ANTHROPOLOGY.

(i) Statute.

[Statt. Tit. VIII. Sect. VIII.]

OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ANTHROPOLOGY, AND OF THE EXAMINATION IN ANTHROPOLOGY.

I. There shall be a Committee for Anthropology, consisting of the Vice-Chancellor, the Proctors, the Professor of Anthropology, the Linacre Professor of Comparative Anatomy, the Professor of Human Anatomy, the Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy, the Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy, the Corpus Christi Professor of Comparative Philology, the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, the Curator of the Pitt-Rivers Museum, and six other members, two appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Literæ Humaniores, one by the Board of the Faculty of Modern History, one by the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Languages, and two by the Board of the Faculty of Natural Science, for periods of three years. Two of the elected members of the Committee shall retire every year. When an elected member vacates his seat otherwise than by lapse of time, the vacancy shall be filled up at the next annual election. If the next election shall take place before the expiration of the period for which he was elected, the person elected in his place shall hold office for the unexpired residue only of such period. The Committee shall have power to co-opt not more than four additional members for periods of two years, and to appoint as Secretary one of their own number, or any member of Congregation.

2. The Committee shall have power to make arrangements for lectures and courses of instruction to be given within the University on Anthropology.

3. Candidates, whether members of the University or not, may be admitted as Students under such conditions as the Committee shall prescribe, provided always that before admission to a course of study approved by the said Committee Candidates, if not members of the University, shall have satisfied the Committee that they have received a good general education.

4. Subject to the approval of Convocation the Committee shall make from time to time regulations for the admission to the Examination in Anthropology of Candidates who shall have pursued an approved course of study.

5. The Committee shall fix the dates for the holding of Examinations, and for the entry of names for examination, and shall determine the fees to be paid by Candidates. They shall also issue from time to time lists of books and particulars of subjects to be offered in the Examination, and shall make such further regulations as they shall deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Section.

*6. There shall be holden in every year an Examination in Anthropology for the purpose of granting certificates of proficiency therein. The certificates so granted shall be styled Diplomas in Anthropology. It shall also be lawful for the Committee to grant Certificates of proficiency (a) in Physical Anthropology, and (b) in Cultural Anthropology.

7. The Examination shall be open to members of the University and others, subject to the regulations which shall be made for the admission of Candidates.

8. There shall be three Examiners, who shall be nominated, subject to the approval of Convocation, to serve for three Examinations. The Examiners, if members of the University, shall be Masters of Arts, or Bachelors of Civil Law or of Medicine, or of Letters or of Science, at the least, or they may be persons not members of the University.

9. Nominations of Examiners shall be made by a Committee of six persons, of whom three shall be the ViceChancellor and Proctors for the time being, and three shall be chosen by the Committee for Anthropology. The tenure of office of the elected members, and the procedure of the Committee, shall be subject to the regulations of Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. I. E. §§ 2 and 3. The Committee for Anthropology shall make regulations as to the dates for the nomination of Examiners. The Secretary of the Committee for Anthropology shall act as Secretary of the Committee for the Nomination of Examiners in Anthropology.

10. At the close of each Examination the Examiners shall enter and sign in a book to be kept by the Committee for the purpose a list of the Candidates who have satisfied them, or have obtained distinction in the subjects of the Examination. They shall also make and sign two copies of this list, and shall cause one to be sent the same day to the Assistant Registrar, and the other to be affixed to a notice-board at the Schools.

II. When a Candidate has satisfied the Examiners, or has obtained distinction in the subjects of the Examination, the Committee shall issue a Diploma to the Candidate in the following form:

* See clauses 10 and 11, p. 50.

'This Diploma is to certify that A. B., of

has pursued at Oxford an approved course of study in Anthropology, and on (such a date) satisfied (or was adjudged worthy of distinction by) the Examiners appointed by the University to examine in Anthropology.

Secretary to the Committee for Anthropology.'

When a Candidate has satisfied the Examiners (or has obtained distinction) in one of the parts of the Examination enumerated in cl. 6, he shall receive a Certificate in the following form:

'This is to certify that A. B., of has pursued at Oxford an approved course of study in Anthropology, and on (such a date) having been examined in Physical (or in Cultural) Anthropology, satisfied (or was adjudged worthy of distinction by) the Examiners appointed by the University to examine in Anthropology.

(Signed)

C. D.,

Vice-Chancellor.

E. F.,

Secretary to the Committee for Anthropology.'

Notice of all Diplomas and Certificates so issued shall be published in the usual manner and shall also be sent to the Assistant Registrar.

In the Diploma and Certificates the words ' at Oxford' may be omitted in the case of members of the University who have kept by residence all the Terms required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts.

12. The Committee shall pay from the funds at its disposal to each Examiner such remuneration as the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors shall determine.

