(2) Regulations for Medical Bursary Competition.

Competitive Bursaries marked † are awarded on the results of the Medical Bursary Competition which will take place on Monday, 17th October, 1927, at 10 A.M., as follows:

Candidates are required to intimate in writing to the Secretary of the University, ON OR BEFORE MONDAY, 10TH October, 1927.

1. Their Names in full.

2. The group of Bursaries for which they are Candidates. 3. The Subjects of Examination selected.

(a) BURSARIES OPEN TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS.

The Competition will be restricted to Students entering on their first Winter Session.

The subjects of the Competition are: (a) Physics, (b) Zoology, (e) Botany, (d) Inorganic Chemistry, and the Competitors may select any three of these subjects.

Books recommended :—

Physics.-"A Manual of Physics," by H. C. H. Candy, and "Text-book of Physics," by Duncan and Starling.

Zoology.-Thomson's Outlines of Zoology.

Botany.-Fritsch and Salisbury, "Introduction to the Study of Plants," and "Introduction to the Structure and Reproduction of Plants," or Bower, " Botany of the Living Plant."

Inorganic Chemistry.—Alex. Smith's " Elementary Inorganic Chemistry," or James Walker's "Inorganic Chemistry."

(b) BURSARIES OPEN TO SECOND YEAR STUDENTS.

The Competition will be open to all students about to commence the second Winter Session of their Medical Studies. The subjects of Examination are (1) Botany, (2) Zoology, (3) Physics and (4) Chemistry or Anatomy.

Books recommended :—

Chemistry.-Findlay's "Physical Chemistry for Students of Medicine," and Walker's "Organic Chemistry for Students of Medicine." Anatomy.-Books prescribed for Anatomy Class.

(c) BURSARIES VACANT IN 1927.

The following will probably be the Bursaries to be awarded on the result of the competition in October, 1927 :

(i) FOR STUDENTS ENTERING ON THEIR FIRST WINTER SESSION. Liddel (Town Council), £30; Mather (Town Council), £30; Dr. Isaac Gilchrist, £20.

(ii) FOR STUDENTS ENTERING ON THEIR SECOND WINTER SESSION.

Thompson, £45; Thompson, £40; Thompson, £30; Marr, £30; Watts, £30; Grant, £25; Greig (Fyvie), £10.

The following Bursaries are awarded on the previous record of Candidates: Grant (Second year); Knox (Third year); Gillanders (Fourth or Fifth year); John Milne (Arts Magistrand).

V. GRADUATION: REGULATIONS FOR THE GRANTING OF DEGREES.

NOTE. The following are abstracts of the Regulations for the Degrees of M.A., B.Sc., and M. B. and Ch. B. Students should consult the detailed official regulations for these Degrees, which will be found in the University Calen dar under their respective Faculties.

1. Degree of Master of Arts.

These Regulations do not come into force until 1st October, 1928. Conditions under which the ordinary Degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) is granted :

I. The curriculum for the Degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) shall extend over not less than three academical years* and shall consist of not less than seven courses. Every candidate must pass the Degree Examinations in the subjects of his Seven Courses.

II. No candidate will be admitted to a Degree Examination in the subject of a course unless he produces a certificate bearing that he has regularly attended and duly performed the work of

the class.

III. Fifteen days before the first day of his first term every student must state, for the approval of the Faculty, on a form to be obtained on application at the Secretary's Office, the courses selected by him for his curriculum and also those he proposes to attend in the ensuing year. Any subsequent alteration of the approved curriculum must be submitted to the official advisers through the Secretary.

IV. In making his selection of courses, every student shall offer:

1. Latin or Greek;

2. English or another Modern Language;

3. Logic or Moral Philosophy;

4. The Conjoint Course in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.

*The Academical year commences on the first day of October. It includes at least twenty-five teaching weeks, and is divided into three periods or terms (Winter, Spring, Summer).

Students taking the ordinary graduation class (i.e. the conjoint course) only in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy do not commence their course until the Summer Term of their first year. The following Time-table shows how the conjoint class is to be taken :

V. The remaining three of his seven courses may be:

(a) Advanced Courses in any of the subjects mentioned in IV., provided he has passed the Ordinary Degree Examinations therein;

or (b) Courses selected from the subjects mentioned under (e), provided they have not already been taken under IV.; or (c) in part Advanced Courses in the subjects mentioned in IV. and in part Courses selected from the following and not already taken :

(1) Language and Literature. Latin, Greek, English, French, German, Celtic, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac.

(2) Mental Philosophy.—Logic and Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy, Political Economy, Comparative Psychology.

(3) Science.-Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Conjoint Course in Descriptive Natural Science, Chemistry, Botany,' Geology,' Zoology.1

1 Not more than one of Geology, Botany and Zoology may be taken as part of the minimum curriculum of seven courses, but passes in the other two subjects will be endorsed on the Degree Diploma.

(2) The Secretary of the University Court who, at the date on which this Ordinance comes into operation, is Convener of the Joint Board and custodian of all its documents, shall act as Interim Secretary of the Entrance Board and shall convene its first meeting. Such first meeting shall take place during the month of February next following the date on which this Ordinance comes into operation. When a Secretary of the Entrance Board shall have been appointed, the Interim Secretary shall transmit to him the documents belonging to the Joint Board, and thereafter the Secretary of the Entrance Board for the time being shall be the custodian of the same and of all documents belonging to the Entrance Board.

(3) The Professors, Lecturers, and Additional Examiners who, at the date on which this Ordinance comes into operation, have been appointed as Examiners for the Preliminary Examination under the Joint Board, for a period extending beyond the thirtyfirst day of the month of January next following, shall, if they consent in writing thereto, render such expert assistance to the Entrance Board as the Entrance Board may require, and shall in return therefore be held entitled to receive, for the remainder of the period for which they were appointed to act as Examiners under the Joint Board, such remuneration as would have been due to them bad they continued so to act.

XVII. The Entrance Board shall annually submit to the University Court of each University a statement specifying the probable number and the qualifications of the persons of expert knowledge, inclusive of Examiners, whom the said Board may require in order to enable them to deal with the matters within their duties and powers so far as that particular University is concerned, and thereupon the University Court, either alone or in combination with one or more of the other University Courts, shall make the necessary appointments, the persons so appointed to hold office for such term of years and to receive such remuneration as the University Court or Courts may determine. A casual vacancy shall be filled by the University Court or Courts concerned, and any person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of his predecessor's term.

XVIII. The provisions of Section XIX. of Ordinance No. 13 (General No. 8-Regulations as to Examinations) are hereby revoked, and the following provision is substituted therefor, namely :

"No person shall be appointed, or shall continue to hold office as an Additional Examiner for a Degree in any University who holds office as a Professor, Lecturer, University Assistant, or Demonstrator in that University. But a Professor, Lecturer, University Assistant, or Demonstrator shall not in respect of his office be ineligible for appointment to render expert assistance to the Entrance Board."