next vacancy of any chair, founded either before or after the passing of the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, with regard to the number of lectures and the period of instruction, and any appointment made by the Crown, or any other patron, shall be deemed to be made subject to such revision and adjustment, duly intimated and published, as the court shall determine, within four weeks after the occurrence of the vacancy: Provided always that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorise the alteration of the conditions of tenure, or the main purposes of any Professorship, otherwise than by Ordinance.

2. Before proceeding to the foundation of any new Professorship, the University Court shall ascertain that there are sufficient means for its endowment, and shall also take into consideration the contingent claim which the Professor may have to a pension under the provisions of any Ordinance of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889.

To the University Court belongs the patronage of the Chairs of Greek, Humanity, Logic, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Medicine, Natural History, Chemistry, Education, and English Literature.

SENATUS ACADEMICUS.

The Senatus Academicus consists of the Principals and Professors of the University. It regulates and superintends the teaching and discipline of the University; and appoints two-thirds of the members of any committee or committees charged by the University Commissioners with the immediate superintendence of the libraries and museums of the University, or the contents thereof. The Senatus receives in the first instance all reports by such committee or committees, and, subject to the review of the University Court, confirms, modifies, or rejects the recommendations in such reports.

The Principal of the University is President, and has both a deliberative and a casting vote. In his absence, the Principal of St Mary's College presides; failing whom, the senior Professor present. One-third of the members of Senatus constitute a quorum.

The Senatus elects three Assessors to the University Court; and a Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The Senatus is also represented upon the Governing Boards of the Madras College, St Andrews; the Cupar Educational Trust; the Waid Academy, Anstruther; Wood's School, Newburn; the David Anderson Bursary Trust, Kirkcaldy ; Dollar Institution; and the Dundee Educational Trust.

GENERAL COUNCIL.

The General Council was instituted by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858, but its constitution and organisation have been considerably altered by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act, 1868; the Universities Elections Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1881; and the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889.

The General Council consists of the Chancellor; the Members of the University Court, from and after their first election; the Professors; all Masters of Arts of the University; all persons on whom the University has, after examination, conferred the degree of Doctor of Medicine, or Doctor of Science, or Bachelor of Divinity, or Bachelor of Laws, or Bachelor of Medicine, or Bachelor of Science, or any other degree that may hereafter be instituted; all who have furnished evidence that, as Matriculated Students, they had, previous to August 1861, attended the University for four complete Sessions, or for three complete Sessions in this University, and a fourth at another Scottish University-the attendance for at least two of these Sessions having been in the course of study in the Faculty of Arts; and every person who has hitherto been or who shall in the future become ex officio a member of the General Council, owing either to his having been a Professor in or having held office as Member of the University Court in the University, and who shall have paid the registration fee.

All Members of Council who are not Members ex officio must have their names enrolled in the Register of the University. Each Member on being registered must pay a fee of £1, which constitutes life - membership. In future, no person shall be allowed, after examination, to graduate, until he has paid the registration fee, with a view to his enrolment, at graduation, as a Member of the General Council.

The General Council is appointed to hold two statutory meetings every year, one on the last Thursday of March and another on the last Friday of November. In addition to these meetings the General Council may hold special meetings at the instance of the Chancellor, who shall convene such meetings on a requisition from a quorum of members, and the Council may adjourn any meeting, and may appoint committees to investigate into and report upon any matter remitted to them or to carry out instructions given to them by the Council. The quorum of the General Council is twenty, being ten for every complete thousand or fraction of a thousand of members on the register; but no quorum is required at the statutory half-yearly meetings.

The business of the Council is "to take into consideration all

questions affecting the wellbeing and prosperity of the University, and to make representations from time to time on such questions to the University Court, who shall consider the same, and return to the Council their deliverance thereon."

The Council elects the Chancellor of the University, four Assessors to the University Court, and, jointly with the General Council of the University of Edinburgh, a Member of Parliament. No member of the Senatus Academicus is entitled to vote or take part in the election of any Assessor of the General Council.

The Chancellor is President of the General Council. At the meetings of the Council, in the absence of the Chancellor, Rector, and Principal, the Chancellor's Assessor, and in his absence the Rector's Assessor, shall preside; and in the absence of all of the said officials, a Chairman shall be elected by the meeting, provided that no member of the Senatus Academicus shall preside at any meeting of Council held for the purpose of electing an Assessor or Assessors. In every case the Chairman has a deliberative and also a casting vote. At meetings of the Council the Chairman of the meeting decides all points of order.

The names and addresses of the Members of the General Council are printed in the Appendix.

STUDENTS.

REGULATIONS AS TO MATRICULATION.

Each Student shall pay a Matriculation Fee of one guinea at the commencement of each Winter Session for the whole academical year then next ensuing; but any Student attending a class or classes during a Summer Session without having matriculated at the commencement of the immediately preceding Winter Session shall, in respect of such Summer Session, pay a Matriculation Fee of half a guinea only. (Ord. No. 50, sect. I.)

