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PRIZES.

The following Prizes have been founded by the generous benefactors whose names they respectively bear:

GRAY (ENGLISH).

Founded in 1808 by Dr John Gray of Paddington. One Prize of the value of about £5, awarded annually for the best Essay on some prescribed subject in Literature or Philosophy. This Prize is open to the competition of all Students in regular attendance on the Classes during the Session at the close of which the Essay is prescribed. Patrons-The Senatus Academicus.

CARSTAIRS (MATHEMATICS).

Founded in 1834 by Dr John Carstairs of Stratford Green, London. The annual value is about £9, 10s., divided as follows:

1. A Medal and Books of the value of about £3, 4s. to the best Scholar in the Senior Honours Mathematical Class.

2. Books of the value of about £1, 8s. 6d., to the best Scholar in the Junior Honours Mathematical Class.

3. Books of the value of about £1, 10s. 10d., to the best Scholar in the Ordinary Mathematical Class.

Patrons The Senatus Academicus.

MILLER (GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP).

In 1853 the late Henry Miller, Esq., a native of Scotland, established a Fund, now yielding about £60 a-year, to be expended in Prizes for the encouragement of learning in the United College, St Andrews.

By Ordinance No. 68 of the Scottish Universities Commission of 1889 it is provided that there shall be two Miller Prizes, to be awarded annually under the following conditions-each Prize consisting of one-half of the free income of the fund :

1. In 1897, one Miller Prize shall be awarded by the Senatus Academicus to the most distinguished student in the United College in Mental Philosophy, and the other to the most distinguished student in Zoology and Botany. In 1898, one Prize shall be awarded to the most distinguished student in Classics, and the other to the most distinguished student in Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry, or any two of these subjects; and so on in alternate years thereafter.

2. The said Prizes shall be awarded on the result of the final examination for the Degree of Master of Arts, with Honours, in the case of those for Classics and for Mental Philosophy, and of

the second examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in the case of those for Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry, or any two of these subjects, and for Zoology and Botany, under such regulations as the Senatus may prescribe.

3. The Prizes shall not be awarded to any student who has not taken the whole of his course for either of the said degrees at the United College in the University of St Andrews.

In accordance with the foregoing conditions the Miller Prizes will in future be awarded on the result of the M.A. and B.Sc. Examinations respectively, held in September-October or in JuneJuly of each year. They are open to men or women students. As regards the Prize in the department of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry, special weight will be attached to Experimental Physics and Chemistry in 1922, and so on in alternate

years.

(The conditions attached to these Prizes may be altered at an early date.)

DUNCAN (MATHEMATICS).

Founded in 1858 by former pupils of Professor Thomas Duncan, LL.D., of this University, and directed by him to the furtherance of Mathematical learning in the United College. One Prize of the value of £14, or thereby, and a silver medal, which is annually competed for by Students, who must have attended, at least, the second and third Mathematical Classes during separate Sessions. The competition takes place at the commencement of the Session immediately following that of their attendance on the third class.

Trustees-The Professor of Mathematics, the Provost of St Andrews, and the Minister of St Leonard's.

BRUCE OF GRANGEHILL AND FALKLAND (LOGIC).

This Prize was founded in 1865 by Mrs Tyndall Bruce of Falkland, and is directed to be annually awarded by competition to a Student "for excellence in the study of Logic and Metaphysics." The value of the Prize is £10. Patrons-The Senatus Academicus.

ARNOTT PRIZES (NATURAL PHILOSOPHY).

Founded in 1869 by Dr Neil Arnott, who presented to the University of St Andrews £1000 for the purpose of founding a

Prize or Prizes for the encouragement of the study of Physical Science.

Under this Foundation two Prizes will be awarded annually at the conclusion of the Session of the United College, after an examination in Natural Philosophy, conducted in accordance with the following regulations:

1. The subjects of examination shall be those in Natural Philosophy, as defined by Dr Arnott in his pamphlet, entitled, 'Observations on some of the Fundamental Principles and existing Defects of National Education,' at p. 1-viz., Mechanics, Pneumatics, Optics, Electricity, Hydrostatics, Acoustics, Heat, Astronomy. 2. Candidates for the Prizes shall be required to produce certificates of regular attendance and of good conduct in the classes both of Natural Philosophy and of Chemistry.

3. Students, in order to be admitted to the examination for the Arnott Prize, must hold a place in the first rank of honours of one of the classes of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry, along with a place in the honours list of the other class.

