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Subjects.

Condition of

1.

2. The General Examination. Grace 6 Feb. 1873.
The subjects of the General Examination shall be:
(1) The Acts of the Apostles in the original
Greek. (2) One of the Latin Classics.
(3) One of the Greek Classics.

(4) Algebra; viz. easy equations of a degree not
higher than the second, involving not more
than two unknown quantities; the proofs
of the rules of Arithmetical and Geometrical
Progression, with simple examples; and
easy problems in Elementary Algebra.

(5) Elementary Statics, treated so as not neces-
sarily to require a knowledge of Trigo-
nometry, namely, the composition and reso-
lution of forces acting in one plane at a
point, the mechanical powers. and the
properties of the centre of gravity.

(6) Elementary Hydrostatics, namely, the pressure
of non-elastic fluids, specific gravities, the
properties of elastic fluids, and the principal
instruments and machines whose

2. No

action

depends on the properties of fluids: and
Heat, as defined in Regulation 9.

No person shall be approved by the Examiners approval. unless he shew a competent knowledge of each of the above subjects of Examination.

papers.

Additional 3. Two Additional Papers shall be given, one (7) containing one or more passages of English for translation into Latin Prose; and the other (8) containing one or more subjects for an English Essay, and [questions on some play of Shakespeare or some portion of the works of Milton, which shall have been specified by the Board of Examinations in the Easter Term of the preceding year. Grace 1 June 1876.] Students shall not be required to present themselves for either of these Papers, but the results of both shall be taken into account in assigning the places in the Class-List.

Degrees.

Sect. 1.

Part I.

Degrees.

Sect. 1.

Part I.

Examination.

Classical

appoint

Subjects,

4. The appointment of the Greek and Latin Classics, Board of which are to be the subjects of Examination in any year, Studies to shall rest with the Board of Classical Studies, upon the classical understanding that the Board shall so limit the subjects of Examination that every one who is examined may be reasonably expected to shew a competent knowledge of them; and Public Notice of the Classics so appointed for and to give the Examination of the Easter Term of any year shall be notice. issued in the second week of the Easter Term of the year preceding.

public

tion when

to begin.

5. The Examination shall begin on the Monday next Examinabut two (or if the following Thursday shall be Ascension Day, on the Saturday preceding the Monday next but two) before the General Admission to the B.A. Degree in the Easter Term.

Candidates,

Examina

6. Previously to the commencement of the Examination, List of the Board of Examinations shall prepare an alphabetical list of all the persons to be examined, and divide them into convenient portions for the purpose of examination; and shall draw up a Plan of Examination to be approved by and Plan of the Vice-Chancellor, notifying the days and hours when tion. each of the persons to be examined shall be required to attend the Examination, and shall send a copy of such Plan to the Prælector of each College and the proper officer of the Non-Collegiate Students Board.

papers.

7 The Examination shall be conducted entirely by By printed printed papers.

subjects.

8. The papers in the Classical subjects shall consist Classical of passages to be translated and explained, together with such plain questions on Grammar (especially Syntax) and on the subject-matter as arise immediately out of the Subjects.

9. The easy problems in Elementary Algebra shall be Algebra. confined to questions producing simple or quadratic Equations, and questions on Ratio, Proportion and Variation, and on Arithmetical and Geometrical Series,

Examination.

Statics and
Hydrosta-

tics.

Heat.

Meeting of Examiners to approve

Examination
Papers.

Candidates approved

to be ar

ranged in

The papers in Statics and Hydrostatics shall consist of questions on the principles and propositions, together with easy examples and applications arising out of the Subjects.

The questions on Heat may embrace explanations of Temperature and Heat: the processes of Conduction, Convection and Radiation: the effects of heat when applied to Solids, Liquids and Gases: the Construction of a Common Thermometer: the Comparison of Thermometric Scales the formation of Dew, Hoar Frost, Clouds and Rain Congelation and Ebullition.

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10. There shall be a General Meeting of the Examiners previous to the Examination, when the papers set by each Examiner shall be submitted to all the Examiners for their approval.

11. The Names of the Students who pass the Examination shall be placed by the Examiners in Four Classes, four classes. the names in each class being arranged alphabetically, and these classes shall be published in the Senate-House at latest on the Wednesday before the General Admission to the B.A. Degree.

