THE UNIVERSITIES. 



the commoncemont of Michaelmas Term. Before, however, he 

 will 1< allowed to go np for this examination, ho mast have kept 

 .nun as a Freshman : one of these (aa already pointed 

 out) inait bo by passing a Term Examination in his Junior 

 year ; one most be in the Senior Freshman year, 

 by passing the Term Examination or attending the Term 

 M ; iiml the third may bo in either year, kept either by 

 l.vturi'H or examination. The lectures delivered daring one 

 term urn on tho subjects which form the examination of the 

 following term. Wo subjoin here a list of tho subjects of 

 \:iiniiiation for each term in tho Senior Freshman year, in- 

 cluding the Michaelmas Examination, which must be pasnod by 

 all students to rise from tho Senior Freshman to the Sophiator 

 Class : 



SENIOR FRESHMAN CLASS. 



Hilary Term. 



Mathematics. Same as in the Juuior Freshman year. 

 Logic. Abbott's " Elements of Logic.' 1 



Classics. Plato's " Apologia Socratis," and " The Orations of Cicero 

 gainst Catiline." 



.English Composition. Johnson's "Lives of Dryden and Pope."' 



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Trinity Term. 



Mathematics. Sumo as before. 

 Logic. Same as before. 



Mathematical Physics. Galbraith and Haughton's " Statics." 

 Classics. Sophocles, " (Edipus Tyrannus ;'' Terence, "Adelphi." 

 English Composition. Scott's "Ivanhoe." 



Michaelmas Examination. 



Mathematics Same as before. 



Lngic. Same as before. 



Mathematical Physics. Statics, as before ; Galbraith and Ilaughton's 

 "Dynamics. 1 " 



Classics. Homer, "Iliad," Books xxii., xiiv. ; Virgil, ".Eneid,'' 

 Books iv., vi. 



English Composition. J. S. Mill's Inaugural Address at St. Andrew's 

 University. 



In addition to the examinations already explained, all students 

 (except Roman Catholics and Dissenters) must pass four Cate- 

 chetical Examinations, or.o of which must bo in tho Junior 

 Freshman year, and two in the Senior Freshman year. The 

 Catechetical Examinations are held each term immediately after 

 the Ordinary Term Examinations, in tho following subjects: 



JUNIOR FRESHMEN. 



Hilary Term. The Gospel according to St. Luke. 

 Trinity Term. The Acts of the Apostles. 

 Michaelmas Term. Seeker's "Lectures on the Creed. '" 



SENIOR FRESHMEN. 



Hilary Trm. Genesis, and the first twelve chapters of Exodus. 

 Trinity Term. The two Books of Samuel ; 1 Kings, ch. i. xii. 

 Michaelmas Trm. Paley's Evidences, part i., proposition i. 



Before being allowed to present himself for his B.A. examina- 

 tion, which is held in the Michaelmas Term of the Senior 

 Sophister year, the student must have kept one term by exami- 

 nation in his Junior Sophister year, and ono term (either by 

 examination or lectures) in his Senior Sophister year, and one 

 in either Senior or Junior Sophister year (either by examination 

 or lectures). 



Tho subjects for examination during the Junior Sophister 

 year are : 



Michaelmas Lectures and Hilary .Examination. 

 Clasfics. Thucydides, Book ii. ; Tacitus, " Anuals," Book xi. 

 Mathematical Physics and Astronomy. Mechanics as in Seuior Fresh- 

 man year; Galbraith's "Hydrostatics and Optics." 

 Logic. Abbott's " Elements of Logic.' 1 

 French. Moliere's " Misanthrope. 1 ' 

 Grman. Goethe's " Hermann." 

 English Composition. Macanlay's Essays on Addison and Give. 



N.B. At the examinations in tho Junior and Senior Sophia- 

 ter years, two languages only out of the four need be taken. 



Hilary Lectures and Trinity Elimination. 



' -.-. Homer, " Odyssey," Books vi. andxi. ; Juvenal, " Satires," 

 iii., viii., x., xiii. 



