(2) Regulations for Arts Bursary Competition. The Competition Bursaries are awarded on the results of the Arts Bursary Competition which takes place in the month of June in accordance with the following Regulations which came into force in 1915: 1. The subjects of Examination are :— (1) English. (2) Latin. (4) Mathematics. (5) Natural Philosophy, including Mechanics. (6) French. German. (8) Gaelic. (9) Spanish. 2. Of these subjects candidates must take English, Latin and Mathematics, and may select not more than two from the remaining six subjects. 3. The maximum number of marks assigned to each subject shall be the same, viz.: 200. 4. No student who has during a winter or a summer session attended any class qualifying for graduation in the Faculties of Arts or Science shall be eligible to compete. 5. The Bursaries competed for in 1927 will be allocated in the University Buildings, Old Aberdeen, on Tuesday, 18th October, 1927, at 2.30 P.M.; only competitors whose names are in the order of merit, or their representatives, being allowed to be present at the declaration. Any competitor not appearing personally, or by representative, to accept a Bursary when offered to him, shall be held as declining, and the Bursary so offered to him will fall to the next in order qualified for it. For Time Table and Syllabus of Subjects see and infra. 3. Faculty of Science. (1) List of Bursaries. The following is a list of the Bursaries tenable in the Faculty of Science: Restrictions, Conditions, etc. years 1 year 1 year See under Bursaries in Arts. See under Bursaries in Arts, Preference to Students from the districts of Stranraer, Skye, or Inverness-shire. For Students requiring assist. ance to enable them to prosecute their studies at the University with proved abil ity and distinguished in the study of Botany or Zoology. Holders shall be members or adherents of some one or other of the Protestant Churches. For Students taking course of study for a Degree or Diploma in Agriculture. Awarded, in the first place, on record of the Candidates during the session in which they apply; in the second place, their need for the assistance of a Bursary. For Students attending Agricultural Classes, with a preference to the sons of Ceylon Planters. See under Bursaries in Arts. When a candidate is eligible for the Carnegie Grant for class fees, the amount of that grant is deducted from the Scholarship. To a Student proceeding to a Degree in Pure Science.Preference to Candidates born in the Parish of Keith or whose parents shall have resided in the Parish of Keith for ten years (not necessarily continuously) shall have first claim, and any Candidate so qualified and otherwise eligible shall, if only one, be preferred to the Bursary without Competition, but if more Candidates than one so qualified apply, they shall compete at the University Science Bursary Competition. 1915 Fraser, The 3 Joseph (P.) £40 120 0 3 years 500 30 0 years (2) Regulations for Science Bursary Competition. The Competition Bursaries are awarded on the results of the Science Bursary Competition which takes place concurrently with the Arts Bursary Competition in the month of June in accordance with the following regulations: 1. The subjects of Examination are: (1) English. (2) Mathematics. and not more than three of the following subjects: (3) Latin. (4) Greek. (5) Natural Philosophy, including Mechanics. (6) Chemistry. (7) French. (8) German. (9) Gaelic. (10) Spanish. 2. The maximum number of marks assigned to each subject shall be the same, viz.: 200. 3. No student who has during a winter or a summer session attended any class qualifying for graduation in the Faculties of Arts or Science shall be eligible to compete. 4. Time Table of Examinations for Bursary Intending Candidates must fill up a Schedule and lodge it with the Secretary to the University, not later than 25th May, 1928. 5. Syllabus of Subjects for Bursary Competitions in Arts and Science. (1) English. The English paper (3 hours) will follow generally the lines of the Higher Leaving Certificate paper in English, subject to modifications to suit the literary object of the paper. It will include: (1) An Essay. (2) Paraphrasing, i.e., the interpretation of a piece of verse or prose, or the rendering into Modern English of a piece of more archaic English (including easy Middle English). In Phil (3) Questions on style, composition or grammar. ology, technical questions will not be set, but a question, in the meantime optional, involving an outline knowledge of the History of the English Language and of the chief changes from period to period, may be set. (4) Questions in Literature. In the Examination for 1919, the practice of prescribing set books was departed from. Since that date the paper has been set with a view to testing such general knowledge of English Literature and such capacity for literary expression as students of school age might be expected to pos sess. (2) Latin. The Latin paper (3 hours) will be as hitherto. (3) Greek. The Greek paper (3 hours) will follow the same lines and be on the same standard as hitherto. The translation passages, both prose and verse, will be confined to Attic Greek. (4) Mathematics. The scope of the papers in Mathematics (two of two hours each) will be the same as formerly. (5) Natural Philosophy, Including Mechanics (3 Hours). The examination in Natural Philosophy shall comprise :1. Subjects compulsory on all candidates : (1) Statics. (2) Dynamics. Statics. Elementary theory of composition of forces, including parallel forces. Principle of moments. Properties of the centre of gravity. Principles of statical machines. Dynamics. Laws of motion. Cases of uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line. Elements of motion of a projectile. Laws of direct impact. Conservation of energy. Hydrostatics. Pressure in a liquid. Pressure on a plane surface. Archimedes principle. Density, and use of hydrometers. The barometer. Boyle's Law. 2. One of the following groups : (1) Heat and Light. (2) Electricity and Magnetism. Heat. Construction and use of thermometers. Expansion by heat. Specific and latent heats. Conduction and convection of heat. Light. Formation of shadows. Images at plane and spherical mirrors. Laws Magnetism. How to make a magnet. Action of magnets,-lines of force. Elements of terrestrial magnetism. Easy problems may be set in any or all of these subjects. (6) French. There will be only one paper of three hours. It will contain two French passages, prose and verse, for translation into English, and grammatical questions, an English prose passage and detached sentences for translation into French, and a subject for free composition in French. Part of the examination will consist of the writing from dictation of a simple piece of prose, the reading of a short passage, and conversation, to test correctness and fluency. Proper intonation and expression will receive special recognition. (7) German. There will be only one paper of three hours. It will include Translation from English into German (a continued passage and detached sentences) and a piece of free composition, Translation from German into English (Prose and Poetry), and questions in Grammar. Part of the Examination will consist of the writing from dictation of a simple piece of prose, the reading of a short passage, and Conversation. |