Books I, II. Other Greek and Latin Books may be substituted for those above-mentioned, provided that the quantity in each case be not less than is required for Responsions.

At the Halls candidates are usually required to satisfy the Principal that they are likely to pass their University Examinations within a reasonable period of time, but there are no fixed subjects of examination.

3. FEES. The sums payable to a College or Hall on admission usually consist of (1) an admission-fee, (2) caution-money. Both these sums vary in amount at different Colleges; the latter is a deposit which is held by the College or Hall as a guarantee against possible loss, and is not required when, as at New College, Keble College, St. Mary Hall, and St. Edmund Hall, the battels are, or may be, paid either weekly, or terminally in advance: it is always returned when the name is removed from the College books, and sometimes at an earlier period. The sums payable under both the above-mentioned heads, and also the regulations as to the return of the caution-money, are specified on p. 185.

§ 2. Requirements of the Delegates of Unattached

Students.

Persons who desire to be admitted to the University without becoming members of a College or Hall must apply to the Delegates of Unattached Students, who are bound to satisfy themselves that the candidates are of good character, that (unless they are of mature age) they have the consent of their parents or guardians to their living in lodgings, and that they are likely to derive educational advantage from becoming matriculated members of the University.

The Censors hold an examination of such candidates at the beginning of every Term.

The subjects of the ordinary examination are:—

(1) Three Books of Homer, or One Greek Play. (Candidates are advised to offer either the Hecuba or the Alcestis of Euripides; or Homer, Odyssey VI-VIII, as these are the most useful books.)

(2) Three Books of Virgil's Æneid, or Three Books of the Odes of Horace.

(3) Translation from English into Latin.

(4) The elements of Greek and Latin Grammar.

(5) Arithmetic, including Fractions, Decimals, and Proportion.

(6) Euclid, Books I, II, or Algebra, the first four Rules, Fractions, and Simple Equations.

In case any person desires to become a student without passing the above examination, he must apply to the Censors, stating the reasons why he wishes to enter the University, the course of studies he proposes to follow, and the subject or subjects in which he offers himself for examination. If his statement satisfies the Delegacy, he will be excused the above ordinary examination.

Persons who have obtained the Certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examiners (see p. 173) are not required to pass any further Examination.

Each candidate must forward to the Censors, at the Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street, Oxford, at least one week before the day appointed for the examination,

(1) A testimonial of good conduct and character;

(2) A certificate of his parents' or guardians' consent to his living in lodgings, or of his being of age.

The fees payable by Unattached Students at the time of their Matriculation are specified on p. 196.

§ 3. Matriculation.

When a student has satisfied either of these two sets of requirements, he is eligible to be presented to the ViceChancellor for formal enrolment on the Register (Matricula) of the University. This enrolment, which must take place within a fortnight of his being entered on the books of a College or Hall or of the Delegates of Unattached Students, is called Matriculation. Until it has taken place, a student, although he may be a member of a College or Hall, is not a member of the University.

At the appointed time, which must be within a fortnight after admission as a member of a College or Hall, or in any other capacity, the persons to be matriculated are taken in their proper academical dress to the Vice-Chancellor. They write their

names, in Latin, in a Register. They pay the requisite fees. They are then addressed in a short Latin formula by the ViceChancellor, and receive from him a certificate of Matriculation, together with a copy of the Statutes of the University. From this time they enjoy all the privileges of Undergraduate members of the University, and are at the same time amenable to University discipline.

The fees payable to the University on Matriculation are specified on p. 182.

§ 4. Re-admission and Migration.

No person in statu pupillari (i. e. who has not taken the degree of M.A., B.C.L., B.M., or one of the superior degrees) whose name has been removed from the books of a College or Hall, or from the Register of Unattached Students, can be re-admitted to the same or any other College or Hall, or migrate to another College or Hall, or become an Unattached Student, except under the following conditions:

1. If his name has been removed in any other way than that of expulsion, he must produce a certificate signed by the Proctors that notice has been received by them of his intention to apply for leave to be re-admitted, or to migrate, together with a written permission and written testimonial of good character from the College or Hall to which he belongs, or last belonged, or from the Censors of Unattached Students. In case of such permission or testimonial being refused, the Chancellor of the University may, if he think fit, grant his consent in writing for such re-admission or migration.

