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Catechetical Premiums.

Catechetical Premiums of the value of £2 in books are awarded in accordance with the conditions given under Catechetical Course,' § 37.

Term Honor and Prize Examinations.

In each Term, Examinations are held, at which Honors of the First and Second Rank are awarded to Candidates who exhibit sufficient merit. In Michaelmas Term, Prizes to the value of £4 and £2 are awarded to the Candidates who obtain First and Second Honors respectively." The successful Candidates can select Books, to the value of their Prizes, at the University Booksellers, and can have the College arms stamped on the covers of bound Books; in the case of Prizes in Experimental or Natural Science, Scientific Instruments, with an inscription thereon, may be substituted for books, if approved by the Senior Lecturer on the report of the Professor; or the successful Candidates may, on the recommendation of their Tutors to the Bursar, apply the amounts gained to the payment of their College Fees or Incidentals then due.b The marks at certain of these Examinations count towards the Senior Exhibitions (see under 'Senior Exhibitions').

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a The following Order of the Board with regard to the duties of the University Booksellers in Dublin, was made on May 20, 1843:

"It is ordered by the Board that the Students who obtain College Premiums may direct the College Booksellers to procure for them any suitable books as Premiums which continue to be offered for sale in the priced catalogues of London, Dublin, or Edinburgh, and at the prices marked in the said catalogues; and when the selling price of a book is recognised by the Trade as having fallen below the publication price, the College Booksellers are to supply the book at such recognised reduced price.

"This notice is to be printed and put in two conspicuous places in the Booksellers' Shop."

b Resolution adopted by the Board, May 14th, 1904 :

RESOLVED "That within a fortnight after the returns of the Prize or Premiums awarded at the Term Lectures or Term Examinations shall have been sent in to the Senior Lecturer or Catechist, any Student desirous of having his Prize or Premium utilised in the part payment of his Fees to College, shall send in his name to Mr. Miller, with the necessary authorization from his Tutor; and that Mr. Miller shall send a list of these Students, with the money value of the Prize or Premium awarded to each, to the Bursar, and shall not send their names in the list of prizemen sent to Messrs. Hodges & Figgis.

That after a Student's name has been sent to Messrs. Hodges & Figgis, in the list of those to whom Prizes or Premiums in books have been awarded, he shall not be permitted to utilise his Prize or Premium in the payment of Fees."

No Student who has dropped a Class will be allowed to present himself, as a Candidate for Honors, at any Examination, in a subject in which he has previously obtained Honors at the corresponding Examination of the Class from which he has dropped.

All Junior and Senior Sophister Candidates for Honors in Hilary and Trinity Terms are required to give at least one week's notice of their intention to present themselves at these Examinations. (Order of the Board, May 3, 1902.)

Moderatorship and Medal Examination.

A Student who desires to graduate in Honors at the Degree may substitute one of the Moderatorship Examinations for the ordinary Degree Examination. Moderatorships are granted in groups of the subjects of the Honor Courses, and in Engineering Science. Of the successful Candidates in the several departments, there are two ranks, called Senior and Junior Moderators.

The Senior Moderators receive gold medals, and the Junior Moderators silver medals; which are given to them publicly before the University, by the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor, at the Commencements at which they are admitted to their Degrees. The first Senior Moderator in each department receives a large gold medal, if recommended by the Examiners and their recommendation be approved by the Board.

Prizes are also awarded to the Moderators in order of merit.

A Student who has dropped a Class after the Michaelmas Examination of the Junior Sophister year, or who has dropped more than one Class, will be allowed to compete at any of the Moderatorship Examinations, but, if successful, he will not be placed in the order of merit amongst the Moderators, but will be added to the list as a Supplemental Moderator, Senior or Junior; and he will not be entitled to the Exhibition of £10, awarded to Scholars who become Senior Moderators (see under "Exhibitions awarded to Scholars").

A Student who would not be entitled to present himself at the ordinary Degree Examination until January, will not be permitted to compete for a Moderatorship unless he previously obtains the special permission of the Board.

A Student who fails in obtaining a Medal may nevertheless be allowed the Degree on his answering at the Medal Examination, provided a special recommendation to that effect be made by the Court of Examiners, and his name may then be placed at the foot of such class as the Senior Lecturer may determine.

No Student will be allowed to be a Candidate at the Moderatorship Examination unless his Fees for the current half-year shall have been paid before the first day of Examination.

A Student who has passed for his Degree, either at the ordinary Examination, or at a Moderatorship Examination at which he has failed to obtain a Medal, will be allowed to compete for a Supplemental Moderatorship within two years. An extension of that period can be granted only by special permission of the Board. (Resolution of Board, Nov. 21, 1905.)

A Graduate who has obtained a Medal at his Degree shall be allowed to compete for a Supplemental Medal in another subject in either of the two following years, he replacing his name for the Examination and paying the current half-yearly fee. (Resolution of the Board, March 2, 1907.)

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Provision has been made for the religious instruction of Students. Catechetical Lectures commence on the days specified in the University Almanac, at half-past nine o'clock, and are continued on Saturdays during Term at the same hour, for the two Freshman Classes only. Catechetical Examinations are held at the beginning of each Term (immediately after the Term Examinations) for the benefit of those Students who have not been resident during the preceding Term.