Mathematical Physic* and Astronomy. -Mechanics, Hydrostatics, 

 and Optics, M before ; Brinkley's Astronomy (New Edition), chap*. 

 i. to xiii., both included. 



Lofic. Abbott's " Elements of Logic" 



l'rnch. Racine's " Dritanniciu." 



German. Lsssing's "Minna." 



English Composition. Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "As Too 

 Like It." 



Trinity Lreturt* and Michaelmas Examination. 



Classics. .*cbylus, " Prometheus Vinctus ;" Horace, " Satires." 



Mathematical Physics and Attronnmy. As before. 



Logic Locke's "Essay," Introduction; Book ii. to chapter uri. 

 inclusive (omitting sections 10 20 of chapter i., sections 10 to end ot 

 chapter xiii., chapter xr., and sections 11 71 of chapter xxi.) ; Book 

 iii. (omitting chapters vi. to ix.). 



French. Guizot's "Civilisation en Europe." 



German. Goethe's " Gedichte." (Ed. Selas.> 



English Composition. Mill "On Liberty.'' 



Those Junior Sophistera who desire to do BO may present 

 themselves for examination in a course of Experimental Science, 

 or in a course of Natural Science, instead of in the classical 

 course given above : 



EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE. 



Hilary Examination. 



Heat. 1. Dilatation of Solids, Liquids, and Gases. 2. Specific and 

 Latent Heat. 3. Radiation and Conduction of Heat. 



Trinity Examination. 

 Electricity. Fractional and Voltaic Electricity. Heat. As before. 



Michaelmas Examination. 

 Heat. As before. Electricity. As before. Magntism. 



Atkinson's Translation of Ganot'a Treatise on Physics ia 

 recommended to the student. 



NATURAL SCIENCE. 



Hilary Examination. 



Zoology. Macalister, Invertebrates, London Science Class Book 

 Series : Protozoans and Polyps. 



Botany. Prantl, Elementary Text Book of Botany (2nd Edition, 

 by S. H. Vines), Parts I. and II. 



Trinity Elimination. 



Zoology. Macalister, Invertebrates, London Science Class Book 

 Series : Worms and Molluscs. 



Botany. Prantl, Elementary Text Book of Botany (2nd Edition, 

 by S. H. Vines), Parts I., II., III. 



Michaelmas Examination. 



Zoology. Macalister. Invertebrates, London Science Class Book 

 Series : Articulates ; with tho Demonstrations of the Professor. 



Botany. Prantl, Elementary Text Book of Botany (2nd Edition, 

 by S. H. Vines), Parts I., II., III., IV.; with the Demonstrations of 

 the Professor. 



In the Senior Sophister year there are seven distinct course?, 

 headed Astronomy, Ethics and Logics, Mathematical Physics, 

 Experimental Science, Natural Science, Classics, or Languages, 

 and English Composition, as given below. 



Students in general must answer in the course headed Astro- 

 nomy, Ethics and Logics, and English Composition, and in 

 any two of the four remaining courses which they may prefer. 



Students, however, who have credit for full attendance on 

 the Professional Lectures in the Schools of Divinity, Law, 

 Physics, or Engineering, in any term, will, at the subsequent 

 examination, be required to answer in one only of the four 

 remaining courses, in addition to Astronomy, Ethics and 

 Logics, and English Composition. 



At the Degree Examination, no student can claim this privi- 

 lege unless he has credit for full professional attendance for 

 the actual year in which he presents himself for his Degree. 



Students taking up Languages may select any two of tho 

 four Languages, Greek, Latin, French, and German. A student 

 selecting French or German will be required to write a transla- 

 tion from English into French or German. 



Michaelmas Lectures and Hilary Examination. 



1. Astronomy. As in Junior Sophister year. 



2. Ethics and Logics. Stewart's Outlines of Moral Philosophy, Part 

 ii. ; Locke, as in Junior Sophister year, with Book iv., chapters i. to 

 xi., both included (omitting chapter vii.). 



