5. French: Passages will be given from Voltaire's Charles XII., for translation into English, with questions on the parsing and the historical and geographical allusions: Also a passage from some modern French author for translation into English: And easy English sentences for translation into French. 6. German: Passages will be given from Lessing's Fables, Prose and Verse, for translation into English, with questions on the parsing: Also a passage lation into English: from some modern German author for trans And easy English sentences for translation into German. 7. Pure Mathematics: Every Student, who is examined in this Section, will be required to satisfy the Examiners in Euclid, Books 1 and 2, Arithmetic, and Algebra to simple Equations inclusive. Credit will be given for a knowledge of Book-keeping. Questions will also be set in Euclid, Books 3, 4 and 6, in Quadratic Equations, Progressions, Proportion, Plane Trigonometry not beyond the solution of Triangles, the use of Logarithms and Mensuration. 8. The elementary principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics: Questions will be set, embracing the proofs of the leading Propositions. In Mechanics they will not extend beyond the parallelogram of forces, the centre of gravity, and the mechanical powers. In Hydrostatics they will not extend beyond the transmission of fluid pressure, the equilibrium of inelastic fluids and of floating bodies, and the description of the steam-engine and of simple hydraulic machines. A fair knowledge of Mechanics will enable a Student to pass in this Section. 9. Chemistry: Questions will be set on the elementary facts of Chemistry and the laws of chemical combination. Solutions will be given to be tested, containing not more than one acid and one base. 10. Zoology and Botany: Elementary questions will be set on the description and classification of Animals, their habits and geographical distribution; and on the mercantile and industrial uses of animal products: Also on the description and classification of Plants, their uses and geographical distribution: British plants and parts of plants will be given for description. PART III. Students may also offer themselves for Examination in 1. Geometrical and Mechanical Drawing. 2. Drawing from the Flat, from Models, from Memory, and in Perspective. 3. The Grammar of Music. Examination of Students who are under 18 years of age. Students must be under 18 years of age on the day when the Examination begins. PART I. PRELIMINARY. Every Student will be required to satisfy the Examiners in 1. Reading aloud a passage from some standard English poet. 2. Writing from dictation. 3. Analysis of English sentences and parsing. 4. Writing a short English composition. 5. The principles and practice of Arithmetic. 6. Geography: Every Student will be required to answer questions on the subject and to draw from memory an outline map of some country in Europe, showing the boundary lines, the chief ranges of mountains, the chief rivers, and the chief towns. 7. The outlines of English History; that is, the succession of Sovereigns, the chief events, and some account of the leading men in each reign. PART II. The examination will comprise the subjects mentioned in the following eight sections; and every Student will be required to satisfy the Examiners in three at least of the sections marked A, B, C, D, E, F; or in two of them, and in one of the sections marked G, H; but no one will be examined in more than five. Section A must be taken by every Student, unless his parents or guardians object to his examination in that section. Religious knowledge: SECTION A. The Examination will consist of questions in 1. The Historical Scriptures of the Old Testament to the death of Solomon. The Gospel of St Luke and the Acts of the Apostles: credit will be given for a knowledge of the original Greek. 2. The Morning and Evening Services in the Book of Common Prayer; and the Apostles' Creed. 3. Paley's Hora Paulina. Every Student, who is examined in this section, will be required to satisfy the Examiners in the subject marked 1, and in one at least of the subjects marked 2 and 3. SECTION B. 1. English History, from the battle of Bosworth Field to the Restoration; and the outlines of English Literature during the same period. 2. Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar (Craik's edition). 3. The outlines of Political Economy and English Law: The examination will not extend beyond the subjects treated of in the first book of Smith's Wealth of Nations, and the first volume of Blackstone's Commentaries. 4. Physical, Political, and Commercial Geography. A fair knowledge of one of these four divisions will enable a Student to pass in this section. 1. Latin: SECTION C. Passages will be given from Livy, Book XXI., and Horace, Odes, Book III., for translation into English, with questions on the historical and geographical allusions, and on grammar: Also passages for translation from some other Latin authors: And a passage of English for translation into Latin. 2. Greek: Passages will be given from the Olynthiacs of Demosthenes, and the Alcestis of Euripides, for translation into English, with questions on the historical and geographical allusions, and on Grammar: Also passages for translation from some other Greek authors. 3. French: Passages will be given from La Bruyère's Characters, and Molière's Misanthrope, for translation into English, with questions on Grammar: Also passages from some other French authors for translation into English: And a passage of English for translation into French. 4. German: Passages will be given from Schiller's History of the Revolt of the Netherlands, and Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea, for translation into English, with questions on the historical and geographical allusions, and on Grammar: Also passages from some other German authors for translation into English: And a passage of English for translation into German. A fair knowledge of one of these four languages will enable a Student to pass in this section. SECTION D. Every student, who is examined in this section, will be required to satisfy the Examiners in Euclid, Books I., II., III., IV., VI. and XI. to Prop. 21, inclusive. Arithmetic and Algebra. Questions will also be set in the following subjects: |