3.-Prizes and Medals.

Year of Foundation.

Name of Prizes.

No. of
Prizes.

Aggregate
Annual
Value.

1793 Blackwell.

£20 0 1801 Hutton.....

1 30 0 18131

1

About 1860 Simpson (Mathematical)

165 0 1838

| About 1860 Simpson (Greek)....

1

165 0 18461 Boxill..

1 1860)

28 0 Town Council Gold Medal.

1 1869 Arnott Prize

1 23 0 1876 Do. Gift.. 1873 Seafield Medal (Latin). 1873 Seafield Medal (English). 1880 Jenkyns Prize..... 1882 The Dr. Black Prize

28 0 1883 The Bain Gold Medal 1857 Liddel.....

1 5 0 1883) 1895 Greig (Natural Philosophy)..

30 0 1896 Minto Memorial (English):

1 4 10 1897 David Rennet Gold Medal (Mathematics). 1898 Caithness Prize (History).

6 6 1899 Kay Prize in Education 1903 Forbes Gold Medal in History

1 1912 The Senatus Prize in English Literature.

1 13 10 1912 The Senatus Medal in Modern Languages. 1915 William Robbie (Aberdeen) Gold Medal in Greek.

22 UNIVERSITY PRIZES. The following General Regulations apply to the University Prizes in the Faculty of Arts mentioned in the foregoing List except the Blackwell, Town Council Medal, Jenkyns, Liddel, Lyon and Kay.

1. The University Prizes in the Faculty of Arts shall be open to all “ Magistrands".

2. At the end of any Winter Session, a Student of the “ Fourth” or “ Magistrand” Class shall mean a matriculated student qualified to graduate at the end of that Session, who is not of more than five years' standing from the date of his first matriculation after passing the Preliminary Examination.

3. Prizes in subjects which are common to the Faculties of Arts and Science shall be tenable by Students in either of these Faculties who otherwise fulfil the conditions of the Ordinances and the Foundation.

4. No Student may enter as a candidate a second time for the same prize.

5. No Student who has passed the Honours Examination in any subject shall be eligible to compete for prizes in that subject, which are restricted to Undergraduates.

Note. These Regulations do not require a Candidate for the University Prizes to have been in active attendance during the Session in which he competes, or indeed, in any particular year. 1. ARNOTT.

Founded in 1869 by Neil Arnott, M.A., Marischal College, 1805; M.D., 1814; LL.D., Abdn., 1871, of London, author of the "Elements of Physics" but the first award was in 1867.

The interest of £1000 is applied annually in Prizes for the Magistrands who, having passed all the Examinations for their degree, have distinguished themselves most in the Experimental branches of Natural Philosophy. At present the whole interest is given in a single prize.

George A. Burnett.
John Gray.

Wm. W. Fyvie (Science).

1904. Wm. J. Grant.

Ian Q. Orchardson (Science).
1905. Alice Annand Murray.
1906. Alex. E. M. Geddes.
1907. Alex. M. Thomson.

THE NEIL ARNOTT FOUNDATION FOR EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS. In addition to the gift of £1000, made to the University in 1869 by Dr. Neil Arnott, for a Natural Philosophy Scholarship, a further gift of the same amount was made in 1876 by his widow, to promote the actual experimental study of Natural Philosophy. The interest of the amount is to be applied to the purchase of apparatus for the Physical Laboratory and to the remuneration of any Assistant employed, under the Professor of Natural Philosophy, in giving practical instruction to Students; or in any other way that shall seem to the Senatus of the time being best calculated to promote the practical study of Physics in connection with the ordinary teaching.

2. THE BAIN GOLD MEDAL (IN MENTAL PHILOSOPHY). Founded in 1883, by subscription, as a testimonial to Alexander Bain, M.A., Marischal College, 1840; LL.D., Edin., 1869. Emeritus Professor of Logic of the University, and awarded annually to the best Candidate who gains First Class Honours in Mental Philosophy. The first award was made for the year 1882.

1891. James D. Dean.

1893. No Award.

1894. Norman Mackenzie.

1895. Alexander M. Mackay. (C. I. Beattie.

1896.

Alex. Mackenzie Stuart. 1897. Alex. Andrew.

Lachlan Macrae.

Bertram M. Laing.

1912. John A. Mackay.
William Taylor.

1913.

1914.

No Award.

3. THE DR. BLACK PRIZE (IN LATIN).

Founded in 1882, by subscription, in memory of John Black, M.A., King's College, 1855; LL.D., Glasgow, 1881. Professor of Humanity in the University.

The Prize is of the value of £28 or thereby, and is to be awarded annually to the best Latin Scholar taking his Degree with Honours in Classics upon the Honours Papers in the Department of Latin alone, and no Candidate will receive the Prize unless he has reached the standard of First Class Honours in that Department. The Prize to be tenable along with the Simpson Greek Prize only

in the event of no other competitor having reached the standard of First Class Honours in Latin.

Prizemen. 1883. James M, Wattie.

1902. James A. Dawson. William C. M‘Donald.

John Fraser. 1884. 1 John Mair.

(9) 1903.

John A. Stewart. 1885. Robert Strachan.

1904. Agnes Margaret Ramsay. 1886. William J. Watson.

(h) 1905. No Award. 1887. James Grant.

John Craig 1888. Frederic C. Maguire,

1906.

