passed such examination are not at present required to pass any other examination before admission.

Scholars are required to reside in College for twelve, and Commoners for at least eight, Terms from admission. Commoners are occasionally allowed to reside out of College for their first Term.

At Christ Church, applications for admission should be addressed to the Dean by the father or guardian of the candidate; some length of notice, though not requisite for ordinary matriculation, is certainly desirable in the interests of the candidate himself.

The examination is held twice in the year :-(1) On the Thursday and Friday in October before the beginning of full Term, with a view to residence in the January following. (2) On the Thursday and Friday in the third week before the Commemoration, with a view to residence in the October following. (3) If there are any vacant rooms, a special examination is held on the Thursday and Friday in January before full Term, with a view to immediate residence. Candidates must call on the Dean at 9.30 A.M. on the first of the two days, bringing testimonials of character for the previous two years from their masters or tutors.

The subjects are:-(1) Euripides: two of the following plays, Hecuba, Alcestis, Medea; or Xenophon, Anabasis, I-IV. (2) Caesar, de Bello Gallico, I-IV; or Cicero, de Amicitia, and de Senectute; or Virg. Aen. I-V. (3) Latin Prose Composition. (4) Latin and Greek Grammar. (5) Arithmetic. (6) Euclid I, II, or Algebra to Simple Equations inclusively; the former is strongly recommended.

Candidates who have passed Responsions or any equivalent examination are at present excused the Matriculation Examination. Undergraduates of less than twelve Terms' standing are allowed to reside out of College only in special cases.

At Corpus, applications are received until the day of the examination, unless the list be exceptionally full. A certain number of vacancies may be filled up at the annual Scholarship Examinations. All applications for admission should be addressed officially (i. e. without name) to The President, C. C. C., Oxford; and 'Matriculation' should be written on the envelope.

Residence commences in the October Term.

The principal Matriculation Examination will take place towards the end of the Easter Vacation, and rooms will be provided for the candidates in College. There may also, under special circumstances, be an examination about the middle of June or the beginning of October, or at both these times. But, as all the vacancies are sometimes filled up at the spring examination, it is desirable that candidates should offer themselves for that examination if possible. Notice of the exact days of examination is always sent to the candidates at least five weeks beforehand. Candidates are also admitted on the Scholarship Examination, the time of which is duly advertised both in the newspapers and by notices sent round to the principal schools.

The subjects of examination for the regular Matriculation Examination are as follows:—(1) Latin Prose Composition. (2) Translation of easy passages of unseen Greek and Latin. (3) An English Essay. (4) Arithmetic, and either Euclid i, ii, or Algebra to Simple Equations.

Candidates who have not already obtained a certificate or statement, exempting them from Responsions, are advised to offer themselves for Responsions, either in March, June, or September, before coming into residence *.

Candidates who have obtained a Higher Certificate from the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examiners, including passes in Greek, Latin, and Elementary Mathematics, will be allowed to matriculate at the College without further examination.

Candidates who propose to read for Honours in Mathematics, Natural Science, or Modern History may, if they prefer it, be examined in those subjects, and in so much only of the Classical subjects as is required for Responsions. Such candidates will be excused from the classical part of the examination, if they have passed Responsions or any equivalent examination excusing from Responsions. Such candidates are requested to give notice of the subject in which they wish to be examined, in writing, to the Pre

* Those who intend to offer themselves for Responsions at any of these times should send a list of their books (the Greek and the Latin author, and the Mathematical subject), with the fee of two guineas, to The Tutor, C. C. C., by February 25, May 25, or September 10, respectively.

sident, a month at least before the date of the examination, and to state the books, subjects, or period, which they have especially studied. Those candidates who have passed Responsions, or any equivalent examination, will be excused the examination in Elementary Mathematics.

All members of the College are expected to read for Honours either in Moderations, or in some one or other of the Final Schools, or in both.

Rooms in College are allotted to the successful candidates in order of merit, but the number of admissions is not limited by the number of vacant rooms. Candidates who have passed on an earlier examination will always have precedence, in the allotment of rooms, over those who pass at a later examination. It is, therefore, advisable, where possible, that candidates should offer themselves at the examination held towards the end of April. It will also be for the convenience both of the College and of the candidates themselves, that they should offer themselves as early as possible for Responsions.

Commoners reside in College for a period varying from eight to twelve Terms, or they may, for special reasons, obtain leave to live in lodgings.

