Exhibitions and Special Priscs awarded at JUNIOR AND SENIOR EXHIBITIONS. IN Trinity Term, 1870, it was resolved by the Board that, in pursuance of the Decree of the Board and Visitors, dated March 19, 1870, certain Exhibitions should be established in the College, subject to such changes as the Provost and Senior Fellows might from time to time ordain. The number of these Exhibitions was increased in Trinity Term, 1875, and in Michaelmas Term, 1904. On March 8, 1913, the Board discontinued the twelve Exhibitions hitherto awarded on the results of the Intermediate Examination, and on June 7, 1913, resolved, that Exhibitions shall in future be distributed by the Board at their discretion when the results of the Senior and Junior Exhibition Examinations are laid before them. I. JUNIOR EXHIBITIONS AWARDED AT ENTRANCE. 1. Sixteen Exhibitions, twelve of £20, and four of £15 a year, tenable for two years, are awarded in each year to Students in the rising Junior Freshman Class, who have entered within the year, provided sufficient merit be shown by the Candidates. This rule has been modified by the following resolutions, adopted by the Provost and Senior Fellows, February 17, 1899 :— 1. That the Junior Exhibition Examination be open, not only to all Students in the rising Junior Freshman Class, but also to Candidates whose names are not on the College Books, who shall conform to the regulations as to age and to character already in force, and who shall pay a fee of £1 seven days before the commencement of the Examination. II.- The latter class of Candidates will not be elected to Exhibitions unless the Senior Lecturer be satisfied that they have qualified at this Examination in each of the subjects required at an Entrance Examination. If elected they will be required to place their names on the College Books according to the ordinary rules." 66 2. These Exhibitions are called the Junior Exhibitions. 3. The Examinations are held annually, in Michaelmas Term, on days notified in the University Calendar. 4. No Student is allowed to be a Candidate who shall have completed his nineteenth year before the 1st of June immediately preceding the commencement of the Examination. 5. All Students intending to compete for these Exhibitions must forward their names, and a certified copy of their baptismal registry, or other satisfactory evidence of age, to the Senior Lecturer, at least three days before the commencement of the Examination. 6. No Student holding a Supplemented Erasmus Smith Exhibition, is entitled to hold one of these Exhibitions. 7. An Exhibitioner losing his class in College, or not keeping his name on the College Books, forfeits his Exhibition. 8. At the end of the Michaelmas Term Examinations each year, the Senior Lecturer reports to the Board the names of any of the Junior Exhibitioners elected in the previous year who do not appear to have made satisfactory progress in the Junior Freshman year; and the Board then considers whether they will continue the Exhibition for the second year. 9. Any grave violation of College discipline subjects the holder of an Exhibition to forfeiture. 10. The Examination lasts four days, beginning at 9.30 o'clock, A.M., and is in the following Courses : Algebra, Geometry-Six Books of Euclid, with easy deductions, 45 90 90 75 Experimental Science (100 marks). Each candidate shall bring up one Greek, and onea Latin book of his own selection for viva voce Examination. He must send the Senior Lecturer notice of his selection at least one week before the Examination. The Course in Algebra and Trigonometry is : Algebra, The First Four Rules, Fractions, Surds, Simple and Quadratic Equations. Trigonometry, To the end of Solution of Plane Triangles. The Course in English consists of:— 1. Trench, English Past and Present. 2. A. Hamilton-Thompson's History of English Literature (Murray), Chaps. VI., VII., VIII., § 1 and § 2, XI., XII., XV., XVII., XIX., omitting Notes and Illustrations, with corresponding portions of Smith's Specimens of English Literature (from "Short Specimens," also published as "Smaller Specimens "). 3. Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I. 4. Shakspere, Merchant of Venice. 5. English Composition. 6. History of England (Student's Hume). The Course in Experimental Science is :– Physics. Measurement of length, area, volume, density, weight, pressure, and time. Elementary phenomena of Heat, Light, and Sound. (One hour and a half.) Chemistry.-Physical and Chemical change. First laws of Chemistry. Elements and compounds. Mechanical mixtures and Chemical compounds. The properties of the typical elements. Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Carbon. The Elementary Chemistry of the atmosphere. (One hour and a half.) [These Papers may either be set during the Viva Voce days, or on a subsequent morning.] The Certificate of a year's work in an approved Laboratory will be required. 