THE NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AT BERLIN. 105 



professor is required to be ])reseiit at tliat meeting" or to make a satis- 

 factory excuse. The majority decides as to the aw.ud. 



(9) A number of essays of insufticient vahie haviui;- been received 

 only by any faculty, it retains the award until the year following;, when 

 two questions will be propounded. In the case of unsatisfactory results 

 to the second issue, the ministry rCvServes the rii^ht for future action. 



(10) The prize consists of a gold medal in the value of 25 ducats 

 r$GO). 



(11) The festive proclamation of all the prizes takes place on August 

 3, the birthday of the King, following immediately upon the oration. 

 The public speaker of the University is required to announce, in brief, 

 the decisions of the faculty of each of the essays. Thereupon the en- 

 velope containing the motto of the victorious strident is opened and 

 read, together with the name of the essayist. 



(12) The envelopes containing the names of the unsuccessful candi- 

 dates are not opened, but may be withdrawn from the seciretary, together 

 with the essay. The crowned essay is also returned to the writer after a 

 copy has been made of it for the archives of the University, and may 

 be published by the author for his own benefit. 



The same rules are adopted with regard to the municipal prizes, of 

 which one to the value of 225 mark ($5G) is placed at the disposal of 

 each faculty.. The prizes were founded, together with stipend, on occa- 

 asion of the fiftieth anniversary of the University. 



Statistics of jnize questions for the years 1825-1S85 show the fol- 

 lowing results: 537 questions were proi)ounded during the past sixty 

 years; 779 essays have been submitted, and of these 292, 37.5 per cent, 

 have received the prize ; 25, 3.2 per cent., the se(;oud reward ; and 108, 

 13.9 i)er cent, public acknowledgment. AVith regard to the distribu- 

 tion by faculties the following result is shown: 



Faculty. 



Tlieolojry 



Juris jtriidouco 



M(MliciiH' 



Pliil()80i»by .. . 



No. of 

 ques- 

 tions. 



Ill 

 111 

 110 

 205 



Essays. 



1.^)1 



115 



2S8 



Prizes. 



No. 



()0 

 5i) 

 04 



lot) 



Per 

 ceut. 



39. 7 

 2<i. 2 

 55. 7 



37.8 



SecoutI 

 award. 



No. 



Per 

 ceut. 



2.(1 

 1.8 

 3. 5 

 4.5 



Ackuowl- 

 edirnieiit. 



No. 



Per 

 ceut. 



22 14. 

 3() IG. 



23 20. 

 27 9. 4 



