153. Scheme of Examination for B. C. E. Degree. viii. MACHINE DRAWING. Drawing of all kinds of Tools. 154. To qualify for the degree of B. C. E., Candidates must obtain one-third of the total marks assigned to each Branch, and one-half of the aggregate number.-Further in Branch II. the marks allotted to Hydraulics shall be 100, of which num. ber one-third must be secured to entitle a Candidate to pass. 155. The passed Candidates shall be arranged in three classes The first, consisting of those who have obtained not less than nine-twelfths of the aggregate number of marks. The second, of those who have obtained not less than seventwelfths of the aggregate number of marks. The third, of those who have obtained not less than the minimum qualifying for a degree. The names of the Candidates placed in the first class shall be ranked in order of merit as determined by the total marks obtained by each: but the Examiners shall be at liberty to bracket men when the difference between them amounts only to a very small number of marks. 156. The Examiners shall be appointed not less than three months before the time fixed for the examination, in order that they may have ample time for exercising care and deliberation in the preparation of their papers. 157. Previous to the transmission of the examination papers to the Registrar, the Examiners shall hold a meeting, at which each Examiner shall submit his papers to his colleagues for remarks and suggestions, the adoption of which, however, shall be left to his own discretion. 158. Within one month from the completion of the examination the Examiners shall furnish to the Registrar a tabular statement prepared in the annexed form, exhibiting the results of the examination, together with a letter containing any remarks or suggestions which they may consider to be deserving of the attention of the Senate, with reference to the results of the examination, or to the Regulations of the University as NAME. bearing upon the Faculty of Civil Engineering, and bringing to notice any striking defects that may have characterized the answers of the students generally, or of particular students. Form of tabular statement to be submitted by the Examiners. 200 350 100 150, 300 100 450 100 1200 Form of application for registration. FORM OF PROCEDURE TO BE OBSERVED IN I. A Convocation for the purpose of conferring degrees shall be held annually in the month of March. II. The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows shall assemble in the Senate-room at the hour named for the Convoca REMARKS. tion, and shall proceed in procession from it to the hall in which the degrees are to be conferred. III. The hall shall be so arranged that the Chancellor's chair may be somewhat in advance; the chairs assigned to the Vice-Chancellor and Fellows being placed in a half circle, so as to leave full space for the presentation of the Candidates. IV. The Candidates shall be arranged in a line opposite to the Chancellor. V. On the procession entering the hall, the candidates shall rise and remain standing until the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows have taken their seats. VI. The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows having taken their places, the Chancellor shall say: This Convocation of the Senate of the University of Madras has been called to confer Degrees upon the Candidates who, in the examination recently held for that purpose, have been certified to be worthy of the same. Let the Registrar read the names of the Candidates approved and recommended by the Examiners for Degrees. The Registrar shall then read the report of the Examiners, which shall be in the following form: We, the Examiners appointed by the Senate of the University of Madras to conduct the examination for the degree of do hereby certify that we have examined the persons whose names are hereinafter set down, and that we do adjudge them to be worthy of the degree of and do recommend them accordingly to be admitted to the same. Witness our hands, &c. The Chancellor shall then say: Let the Candidates stand forward. Then the Candidates standing up and advancing a step or two, the Chancellor shall put them the following questions: Question. Do you sincerely promise and declare that, if admitted to the degrees for which you are severally Candidates, and for which you have been recommended, you will in your daily life and conversation conduct yourselves as becomes Members of this University? Answer. I do promise. Quest. Do you promise that to the utmost of your opportunity and ability you will support and promote the cause of morality and sound learning ? Ans. I do promise. Quest. Do you promise that you will, as far as in you lies, uphold and advance social order and the well-being of your fellow-men ? Ans. I do promise. In the case of Candidates for Medical or Legal Degrees, the following addition shall be made :— Quest. Do you promise that you will faithfully and carefully fulfil the duties of the Medical (or Legal) profession, that you will on all occasions maintain its purity and reputation, and that you will never deviate from the straight path of its honorable exercise by making your knowledge subservient to unworthy ends? Ans. I do promise. Then the Chancellor shall say: Let the Candidates be now presented. Then the Candidates shall be presented by the heads of their respective schools or colleges, or by one of the Examiners, to the Chancellor, one by one, in the order in which they stand in the Examiners' report. The manner of presentation shall be as follows : The presenter taking the right hand of the Candidate shall advance with him to the footstool of the Chancellor, and shall say: Mr., or my Lord Chancellor, I present unto you this person |