APPENDIX.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE STUDIES AND EXAMINATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITIES, AND ALSO FOR THE ARMY AND CIVIL SERVICE.

I. OXFORD.

THERE is not at present any University examination for students on their matriculation at Oxford, but the colleges institute a private examination for students before admission into their respective societies, and this is generally somewhat similar to the University examination "Responsions."

The following is extracted from the new Examination Statute :--All Undergraduates will, under the new system, have to pass three public ordeals before they can become Bachelors of Arts.

1o. The RESPONSIONS as early as their third, as late as their seventh Term.

SUBJECTS.-One Latin, one Greek author, or a portion of each; the chief object being to ascertain that the principles of these two languages are well understood. Arithmetic (which will be required of all).

Euclid, or Algebra.

[Two books of Euclid,-Algebra to Simple Equations inclusively,Arithmetic to the Extraction of the Square Root inclusively, will suffice.]

(The same passage in English to be translated into Latin will be set to all the candidates at once; and also a paper of Grammatical Questions, and a paper of Arithmetical, or Mathematical Questions.) 2°. The "FIRST PUBLIC EXAMINATION," as early as the eighth, as late as the twelfth, Term of standing.

SUBJECTS.-Minimum.-The Four Gospels in Greek.

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One Greek, one

Latin author; of which one must be a poet, the other an orator. The books brought up at Responsions cannot be tendered at this Examination, unless the candidate shall bring up at least four books. A piece of English to be translated into Latin, a paper of Grammatical Questions, and a paper of Mathematical or Logical Questions, will be set to all the candidates at once. Pass-men must bring up either Logic, or three books of Euclid and Algebra.

3°. The "PUBLIC EXAMINATION," in two Schools at least, but not necessarily in the same Term, as early as the thirteenth and, for Honours, as late as the eighteenth Term of standing.

Candidates must present a certificate showing that they have attended two courses of public lectures.

First school to be passed first, and by all; called the School of "Literæ Humaniores."

Minimum.-The Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, in Greek Sacred History. The subjects of the Books of the Old and New Testament. The Evidences and the Thirty-Nine Articles. One Philosopher, one Historian, Greek or Latin. The first six books of Euclid, or the first part of Algebra.

For Honours.-Mixed as well as Pure Mathematics.

Third School-That of NATURAL SCIENCE.

Minimum.-An acquaintance with the principles of two of these three branches of Natural Science-Mechanical Philosophy, Chemistry, Physiology; and with some one branch of Science which falls under Mechanical Philosophy.

For Honours.-An acquaintance with the principles of the three branches of Natural Science named above, and of some one of the Physical Sciences which fall under the above-named branches of Natural Science.

Fourth School. That of LAW and MODERN HISTORY.

Minimum.-History of England from the Conquest to the Accession of Henry VIII., with Blackstone on Real Property;-or from the Accession of Henry VIII. to that of Queen Anne, with Blackstone on Personal Property and the Rights of Persons. Justinian's Institutes may be brought up in lieu of Blackstone.

For Honours.-Law, especially the Law of England. Candidates for the three superior classes must bring up either Civil Law or International Law. Adam Smith on the Wealth of Nations may be offered. Modern History to the year 1789. But Candidates for honours must

necessarily include in their lists the subjects required of those who

seek merely to pass.

It is very desirable that all who enter the University should be well versed in Arithmetic.

RESPONSIONS.

Every candidate will be required to offer to be examined in—

1. One Greek Author, or a portion; such as

HOMER-Five Books.

THE DRAMATISTS-Any two Plays.

HERODOTUS-Any two Consecutive Books in the 1st volume, or three ditto in the 2d volume.

THUCYDIDES-Any two Consecutive Books. XENOPHON, ANABASIS-Four Consecutive Books. 2. One Latin Author, or a Portion; such as

VIRGIL-Georgics.

Bucolics and three Books of the Eneid.

Five Books of the Æneid.

