Deputy Who may compete. Amount of prize Notice of sub ject. Examiners when to be appointed. Exercises when to be sent in. Prize when to be awarded, ject given out. University Prizes. 3. In case the Professor is prevented by illness or other cause from examining, a deputy shall be appointed by Grace of the Senate. 4. The Prize shall be open to all Graduates of the University of Cambridge who have resided 60 days during the twelve months preceding the day on or before which the Essay must be sent in. 5. The successful candidate shall receive three years' income of the Fund, or if no Essay be thought worthy of a Prize, this amount shall be added to the capital of the Fund. 6. The subject of the first Essay shall be given out by the Professor of Geology some time in the Lent Term of 1865. 7. The first two Examiners shall be appointed by Grace of the Senate some time in the Easter Term of 1867; and so on every third year. 8. The Essays must be sent in to the Registrary on or before October 1, 1867, in the usual form and manner : and so on every third year. 9. The Examiners shall award the prize some time and next sub- in the Lent Term of 1868, and at the same time give out the subject for the next Essay; and so on every third year. Power of altering scheme. 10. The University shall have power to alter and amend this scheme from time to time by Grace of the Senate, on the recommendation of the Board of Natural Sciences. XII. The WINCHESTER READING Prizes'. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 166 (29). The Syndicate report (Oct. 16, 1867): 1. That there shall be two yearly Prizes to be called The Winchester Reading Prizes. The Endowment Fund of these Prizes yields an annual income of £40, compete. 2. That the Prizes shall be open for competition to Who may every Student who has kept at least eight Terms and has passed (1) the Previous Examination and (2) either the Examination in the Additional Subjects for Candidates for Honours, or the General Examination for Ordinary Degrees, and has not completed more than fourteen Terms commencing with his first Term of residence. Prizes. 3. That the net proceeds of the Fund, after the Amount of Examiners have been paid, shall be divided between the successful Candidates, so that one of the Prizes shall consist of two-thirds and the other of one-third of such proceeds. men equal. 4. That the Examiners shall be at liberty to declare If two Prizethe successful Candidates equal, in which case each shall receive one half the sum of the two Prizes. 5. That if either of the Prizes or both be not adjudged, the amount shall be added to the capital of the Fund. If a Prize be not adjudged. how appoint 6. That one Examiner shall be nominated by the Examiners Council in every year, to hold office for two years, and ed. that his name shall be proposed to the Senate for election at an early Congregation in the Lent Term. 7. That whenever a vacancy may occur, a new Examiner shall be nominated and elected in a similar manner. when to be 8. That the Examination for the Prizes shall begin in Examination every year on the second Monday in the Easter Term. gin. 9. That each Examiner shall receive five pounds Examiners' yearly out of the Income of the Fund. sent 10. That the names of the Candidates shall be by their respective Tutors to the Examiners at least one week before the beginning of the Examination. 11. That the Examination shall be confined to read ing, in public, passages remuneration. a. In Classical English Prose and Poetry. b. In the Old and the New Testament and the English Liturgy. C. In a work or portion of a work of some standard English Divine, to be announced by the Examiners at the conclusion of the Examination of the preceding Subjects of examination. Prizes. Preliminary trial. Prizes when first to be given. Prizeman not to compete a second time. Power of alteration; proviso. Description of year. The announcement of the work for the Exami- 12. That the Examiners shall be at liberty to institute 13. That the Prizes shall be first given in the year 1868, and that two Examiners shall be elected in the Lent Term of that year, one of whom shall hold office for only one year. 14. That a Candidate who has once received a Prize shall not be allowed to compete a second time. 15. That the University shall have power from time to time, by Grace of the Senate, to vary and alter the foregoing Regulations as to the method of conducting the Examination and awarding the Prizes, and to make such new Rules as may be necessary for rendering the Prizes efficient in promoting Elocution or good Reading among the Students of the University; Provided, however, in compliance with the wish of the Donor, that the reading of the Old and New Testament, the English Liturgy, and a work or portion of a work of some standard English Divine, under all circumstances. form part of the Examination. XIII. The EVANS Prize. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 166 (21). Placeat vobis ut Relatio Concilii Senatus, data Martii 1mo. 1869, de Præmio in memoriam viri venerabilis R. W. EVANS instituendo, suffragiis vestris comprobetur. The Council report (March 1, 1869): A sum amounting to not less than £300 has been offered to the University by several friends of the late Ven. R. W. Evans, B.D., formerly Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College and Archdeacon of Westmorland, for the purpose of founding "a Prize or Prizes bearing the late Archdeacon's name, to be given annually to those students who distinguish themselves in the Voluntary Theological Examination at Cambridge." Mar 13, 1869. Dec. 8, 1870. The Council of the Senate recommend the acceptance of the sum offered, and the institution of a prize subject to the following Regulations: 1. The net proceeds of the Fund shall be given annually to that Student among the [Candidates for Honours in the Theological Tripos, Report of Theological Examinations Syndicate, 27 Nov. 1871. Grace 8 Dec. 1871] who, being placed in the First Class of Honours in the Theological Examination, shall be judged by the Examiners to stand first in the Papers on Ecclesiastical History and the Greek and Latin Fathers. Prizes. Prize, to awarded. whom to be awarded. 2. If in any year none of the Candidates shall be If not deemed worthy of a Prize, the amount shall be reserved and added to the capital of the Fund. 3. The Prize shall be called the Evans Prize. Name. 4. A student who has once obtained the Prize shall be Not to be disqualified from competing for it a second time. gained a second time. teration. 5. It shall be competent to the University from time Power of alto time to make such changes in these regulations as shall be judged fit; provided always that the proceeds of the Fund be given for excellence in some branch or branches of Theological Studies, and the Prize connected with the name of Archdeacon Evans. XIV. JEREMIE Septuagint Prizes. See Endowments of the University, ed. 1876, p. 166 (23). That the Report of the Council of the Senate, dated Nov. 14, 1870, with reference to DR JEREMIE'S Prizes, be confirmed. of Benefac The sum of £1000 having been offered to the Univer- Description sity by the Very Rev. J. A. Jeremie, D.D.. late Regius tion. Professor of Divinity, to found two annual prizes for the encouragement of a critical study of the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament, and such other Hellenistic literature as may serve to illustrate the New Testament; The Council recommend (Nov. 14, 1870) the acceptance of the offer, and submit to the Senate the following regulations for carrying out the design of the Founder. The first Examination to be held in 1872. 1. There shall be two annual prizes open for competi- Prizes, two; tion to all members of the University who, having com- compete. who may Amount. Examination when to begin. Printed papers. Names to be sent in. Examiners. Subjects, Nature of examina tion. If prize not awarded. menced residence, are not of more than three years' standing from their first degree. 2. The net proceeds of the Fund shall be divided into two equal parts (one for each prize), and the money may be laid out in books. 3. The Examination shall be held after the division and before the close of the Michaelmas Term, on a day of which due notice shall be given by the Vice-Chancellor. 4. The Examination shall consist of two printed papers and shall be concluded in one day. 5. The names of the Candidates shall be sent to the Regius Professor of Divinity at least one week before the day of Examination. 6. The Divinity Professors shall in each year appoint two of their number, who shall conduct the Examination; but, if a Professor so appointed declines to examine, he shall be allowed to nominate a deputy, such nomination being subject to the approval of the Vice-Chancellor. 7. The Divinity Professors shall select as special subjects for Examination in each year one or more books or portions of books taken from each of these three classes; (1) The Pentateuch and Historical Books in the Septuagint Version; (2) The Prophets and Hagiographa in the same; (3) The Apocryphal books, the works of Philo and Josephus, and other Hellenistic writings; and notice shall be given of the books or portions of books so selected in the Michaelmas Term of the year preceding the Examination. 8. The Examination shall be directed mainly, though not exclusively, to the selected books. It shall embrace translations and questions on the history, criticism and interpretation of the books, and also on the relation of the Septuagint Version to the Hebrew original. Questions may also be set to test the Candidates' knowledge of the fragments of the other Greek Versions. 9. A Student, who has once obtained one of these Prizes, shall be disqualified from competing again. 10. If in any year one or both of these Prizes shall not be adjudged owing to the want of fit Candidates, the amount shall be added to the capital of the Fund, |