Rules relating to Catechetical Terms and Examinations.

To get full credit for Catechetical Terms, with certificates of the same, four Terms are to be saved in the Freshman years, either by Lectures or by Examinations. Omitted Terms may be supplementalized in the Sophister years for special reasons to be approved of by the Catechist. In such cases credit for two Terms within the same College Term will only be given if one of the two is kept by Lectures and the other by Examination.

Students who do not desire to keep the Catechetical Terms, if under age, must produce from their parents or guardians a written statement that they wish them to be exempted from such instruction, and if over age, their own wishes shall be consulted.

To a Student who exhibits peculiar merit, either at Lectures or at an Examination, a Premium in books of the value of £2 is awarded, unless such a Premium has been previously obtained in the same year, in which case a Certificate is awarded instead.

The fact of having obtained a Prize in the earlier part of the year does not debar a Senior Freshman from being awarded one of the Prizes offered at the end of Trinity Term, or at the Michaelmas Term Examination.

Catechetical Lectures and Examinations for Members of the Church of Ireland are conducted by Fellows of the College, being

Members of the Church of Ireland, and by Professors or Lecturers in the Divinity School; and those for Presbyterian Students are conducted by persons nominated by the Presbytery of Dublin whose names have been submitted to and approved of by the Board, and by any Presbyterian Fellow of the College appointed by the Catechist.

The Results of the Examinations are submitted to the Catechist, in order that he may be satisfied as to the merit of those recommended for prizes.

The Board of Trinity College are willing, on due application being made to them by the heads of other religious denominations, to make similar arrangements for the religious instruction of Students of such denominations.

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Subjects of Catechetical Examinations.-The following Table contains the subjects of the Catechetical Lectures and Examinations:N. B.-The subjects printed in Italics are to be considered as additional for Honors, and are not required generally.

MICH. TERM AND
HILARY EXAM.

HILARY TERM AND
TRINITY EXAM.

TRINITY TERM AND
MICH. EXAM.

JUNIOR FRESHMEN.

The Gospel of St. Luke.
The three other Gospels.

The Acts of the Apostles.

Paley's Hora Paulina (Church of Ireland). Stalker's Lives of Christ and of St. Paul (Presbyterian Church).

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A.W. Robinson's "Church Catechism explained,"
omitting pp. 157-167 (Church of Ireland).
The same, including pp. 157-167, with a more
minute knowledge of the Scriptural references in
the volume (Church of Ireland).

Dr. Alex. Whyte on the Shorter Catechism,
Questions 82-107 (Presbyterian Church).
Godet's Biblical Studies on the Old Testament.
Essays iv., v., vi. (Presbyterian Church).

MICH. TERM AND
HILARY EXAM.

HILARY TERM AND
TRINITY EXAM.

SENIOR FRESHMEN.

Genesis, and the first twelve chapters of Exodus (Church of Ireland).

Genesis, and the first twenty chapters of Exodus (Presbyterian Church).

The remainder of Exodus, with the Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy.

The two Books of Samuel, and first twelve chapters of first Book of Kings.

The remaining history from beginning of Joshua to end of second Book of Kings (Church of Ireland). The remainder of the Historical Books (Presbyterian Church).

TRINITY TERM AND
MICH. EXAM.

Paley's Evidences, Introduction, and Part 1., Proposition i. (Church of Ireland).

Butler's Analogy, Part II., chapters v. and vii. (Church of Ireland).

Lindsay, The Reformation, Parts I., II., and iv.
(Presbyterian Church).

Godet's Lectures in defence of the Christian Faith,
Essays i., v., vi. (Presbyterian Church).

A system of voluntary Catechetical Examinations is extended over the two Sophister years, and the Catechist is authorized to grant a special Certificate to Students who have passed with credit four of these Examinations, of which two at least must be in the Senior Sophister year, one being the Michaelmas Examination of that year.

The Catechist is authorized to extend his Premiums to the Sophister Classes.

HILARY EXAM.,

JUNIOR SOPHISTERS (Church of Ireland).

TRINITY EXAM.,.

St. John's Gospel in Greek, and Revised Version.
Alexander's Leading Ideas of the Gospels.
Epistle to the Romans in Greek, and Revised
Version.

Westcott's Bible in the Church.

MICHAELMAS EXAM., First Epistle to the Corinthians in Greek, and
Revised Version.

Blunt's Sketch of the History of the First Three
Centuries.

SENIOR SOPHISTERS (Church of Ireland).

HILARY EXAM., . Epistle to the Galatians in Greek, and Revised

TRINITY EXAM.,.

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Version.

Anselm's Cur Deus Homo, in Latin.

Epistle to the Hebrews in Greek, and Revised
Version.

Perry, The Reformation in England.

Jewel's Apology, in Latin.

MICHAELMAS EXAM., The Minor Prophets in the Authorised and

Revised Versions.

A. B. Davidson's Biblical and Literary Essays, omitting chaps. ix., x., xii.

JUNIOR SOPHISTERS (Presbyterian Church).

HILARY EXAMINATION—

St. John's Gospel in Greek, and Revised Version, with Naville's "The Christ."

TRINITY EXAMINATION

Epistle to the Romans in Greek, and Revised Version, with Dr. David Brown's Handbook on the Epistle, and the "Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation," by an American Citizen.

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