11. The Exhibitions are paid half-yearly, through the Tutors of the respective Students-the first payment is made at the close of the December quarter next following the day of election. As regards the definition of one book. the Senior Lecturer will accept an amount of any classical author equivalent, in Greek, to one book of Thucydides, or two books of Xenophon, or a Greek play, or three books of Homer: and, in Latin, to a book of Livy or two books of Cæsar, or a speech of Cicero's not shorter than the pro Milone, or two books of Virgil. II. SENIOR EXHIBITIONS AWARDED AT THE CLOSE OF THE SECOND YEAR. 1. Sixteen Exhibitions, twelve of £20, and four of £15 a year, tenable for two years, are awarded, in each year, to Students who have passed the Michaelmas Examination, at the close of the Senior Freshman year. 2. These Exhibitions are called the Senior Exhibitions. 3. All Senior Freshmen intending to compete for these Exhibitions must forward their names to the Senior Lecturer, at least one week before the first day of the Michaelmas Senior Freshman Examination, in order that they may be placed in a separate division, and undergo a more strict Examination by Examiners specially appointed. Any Student failing to forward his name to the Senior Lecturer in accordance with this rule, will be required to pay a fee of £1 before his name can be placed on the list of candidates. 4. The marks given for this Examination are arranged as follows: Thirty in Pure Mathematics—viz., Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonometry. Twenty in Applied Mathematics-viz., Mechanics. Twenty in Latin, and twenty in either Greek, French, or German. Ten in English Prose Composition. 5. After the close of the Prize Examinations in Michaelmas Term, the Senior Lecturer adds to the total of the marks obtained by any Candidate for Senior Exhibitions at the General Examination Twenty-five per cent. of the sum of the marks obtained by such Fifteen per cent. of the sum of the marks obtained in Logic at the Fifteen per cent. of the sum of the marks obtained in Modern Twenty-five per cent. of the marks obtained at the Prize Examina- Twenty per cent. of the marks obtained at the Prize Examination Seven and a half per cent. of the sum of the marks obtained in Seven and a half per cent. of the sum of the marks obtained in Seven and a half per cent. of the sum of the marks obtained in Fifteen per cent. of the marks obtained in Celtic Languages at In the case of a Student obtaining Honors in the same department at both the Hilary and Trinity Examinations, the highest marks are taken into account. No marks obtained by a Candidate for Honors at any Examination for Honors at which he has not been awarded an Honor are allowed to count. 6. The list of marks thus made up is submitted to the Board by the Senior Lecturer, with the names arranged in order of merit; and the Board elects the sixteen most deserving Candidates as Senior Exhibitioners, provided sufficient merit has been shown. 7. A Student who has dropped a class since his entrance is ineligible. 8. An Exhibitioner losing his class in College, or not keeping his name on the College Books, forfeits his Exhibition. 9. Any grave violation of College discipline subjects the holder of an Exhibition to forfeiture. 10. The Exhibitions are paid half-yearly, through the Tutors of the respective Students-the first payment is made at the close of the December quarter next following the day of election. 11. All Scholars and Students holding at the time of election a Supplemented Erasmus Smith Exhibition or a Kidd Scholarship are excluded from this competition. ERASMUS SMITH EXHIBITIONS. By an Act of the Parliament of Ireland (10 Geo. I., c. 1, Private) it was provided that twenty yearly Exhibitions of £8, of the late Irish currency (being equal to £77s. 8d. of the present currency), and fifteen several Exhibitions of £6 a year, Irish (being equal to £5 10s. 9d., present currency), shall from time to time, and at all times thereafter, be paid and payable out of the rents and profits of the lands of the Governors, to the like number of Poor Scholars, Members or Students of Trinity College, respectively, until they shall be otherwise provided for, removed, or take the Degree of Master of Arts in College, or be of standing to take such Master of Arts Degree. There is also a reduction of £5 (sterling) a year in the rent of Chambers held by Exhibitioners; an Exhibitioner, who is also a Scholar, can obtain a reduction either as a Scholar or as an Exhibitioner, but not as both. The following Rules are now in force. obtained at 40, Harcourt-street, Dublin. Information to be 1. That, for the benefit of the three Grammar Schools of the foundation of Erasmus Smith, at Drogheda, Galway, and Tipperary, and the |