PPtOGEAMME OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BELLES-LETTEKS, 

 AND ARTS OF 1501IDEAUX. 



Questions submitted to competition for 1SG9 or following years: 



I. Literature. — " Has a tlicatrical censorship Tjeen promotive of the morality 

 of the art ? What legislative measures would be suitable for protecting at onc"e 

 the liberty of authors and the respect for good morals ?" Prize, a gold medal of 

 400 francs. 



II. History. — First, "A history of the parliament of Bordeaux, from its origin 

 to the end of the 16th century, with especial consideration of its influence as a 

 political body and as a judicial body." Prize, a medal of gold of 500 francs. 

 Second, " Origin of villanage and forced aids in Guienue, and the progress of 

 their establishment." Prize, a gold medal of 200 francs. Third, *'It A\ould be 

 interesting to have a particular history of several cities of our country, such as 

 Saint Macaire, Cadillac, Sanveterre, Rions, Bazas, Lesparre, and some others." 

 The Academy will award, in 1S69 and 1870, a prize, which may amount to 500 

 francs, for a monograph of this kind in which personal matters and, as far as 

 possible, the use of documents not hitherto explored shall be allied with compe- 

 tent qualifications of exactness and judgment. Fourtli, " Among the institu- 

 tions which have contributed to the honor and prosperity of the province of 

 Guienne and the city of Bordeaux, the establishments of public instruction hold 

 the first place ; it is impossible to forget the services rendered by the college 

 of Guienne, and, more recently, by the central school of the department." The 

 Academy will award a gold medal of 300 francs to the best memoir which shall 

 retrace the histoiy of one of these establishments, or any analogous one ; this 

 thesis is proposed for 1869. 



III. Linguistics. — It is desirable to have a general glossary of the Gascon 

 tongue spoken in our department. In order to be complete it nuist comprise not 

 only the synonyms and equivalents, but further and more especially the varia- 

 tions of words in the different dialects of the country. The compilation of such 

 a work, however, can only be possible on the condition of having bcf^n preceded 

 by the pifblication of special glossaries, embracing localities of more or less 

 extent, but so restricted, nevertheless, that one single author may possess the 

 dialect completely and exactly. The Academy solicits studious persons to direct 

 their inquiries to this point before the use of the French language, becoming 

 more and more general, shall have caused the last vestiges of these old idioms 

 to disappear. Hence, the Academy proposes the following subject: " To com- 

 pile, for the Gascon language, spoken in the department of the Gir(md(^, a lexicon 

 which, to an exact and sufficiently com[)lete nomenclature of the words of a given 

 locality, shall add the precise explanation of those words alike in their acc('i)tatiou 

 in connnon usage and in the idioms, adages, proverbs, agricultural by-words, 

 Christmas carols and old songs in which they have been employed." Prize, a gold 

 medal of 300 francs. 



IV. Physical sciences — " A recapitulation of the consequences to which tho 

 ideas acquired, within a quarter, of a century, on the equivalence of heat and 

 mechanical work have led, whether in physics or in chemistry." Prize, a gold 

 medal of 300 francs, which may be raised to 500 francs in case the production 

 shall contain new facts, " A recapitulation and discussion of the facts acquired 

 by science regarding the production and the consumption of forces in living 

 beings." Prize, a gold medal of 500 francs. 



