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Greek Grammar.—Composition: Translation of simple sentences such as are found in the English-Greek Exercises in Smith's Initia Græca, Part I.

3. MATHEMATICS.-Arithmetic the ordinary rules of Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Proportion and Interest.-Algebra: as far as Simple Equations and Surds, with theory of Indices.Geometry: First, Second and Third Books of Euclid or the subjects thereof.

4. ENGLISH.-Language: Grammar, Analysis, Writing from Dictation, Punctuation, Synthesis, Paraphrasing.-History and Geography: Outlines of English and Canadian History, and General Geography.

The relative values of these subjects shall be as follows: Classics, 250; Mathematics, 200; English, 200.

(13.) 1. The subjects of Examination for the Senior Exhibitions and Bursaries of 1888-9, shall be any two of the following groups:

A.-CLASSICS.

LATIN: Horace, Epodes; Pliny, Selected Letters (Prichard and Bernard's edition, Clarendon Press, London). -Composition: An easy piece of English to be turned into Latin Prose. (For models, see Champeneys and Rundall's Easy Pieces for Latin Prose, 2nd series, Rivingtons, London.)

GREEK.-Herodotus, Book II.-Composition: Translation of simple passages. (For models, see Sidgwick's First Greek Writer.)

B.-MATHEMATICS,

ALGEBRA As set forth in Colenso's, or Todhunter's or Wood's Algebra, exclusive of Continued Fractions and Diophantine Analysis.

TRIGONOMETRY: Analytical Plane; as far as, and including, DeMoivre's Theorem, with its application to the measurement of Circular Arcs, and the solution of the equation xn = 1.-Spherical; as far as, and including, Napier's Rules for the solution of Right-angled Triangles.

GEOMETRY: The First, Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth Books of Euclid, with the definitions of the Fifth; the first 21 propositions of the Eleventh Book. Conic Sections:-The Parabola and the Ellipse, as set forth in Drew's Conic Sections. (The equivalents of these will be accepted, if the candidate has used other Text Books; which, however, he must, at the examination, specify.)

The examinations will not be confined to the text of the books mentioned, or of any others, but will include Exercises and Problems on the principles laid down in common by all standard treatises on the above subjects.

C.-ENGLISH AND HISTORY.

ENGLISH: Lounsbury's History of the English Language (Henry Holt & Co., N. Y.), to end of Part 1; Spenser's Faerie Queen, Bk. I. (Clarendon Press), Shakespeare's King John, and The Tempest (Rolfe's Edition, Harpers, N. Y.); Hutton's Scott (English Men of Letters Series); Sir W. Scott's Marmion, and Rob Roy.

CLASSICAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.-History of Greece to the death of Alexander. Geography of Græcia, Asia and Africa.

*Text Books: Smith's Student's Greece; Tozer's Primer of Classical Geography.

Candidates shall be required to present themselves for examination in two of the above groups--A, B, C. They may select any two of these groups; but they will not be allowed to present themselves for examination in all three.

The relative values of the three groups will be the same.

Candidates must give notice to the President, of the groups in which they intend to present themselves for Examination.

2. The subjects of Examination for the Senior Exhibitions and Bursaries of 1889-90, shall be any two of the following groups:

A.-CLASSICS.

The subjects specified in (13) 1. of this section.

B.-MATHEMATICS.

The subjects specified in (13) 1. of this section.

C.-ENGLISH.

Lounsbury's History of the English Language (published by Henry Holt & Co., N. Y.), to end of Part 1; Spenser's Faerie Queen, Book I, (Clarendon Press Edition); Shakespeare's King John, As You Like It, (Rolfe's Edition, Harper Bros.); Nichol's Byron (Eng. Men of Letters Series); Byron's Childe Harold (Clarendon Press).

§ XV.-RESIDENCE.-All students are required to report their places of residence to the President on or before the day appointed in the University Almanac.

Persons who wish to take students as boarders must furnish the President with satisfactory references. A Register is kept by the President, containing the names of those persons who have satisfied this condition; and, for the convenience of students, a list of the names and addresses of such persons will be posted on the notice-board in the College hall at the beginning of the Session.

§ XVI-CHURCH ATTENDANCE.-All students under twenty-one years of age, not residing with parents or guardians, are required to report to the President on or before the day appointed in the University Almanac, the churches they intend to make their places of worship during the Session. Intimation will be made to the various clergymen of the city, of the names and addresses of the students who have chosen their respective churches as places of worship.

§ XVII. DISCIPLINE.-Any case of improper conduct on the part of a student, if brought to the notice of the Faculty, is to be investigated by the Faculty and reported to the Senate.

The Senate has authority to impose fines for damage done to property; to inflict at their discretion the penalties of admonition, suspension for a term, and expulsion, for neglect of duty, or for disorderly or improper conduct, and to use all other means deemed necessary for maintaining discipline.

The Professors have full power to maintain order in their respective classes, and may if necessary expel from the room during the class hour, any student persisting in disorderly conduct.

§ XVIII.-DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS.—A Bachelor of Arts, of at least three years standing, maintaining meanwhile a good reputation, shall be entitled to the Degree of Master of Arts, on producing a satisfactory thesis on some literary, philosophical or scientific subject. The subject must have been previously approved by the Faculty. The thesis must be handed in on or before 1st March. For fee see § xxi.

§ XIX.-ADMISSION AD EUNDEM GRADUM.-Bachelors or Masters of Arts, who have received their degrees in course at Universities approved by the Senate, shall be admitted ad eundem gradum in this University, on producing satisfactory proof of rank and character.—For fee see § xxi.

§ XX.-ACADEMIC COSTUME.-(1.) Bachelors and Masters of Arts and Bachelors of Science of this University, shall be entitled to wear gowns, of black stuff, and hoods. distinctive part of the costume is the hood.

The

The following are

the kinds of hood appointed for the various degrees :—

B. A.-Black stuff lined with white silk and bordered with white fur.

M. A.-Black stuff lined with crimson silk.

B. Sc.-Black stuff, with a lining of white silk, bordered with crimson silk.

B. L.-Black stuff, with a lining of white silk, bordered with light blue silk.

(2.) Successful candidates for these degrees shall be required to appear at Convocation in the proper academic costume, to have the degrees conferred upon them. Degrees will be conferred in the absence of the candidate only by special permission of the Senate.

§ XXI.-FEES.--(1.) Fees are payable by students for Registration, for the use of the Gymnasium, for classes attended, and for certain examinations. They are payable in advance.

No student shall be allowed to enter a class until he has paid the proper fees.

The following is a statement of the fees payable by students generally, and of the special privileges granted to undergraduates:

Registration Fee, payable annually by all students*.
Gymnasium Fee, payable annually by all male students attend-
ing more than one class, except registered students of the
Halifax Medical College

Fee for each class attended, per Session + (except the Practical
Chemistry and Physics Classes)

$2.00

1 50

6 00

Fee for each of the Practical Chemistry and Physics Classes for every three months of practical work in Laboratory .... Supplementary Examination Fee, payable on giving the notice required by § x. (12)..

Special Examination Fee..

6 00

2 00

2.00

Undergraduates shall in general pay one fee of six dollars to each Professor whose classes they may attend as parts of the ordinary course; but in the case of the Professors of Classics and Mathematics fees shall be paid in both the first and second years of the course, in the case of the Professor of Modern Languages fees shall be paid twice by undergraduates taking either one language during more than two years or two languages for two years, in the case of the Professors of Chemistry and Physics, fees of $6.00 per session shall be paid for Practical Classes by undergraduates taking those classes, and in the case of the Professor of English Literature a fee of $6.00 shall be paid by undergraduates taking the third and fourth years English Class.--No fees are required for the Tutorial classes in Classics and Mathematics.-A candidate for Honours shall pay a fee of $6.00 to each Professor whose advanced classes he may attend.

(2.) The graduation fees are as follows:

Fee for the B. A. or B. L. or B. Sc. Diploma, which is payable by candidates before the Sessional Examinations of the Fourth Year, and will be returned in case of failure.... $ 5 00 Fee for M. A. Diploma, which must accompany the thesis, and will be returned if the Thesis is not sustained

10 00

Fee for B. A. or M. A., (ad eundem gradum)..

10 00

* Undergraduates who matriculated previously to 1884, shall pay a fee of $1.00 annually.

§ The English Classes of the First and Second Years, and the History and Physics Classes of the Third and Fourth Years, though extending over two sessions shall for the purpose of this rule be considered single classes. The Latin and Greek Classes of any one year shall also be considered one class.

Faculty of Law.

THE PRESIDENT, (ex officio.)
Professors: WELDON,

RUSSELL,

Lecturers: ToWNSHEND, J.,

SHANNON,

GRAHAM,

PAYZANT,

HARRINGTON.

Dean of the Faculty: PROFESSOR WELDON.

Secretary of the Faculty: PROFESSOR RUSSELL.

$XXII.-COURSES OF LECTURES.

The following courses of lectures, to be given in the Session of 1888-9, will begin on the 4th September, 1888, and end on the 15th February, 1889.

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The Written Code of the Constitution: Magna Charta, Petition of Right, Habeas Corpus Act, Bill of Rights, Act of Settlement. Law Select cases in Constitutional Law. British North

of Parliament.

America Act.

Subjects of lectures:

Constitutional History.

Two lectures per week.

Anglo-Saxon Royalty. The Judicial System of the Anglo Saxons. The Witenagemote. Feudalism in England. Origin and Growth of the two Houses of Parliament. Origin and Development of Trial by

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