13. The Committee shall have power to require such fees to be paid by students for attendance at lectures, and for instruction, as it may deem expedient. The expense of providing instruction and all other expenses incurred by the Committee shall be defrayed out of payments made by, or on behalf of, students, or from funds otherwise provided, and shall not be defrayed out of University Funds.

14. The Committee shall make a report of its proceedings every year to Convocation.

The attention of Candidates is directed to Statt. Tit. VI. Sect. 1. C. § 3, clauses 10 and 11 (p. 50).

(ii) Regulations for the Diploma.

1. Every candidate for examination must, before admission to the examination, produce evidence of having been engaged in the study of Anthropology for at least one academic year.

2. The examination shall include both written work and practical work, combined with oral examination.

3. Any candidate may, three months' notice having been given, submit, at the time of the examination, any notes or other evidence of work, whether published or otherwise, done in any department of Anthropology, and these shall be considered by the Examiners in their award. 4. Every candidate must, before admission to the examination, pay a fee of £2 IOS.

5. Every candidate will be required to satisfy the Examiners in the following subjects:

I. The Elements of Physical Anthropology.

II. The Elements of Cultural Anthropology.

6. If a student shall have obtained a Certificate in Anthropology (see below) by qualifying in an Examination, written and oral, in Ethnology together with either Physical Anthropology or Prehistoric Archæology and Technology or Social Anthropology, he may afterwards proceed to obtain the Diploma in Anthropology by qualifying in an Examination, written and oral, in the two remaining subjects; or, if he shall have obtained two Certificates, he may do so by qualifying in an Examination, written and oral, in the one remaining subject.

(iii) Regulations for the Certificates.

1. The examination for Certificates in Physical Anthropology and in Cultural Anthropology shall be held at the same time, and in the same manner, as the examination for the Diploma in Anthropology.

2. Every candidate for examination must, before admission to the examination, produce evidence of having been engaged for at least three months in the study of each department of Anthropology which he offers as a candidate for a Certificate.

3. The examination shall include both written work and practical work, combined with oral examination.

4. Any candidate may, three months' notice having been given, submit, at the time of the examination, any notes or other evidence of work, whether published or otherwise, done in the department of Anthropology which he offers in the Certificate examination; and these shall be considered by the Examiners in their award.

5. Every candidate for a Certificate must, before admission to the Certificate examination, pay a fee of £1 10s.

6. Every candidate for the Certificate in Physical Anthropology will be required to satisfy the Examiners in Part I (PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY) of the Syllabus for the Diploma Examination (Paper 10 of the Committee for Anthropology, p. 9).*

* See also p. 278 below.

7. Every candidate for the Certificate in Cultural Anthropology will be required to satisfy the Examiners in Part II, sub-section 2 (CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Ethnological), and also in either sub-section II. 1 (Archaeological) together with sub-section II. 4 (Technological), or in sub-section II. 3 (Sociological).

8. Any candidate who shall have received one or more Certificates, and who shall be a candidate for the Diploma in Anthropology at any subsequent examination, may claim exemption from those parts of the Diploma examination in respect of which such Certificate or Certificates were granted.

9. Every such candidate for the Diploma, who shall have received one Certificate, must, before admission to the Diploma examination, pay a fee of £2.

Every such candidate, who shall have received two Certificates, must, before admission to the Diploma examination, pay a fee of £1.

SYLLABUS OF THE SUBJECTS FOR EXAMINATION. I. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.

(1) Zoological: The comparative study of the anatomical and other physical characters which determine the zoological position of Man, with special reference to the group Anthropomorpha.

(2) Palaeontological: The antiquity of Man, as ascertained by geological

and anatomical evidence.

(3) Ethnological: The comparative study of the physical characters. which distinguish the principal races of mankind from each other. The classification and geographical distribution of races and subraces. The influence of environment upon physique. The elements of anthropometry. The physiology of sensation, and the methods of the comparative study of the senses.

II. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.

(1) Archaeological: The antiquity of Man as ascertained by the earliest remains of his handiwork. The chief characteristics of the prehistoric periods, and the methods employed in determining their sequence and duration. The persistence of early conditions of culture in later times.

(2) Ethnological: The comparative study and classification of peoples, based upon conditions of material. culture, language, and religious and social institutions and ideas, as distinguished from physical characters (see I. 3). The influence of environment upon culture. (3) Sociological: The comparative study of social phenomena, with special reference to the earlier history of

(a) Social organization (including marriage-customs), government, and law;

(b) Moral ideas and codes;

(c) Magical and religious practices and beliefs (including treatment of the dead);

(d) Modes of communicating ideas by signs, articulate language, pictographs, and writing.

(4) Technological: The comparative study of the origin, development, and geographical distribution of the principal arts and industries, with their appliances.