ADDITIONAL PROFESSORS' REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE EXAMINATIONS FOR THE NEW TRIPOSES. At Meetings of the Professors and Examiners for the New Triposes, he October 28, and Nov. 28, 1850, the following Additional Regulations as the mode of conducting the Examinations for the Triposes were agree upon. 1. That at the time of the general B.A. Commencement, notices shall b issued to the University by some of the Examiners for each Tripos (as) done for the Classical Tripos), stating the place where and time when th Examination will begin, and the limit of time at which persons intending t offer themselves as Candidates for either of these Triposes must give notice their intention to some one of the Examiners. 2. It was agreed that, for the Moral Sciences Tripos of 1851, such notic to the Examiners must be given not later than Friday, Jan. 31 (the Exami nation beginning Monday, Feb. 3), and that for the Natural Sciences Tripo of 1851, such notice must be given not later than Feb. 28, (the Examination beginning Monday, March 3.) 3. It was agreed that, for this time, the notice shall be issued, and the names of Candidates for the Moral Sciences Tripos shall be received by the Professor of Moral Philosophy; and for the Natural Sciences Tripos, by the Professor of Anatomy. 4. It was agreed that all the Candidates for each Tripos should attend a the beginning of each of the Examinations for that Tripos; but should no be required to send in answers at each. 5. It was agreed that the Additional Examiner in each Tripos should prepare the paper of Questions for the fourth day of Examination, being furnished by the other Examiners with such questions as they may think proper; and selecting from these, so that the paper shall be a proper length, and shall contain about equal portions of each of the subjects. 6. It was agreed, that for the present, the papers of questions shall be not longer than a Candidate well prepared could answer in four hours, and that four hours be allowed for answering each paper. 7. It was considered desirable that about half the questions should be of a general, and half of a special nature. 8. It was agreed that the merit of the Candidates should be compared by means of marks; complete answers to each paper being estimated as worth 100 marks, and twenty marks being, in like manner, assigned to each subject in the fourth day's paper. 9. It was agreed that the places of Candidates in the Tripos should be determined by adding the marks obtained by each in the different subjects, as is usual in compound examinations. FIRST TRIPOS DAY. On the day after Ash-Wednesday, at one o'clock, the bell rings for the first Tripos. At two, the Vice-Chancellor and the Proctors meet in the vestry of Great St Mary's Church. The whole company then proceed to the Law Schools; the ViceChancellor, preceded by a Bedell, goes into the gallery; the Senior Proctor with a Bedell into the Respondent's seat, and the Junior Proctor into the Opponent's seat. The Tripos papers containing the names of the Wranglers and Senior Optimes of the year, and two copies of verses, written by two undergraduates whom the Proctors choose to honor on this occasion, are distributed among the undergraduates and the company present. A Bedell reads from a Tripos paper: Baccalaurei quibus sua reservatur Senioritas Comitiis prioribus. He then pronounces the name and College of the Senior Wrangler, to which the Junior Proctor answers: Nos reservamus ei Senioritatem suam. To the second the Junior Proctor answers, et ei, and so on to all the names on the Tripos paper. When all the names are read, the Junior Proctor says: Nos continuamus hanc disputationem in horam primam diei Jovis post quartam Dominicam hujus Quadragesima. SECOND TRIPOS DAY. THE second Tripos is on the Thursday after Midlent Sunday; the bell begins to ring at one. The Moderators, dressed in the Proctors' Congregation habits, meet the Vice-Chancellor in the vestry of Great St Mary's Church at two o'clock, and from thence proceed to the Law Schools. The Vice-Chancellor, preceded by a Bedell, goes into the gallery; the Senior Moderator, with a Bedell, into the Respondent's seat; and the Junior Moderator into the Opponent's seat. The Tripos papers, containing a list of the Junior Optimes of the year, and two copies of verses, written by two undergraduates at the request of the Moderators, are then distributed amongst the undergraduates and company present. A Bedell reads from a Tripos paper, Baccalaurei quibus sua reservatur Senioritas Comitiis posterioribus. He then reads the name and College of the first Bachelor, and the Junior Moderator answers, Nos reservamus ei Senioritatem suam. To the second, the Junior Moderator answers, et ei, and so on, as in the first Tripos. When all the names have been read he says: Reliqui (i. e. the ol root, &c.) petant Senioritatem suam e Registro. And lastly, Auctoritate quá fungimur, decernimus, creamus et pronunciamus omnes hujus anni determinatores, finaliter determinasse, ET ACTUALITER ESSE IN ARTIBUS BACCALAUREOS. A Bachelor of Arts is in statu pupillari. INCEPTORS IN ARTS, ON THE DAY AFTER THE SECOND TRIPOS. AN Inceptor must be a B.A. of three years' standing from completion of that degree. On the Friday morning following the second Tripos, there is a Congregation ex Statuto. The Caput is called, and the several Fathers deliver to the ViceChancellor the Supplicats of the Candidates. Graces of Inceptors who are Fellows of King's, are not presented to the Caput, but merely shewn to the Vice-Chancellor, and read in the Regent House only. These Inceptors are admitted to their degree at the same Congregation. The Registrary having shewed to the Caput, that each Inceptor has subscribed to the 36th Canon, the Vice-Chancellor reads the Supplicats, and writes Ad. on all that are approved. The Bedell takes them into the Non-Regent House, where they are read by the Senior Scrutator; and then into the Regent House, where they are read by the Senior Proctor. Previously