HORACE-Any three Books of the Odes, (the Epodes being allowed to count for one,) and De Arte Poetica.

Satires, and De Arte Poetica.

Epistles, and De Arte Poetica.

JUVENAL-The whole, except the second, sixth, and ninth

Satires.

TERENCE-Any three Plays.

LIVY-Any three Consecutive Books.

SALLUST-Bellum Jugurthinum, and Catilinarium.
CICERO-Orationes in Verrem I. and II.

Orationes in Catilinam IV.

Any four other Orations.

Two Books of the De Officiis.

Three Books of the Tusculana Quæstiones.

De Amicitia et De Senectute.

3. Euclid-Books I. II.

Or

Algebra-To Simple Equations inclusive.

4. Arithmetic, viz.: The Principles and Practice of Arithmetic, including Vulgar Fractions, Decimal Fractions, and the Rule of Three, with their applications.

II. CAMBRIDGE.

THERE is not at present any University examination for matriculation at Cambridge, nor generally any college examination.

Subjoined is an account of the previous examination, or “Little Go,” and of the examination for B.A. degree.

PREVIOUS EXAMINATION.

1. That the subjects of the examination shall be one of the four Gospels in Greek. Paley's Evidences of Christianity. One of the Greek and one of the Latin classics. The elements of Euclid, Books I. II. III., and Arithmetic.

2. That the examination in the Evidences of Christianity, Euclid, and Arithmetic shall be conducted entirely by printed papers.

3. That in regard to the Greek Testament and the classical subject, every person when examined shall be required (1) to translate one portion of each subject, (2) to construe and explain passages of the same, (3) to answer, both in writing and viva voce, such plain questions in Geography, Grammar, and History, particularly the Old Testament History, as may arise immediately out of the subjects.

Additional subjects of candidates for honours, in Mathematics, Classics, or Law.

These are:-Euclid, Books IV. and VI.

The Elements of Algebra, including the Elementary Rules of Ratio and Proportion; easy Equations of a degree not higher than the second, involving one or two unknown quantities and questions, producing such equations; and Elementary Mechanics, treated so as not to require a knowledge of Trigonometry, viz., the Composition and Resolution of Forces acting in one plane at a point, the Mechanical Powers, and the Properties of one Centre of Gravity.

The papers to consist chiefly of "Book-work," with such questions and applications as arise immediately out of the fixed Propositions appended to each in the form of riders.

For the ordinary degree.

The Acts of the Apostles in Greek; one of the Greek and one of the Latin classics (this year the 4th Georgic and the 4th book of Xenophon Memor.); the English Reformation; Euclid I. II. III. IV., and 1-6 of Book VI.

Examination conducted by printed papers.

The papers in the classical subjects and the Acts of the Apostles, to consist of passages to be translated and explained, with such plain questions in Grammar, History, and Geography, as arise immediately out of the subject; and that in the Acts, the students be required to illustrate the subject by reference to the Epistles of the New Testament, in the way shown by Paley in the Horæ Paulinæ. The mathematical subjects will be treated like those in the "Little Go."

That all persons for the ordinary degree shall, in addition to what is now required of them, have attended, before they be admitted to examination for degree, the lectures delivered during one term at least by one or more of the following professors :Regius Prof. of Laws.

Regius Prof. of Geology.

III. LONDON UNIVERSITY.

AGE, not under 16.-Certificate of birth.-The Matriculation Examination takes place on the first Monday in July.-If a candidate fail to pass on his first trial, he will be admissible to any subsequent examinations. The examination is conducted by means of printed papers, with a few vivá voce questions.

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION.

1. Mathematics.-Ordinary Rules of Arithmetic; Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; Extraction of the Square Root; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of Algebraical Quantities; Proportion; Arithmetical and Geometrical Progression; Simple Equations; First Book of Euclid.

2. A popular knowledge of Naturat Philosophy, including Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics and Optics; also Elementary Chemistry.