242 REPORTS ON THE STATE OP(.SCIENCE. — 1915. 



Lincoln College, Oxpord. 



I. Scholarships, about 17 of 80Z. or GOl. ; Exhibitions, about 10 of 401., or more 

 usually 301. 



II. No ; but the value of a Scholarship may be increased, or an exhibitioner 

 elected to a Scholarship. 



III. No limit ; the College is not always aware what other benefactions are held. 



IV. (a) There is a smaU fund apphcable. 



(6) Occasionally private benefactions are forthcoming, or the College may grant 

 remission of fees or other charges to deserving students. 



V. (a) Yes, occasionally. 



(6) and (c) I cannot recall such cases. 



VI. A similar provision to that of Brasenose College. 



Magdalen College, Oxford. 



I. 30 Scholarships and Exhibitions in variable numbers, according to needs and 

 merits of candidate : tenable for not exceeding four years as a rule, in many cases 

 for only three, never exceeding five. 



II. No ; except in so far as additional grants are made from the Exhibition Fund, 

 independently or in addition to Scholarships. 



III. No limit ; but we take maximum annual income into account in awarding 

 Exhibitions or grants. There are a certain number of Scholarships and Exhibitions 

 given by the County Councils and by the City Companies, sometimes on the results 

 of examinations, sometimes on recommendation, which are of very material assistance 

 to students. 



IV. (a) The Exhibition Fund, which could in theory be used for complete main- 

 tenance of students of exceptional promise. But practically speaking, it is not so 

 used, as we always expect that the student should enjoy some other benefaction, or 

 that friends should come to his aid. 



V. (a) I have known of no case. 

 (6) Very seldom. 



(c) As a rule assistance has been given from the Exhibition Fund, supplemented 

 by donations from private friends. 



VI. It not infrequently occurs that successful candidates decline to accept Scholar- 

 ships in whole or in part because they do not need the whole assistance. I am in- 

 clined to think that money given in Scholarships is at present too diffused, and that 

 it is better for County Councils and others to concentrate their resources on a few 

 candidates of marked ability rather than to spread them over a number of weaker 

 candidates who often are not able greatly to profit by an University education. 



Merton College, Oxford. 



I. 20 Scholarships of 80/. ; 4 Exhibitions of 80Z., plus a limited number (about 2 

 a year) of 60/., restricted to candidates in need of assistance at the University. All 

 tenable at the outset for two years, renewable for two years if the holder has given 

 satisfaction. A fifth is sometimes sanctioned for special reasons. 



II. No. 



III. No. 



IV. An Exhibition Fund, including an annual subsidy not exceeding 400/. from 

 the College, and the emoluments of vacant Scholarships and dividends from two 

 bequests of about 60/. a year. 



V. (a) No resignations. The College gives help from the Exhibition Fund to 

 very poor students who cannot live on their Scholarships. Only lately the holder 

 of an Exhibition of 80/. received an addition of 50/. on the grounds of poverty and 

 exceptional promise. But so large a grant is unusual. 



New College, Oxford. 



I. 10 or II Scholarships of 80/. in each year, tenable for two years, renewable for 

 two years, and in exceptional circumstances, for a fifth ; 6 Scholarships are restricted 

 in the first instance, but, if the limited candidates do not show sufficient merit, may be 

 thrown open for that competition. About 2 or 3 Exhibitions of 50/., tenable for two 

 or three years, confined to those in need of assistance, not tenable with Scholarships. 



II. Tenable with outside Exhibitions (School, County Council, &c.). We 1 

 several private Exhibitions, usually of the value of 30/. a year, given to those men 

 who may be in need of assistance, tenable with a Scholarship. 



