occurring otherwise than by the expiration of a member's term of office, a new member shall be appointed by the University Court for the remainder of such term only. It is the duty of the Joint Board to issue from time to time to the Examiners of each University such general directions as to the character of the examination papers to be set, and the method of assigning marks, as may best secure an adequate and uniform standard. The Board also receives from the Examiners in each University the examination papers and answers of the candidates with the marks assigned by the Examiners to each, and after consideration of such papers and answers as they may deem necessary, accepts or corrects the results arrived at by the Examiners in the several Universities in accordance with what they deem to be an adequate standard. At the earliest possible date after receiving the examination papers and answers, the Board reports to each Faculty, for whose Preliminary Examination candidates have appeared, the results of the examination of these candidates, and each Faculty is required to publish forthwith a list of candidates reported to it as having passed the examination. If at an examination at any University the standard of the questions set for examination is, in the opinion of the Joint Board, either too high or too low, the Board has power to require the Examiners in that University to submit to them the papers which it is proposed to set at the next Preliminary Examination, and to make such amendments thereon as the Board may think necessary; but in every such case, sufficient notice must be given to the Senatus of the University on which such demand is made.1 The Joint Board is appointed to meet twice annually, in spring and in autumn, to determine the results of the Preliminary Examinations. At these meetings the Board also fixes the dates of the Preliminary Examinations to be held in the spring and autumn respectively of the next succeeding year, together with the subjects and books, if any, prescribed for these examinations, as well as the order in which the several subjects shall be taken. At any such meeting the majority of the Board has power to fessor), 1903 (Professor), 1904 (Additional Examiner). MATHEMATICS AND DYNAMICS, 1901 (Additional Examiner), 1902 (Additional Examiner), 1903 (Professor), 1904 (Professor). MODERN LANGUAGES, 1901 (Lecturer), 1902 (Additional Examiner), 1903 (Additional Examiner), 1904 (Lecturer). 1 Since the Joint Board was instituted, the four Universities have intrusted it with the duty of setting the papers. The papers are now set by the Joint Board itself, and the same papers are used in all four Universities. summon a special meeting for the purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph. The Joint Board sits at each University in rotation and in the following order: Edinburgh (1901), Glasgow (1902), Aberdeen (1903), St Andrews (1904). The Principal of the University at which the Board sits, when present, acts as Chairman for the time, and the Secretary of the University Court of that University is Convener of the Board and custodian of all documents. Neither the Principal nor the Secretary is a member of the Board, but the Chairman has a casting, although not a deliberative, vote. The Convener at the termination of his term of office transmits to his successor in office the documents belonging to the Board. In the absence of the Principal the Board elects its own Chairman, who is a member of the Board, and has a deliberative and also a casting vote. It is in the power of the Board, with the consent of the University Court of each University, at any time to appoint a permanent Secretary, if after sufficient experience the Board considers it advisable to do so, and such Secretary shall be the Convener of the Board and the custodian of all documents. Each University contributes to the expenses of the Joint Board in proportion to the number of candidates who present themselves for examination at that University; and the remuneration paid to the members of the Board is fixed by arrangement between the University Courts of the four Universities. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS IN ARTS, SCIENCE, AND I. ARTS. Before entering on the curriculum (subject to the proviso contained in Section XI. of the Regulations for Graduation in Arts), every candidate for the degree of Master of Arts must pass a Preliminary Examination in (1) English; (2) Latin or Greek; (3) Mathematics; (4) one of the following: Latin or Greek (if not already taken), French, German, Italian (or such other language as the Senatus Academicus may approve), Dynamics. II. SCIENCE.- Every candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science must pass the Preliminary Examination prescribed for candidates for graduation in Arts, except that (1) French or German may be substituted for Latin or Greek; (2) Mathematics must be passed on the Higher Standard [in certain cases the Intermediate Standard, and an additional modern language as a fifth subject, may be substituted-see Section II. of the Regula tions for Graduation in Pure Science. This exception does not apply to candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering, but they need not necessarily pass the Preliminary Examination before entering on their curriculum]; (3) a degree in Arts shall exempt from the Preliminary Examination. III. MEDICINE.-Every candidate for graduation in Medicine must, before commencing his medical studies, pass a Preliminary Examination in (1) English; (2) Latin; (3) Elementary Mathematics; and (4) Greek or French or German. Details as to the scope and standard of the Preliminary Examinations, so far as these have been determined by the University Commissioners, will be found in the Regulations for Graduation in Arts (Sections II. to XXI.), in the Regulations for Graduation in Science (Section II.), and in the Regulations for Graduation in Medicine (Sections III. to VI.) In addition to the Regulations of the University Commissioners above referred to, the Joint Board of Examiners has made the following Supplementary Regulations : PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION IN ARTS AND SCIENCE. 