The Senior Wrangler then takes the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy; and the Senior Proctor (with his colleague standing by him) reads to him the following declaration: Affirmabis, quod nihil ex iis omnibus sciens volens prætermisisti, quæ per Leges aut probatas Consuetudines hujus Academiæ ad hunc Gradum, quem ambis adipiscendum, aut peragenda aut persolvenda requiruntur; nisi quateGratiam ab Academia concessam tecum dispensatum fuerit. Dabis fidem quod Cancellario et Pro-Cancellario nostro comiter obtemperabis: et quod Statuta nostra, Ordinationes, et Consuetudines approbatas observabis. Dabis fidem quod in Bibliothecam publicam admissus jure isto tuo ita uteris ut quantum in te est nihil inde detrimenti capiat Bibliotheca. Dabis fidem etiam quod Compositionem inter Academiam et Collegium Regale factam sciens volens non violabis. The Senior Wrangler replies, Ita affirmo et ita do fidem. He then kneels down before the Vice-Chancellor, who, taking his hands between his own, admits him in these words: Auctoritate mihi commissá, admitto te ad respondendum quæstioni, in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. The Father of King's next presents his Sons: then the Questionists of Trinity and St John's are commonly presented, and after them those of the other Colleges according to the seniority of the Fathers. Four or five are presented at once, the Father saying, Præsento vobis hos juvenes quos, &c. As soon as they have been presented, they are directed by one of the Bedells to the south side of the Senate-House. When all have been presented, they are divided into parties of ten or twelve; one of each party takes the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and the Senior Proctor administers these oaths to the remainder, saying, Eadem juramenta, quæ præstitit A.B., in sua persona, vos quoque præstabitis in vestris personis, &c. The Senior Proctor then repeats to the whole party the Declaration, Affirmabis quod, &c., and each individual replies in succession, Ita affirmo et ita do fidem. When all have been sworn, and have made the declaration, they are admitted by the Vice-Chancellor in the order in which their names stand in the list signed by the Proctors and Examiners. When the admissions are concluded, the Vice-Chancellor dissolves the Congregation. Bachelors of Arts are called either Ordinarii or ad Baptistam. The Ordinarii are admitted on the last Saturday in January, or on any day after that Saturday, and not later than AshWednesday. The last day of the admission of Ordinarii is Ash-Wednesday. All who are admitted after Ash-Wednesday are called ad Baptistam. These lose their year: for example, a Bachelor admitted after Ash-Wednesday in 1853, is a Bachelor of 1854. No person (except an invalid with a certificate from the Examiners) is allowed to take a degree as an Ordinarius who has not undergone the general examination in the January of that year: if unsuccessful in that examination, he may be re-examined before Ash-Wednesday; and, if approved, he may be admitted on Ash-Wednesday. Those who are admitted to their degree of B.A at any other time are said to go out in Bye Term. Their examina tion takes place in one of the Schools, and is similar to that of the ordinary Toλo. When "examined and approved" by the Mode rators and Examiners, their names are arranged alphabetically, and not according to merit. Their seniority is reserved in the class of ol Toλo after those who are admitted as Ordinarii of the succeed ing year. In addition to the Examination previously described, it is also necessary to insert the following Plan of Examination, confirmed by Graces of the Senate. REGULATIONS FOR THE MORAL SCIENCES TRIPOS, ADOPTED BY 1. That a New Honor Tripos be established, to be called the Moral Sciences Tripos, the places in which shall be determined by an Examination in the following subjects: Moral Philosophy", General Jurisprudence, 2. That the Examiners for the Moral Sciences Tripos be the Regius Professor of Law, the Professor of Moral Philosophy, the Professor of Modern History, the Downing Professor of the Laws of England, the Professor of Political Economy, together with one additional Examiner to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and appointed by Grace of the Senate; and in case any of the above-mentioned Professors be prevented from examining in any year, Deputies to examine instead of them shall be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and appointed by Grace of the Senate. 3. That the Examination for the Moral Sciences Tripos shall commence on the 2nd Monday after the general admission ad respondendum quæstioni and shall continue four days. 4. That all Students who shall have passed the Examinations and kept the Exercises required for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, or of Bachelor of Physic be allowed to become Candidates for Honors in the Moral Sciences Tripos in the fourth Lent Term and fifth Lent Term after the completion of their first term of residence: and all students who shall have passed the Examinations entitling to admission ad respondendum quæstioni, may be Candidates for Honors in the Moral Sciences Tripos next and next but one succeeding such Examination. 5. That the Candidates for Honors in the Moral Sciences Tripos whom the Examiners shall deem worthy of an Honor shall be arranged by them in three Classes, the places being determined by estimating the aggregate merits of each Candidate in all the Subjects of the Examination: and that in these Classes, marks of distinction shall be affixed to the names of such of the Candidates as have shewn eminent proficiency in particular subjects. 