4. Students must have attended one of the classes of Natural Philosophy or Chemistry, in the year in which they compete for the Prize.

5. Students may not compete for the Prize more than once.

6. At the end of each Whitsunday Term, Students who are found qualified in terms of the preceding regulations may be admitted to the Honours examination in Natural Philosophy along with the Candidates for the Degree of M.A. or B.Sc.; and the prizes shall be awarded to the qualified competitors who attain the greatest distinction in this and such additional examination as the examiners shall prescribe. The additional examination will be conducted partly in writing and partly in laboratory manipulation.

7. The Prize shall not be awarded unless 60 per cent of full marks be obtained in the examinations.

8. The Examiners to be the Professors of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry.

9. The free available interest of the capital stock of the Arnott Prize Fund (at present amounting to about £45) shall be divided in the proportion of two to one, so as to form every year a First and Second Prize.

TULLIS PRIZES (MATHEMATICS).

Founded in 1876 by William Tullis, Esq., Rothes, Markinch, an Alumnus of the University of St Andrews, who presented to the

United College £700 for encouraging the study of Mathematics. From the annual proceeds, £12 or thereby to be given to the Student who obtains the first Prize in the Ordinary Mathematical Class, along with a commemorative Medal. Also the same sum and medal to the Student who obtains the first Prize in the Junior Honours Class. The amount of these Prizes will in future be somewhat less, owing to the diminished income of the Fund.

FORRESTER PRIZE (CHEMISTRY).

Founded in 1887 by the late Mr Walter Forrester, Master of Arts of this University, who bequeathed to the University the sum of £300 for the purpose of founding a Chemistry Prize.

One Prize, of the value of about £10, will be awarded annually to the best Student of the year in the Chemistry Class of the United College. The Prize will be given to the Student who obtains the highest place in the ordinary Class Examinations, and in a special Examination to be held at the end of the Lecture Course. Candidates will also be required to give evidence of their proficiency in Practical Laboratory Work. Patrons—The Senatus Academicus.

GLADSTONE MEMORIAL PRIZE.

This Prize, of the value of £20 (in books), was founded in 1900 by the Gladstone Memorial Fund Committee to perpetuate the memory of the late Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone, and is directed to be awarded once in every two years by competition for special proficiency in History, Political Science, and Economics, or any one of these subjects, at the discretion of the Senatus Academicus.

The following are the Rules and Regulations applicable to the said Prize as sanctioned by the Memorial Fund Committee :

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1. That the Prize be awarded for an Essay on a historical subject, preferably in the department of Political or Economical Science.

2. That the competition be open to all members of the University of St Andrews, the date of whose First Matriculation is not more than two years prior to the beginning of the Academical year during which the Prize is offered.

3. That the Board of Studies in History shall prescribe the subject of the Essay, and shall submit the same for approval to the Senatus Academicus.

4. That the Examiners of the Essay be nominated by the Senatus Academicus.

Patrons-The Gladstone Memorial Fund Committee.

BLAIR GREEK PRIZE.

The sum of One hundred guineas was in 1909 handed over to the University Court by the Rev. William Blair, D.D., Leighton Manse, Dunblane, a former student of the University and a member of the University Court; the interest of this Fund to be applied for providing annually a Prize for the best Student in Greek for the Session.

JANET I. LOW HISTORY PRIZE.

The sum of £200 was gifted to the University in 1919 by Miss Janet I. Low, M.A., Blebo, the income to be spent upon a book prize or prizes to be awarded by the Lecturer in Modern History. One prize is annually awarded to the best student in the Honours Class of Modern History.

SLOAN PRIZE FOR COMPOSITION IN LOWLAND SCOTS
VERNACULAR.

(Awarded through the Vernacular Circle of the
Burns Club of London.)

Founded in 1921 by L. G. Sloan, Esq., J.P., London. A prize of about £15 will be awarded annually for the best composition in the Lowland Scots Vernacular. The composition submitted must be in verse or in prose (in alternate years), and must be in any dialect of the vernacular language of Lowland Scotland. No definite subject is prescribed. Each candidate is free to choose a subject upon which he can best show his knowledge of the vernacular and his ability to use it. The Competition is open to all matriculated students of the University for the academical year in which it is awarded, or to graduates of the University. The composition submitted by competitors must be given in to the Secretary of the University not later than 5th January. Each composition should bear a motto, and should be accompanied by a sealed envelope, also bearing the motto, and containing a declaration that the composition is, bona

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