192 EXAMINATIONS IV 



luxury among Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates 

 at present. 



With regard to fellowships the plan which has 

 been adopted within the last ten years both by 

 Oxford and Cambridge colleges with reference to the 

 award of fellowships for distinction in natural science 

 might well, I think, be adopted in regard to fellow- 

 ships in all subjects of study. Candidates for the 

 fellowships are requested to send, in support of their 

 application, copies of any original works which they 

 may have published. There is no general examina- 

 tion, but a few questions may be set to each candi- 

 date with special reference to the matter of his 

 original work. The work done by a candidate at his 

 leisure, and not the gymnastic performance in an 

 examination room, thus decides the competition. 

 Fellowships have been awarded in this way at Trinity, 

 St. John's, Christ's, and Clare Colleges at Cambridge, 

 and at Lincoln, University, and New Colleges at 

 Oxford. 