No person shall be deemed to be a Matriculated Student in the University, or shall enjoy any of the privileges of a Matriculated Student, unless, in addition to paying the Matriculation Fee, he is enrolled as a Student in attendance in one or more classes in the University, and has paid the fees entitling him to such attendance. (Ord. No. 147, sect. I.) In the application of this regulation to the case of Students at University College, Dundee, the words "classes in the University" shall include classes at University College, Dundee, attendance on which qualifies for graduation in one or other of the Faculties, and shall include no other classes in the said College. (Ord. No. 162, sect. I.)

In accordance with a resolution of the Senatus Academicus,

approved of by the University Court, Matriculation and Class Fees will be received next Winter Session from Tuesday, 8th October, to Friday, 1st November. The fees will be received at the United College on days and at hours of which due intimation will be made.

The University Court has in special circumstances power to permit persons who have not matriculated as aforesaid to attend any single class in any Faculty, on payment of an Entrance Fee of one guinea in addition to the authorised Class Fee, subject to the following provisions-viz., that (1) attendance on any Class without payment of the Matriculation Fee shall not qualify for graduation in any Faculty; (2) that persons who have not paid the Matriculation Fee shall not be entitled to a certificate of attendance on any Class; and (3) that payment of such Entrance Fee shall not confer any University privilege other than the right of attendance on such Class. (Ord. No. 50, sect. II.)

Matriculated Students have the right of admission to the University Library, and to the Museum of Natural History. They also have the privilege of electing, by a general poll, the Rector of the University.

The following is the Sponsio Academica signed by students at matriculation:

"Nos ingenui adolescentes, nomina subscribentes, sancte pollicemur, nos preceptoribus obsequium debitum exhibituros, et hujus Academiae Andreanae emolumentum et commodum, quantum in nobis sit, procuraturos, ad quemcunque vitae statum pervenerimus."

COMMON DINING-TABLE FOR STUDENTS.

In Session 1887-88 there was instituted a Common Dining-Table for Students, similar to what exists at the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. A dinner abundant in quantity, of the best quality, and well cooked, is provided 5 days a-week at 2 o'clock. The ticket for the St Mary's College session is £3, 6s., and for the United College session, £3, 15s. Application for tickets should be made to Professor Lang, the University, St Andrews, before the beginning of the United College Session.

STUDENTS' LODGINGS.

The Senatus and Students' Representative Council have prepared a list of the lodgings in town suitable for students. The Janitor at the United College will show it to those who apply.

UNIVERSITY HALL FOR WOMEN STUDENTS.

Warden-Miss FRANCES H. MELVILLE, M.A. (Edin.), with First-class Honours in Mental Philosophy.

On 22nd February 1892, the Scottish Universities Commission issued an Ordinance (No. 18, General No. 9) under which it became "competent to the University Court, after consultation with the Senatus, to make provision within the University for the instruction of women in any of the subjects taught within the University, either by admitting them to the ordinary classes, or by instituting separate classes for their instruction." As soon as this Ordinance had received the approval of her Majesty in Council, steps were taken to provide a Hall of Residence for Women students where they could live together under a Head. As a temporary arrangement, the house No. 79 North Street was secured for those who intended to enter the University in Session 1892-93. No provision for residence was made during the years 1893-94 and 1894-95, but for 1895-96 Argyle Lodge was similarly rented. Meanwhile, a scheme for the erection of a permanent Hall of Residence for Women had been in progress. A grant of £2000 for this purpose was received from the Pfeiffer Trust, about £3000 were voted from the L.L.A. Funds, and various donations were obtained from individuals through the exertions of Professor Knight, the Convener of the L.L.A. Committee. A site having been granted by the University Court on the lands of Rathelpie, a portion of the original patrimony of St Leonard's College, the building was proceeded with, and was ready for occupation at the beginning of Session 1896-97.

The Hall, which stands in grounds extending to about three and a half acres, accommodates 25 students.

The Fees (which include Board and Residence) are as follows: Study-bedroom (divided by a curtain), £30 to £35; large studybedroom (divided by a curtain), £40 to £50; small bedroom, £25; small bedroom and private study, £50. Light (except from 11 P.M. to 6 A.M.) and an allowance of coal are included in these charges. The fees for the Summer Session come to about half of those for the Winter Session. The fees for residence when the Session is over are from 3s. 6d. a-day, upwards, according to the accommodation desired.

Further information, if desired, together with a copy of the Rules and Regulations, may be obtained on application to the Warden, University Hall, St Andrews.

Particulars as to Bursaries open to Women will be found among the United College Announcements for next Session in a subsequent part of the Calendar.

1 Fire in bedroom is charged extra.