Additional
Examina-

tion in

Michaelmas
Term.

Prælectors to send in names of Candidates

to Board of Examina tions.

Examiners'

nomination

12. There shall be an Additional Examination commencing November the 26th (unless that day fall on Sunday, in which case it shall begin on the [25th Grace 26 Feb. 1874]), the subjects of which shall be the same as at the Examination in the preceding Easter Term, and which shall be conducted by the same Examiners in a manner similar to that described in the preceding regulations.

13. No person shall be allowed to attend any Examination whose name has not been sent by the Prælector of his College, or the proper officer of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, to the Board of Examinations one week before the commencement of the Examination, except by permission of the Board of Examinations.

14. In the Lent Term of every year the Senate shall and election. elect four Examiners to conduct the Examinations of the Easter and Michaelmas Terms; such Examiners to be members of the Senate and to be nominated by the Board of Examinations,

Degrees.

Sect. 1.

Part I.

Degrees.

Sect. 1.

Part I.

of subjects Examiners.

15. Of these Examiners two shall examine in the Distribution Classical subjects, the Acts of the Apostles and Latin Com- amongst position, and two in the Mathematical subjects and English Composition.

16. Each of the four Examiners shall receive Thirty Examiners' Pounds from the University Chest.

17. The Pro-Proctors and two at least of the Examiners shall be present during every part of the Examination in the Easter Term, and one Pro-Proctor and one at least of the Examiners shall be present during every part of the Examination in the Michaelmas Term.

18. Two of the Proctors' or Pro-Proctors' men shall be in attendance during every part of the Examination in the Easter Term, and one of the Pro-Proctors' men shall be in attendance during every part of the Examination in the Michaelmas Term.

[For the Fees to be paid by Candidates for the General Examination, see p. 302.]

remuneration.

Attendance
tors and
at Exami-

of Pro-Proc

Examiners

nations,

and of Proc

tors' or Pro

Proctors'

men.

BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS. Grace 6 Feb. 1873.

consist.

1. The general superintendence of the Previous Exa- of whom to mination and of the General [and Special Examinations Grace 9 Dec. 1875] for the Ordinary B.A. Degree shall be entrusted to a Board consisting of eight members of the Senate, elected by Grace of the Senate, two of whom shall retire on the 20th of November in each year, and their places be supplied by two members of the Senate, elected Election. by Grace of the Senate, the retiring Members of the Board being re-eligible.

For the purpose of establishing the system of rotation, Rotation. at the first election of the members of the said Board two members shall be elected for four years, two for three years, two for two years, and two for one year.

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Chairman,

2. The Members of the Board shall elect their own To elect a Chairman to hold office for a year, or for such other period

aminations.

May delegate
particular
duties to
committees
or officers.

Duties.

To report annually.

May appoint a Secretary, with a salary.

as the Board by a resolution of the majority of the whole
body shall prescribe.

3. The Board shall be empowered to entrust particular
duties to Committees of their own members, or to their
Chairman, or to any officers appointed by the Board.

4. It shall be the duty of the said Board to consult together from time to time on all matters relating to the state of the Previous and General [and Special] Examinations, more especially on such as may be referred to them by the Examiners; to nominate all the Examiners for the [several Examinations under the superintendence of the Board, the subjects in which each Examiner shall examine in the Previous and General Examinations] being specified in the Grace for his election; to provide suitable accommodation for the examination of the Candidates in the several Examinations; to receive the Names of the Candidates from the Tutors and Prælectors, and to publish Lists of such Candidates duly arranged; to consider the cases of persons whose names have been omitted from such Lists, and to give or withhold permission for such persons to be examined; to consider the cases of persons who are unable from illness to present themselves at the Examination, and to give or withhold permission for such persons to be examined privately.

5. The Board shall report annually to the Senate.

6. The Board shall have power to appoint a Secretary (who shall hold the office during the pleasure of the Board) with an annual salary not exceeding [One Hundred Grace 9 Dec. 1875] Pounds a year to be paid out of the University Chest,

Degrees.

Sect. 1.

Part I.

Time of Examination.

3. The Special Examinations.

(a) Special Examination in Theology.

1. That there shall be an Examination, beginning on the [Friday next but two Grace 9 Dec. 1875] before the General

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