§ 8. Of the Method of the Examinations. 1. Every Candidate shall be examined in writing. 2. Every Candidate for examination in Holy Scripture or in a book offered instead of Holy Scripture shall be examined viva voce therein; and every Candidate not seeking Honours shall be examined viva voce in one at least of the books which he offers. 3. Candidates not seeking Honours and Candidates seeking Honours in Greek and Latin Literature shall be examined so as to test their accurate knowledge of the grammatical principles of the Greek and Latin languages, or other languages which they may have obtained permission to offer in lieu thereof, and shall be required to answer questions ERRATA The paragraph beginning 'At the Examinations held before Easter Term, 1916,' and the words 'At the Examination in Trinity Term, 1916, and afterwards' were inserted in error, and should be disregarded. Examination Statutes. Face p. 37. from time to time publish lists of books and subjects which may be offered for examination under the several provisions of this Statute, maintaining as far as possible a distinction between the books and subjects in the First and Second Public Examination. They shall state whether the whole, and if not the whole, what portion of a subject or of the works of an author shall be offered, and whether the book or subject so offered or a portion thereof is optional or necessary. 3. The Board of Studies shall make regulations regarding the manner of conducting the examination in the English language and in Oriental languages. 4. The Boards of Faculties shall have power to fix from time to time, if they think fit, the minimum of books and authors required for Honours. (ii) Regulations of the Boards of Studies and Faculties. (1) FOR CANDIDATES IN HOLY SCRIPTURE. The Examination in Holy Scripture will consist of an Examination in (1) The Gospel of St. Matthew and the Gospel of St. John. (2) Either the subject-matter of the Acts of the Apostles, or that of the two books of Samuel, to be studied in each case in the Revised Version of 1885. The Greek text from which the Examination Papers will be set is the Oxford Text, with the Revisers' Readings. At the Examinations held before Easter Term, 1916, Candidates who are permitted by the Statute1 to offer an additional Greek book instead of Holy Scripture will be required to offer the following selections from Epictetus (Schenkl, ed. minor, 1898, Teubner) :Encheiridion, the whole; Discourses, Book I, chapters 1, 4, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 24, Book II, chapters 1, 8, 11, 14, 21, 22, 23. At the Examination in Trinity Term, 1916, and afterwards Candidates who are permitted by the Statute1 to offer a Greek philosophical book instead of Holy Scripture will be required to offer either Aristotle, Politics I, III, or 2 Plato, Apologia, Meno. Such Candidates will be examined by the Moderators appointed to examine Candidates not seeking Honours. [Candidates who are permitted1 to offer a Sanskrit or an Arabic or a Persian or a Pāli or a Classical Chinese book instead of Holy Scripture will be required to offer: (1) as a Sanskrit book, Bhagavadgita, the whole (Anandāśrama Series); (2) as an Arabic book, Ibn Khaldun's Prolegomena (pp. 104-181, ed. Beyrut, 1886; pp. 101174, ed. Boulak); (3) as a Persian book, Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (al Badāonī), ed. Bib. Ind., vol. i, p. 337 to end; (4) as a Pāli book, Digha Nikaya, vol. i (ed. Rhys Davids and Carpenter); (5) as a Chinese book, Ta Hsüoh and Chung Yung (Vol. I of Legge's Chinese Classics).] Candidates who are permitted by the Statute1 to offer an English book instead of Holy Scripture will, until further notice, be required to offer Burke's Thoughts on the present Discontents, together with his speeches On American Taxation and On Conciliation with America. Candidates who are permitted by the Statute' to substitute additional matter for that part of the Examination which involves a 1 See p. 33, § 4. 2 See the Statute, § 4. cl. 2, p. 33. 3 After the Examination in Hilary Term the words in square brackets will be struck out. knowledge of the Greek text of the Holy Gospels, may offer, until further notice, the subject-matter of the two Books of Samuel, together with the subject-matter of the Acts of the Apostles, in addition to the subject-matter of the Gospel of St. Matthew and the Gospel of St. John. (2) FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT SEEK HONOURS. Greek and Latin. Candidates must select three books, either two Greek and one Latin, or two Latin and one Greek, from the following list. Not more than one book may be taken from any one of the Groups I, II, III, IV, and one at least of the three books must always be selected from those which are marked with an asterisk.1 I. *Aristotle, Politics, I, III. Plato, Apologia, and Aristophanes, II. *Thucydides, VI (omitting cc. i-v, liv-lix) and VII. Herodotus, VIII, and Aeschylus, Persæ. Homer, Odyssey, VII-XI. III. *Tacitus, Agricola and Germania. Tacitus, Agricola, and Juvenal, Sat. Virgil, Eneid, VI-VIII. IV. *Livy, XXI, XXII. English, French, Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian. Any Candidate who is statutably qualified to do so may offer as substitutes for Greek and Latin (a) English for one of these languages, (b) French, or (at the Examinations held in Hilary and Trinity Terms) Sanskrit, or Arabic, or Persian for the other.2 In that case he must offer, in the language so substituted, one or two books, as the case may be, selected from the following lists, provided that unless a Candidate offers one of the Greek or Latin books marked with an asterisk in the preceding lists, he shall offer one at least of the books marked with an asterisk in the following lists : : ENGLISH. *Macaulay, The Essay on the War of the Succession in Spain and the Essay on Frederic the Great. Byron, Childe Harold. 