1. English will include Grammar, Composition, Literature, History, and Geography. (a) Grammar will include Analysis, Parsing, Derivation, and Correction of Sentences. (b) Composition will include an Essay and Paraphrasing. The prescribed books will be :- For 1901-(1) Shakespeare, King Lear; (2) Scott, Old Mortality; (3) Macaulay's two Essays on William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (Macmillan). For 1902—(1) Shakespeare, As you Like It; (2) Lamb, First Essays of Elia; (3) Dickens, Barnaby Rudge. (d) History will include a knowledge of one of the three following periods, questions in each of which will be set in each examination, viz. The outlines of the History of both England and Scotland, (a) from the Roman Occupation to 1603; (b) from 1603 to the Union of the Parliaments in 1707; (c) from the Union of Parliaments to the Reform Bill of 1832. (e) Geography will include a general knowledge of the Geography of the World, and a special knowledge of the Geography of the British Empire. 2. The Latin Examination on the Higher Standard will be— Translation, Prose Composition, Grammar, and Sentences. 3. The Greek Examination on the Higher Standard will beTranslation, Sentences, and Grammar. The passages for Translation both from Greek and Latin will include Prose and Verse. [N.B.-The following Regulation as to the Higher Greek Paper will come into force in September 1901.] An Easy Passage of continuous English Prose will be set either as an alternative or a substitute for the English Sentences hitherto set. 4. The Latin Examination on the Lower Standard will beTranslation and Parsing, Prose Composition, Grammar, and Sentences. 5. The Greek Examination on the Lower Standard will beTranslation, Sentences, and Grammar. In the Latin and the Greek papers, both on the Higher and Lower Standards, candidates are required to satisfy the Examiners both in composition and in translation. 6. In the Examination in Mathematics on the Higher and Intermediate, and on the Lower Standards, each question in Geometry will consist of two parts, of which one will be an easy deduction or illustrative exercise on the proposition set as bookwork. The papers in Mathematics on the Higher Standard and on the Intermediate Standard will be devoted to the various subjects comprised in them as nearly as possible in the following proportions: two-fifths to Geometry, two-fifths to Algebra (including Arithmetic, if thought desirable), and one-fifth to Trigonometry. Candidates for the Higher Standard may obtain full marks by doing correctly about two-thirds of the questions set in each subject; but the Examiners will be entitled to reject a candidate who makes in any subject less than a certain minimum of the marks allotted to that subject. The pass-mark for candidates on the Intermediate Standard is fixed with reference to the total number of marks assigned to questions which fall under the syllabus of the Intermediate Standard; but such candidates will receive credit for any question they may answer. The paper in Mathematics on the Lower Standard will be devoted to the various subjects comprised in as nearly as possible the following proportions: four-ninths to Geometry, three-ninths to Algebra, and two-ninths to Arithmetic. Candidates may obtain full marks by doing correctly about two-thirds of the questions set in each subject; but the Examiners will be entitled to reject a candidate who makes in any subject less than a certain minimum of the marks allotted to that subject. 7. The paper on Dynamics will be directed to test the candidate's knowledge of the fundamental principles of the subjects included in it. As far as possible each question will consist of two parts, one of which will be a numerical or other simple illustrative example of the principle with which the other part of the question deals. About one-seventh of the paper will be devoted to Kinematics, and the remainder of the paper will be assigned to Kinetics, Statics, and Hydrostatics, in as nearly as possible equal proportions. Candidates may obtain full marks by doing correctly about twothirds of the questions set in each section of the paper. Dynamics shall include the following: (1) Kinematics-Displacements, velocities, and accelerations of a moving point, with their compositions and resolutions. Translations of a rigid body. Relative velocity of two moving points. (2) Kinetics-The laws of motion. Momentum, force, energy, work-their measures in the British and C. G. S. systems of units. Change of units. Rectilinear motion of a particle under the action of constant forces. Free motion of a body under gravity, including projectiles. Atwood's machine. Impulsive forces. Direct impact of smooth spheres. (3) Statics-Composition and resolution of co-planar forces. Theory of co-planar couples. Conditions of equilibrium of forces in one plane. Centre of mass. Friction. Machines. Application of the principle of work to machines. (4) Hydrostatics-Definitions of solid, fluid, liquid, gas. Viscosity. Measure of the pressure at a point of fluid. Law of equable transmission of pressure. Laws of variation of pressure in heavy liquids. Resultant pressure of a heavy liquid on a plane surface, including the centre of pressure of a plane surface. Principle of Archimedes. Experimental determination of the densities of solids, liquids, and gases. Atmospheric pressure. The barometer. Boyle's Law. The siphon, pumps for liquids, air-pumps, and the diving-bell. Questions may be set which involve the Trigonometry of rightangled triangles. |