THE UNIVERSITIES. 



with particulars of licensed lodging-houses, from which they 

 can make a selection for their residence according to their 

 means ; and the delegates must be satisfied that the candi- 

 dates are of good character, that they have the consent of 

 tin'ir parents or guardians to live in lodging**, and that they 

 are of sufficient attainments in the statutablo studies of the 

 University. 



ty-fivo students were admitted in the first instance 

 mulcr these conditions; many more have since been mutricu- 

 uid tho number on the books of the University averages 

 about throe hundred. In addition to these (all of whom are 

 andtrgndaatea), more than a hundred and thirty with tho 

 degree of B.A. or of M.A. are fully-privileged graduate mem- 

 bers of the University. Such fruits of a system which is still 

 in its youth can scarcely be considered otherwise than pro- 

 mising and encouraging. 



Tho subjects of tho examination for matriculation are as 

 follow : 



1. Throe books of Homer or one Greek play. 



2. Throe booka cither of Virgil's "JJnetd," or of tho "Odes" 

 of Horace. 



3. Translation from English into Latin. 



4. The elements of Greek and Latin Grammar. 



5. Arithmetic, including Fractions, Decimals, and Proportion. 



6. Euclid, books i. and ii. ; or Algebra, as far as Simple Equa- 

 tions inclusive. 



Each candidate must forward to the delegates (under cover 

 to one of the censors, of whom any preliminary inquiries may 

 be made with a view to matriculation) at least one week before 

 the day appointed for tho examination : 



1. A testimonial of good conduct and character. 



2. A certificate that his parents or guardians consent to his 

 residence in lodgings. 



When a candidate has satisfied the delegates in the examina- 

 tion, he will be matriculated by the Vice-Chancellor as an 

 unattached student of tho University, and ho can then begin at 

 once to keep his terms. 



The fees and dues to be paid by unattached students are, 

 npon matriculation, .5, and subsequently of ! 10s. per annnm 

 for twelve terms. This last-named sum is paid (in consideration 

 of the greatly reduced expenses of unattached students in other 

 respects, and of the special privileges which are extended to 

 them to compensate for tho advantages which they are without, 

 as not being members of any college or hall) in lieu of the 

 ordinary " University dues " of ,1 per annum paid by all other 

 graduate and undergraduate, resident and non-resident members 

 of the University. (After the twelfth term this payment is re- 

 duced to the normal .1 per annum.) These payments entitle 

 them to the advice and supervision of the censors, and to all 

 the University advantages which are tho privilege of under- 

 graduates. 



The following fees are also charged : 



8. <I. 



f Respousions 'A 



n . . ,, ) The First Public Examination . 1 10 



On entering the name for< The Second Public Elamiuation x 



(.The Final School 10 



It has been found that the expenses of unattached students 

 for board, lodging, and tuition, have in somo few instances been 

 brought as low as -fi-io per annum during residence ; so that 

 under these conditions, a student who is consistently economical 

 may now obtain his degrees, including all expenses, for less than 

 JB150, whereas a degree was seldom obtained under the old 

 collegiate system for less than an average of J?l,000. 



Twelve terms must bo kept in residence by every student 

 before he can take tho degree of B.A. ; and twenty-six for 

 none of which, after the B.A. degree, any residence is required 

 for the degree of M.A., which can be taken on the first day of 

 tho twenty-seventh term, or on any subsequent day on which 

 degrees are conferred. 



There are four terms in tho academical year, viz : Michael- 

 mas, Lent (or Hilary), Easter, and Trinity (or Act) Terms. As 

 regards the requirements of the University, Michaelmas and 

 Hilary Terms are kept by a residence of six weeks in each ; 

 Easter and Trinity Terms, either by three weeks' residence in 

 each, or by forty-eight days' residence in the two terms jointly. 

 But as each college, so the delegates of tho ncn ascripti. may 



alter the condition* of residence from time to time, so that th* 

 conditions just mentioned be complied with. 