to the second Congregation, the Bedells have written the Names and Colleges of all the Inceptors on a sheet of paper and against every one, At the Second Congregation the Supplicats are carried ta the Scrutators, to be read a second time in the Non-Regent House. When all have been read, a Bedell calls ad Scrutinium. If all be approved, the two Scrutators and another Non-Regent mark the affirmative line against the word placent, whilst the Bedell calls at intervals, Ad Scrutinium secundo-Ad Scrutinium ultimo cessatum est a Scrutinio. The Senior Scrutator then says, omnes placent. But if any Supplicat be objected to, by one or more persons say ing non placet when that Supplicat is read, the Scrutators must take the votes by placet and non placet. If the non placets be greater than, or equal to, the placets in number, the Supplicat is lost: and the Senior Scrutator says, A. non placet: reliqui placent. If more than one person's Supplicat be objected to, the votes for each, in which an objection is made, must be taken in the same manner. The Bedell takes the Supplicats to be read in the Regent House by the Senior Proctor; and they are put to the vote precisely in the same manner as in the Non-Regent House, the Vice-Chancel lor and the two Proctors standing in Scrutiny. The Senior Proctor (the Junior standing by him) pronounces the Scrutiny by saying omnes placent, or, (if any one have been re jected) A. non placet: reliqui placent. The Vice-Chancellor then dissolves the Congregation. ADMISSION OF INCEPTORS IN ARTS (M.A.) THE Congregation for this purpose is on the Friday following at ten o'clock. The Bedells have prepared a Scrutiny paper in the following form: scio scio. B. credo nescio... At the bottom is written, scio....... omnes credo.......... As soon as the Senate is assembled, the Proctors go to their place, and the Senior reads from a paper prepared by the Registrary: Placeat Vobis, ut omnes Inceptores, quibus Gratia à vobis nuper concessa fuit ad visitandum, boná vestrá cum venia, intrent. When this is granted, a Bedell desires the Fathers to assemble their respective Sons, who have previously received copies of their Admission Oath from the School-keeper, and have put on the Bachelor's hood over the Bachelor's gown. The Senior Father, following the Bedell presents four or five of his Sons at a time, (holding their right hands in his own) to the Vice-Chancellor sitting in the chair, in these words: Dignissime Domine, Domine Pro-Cancellarie, et tota Universitas, prasento ohis hos viros, quos scio, tam moribus, quam doctrinâ esse idoneos ad incipienlum in Artibus; idque tibi fide meâ præsto, totique Academiæ. The rest of the Fathers, according to their Seniority, present heir Sons, in the same form; and as they are presented they go to he south side of the Senate-House. When all have been preented, they take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and the Dath of Admission is administered to them by the Senior Proctor. Jurabis, quod nihil ex iis omnibus sciens volens prætermisisti, quæ per Leges ut probatas Consuetudines hujus Academiæ ad hunc Gradum, quem ambis dipiscendum, aut peragenda aut persolvenda requiruntur; nisi quatenùs per Gratiam ab Academia concessam tecum dispensatum fuerit. Jurabis etiam, quod Cancellario et Procancellario nostro comiter obtempeabis: et quod Statuta nostra, Ordinationes, et Consuetudines approbatas servabis. Denique jurabis, quod Compositionem inter Academiam et Collegium Regale actam sciens volens non violabis: Et quod in Bibliothecam publicam et Muum Honoratissimi Domini Vice-Comitis Fitzwilliam admissus, jure isto tuo a uteris, ut, quantum in te est, nihil inde detrimenti capiat vel Bibliotheca, el Museum prædictum: in hæc autem verba jurabis, secundum tenorem natus-consulti in cautelam jurantium facti. The Vice-Chancellor and Proctors then stand in scrutiny of scio and if the Scrutators be unanimous in approving all the Can dates, they mark either the scio or credo line. Then one of the Bedells precedes the Candidates round t chair, and in passing they bow to the Vice-Chancellor and Procto The Bedell calls the name of each Inceptor. The Inceptor then kneels down before the Vice-Chancellor, wh taking both his hands between his own, admits him in the follo ing words: Auctoritate mihi commissâ admitto te ad incipiendum in Artibus, in nomi Patris, et Filii, et Spiritûs Sancti. If on the incepting day there be any Candidates for the degr of Master of Arts, who were of sufficient standing to have tak their degree before the incepting day, they are to be admitted at t second Congregation, observing the same forms as the Inceptors. Degrees of NOBLEMEN, and of those who proceed to their Degrees tanquam Nobiles.' By an interpretation made May 31, 1786, it was determine that the following persons are entitled to Honorary Degrees: vi 1. Privy Counsellors. 2. Bishops. 3. Noblemen:-Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Barons. 4. Sons of Noblemen. 5. Persons related to the Sovereign by consanguinity o affinity provided they be also Honourable. 6. The eldest sons of such persons. 7. Baronets, 8. Knights, to the degree of M.A. only. By a Grace of the Senate, passed March 18, 1825, all the abov persons (before they are admitted to any degree) are to be "examine and approved" of, in the same manner as others who are admitte ad Respondendum Quæstioni; but they have the privilege o being examined after they have kept nine Terms, the first and last excepted. They are then entitled to the degree of Master o Arts. Though no person can claim a degree in right of Nobility, who has not previously undergone the usual examination, yet the University sometimes confers degrees, without either examination or residence, on such individuals of mature age, as are illustrious not on account of their birth only, but also for the services they have rendered to the State, or to Literature. No person taking a degree in right of Nobility, is entitled to a vote, unless he shall have resided three Terms. |