus, Magdalen, Merton, New College, Pembroke, Queen's, Trinity, University, Wadham, and Worcester. Combined Examinations for Mathematical Scholarships are at present held by 1. University, Merton, Exeter, New College, and Hertford: The following notice was issued before the Examination in December, 1902 :— The subjects of examination will be Algebra, Theory of Equations, Plane Trigonometry, Pure and Analytical Geometry, Elementary Differential Calculus, and Elementary Mechanics of Solids and Fluids. All candidates who have not already passed Responsions, or an equiva lent examination, will be required to show a competent knowledge of Classics. 2. Balliol, Queen's, and Corpus: The following notice was issued before the Examination in December, 1902 :— The subjects of examination will be Algebra, the Theory of Equations, Trigonometry, Pure and Analytical Geometry, and Elements of Differential Calculus and of Mechanics of Solids and Fluids. An English Essay will also be set to all candidates. No Scholar elected will be allowed to come into residence until he has passed Responsions or an equivalent examination. 3. Magdalen, Brasenose, Christ Church, Pembroke, and Worcester: The following notice was issued before the Examination in March, 1903:— Papers will be set in Algebra, Theory of Equations, Plane Trigonometry, Pure and Analytical Geometry, and Elementary Mechanics. Candidates who have not obtained some certificate exempting them from Responsions will be required to show that they have sufficient knowledge of Classics to enable them to pass the Examination. In Natural Science, Scholarships and Exhibitions are usually offered by Balliol, Christ Church, Corpus, Exeter, Jesus, Keble, Lincoln, Magdalen, Merton, New College, Queen's, and Trinity. Combined Examinations are at present held by 1. Balliol, Christ Church, and Trinity: The following notice was issued before the Examination in December, 1902:— Papers will be set in the following subjects: (1) Mechanical Philosophy and Physics; (2) Chemistry; (3) Biology; but candidates will not be expected to offer more than two of these. There will be a Practical Examination in one or more of the above subjects, if the examiners think it expedient. Candidates will be required to write an English Essay; and will be given an opportunity of showing their knowledge of Latin, Greek, French, or German. No Scholar or Exhibitioner elected at any of the Colleges will be allowed to come into residence until he has passed Responsions or an equivalent examination. 2. Merton, New College, and Corpus: For the notice issued see p. 48. In Modern History, Scholarships and Exhibitions are or have been offered by Balliol, Brasenose, Christ Church, Corpus, Exeter, Jesus, Keble, Lincoln, Magdalen, Merton, New College, and Queen's. Candidates are as a rule expected to show some knowledge of a modern language or languages. In Theology. In Theology, together with Classics, there are at Exeter the two Hasker Scholarships; in Theology, with Classics and Mathematics, there is at Trinity the Henniker Scholarship, and in Hebrew there are at Wadham the two Hody Hebrew Scholarships. In Classics and Holy Scripture there is at Worcester the Barnes Scholarship. These Scholarships are awarded whenever a vacancy occurs. The Holwell Exhibition at Queen's is tenable by a student of Theology. In Music there is at Balliol the Nettleship Scholarship. **The notices issued before the Examinations held by such Colleges as have not combined for Scholarship Examinations will be found below, under the heading of each College. CLOSE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. These are limited to certain classes of candidates; generally either to persons born or educated in certain parts of the country, or to persons educated at certain schools. Some are wholly limitedthat is, they cannot be awarded unless candidates of sufficient merit from the particular district or school are found; others are limited in the first instance only, and in default of duly qualified candidates from the favoured districts or schools may be thrown open pro bac vice. A list of such Scholarships and Exhibitions is given below; it must be understood that it does not include many Scholarships and Exhibitions in the gift of Schools or other bodies, and tenable at any College or Hall in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Persons who are natives of, or in some cases have been resident or educated in, the following districts are preferentially, or in some cases exclusively, eligible to the Scholarships and Exhibitions mentioned in each case: for further particulars see pp. 32-61. Buckinghamshire: the Tatham Scholarship at Lincoln. Carlisle (diocese): the Thomas Exhibitions1 at Queen's College. Channel Islands: the King Charles I Scholarships and Exhibitions at Exeter, Jesus, and Pembroke Colleges; and Bishop Morley's Exhibition at Pembroke College. Cumberland: the Eglesfield Scholarships at Queen's College. Exeter (old diocese): the Stapeldon Scholarships at Exeter College. Devon: the How and Gifford Exhibitions1 at Exeter College. Dorset: the Symes Exhibition at Exeter College. Glamorganshire and Gloucestershire: the Beaufort Exhibitions at Oriel College. Lincoln (archdeaconry): an Exhibition at Exeter College. Manchester (diocese): the Berry Exhibitions1 at Queen's College. Middlesex the Fitzgerald Exhibition at Queen's College. Monmouthshire; Foundation and Meyricke Scholarships and Exhibitions at Jesus College, and the Beaufort Exhibitions at Oriel College. Nottingham (archdeaconry): an Exhibition at Exeter College. Scotland; the Snell (p. 34) and Warner Exhibitions at Balliol College. Somerset the How and the Symes Exhibitions1 at Exeter College. Wales: Foundation and Meyricke Scholarships and Exhibitions at Jesus College. Westmorland: the Eglesfield Scholarships and Thanet Exhibition at Queen's College. Whitehaven: a Dixon Exhibition at Queen's College. Candidates from the following Universities and Schools are similarly favoured in the elections to the Scholarships and Exhibitions mentioned in each case: for further particulars see below under the heading of each College. The University of Glasgow; the Snell Exhibitions at Balliol College. Abingdon School: four Scholarships at Pembroke College. 1 For sons of clergymen. |