Under the statute " Do Scholarinm ResidentiA," no student 

 can reside in any lodgings which hare not been duly licensed. 



[It may bo well to state in this place that this provision applies 

 to collegiate and aularian students (some of tho senior of whom 

 are always in lodgings) as well as to the nun ateripti.'] 



Tho following means of education are open to unattached 

 students : 



1. All professorial or public lectures. [A list of these lectures 

 is published at tho commencement of each term, and posted on 

 a notice-board in the schools' quadrangle, and in other places.] 



2. Tho University Museum, with the lectures, etc., in Physical 

 Science. [Information may be obtained at the Museum.] 



3. The Bodleian Library and the Radcliffe Beading Boom 

 (the Camera) are open to all undergraduates. [Application, 

 with recommendation from a M.A., to be made to tho 

 Librarian.] 



4. The Taylorian Library of Foreign Literature, the Taylorian 

 Galleries, and the Art School, are open to all undergraduates 

 under due restrictions. 



In addition to these advantages which are provided by the 

 larger body of the University, the following colleges and halls 

 University, Balliol, Oriel, Queen's, Christ Church, St. Mary 

 Hall, and St. Edmund Hall have opened their lectures on 

 certain conditions, at a varying but uniformly moderate cost, 

 to such unattached students as may be recommended by the 

 censors for such assistance. 



Fees. 



The fees payable by all members of the University before 

 admission to degrees are as follow: Degree of B.A., 

 7 10s.; degree of B. Mus., 5; degree of M.A., .12; 

 degree of B.C.L. or B.M., 6 10s.; degree of B.D., .14; 

 degree of D.C.L., D.M., or D.D., 40 ; degree of D. Mus., 

 10. 



The sum of .1 per annum is also to be paid for University 

 dues by all persons of the degree of M.A. or of any higher 

 degrees who wish to remain on the Register of Convocation, and 

 to retain membership of the University and the right of voting. 

 This annual payment may be compounded for by a single pay- 

 ment determined by a scale drawn up according to the age of 

 tho compounder. Every one so desiring to retain the member- 

 ship and privileges of tho University, whether resident or non- 

 resident, must also retain his name on the books of some 

 college or hall, or of the delegates of the non ascripti, for which 

 also a small annual payment is required, which varies slightly 

 according to the customs of the several societies. These pay- 

 ments are mentioned in this place in order not to have occasion 

 again to refer to fiscal matters. 



Exercises and Examinations for Degrees. 



Students in the University of Oxford are required to pass 

 three distinct examinations, viz. : (1) Responsions before the 

 Masters of the Schools (commonly known as the " Little-go ") ; 

 (2) the First Public Examination before the Moderators 

 (commonly known as " Moderations ") ; and (3) the Second 

 Public Examination before the Public Examiners (commonly 

 known as the " Great-go "). In this last examination there are 

 five Schools, called the Schools of Literce Humaniores, Scientict 

 MatliematiccB et Physicce, Scientia Naturalis, Jurisprudents et 

 Historia Moderna, and S. Theologia. 



1. Responsions. 



This examination is held three times in each year, printed 

 notices being circulated of the times at which one of the 

 Proctors will receive the names of candidates and the list of 

 subjects in which they wish to be examined. Similar notice is 

 givon of all tho University examinations. Each candidate for 

 Responsions is required, in order to obtain his Testamur, to 

 satisfy the Masters of the Schools, partly in writing, partly 

 vtvd vocc, in Latin and Greek Grammar ; the translation of n 

 passage from some English writer into Latin Prose ; Arithmetic, 

 as far as Square Root inclusive ; and either the first two hooks 

 of Euclid, or Algebra as far as Simple Equations inclusive. 

 These subjects of examination never vary. In addition, each 

 candidate must offer a portion of one Latin or one Greek author. 

 A selection may be made from any of the several authors 

 mentioned below, and a similar amount would bo expected 

 from any other authors. 