2. If he has been absent from the University for at least one year, the certificate referred to in the preceding paragraph is dispensed with.

3. If he has been expelled by the authorities of a College or Hall, or by the Delegates of Unattached Students, he cannot be re-admitted unless the Chancellor of the University has heard the case, and given his consent in writing for his re-admission.

II. OF RESIDENCE.

No member of the University is eligible for any degree in ordinary course (except a degree in Music) until he has resided, under certain conditions, within the limits of the University. These conditions affect (1) the time, (2) the place of residence.

§ 1. Of the Time of Residence.

The academical year is divided into four Terms: Hilary (or Lent) Term, which begins on January 14 and ends on the day before Palm-Sunday; Easter Term, which begins on the Wednesday in Easter-week and ends on the Friday before Whitsunday; Trinity (or Act) Term, which begins on the Saturday before Whitsunday and ends on the Saturday after the first Tuesday in July; and Michaelmas Term, which begins on October 10 and ends on December 17. All residence, to be recognised as such, must take place within the limits of these Terms: but it is so far from being necessary to reside during the whole of these Terms, that, whereas they occupy on the average about thirty-four weeks, the requirements of the University may be satisfied by a residence of eighteen weeks in the year; that is to say, it is sufficient for an Undergraduate to reside for forty-two days (not necessarily consecutive days) in the course of Hilary Term, or for the same length of time in the course of Michaelmas Term, and for twenty-one days in the course of Easter Term, or for the same length of time in the course of Trinity Term. In the case of Hilary and Michaelmas Terms these days of residence must fall wholly within the Term for which residence is counted; a deficiency of even one day out of the forty-two cannot be compensated for by any amount of residence in another Term. But since Easter and Trinity Terms have been made continuous, a residence of forty-eight days in the two Terms conjointly, in whatever way those days are distributed between the two Terms, is accepted as equivalent to a residence of twenty-one days in each Term separately.

Terms of residence need not be consecutive; they may, as far as the University is concerned, be distributed over any number of years. Sometimes a break in the regular sequence of Terms of residence is caused by illness; and sometimes also students of limited means reside for one or two Terms only in the course of a year, occupying the remainder of their time in business or tuition. As the same total number of Terms of residence is required from all alike, this latter course postpones the obtaining of a degree: but it should be borne in mind as a possible alternative, by those who, for whatever reason, find continuous residence impossible.

Note. It is necessary to draw a distinction between Terms of Residence and Terms of Standing. The latter are those Terms during which a member of the University, whether resident or not, has kept his name on the books of a College or Hall, or on the list of Unattached Students, and has paid his terminal fees. The former are those Terms in which, in addition to this, he has resided in the manner and for the length of time mentioned above. In the public Examinations of the University, Terms of Standing, for the degree of B.A., Terms of Residence, are alone taken into account.

These general regulations of the University are supplemented by the regulations of the several Colleges and Halls, and of the Delegates of Unattached Students. As a rule, Undergraduates are required to commence their residence in each Term on a particular day, and to reside for two or three weeks longer than would satisfy the bare requirements of the University. They cannot come or go altogether as they please; and although permission either to commence or to discontinue residence at other than the appointed time is never refused in cases of urgency, yet such permission has to be obtained beforehand from the proper authorities. The day on which the Undergraduate members of each College or Hall are expected to commence residence is usually notified in the University Gazette.

As a rule, residence in vacations is discouraged, and sometimes prohibited: but in the Easter Vacation, and during the last four or five weeks of the Long Vacation, permission to reside is not unfrequently given to those who intend to become candidates for one of the ensuing University Examinations. Residence without permission, whether in college or in lodgings, is a punishable offence.

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