1 The books removed from the list as from the first day of Michaelmas Term, 1915, may be found in the 1914 edition of the Examination Statutes, p. 38 (see p. 255). 2 See footnote 4 on p. 34. (1) *HABIBU-S-SIYAR (pp. 1-63 of Vol. II, Book IV, of the Persian text, as contained in A History of the Minor Dynasties of Persia, ed. Ranking). (2) BAHARISTAN OF JAMI (Lucknow edition). Every Candidate who does not offer Latin will, if he offer English, be required in lieu of Latin Prose to translate a piece of English Prose into the other language which he offers; and if he does not offer English, he will be required to translate a piece of English Prose into the language which he offers instead of Latin. Every Candidate who offers English will be required to write an English Essay; and every Candidate who offers French, Sanskrit, Arabic, or Persian will be required to translate short passages from authors not specially offered by him, in the language or languages which he offers. All Candidates will be required to show a competent knowledge both of the text and of the contents of the books which they offer, and to answer not only questions relating to Grammar and Literature, but also any questions directly arising out of the matters treated of in these books. It is contemplated that 24 hours should be allowed for each book paper. No Candidate who has satisfied the Masters of the Schools at Responsions or the Moderators in Holy Scripture in a book or portion of a book which occurs in any of the preceding lists will be allowed to offer that book or portion of a book in the First Public Examination. Mathematics :- For Candidates who offer Mathematics the subjects of examination will be (i) In Algebra.-Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of Algebraical Quantities (including simple irrational quantities expressed by radical signs or fractional indices), Greatest Common Measure and Least Common Multiple, Fractions, Extraction of Square Root, Simple Equations, and the solution of Quadratic Equations with numerical coefficients involving not more than two unknown quantities. Questions on the Theory of Quadratic Equations will not be set. (ii) Geometry. The paper in Geometry will contain questions on Geometry as defined in the following Schedule. The questions will consist of theorems contained in the Schedule, together with questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and elementary constructions dependent upon them. Any proof of a proposition will be accepted which appears to the Moderators to form part of a systematic treatment of the subject. The order in which the theorems are stated in the Schedule is not imposed as a sequence of their treatment. So far as possible Candidates should aim at making the proof of any proposition complete in itself. In the proof of theorems and deductions from them, the use of hypothetical constructions will be permitted. Proofs which are only applicable to commensurable magnitudes will be accepted. Angles at a Point. If a straight line stands on another straight line, the sum of the two angles so formed is equal to two right angles; and the converse. If two straight lines intersect, the vertically opposite angles are equal. Parallel Straight Lines. When a straight line cuts two other straight lines, if or (i) a pair of alternate angles are equal, (ii) a pair of corresponding angles are equal, or (iii) a pair of interior angles on the same side of the cutting line are together equal to two right angles, then the two straight lines are parallel; and the converse. Straight lines which are parallel to the same straight line are parallel to one another. If there are three or more parallel straight lines, and the intercepts made by them on any straight line that cuts them are equal, then the corresponding intercepts on any other straight line that cuts them are also equal. Triangles and Rectilinear Figures. The sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. If the sides of a convex polygon are produced in order, the sum of the angles so formed is equal to four right angles. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, each to each, and also the angles contained by those sides equal, the triangles are congruent. If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and also one side of the one equal to the corresponding side of the other, the triangles are congruent. If two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite to these sides are equal; and the converse. If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent. If two right-angled triangles have their hypotenuses equal, and one side of the one equal to one side of the other, the triangles are congruent. If two sides of a triangle are unequal, the greater side has the greater angle opposite to it; and the converse. Of all the straight lines that can be drawn to a given straight line from a given point outside it, the perpendicular is the shortest. The opposite sides and angles of a parallelogram are equal, each diagonal bisects the parallelogram, and the diagonals bisect one another. Areas. Parallelograms on the same or equal bases and of the same altitude are equal in area. Triangles on the same or equal bases and of the same altitude are equal in area. Equal triangles on the same or equal bases are of the same altitude. |