Nov. 1, 1866. Dec. 8, 1864. CHAPTER VII. PRIZES. Report 16 June 1882. Grace 23 June 1882. The Classical Board having had under consideration (1) the best time for giving out the subjects for the following Prize Exercises: The Chancellor's English Poem, The Powis Medal, The Browne Medals, The Porson Prize: and (2) the best time for sending in these Exercises, beg leave to state to the Vice-Chancellor their opinion that the Subjects should be published by him on or before June 15th of each year, and that the Exercises should be given in to him on or before February 1st of the following year. SECT. 1. I. The SEATONIAN Prize. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 152. II. SIR WILLIAM BROWNE'S Medals. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 130. Cum Vir honoratissimus EDVARDUS COMES DE POWIS, summus Academiæ Seneschallus, pecunias obtulerit quibus numismata majoris pretii in præmia Epigrammatum Græce et Latine quotannis scriptorum ad exemplum ceterorum numismatum a Gulielmo Browne Equite aurato legatorum comparentur, Placeat vobis ut donum illud a vobis accipiatur. For dates, &c. see above. Note. THE EARL OF Powis by a gift of Government Stock, increased the value of the two Browne Gold Medals for the best Greek and the best Latin Epigrams respectively, from two and a half guineas each to five guineas each. III. The NORRISIAN Prize. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 89. Placeat vobis ut relatio Concilii Senatus data 18mo. Novembris 1864 de præmio Norrisiano suffragiis vestris comprobetur. Augmenta tion of value of Medals for Epigrams. The Council of the Senate recommend (Nov. 18, 1864): 1. That the subject of the Essay shall be selected and the Prize adjudged by the Vice-Chancellor, the Norrisian Adjudicators. Notice of subject. Adjudicators and time of adjudication. Professor of Divinity, and two members of the Senate to be 2. That the subject shall be announced by the Vice- IV. The HULSEAN Prize. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 281. Placeat vobis ut qui Hulseani Lectoris Electores Statuto constituti sunt, lidem Præmium annuum Hulseanum adjudicent, et ut non sit necessarium ante finem termini quadragesimalis præmium ante dictum judicare. Mart. 13, 1562. Exercises, when to be sent in. V. The PORSON Prize. See p. 407. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 154. VI. The MAITLAND Prize. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 157. That in future competitions for the Maitland Prize the 10th day of November next following the announcement of the subject shall be the day on or before which the candidates shall be required to send in their Essays, it being understood that the Essays for the present year shall be sent in before the division of the Easter Term in accordance with the notice already issued. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 163. 1. That "The Le Bas Prize" shall consist of the annual interest of the above-mentioned fund (£1920 3 per cent. consols), the Essay being published at the expense of the successful candidate. 2. That the candidates for the Prize shall be, at the time when the subject is given out, Bachelors of Arts under Feb. 17. 1870. the standing of M.A.; or students in civil law or medicine of not less than four or more than seven years' standing, not being graduates in either faculty, but having kept the exercises necessary for the degree of Bachelor of Law or Medicine. 3. [That the subject for the Essay shall be selected and the Prize adjudicated by the Vice-Chancellor and two other members of the Senate, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and approved by the Senate at the first Congregation in the month of May in each year. 4. That the subject shall be given out in the first week of June in each year, and the Essays sent in before the end of the next ensuing Lent Term. Report 20 Oct. 1879. Grace 30 Oct. 1879.] SECT. 2. I. The CHANCELLOR'S Gold Medals. (a). Two for proficiency in Classical Learning. Report 4 Apr. 1881. Grace 19 May 1881. compete, 1. That an Undergraduate or Bachelor Designate in who may Arts may be a candidate for a Chancellor's Medal in any year if, at the end of the Examination for the Chancellor's Medals, he shall have entered upon his ninth term at least, having previously kept eight terms; provided that not more than ten terms shall have passed, after the first of the said eight terms; and no student of a different standing shall be allowed to be a candidate unless he shall have obtained permission from the Council of the Senate. No student who has presented himself as a candidate in any year shall be allowed to offer himself on any other occasion. 2. That the Examiners for the Chancellor's Medals Examiners; shall be the Vice-Chancellor, the Regius Professor of Greek, the Professor of Latin, and the Public Orator, together with two Members of the Senate appointed by Grace of the Senate at the last Congregation in November in every year, to examine for the University Scholarships and for the Chancellor's Medals. Provided that in case any of the ex proviso. Time. Papers. Subjects. Who may compete. officio electors be prevented from taking part in the Examination, a deputy shall be appointed in each case by Grace of the Senate. 3. That the Examination shall begin on the Monday next [but one before the end of the first quarter of the Lent Term. Grace 23 June 1882.] 4. That the Examiners shall have power to give to the candidates for the Chancellor's Medals the same papers as are given to the candidates for the University Scholarship or Scholarships, or different papers, or partly the same papers and partly different papers. 5. That these Regulations shall first come into force in the year 1883. (b). One for the encouragement of English Poetry. See p. 407. (c). One for the encouragement of Legal Studies. Report 19 Nov. 1884. Grace 11 Dec. 1884. 1. The Prize shall be awarded, by the Examiners for the Law Tripos, to the candidate who shall be most distinguished in those parts of the Law Tripos Examination which relate to English Real Property Law, English Personal Property Law, English Criminal Law, and English Legal and Constitutional History. Provided that such prize shall not necessarily be awarded in each year but only in cases of exceptional merit. 2. The Examination for the Prize shall be open to all Candidates who have presented themselves for the Law Tripos of the current year; to all Students who, having passed the examinations entitling to admission to the title of Bachelor designate in Arts or Law, are not of sufficient standing to be created Masters of Arts or Law; to all Students who, having taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts jure natalium, are not of sufficient standing to be created Masters of Arts; and to all Students in Medicine of not more than seven years' Jan. 19, 1867. Medals. standing since matriculation, who shall have passed the 3. No person, who has gained the Prize, shall be admitted Proviso. as a candidate for it a second time. II. The Powis Medal. Placeat vobis ut sigillo vestro communi signentur literæ ab Oratore The Prize will be subject to the following Regulations: 1. That this Medal be called the Powis Medal. 2. Name. Subject, That the Subject for the Exercises be appointed appointinent, by the Vice-Chancellor. 3. See p. 407. 4. and notice. Exercises. That no such Exercise exceed in length one hun- Length of dred lines. compete. 5. That all Undergraduates, who shall have resided Who may not less than Two Terms before the day on which the Exercises must be sent in, or who shall at least be then in the course of their second year of residence, may be Candidates for this Medal. 6. That this Medal be adjudged by the Examiners for Examiners. the Chancellor's Medals [including the Professor of Latin Grace 4 Dec. 1872]; and that the Prize Exercise be recited Prize Exerpublicly at the same time as the other Prize Exercises. cise to be recited, the Earl of 7. That a copy of the successful Exercise, when and sent to printed, be sent annually to the Earl of Powis, the Donor Powis. of the Medal. |