At Exeter, candidates for admission should apply to the Rector. Application may be made at any time, but a year's notice is desirable. Residence may commence in any Term.

The examination is held three times a year on the Thursday before the beginning of full Term. It is also held in Act Term on the day on which Responsions begin.

The subjects are:-(1) Two Greek plays by the same author: the Medea and Hecuba of Euripides, or Ajax and Antigone of Sophocles, preferred. (2) Horace, four books of the Odes.-Leave can be obtained to substitute any other Greek and Latin books allowed in Responsions. (3) Arithmetic. (4) Euclid, Books I, II; or Algebra to Simple Equations inclusive. (5) Latin Prose Composition. (6) Unprepared Translation from Greek and Latin.

Weight will be given to any additional books or special subjects in which candidates may desire to be examined. The examination is not competitive.

Any one of the Certificates which exempts the holder from Responsions (p. 125) is accepted in place of the College Examination. Candidates are advised, and may be required as a condition of entrance, to pass Responsions before coming into residence. Undergraduates, at the request of their parents or guardians, are allowed to reside in lodgings during their whole course. Exemption from residence in College and from certain payments is also granted to such Undergraduates as satisfy the Educational Council of their ability to obtain Honours, and of their inability to meet the ordinary expenses of residence in College. Failing such exemption, they are required to reside in College in their first Term, or so soon as rooms can be provided for them, and to remain in College until the end of at least their twelfth Term.

At Hertford, application should be made to the Principal or Senior Tutor.

Candidates are strongly recommended to pass Responsions, or some equivalent examination, before coming into residence. If this is done, no further entrance examination is required.

A Matriculation Examination for such candidates as have not passed Responsions, or some equivalent examination, is held on the Thursday before the commencement of each full Term, and at such other times as the College may arrange. The subjects are the same as for Responsions.

No Undergraduates of less than twelve Terms' standing, for whom there is room in College, are allowed to reside in lodgings, unless at the express request of their parents or guardians, for special reasons to be approved by the College. But Commoners for whom rooms cannot be provided in College are allowed, with the consent of their parents or guardians, to begin their residence in lodgings, and are entitled to the first choice of rooms subsequently vacated in College.

At Jesus, application for admission should be made to the Principal, and should be accompanied by a certificate of good conduct, and a copy of register of birth.

Candidates for admission who have not passed Responsions will be required to present a Certificate (which exempts from Responsions) either of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination

Board, or of the Local Examination Delegates, or a Certificate that they have passed the Previous Examination at Cambridge, or, in default of so doing, they will be required to pass an entrance examination in (1) Latin Prose Composition; (2) Greek and Latin Grammar; (3) Arithmetic; (4) Algebra as far as is required for Responsions, or Euclid, Books I, II; (5) A portion of some Greek and of some Latin author, e. g. Euripides, Hecuba and Medea, and Horace, Odes I-III, with the Ars Poetica, or equivalents.

Entrance examinations are held at the beginning of each Term. All Undergraduates usually go out of College after twelve Terms' residence all Freshmen obtain rooms on coming into residence.

At Keble, names are received by the Warden, and can be entered only for Michaelmas and Hilary Terms. They should be entered, if possible, more than six months beforehand.

The examination is held in October for residence in October and in January for residence in January. The subjects are:-(1) Euripides, Hecuba and Medea; or Sophocles, Ajax and Antigone; or Xenophon, Anabasis I-IV. (2) Virgil, the Georgics; or Horace, Odes I-III with the Ars Poetica; or Caesar, De Bello Gallico I-IV. (3) Euclid, Books I, II; or Algebra. (4) Arithmetic. (5) Greek and Latin Grammar. (6) Latin Prose. (7) Easy passages of Greek and Latin, not specially prepared beforehand. The books prescribed under (1) and (2) may be varied with sufficient reason on previous application to the Warden.

Candidates who have obtained the Leaving Certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Board, or a Certificate in the University Senior Local Examinations excusing from Responsions, are excused from the Matriculation Examination.

Candidates who have passed Responsions are excused all these papers except (6) and (7).

Candidates are recommended to obtain the Certificate or to pass Responsions before the Matriculation Examination.

Candidates who distinguish themselves in the Scholarship Examination, but are not elected to Scholarships, are offered admission as Commoners, without further examination.

Candidates to whom rooms have been promised receive them in the order in which their names are entered, upon condition of