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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1906

9. Degree Examinations—

9. Degree Examinations

Some idea of the standard of discipline and learning demanded by mediæval universities may perhaps be gathered from the following statistics of the University of Vienna. In a certain year there were 43 candidates, of whom 17 failed. Of these one failed for speaking rudely to a master, one for irregularities in the matter of academic dress, one for gambling, one for going about disguised, one for fighting with knives against certain tailors, one for going out in the middle of the examination to see an execution, but none for failure to show the required amount of scholarship. It does not appear, however, whether this was due to the learning of the candidates or to the leniency of the examiners.

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