1 The Report of the Syndicate says, "The Syndicate admitting the superiority of the study of Mathematics and Classics over all others as the basis of General Education, and acknowledging therefore the wisdom of adhering to our present system in its main features, are nevertheless of opinion that much good would result from affording greater encouragement to the pursuit of various other branches of Science and Learning which are daily acquiring more importance and a higher estimation in the world, and for the teaching of which the University already pos sesses the necessary means." 2 The account of the Prizes given by Dr Whewell is inserted in the Calendar after that of the Adams Prize. 6. That the Candidates for Honors who are of the standing of Middle Bachelors be classed separately in a Middle Bachelors' Moral Sciences Tripos. 7. That Students who shall have passed the Examination for the B.A. degree be admitted to be Candidates for Honors in the Middle Bachelors' Tripos, whether they have been Candidates or not for such Honours in the Moral Sciences Tripos or Natural Sciences Tripos open to Commencing Bachelors of their standing. But that the two prizes now given to the best proficients in Moral Philosophy, be given only to Candidates for Honors in the Commencing Bachelors' Tripos. 8.-That both Students in Law and Students in Medicine becoming Candidates for Honors in the the new Triposes in the fourth and fifth Lent Terms after the completion of their first Term of residence be classed with the Commencing and Middle Bachelors respectively. 9. That no Student who has degraded be allowed to become a Candidate for Honors in the Moral Sciences Tripos, without leave first obtained from the Syndicate appointed to examine into the cases of applicants for permission to become Candidates for Honors after they have degraded. REGULATIONS FOR THE NATURAL SCIENCES TRIPOS, ADOPTED 1.-That a New Honor Tripos be established, to be called The Natural Sciences Tripos, the places in which shall be determined by an Examination the following subjects: Human and Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, Botany, Mineralogy, excluding the Mathematical part of Crystallography. 2.-That the Examiners for the Natural Sciences Tripos be the Regius Professor of Physic, the Professor of Chemistry, the Professor of Anatomy, the Professor of Botany, the Woodwardian Professor of Geology, the Professor of Mineralogy, together with one additional Examiner to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and appointed by Grace of the Senate; and in case any of the above-mentioned Professors be prevented from examining in any year, Deputies to examine instead of them shall be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and appointed by Grace of the Senate. 3. That the Examination for the Natural Sciences Tripos shall commence on the 6th Monday after the general admission ad respondendum quæstioni and shall continue four days. NOTE.-The other Regulations are similar to those for the Moral Sciences Tripos. REGULATIONS FOR THE CLASSICAL TRIPOS EXAMINATION, ADOPTED BY THE SENATE, OCTOBER 31, 1849. 1. THAT the Classical Tripos Examination shall commence in each year on the fourth Monday after the general admission ad respondendum questioni, and shall continue during five days and the morning of the sixth day; the hours of attendance being from Nine till Twelve in the morning, and from One till Four in the afternoon. 2.-That the following persons only shall be admitted to Examination: (1) Those who shall have obtained Honors at the Mathematical Examination of the preceding January. (2) Those who, having been declared by the Moderators and Examiners for Mathematical Honors in the preceding January to have deserved to pass (according to the present standard) for an Ordinar Degree, so far as the Mathematical part of the Examination for such degre is concerned, shall have afterwards passed in the other subjects of tha Examination. (3) Those whose names shall have been placed (according to the present standard) in the first class in the Examination for an Ordinary Degree in the preceding January. (4) Those persons, entitled to Noblemen's Degrees, who shal have entered into their Eighth term at least, having previously kept Sis Terms, exclusive of the Term in which they were admitted, and shall have passed the Examination for an Ordinary Degree in the preceding January provided, however, that not more than Eight terms shall have passed in the case of any such person after his first Term of residence. 3.-That on the Mornings of the first four days Composition shall be required, consisting of Translations from English into Greek and Latin. Prose and Verse; on the Afternoons of the same four days and on the fifth day passages shall be proposed for Translation selected from the best Greek and Latin authors, and written answers required to such questions as arise immediately out of such passages; on the Morning of the sixth day a paper of questions shall be given in Ancient History. 4. That to conduct the Examination two Examiners shall be nominated every year by the Colleges whose turn it is to present the Proctors for that year; and the Examiners so nominated shall, if elected by the Senate, and also re-elected by the Senate in the following year, hold their office for two years. The Election shall be made by the Senate at the first Congregation after the 10th of October. 5. That there shall be a general meeting of the Examiners previous to the Examination, when the Papers set by each Examiner shall be submitted to his colleagues for their approval; and that in the paper on History the questions shall be fixed upon by the four Examiners in common. 6. That the Exercises in Composition and the answers to the questions in History shall be examined by each of the four Examiners; the Translations by not less than two. 7. That there shall not be contained in any paper longer passages for Translation, nor more questions than Students well prepared have generally been found able to translate and answer in the time allowed for that paper. 8. That the names of those persons who shall pass the Examination with credit shall be placed in three classes, of which the first and second shall be arranged in order of merit, and the third alphabetically. 9. That the classes shall be published by the Examiners in the SenateHouse on the fourth Thursday after the end of the Examination. 10. That no person who has degraded shall be allowed to attend the Examination, unless he shall previously have obtained special permission for so doing from the Syndicate appointed to examine into the cases of applicants for permission to become Candidates for Honors after they have degraded. 11. That each of the Examiners shall receive Twenty pounds from the University Chest. 12. That the foregoing Regulations shall not interfere with the composition between the University and King's College. PROGRAMME OF PROFESSORS' LECTURES, WITH SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS. The Professors charged with the execution of the Regulations respecting the Moral Sciences Tripos, the Natural Sciences Tripos, and the Professorial condition for the ordinary degree of B.A., have, for the purpose of carrying into effect the intentions of the University as expressed in those Regulations, agreed upon the following Subsidiary Regulations; which they have drawn up with a careful regard to the existing customs of the University, and with a view of providing for some uniformity in the number of Lectures, pecuniary terms, and mode of requiring the attendance of Students in the courses of different Professors. 1. That the attendance at any course of Lectures, required as a condition of a Professor's Certificate (according to Grace A) be not less than twenty, and not more than twenty-five Lectures; it being understood that the Professor may make allowance for cases of unavoidable absence. 2. That Lecture Tickets, not transferable, be delivered by the Registrary to all Undergraduates who apply for them, directly or through their College Tutors: these Tickets being of two kinds; namely, Special Tickets, delivered on payment of three guineas each, and admitting the person thereon named to the Lectures of some one Professor in one or more years; and General Tickets, delivered on payment of five guineas each, and admitting the person thereon named to any one or more of the courses of Professors' Lectures, in the same or different years; and that a Professor's Certificate be not given to any Undergraduate who has not provided himself with one or other of such Tickets. N.B. These regulations refer only to the attendance at Professors' Lectures required by Grace A. The attendance at the Lectures of Professors on the part of persons wishing to take a degree in the Faculties of Law or Medicine, will continue to be regulated by Graces already in operation, and by the Professors concerned therewith. The full courses required by Grace for such degrees being fifty Lectures, will generally occupy two terms; and for these two terms, the regulations (as to fees) made for those proceedings in the Faculties may be different from those here stated. The terms of attendance of persons not requiring Certificates will, as hitherto, be regulated by the Professors severally. It is understood that the Professors may admit gratuitously to their Lectures persons recommended by the Tutors, in such cases as have hitherto been customary. 3. The sum raised according to Article 2 shall be distributed in the following manner :-the Registrary shall retain a shilling of every guinea; and, after providing for the expense of the Lecture Tickets, the residue shall be divided (for the present) into sixteen shares; two of these shares shall be given to the Professors of Anatomy, Chemistry, and the Jacksonian Professor, in consideration of their expenses in apparatus and preparations; and one share to each of the other ten Professors named in Grace A. 4. It is understood that the Graces establishing the Moral Sciences Tripos and the Natural Sciences Tripos, allow the Examiners to arrange the names in each of the three Classes of Honors alphabetically; this arrangement not precluding the Examiners from marking which candidate is first, second, &c. in any special subject, as directed by the Graces. 5. Each of the certifying Professors shall hold an Examination, before the end of two Terms after each course of Lectures, for the purpose of granting Certificates to those who deserve them: and it shall be provided, by com munication among the Professors, that the amount of the difficulties which the Candidate is required to surmount by each Professor be not very different. 6. The answers given in writing by the Candidates (both in the two new Tripos Examinations, and in the ordinary Professors' Examination) shall be kept by the Registrary for at least one year, and shall be accessible to memDers of the Senate by an order of the Vice-Chancellor. |