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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 58

II.—Special Subjects

II.—Special Subjects.

Mathematics.—Geometry—First Book of Euclid.

Algebra—the Elementary Rules, and Simple Equations.

Latin.—Grammar. Translation of a passage from the first Book of Cæsar. Easy English sentences turned into Latin.

French.—Grammar. Translation of a passage from the first three Books of Voltaire's Charles XII. Easy English sentences turned into French.

Domestic Economy.—Inclusive of the three stages prescribed in the Scotch Code, Schedule TV. (For Girls only.)

Note.—Every Candidate for the Junior Prizes shall be required to take all the Common Subjects.

Every Candidate for the Senior Prizes shall be required to take all the Common Subjects, and any two of the Special Subjects.

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Names of those who Gained the First Place in the Association's Senior Examination

  • 1872. John Gunn,1 Stromness.
  • 1873. William R. Rac,2 Stromness.
  • 1874. John W. Slater,3 Kirkwall.
  • 1875. Andrew Robertson,4 Stromness. (Discontinued from 1875 to 1885.)
  • 1885. Jane Wishart, St Margaret's Hope.

Names of those who Gained the First Place in the Association's Junior Examination, and Were Awarded a Special Prize

  • 1873. John W. Slater,3Kirkwall.
  • 1874. James Scott, Sanday.
  • 1875. Andrew Robertson,4Stromness.
  • 1876. Isabella Sinclair, St Margaret's Hope.
  • 1877. Barbara Robertson, Lerwick.
  • 1878. Andrew Harrison, Lerwick, and Magnus Nicolson, Nesting, equal.
  • 1879. Mary Walker, Lerwick.
  • 1880. James Slater, Kirkwall.
  • 1881. Alex. M. Laughton, St Margaret's Hope.
  • 1882. William Russell, South Walls.
  • 1883. Evelyn M. Flett, Firth.
  • 1884. May L. Grieve, Kirkwall.
  • 1885. Edward Russell, South Walls.

Names of Those who have Held the Association School Bursaries(£10 for two years)—

Orkney. Zetland.
1878. Geo. Wm. Reid.5 1880. James Rose.6
1880. Andrew Eunson. 1885. Magnus M. F. Peterson.
1883. Wm. Alex. Allan
1885. John Hourston.
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Bursaries in Edinburgh University (Faculty of Arts) for the Benefit of Orkney and Zetland Students.

The Orkney and Zetland Bursary, founded by the late Earl of Zetland in 1872, of the annual value of £40, and tenable for three years.

It will be open for competition at the beginning of Session 1886-7.

Candidates must be Natives of these Islands, or Children of Parents one or both of whom have been born in, or connected for a long period of years with, the Islands; and must be intending to commence as First-Year Students, and to prosecute their studies for the full curriculum preparatory to Graduation in Arts.

It has been held by—
  • 1872. Frederick William Pelly.
  • 1874. James Hoseason Ballantyne.
  • 1877. James Marwick.
  • 1880. Theodore Johnston.
  • 1883. James Baikie.

The Earl of Zetland's Bursaries 1877.—(There will ultimately be about seven Bursaries of the annual value of between £30 and £40 each.)

Candidates must be Natives of these Islands, or Children of Parents one or both of whom have been born in, or connected for a long period of years with, the Islands; and must be intending to commence as First-Year Students, and to prosecute their studies for the full curriculum preparatory to Graduation in Arts.

They must also either have been wholly educated in the Islands, or, at least, they must not have attended any school elsewhere for the period of four years before being admitted as Candidates.

The first of these has been held by—
  • 1881. George William Reid
  • 1885. William Park.

Further information, regarding both these Bursaries, may be obtained from Messrs H. G. & S. Dickson, W.S., 12 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh.