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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

Chapter XVIII.—Senior Scholarships

Chapter XVIII.—Senior Scholarships.

I. The Senior Scholarships shall be tenable for one year and shall only be tenable by candidates for Honours.

II. The Senior Scholarships shall be distributed as follows among the undermentioned subjects or groups of subjects:—
Latin and Greek One Scholarship.
Latin and English, or Latin and one Modern Language other than English One Scholarship.
Mathematics One Scholarship.
Experimental Science, namely, Physical Science and Chemistry One Scholarship.
Natural Science One Scholarship.
Political Science or Mental Science One Scholarship.

III. The Senior Scholarships shall be awarded on the results of the Senior Scholarship Examination only.

IV. No Senior Scholarship shall be awarded unless in the opinion of the Examiner or Examiners the candidate has shown satisfactory proficiency in the subject or group of subjects in which he has been examined.

V. The Senior Scholarship examination shall be held at the same time as the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and of Bachelor of Science, and shall be open to competitors who are taking the whole examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, or who are taking the second section of one of those examinations.

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VI. A candidate may present himself for a Senior Scholarship in any of the subjects or groups of subjects prescribed in Section II. of this Statute, although he may not at that time be taking that subject or any subject of that group for his examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, but no Senior Scholarship shall be awarded to a candidate unless he shall have passed, at the time of his candidature, the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, or the second section of one of those examinations.

VII. For the purpose of awarding Senior Scholarships there shall be given separate papers containing questions of a higher character than those set for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science, and not necessarily confined within the limits of the subjects as defined for the degree of Bachelor of Arts or of Bachelor of Science. The following shall be the papers set, and where the Honours papers are prescribed a lower standard of work will be accepted:—
(1)Latin Language and Literature (Two papers).—
(a)Translations of unseen passages from Latin into English; questions on grammar, history, and antiquities.
(b)The Honours Paper in Latin prose (c).
(2)Greek Language and Literature (Two papers).—
(a)Translation of unseen passages from Greek into English; questions on grammar, history, and antiquities.
(b)The Honours Paper in Greek prose (c).
(3)English language and Literature (Two papers).—
(a)The Honours Paper (a).
(b)Such a knowledge of English literature of the period set for the degree of Bachelor of Arts as a candidate should have from reading the principal works of the main authors of the period. A short essay arising out of the works selected for the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
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(4)Modem Languages and Literature (Two papers). The answers must be given in the language chosen.
(A)French.—
(a)The Honours Paper (a)
(b)Such a knowledge of French literature of the period set for the degree of Bachelor of Arts as a candidate should have from reading the principal works of the main authors of the period.
(B)German.—
(a)The Honours Paper (a).
(b)Such a knowledge of German literature of the period set for the degree of Bachelor of Arts as a candidate should have from reading the principal works of the main authors of the period.
(5)Political Science, including:—
(A)General History and Political Economy (Two papers).—
(a)General History.—As for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but treated more fully.
(b)Political Economy.—The Honours Paper.
(B).Jurisprudence and Constitutional History (Two papers).—The Honours Papers.
(6)Mathematics.—
(a)Elementary Geometry, Plane Co-ordinate Geometry, and Conic Sections.—The Honours Paper (a).
(b)Algebra, Trigonometry, and Differential and Integral Calculus.—The Honours Paper (b).
(c)Elementary Mechanics and Hydrostatics.—As for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but treated more fully.
(7)Experimental Science, including:—
(a.)Physical Science.—As for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but treated more fully.
(b)Chemistry.—As for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but treated more fully.
(8)Natural Science.—As for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, but treated more fully.page 77
(9)Mental Science.—
(a)Psychology and Ethics.—The Honours Paper (a).
(b)Logic.—The Honours Paper (b).

VIII. Senior Scholars shall furnish to the Chancellor satisfactory proof that they are prosecuting their studies diligently at an affiliated institution.

IX. The fee for the examination for Senior Scholarships shall be one guinea.