George McWilliam. 1889. Adam F. Findlay.

1907. Margaret M. Hardie. 1890. Anthony Mitchell.

Keith Cantlie. 1891. Alexander Fenton.

(i) 1908.

George Wood. 1892. John H. Barron.

1909. John McCulloch. 1893. Edward E. Anderson.

1 1910. Alex. Macmillan. (a) 1894. | Joseph Johnston.

(j) 1911. Wm. G. Reid. James C. Murdoch.

1912. John Cook. (6) 1895. Alexander M. Mackay.

1913. John A. Simpson. (c) 1896. Alexander Taylor.

Archibald f. Hyslop. (d) 1897. sJohn A. Petrie.

(k) 1914.

George Low.
Jas. C. Knox.

Alexander Mackenzie. (e) 1898. Geo. F. Milne.

(?) 1915. Tom F. Jackson. 1899. John McBain. (f) 1900. James Milne.

(m) 1916. Edmund B. Boyd.

í Alex. R. D. MacKenzie. 1901. Mary E. Thomson.

(n) 1917. No Award,

4. BLACKWELL. Founded in 1793, in Marischal College, by Mrs. Barbara Blackwell, widow of Thomas Blackwell, M.A., Marischal College,

(a) A. A. G. Wright was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(6) Thos. Bruce was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(c) M. M. Mackenzie was equal with A. Taylor, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(d) W. A. Ross was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(e) G. G. Sim was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

If ) John Murray was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(9) W. M. Calder was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(h) Andrew R. Williamson was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(1) H. G. Gruer was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize, (5) James 0. Thomson was first in the Examination, but was jpeligible to hold (k) William R. Tennant was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold

(T) Edward McIntosh was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold the prize.

(m) Wm. J. Entwistle was first in the Examination, but was ineligible to hold (n) Katharine B. M. Wattie was the only candidate, but was ineligible to hold

the prize. the prize.

1718; LL.D., King's College, 1752, eleventh Principal of Marischal College. A prize of £20 for the best English Essay on a prescribed subject is awarded as far as possible every alternate year. The successful Essays are preserved in the University Library.

Prizemen.

1797. WILLIAM DUNCAN, M.A. Essay-"Connection between Religion, Morality and Learning". M.A. Essay-"Excellency of British ConstituEssay-"Lives and Writings of Hesiod and

1798. GEORGE SKENE KEITH,

tion".

1800. JAMES WATT, Homer'

M.Ẩ.

1801. JAMES WATT, M.A. 1802. ALEXANDER BOWER. Liberty'

1803. ALEXANDER BOWER. 1804. ALEXANDER BOWER. 1811. WILLIAM C. KIDD, Legion

Essay-" Advantages of Civil and Religious Liberty".
Essay-" Advantages of Civil and Religious
Essay-" Characteristics of Poetry and Eloquence".
Essay-"Duties of an Historian

M.A. Essay "Macedonian Phalanx and Roman

1812. ANDREW TAWSE, M.A. Essay-" Ancient and Modern Metaphysics". 1813. PATRICK FORBES, M.A. Essay-" Advantages to Divinity, Law and Physic from General Literature". 1814. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, M.A.

Essay-"New Nomenclature in Science ". 1816. ANDREW TAWSE, M. A. Essay "Influence of Theory on Science ". 1818. THOMAS MACFARLANE, M.A. Essay-"Effects of Monastic Institutions". 1820. WILLIAM MACKRAY, M.A. Essay-"Effects of Reformation". 1822. WILLIAM MACKRAY, M.A. Essay "Superiority of Greece in Fine Arts". 1825. EDWARD WOODFORD, M.A. Essay-Differences in Syntax between Greek and Latin".

1827. WILLIAM STEPHEN, M.A. Essay-" Egyptian Hieroglyphics". 1830. WILLIAM DYCE, M.A. Essay-" Electricity and Magnetism". 1832. ALEXANDER PATERSON, M.A. Essay-" Improvements in Chemistry 1834. JOHN STEPHEN, M. A. Essay-"Established Churches and Toleration 1836. JAMES NEWLANDS, M. A. Essay-"Recent Discoveries of Greek and

Latin Works".

1838. JOHN RAE, M.A. Essay-"Style of Authors in Elizabeth's and Anne's Ages". 1840. DAVID MATHER MASSON, M.A. Essay-"Utility of Classical Learning". 1846. ALEXANDER BAIN, M.A. Essay-"Impediments to truth from Language' 1850. JAMES ANDERSON, M.A. Essay-"Influence of Mental Philosophy on Theology".

1854. PETER BAYNE, M.A.

Nations".

Essay Resources and Character of Civilised

1860. WILLIAM MACKRAY, M.A. Essay-"Causes that Retarded Progress of

Reformation".

1867. GORDON LILLIE, M.A., Demerara.

Philosophy".

EssayInfluence of Bacon on

1870. WM. ALEXANDER HUNTER, M. A., Barrister-at-Law, London. Essay

"Leibnitz".

1875. J. M. HARKOM, Edinburgh, and Rev. JAMES L. BLAKE, M.A., Langton, Essay "Effects of Reformation on England and

1877.

Berwickshire.

Scotland".

ALEX. W. ROBERTSON, M.A., Aberdeen. Essay-"University Systems of Scotland and Germany".