for competition to all Graduates in Arts of less than two years' standing. One Scholarship in each of the three departments is awarded in each year.

Subjects of Examination for 1927.

I. FOR CLASSICS.

Latin.

1. Translation from Authors not prescribed.

2. Translations from the

following Cicero's "Speeches"; Tacitus, "Annals"; Virgil; "Eneid". 3. Latin Prose Composition and Essay.

Greek.

1. Unseen Translation. 2. Passages for translation with notes necessary
to elucidate the sense from Homer, "The Odyssey"; Demosthenes,
"Public Speeches"; Sophocles, "Edipus Tyrannus," "Edipus
Coloneus," 66
Antigone," "Ajax"; Thucydides, Books I.-IV. 3.
Composition-Prose and Verse.

II. FOR MENTAL PHILOSOPHY.

1. Logic and Metaphysics

2. Psychology. 3. Moral Philosophy. 4. History of Metaphysical and Moral Philosophy, with special reference to Hume and Kant.

III. FOR MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Pure Mathematics.--The Examination will involve wider reading than that
for Mathematical Honours.

Natural Philosophy, including the Statics and Dynamics of Solids and
Fluids and the other branches of Mathematical Physics.

The Examinations will be held as under :

For Classics-On 27th, 28th and 29th September, 1927. For Mental Philosophy, and Mathematics and Natural Philosophy-On 8th and 9th December, 1927.

Candidates must give in their names to the Secretary, Marischal College, one week before the commencement of the Examinations. (2) By Ordinance No. 117 of the Universities Commissioners (1889) a Scholarship of £100 per annum, tenable for two years, was instituted on James Fullerton's Foundation. The Scholarship is to be awarded for distinction in one of the Honours Groups of Subjects for the Degree of Master of Arts or in one of the groups of subjects for the Final Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may from time to time determine. The Scholarship has meantime been appropriated to the Faculty of Science.

Scholars.

(Until 1875, a single Scholarship was given for Classics and Mental Philosophy : since that date there has been a separate Scholarship for each Department.)

FOR MENTAL PHILOSOPHY.

4. STEPHEN BARON DE GURBS SCHOLARSHIP IN MATHEMATICS. One Scholarship for proficiency in Mathematics tenable for one year of the annual value of £100 or thereby, but not tenable along with a Fullerton, Moir and Gray Scholarship or a Fletcher Scholarship or a Robbie Scholarship.

The Scholarship will be awarded to the candidate who is first in Mathematics in the Examination for Honours and is proceeding to the degree of Master of Arts. Candidates must not be of more than four years' standing from the date of their first matriculation. The successful candidate will be required to satisfy the Senatus that, during his tenure of the Scholarship, he is prosecuting the higher Mathematical studies at a University in Great Britain.

The tenure of the Scholarship may in special cases be extended to two or at most three years.

This Scholarship runs from 1st April and is payable first moiety at 15th September and second moiety on 15th March.

Scholars.

1925. Brownlee, Robert W., M.A.
1926. Macdonald, Malcolm, M. A.

5. KNOX.

Founded in 1907 under the will of the late William Knox, Grain Importer, Aberdeen, who bequeathed £2,000 for a Scholarship or Scholarships in connexion with the arts curriculum in the University. The Scholarship will be awarded in each year to the best student who takes the Degree of M.A. with Double Honours. If in any year there is no student qualified to hold the Scholarship, the income for that year will be applied by the Faculty of Arts to aid one or more students to study in the University with a view to take Honours in a second subject.

1909.

1909.

1914.

1927.

Scholars.

(McRitchie, Douglas, M. A.

Robertson, Forbes M. M., M. A.
No award.*

Sorley, Herbert Tower, M.A.

Revenue granted to Humphries, Walter R

*R. N. Gilchrist was first for the Scholarship, but was disqualified by the Regulations.

6. MURRAY.

Founded in 1793, by Rev. Alexander Murray, M. A., King's Coll., 1746; D.D., 1784, of Philadelphia, and regulated by Ordinance No. 74, Aberdeen No. 34-annual value, from £50 to £60. To be awarded to an 66 ingenious youth," being a Graduate in Arts of the University of Aberdeen, for his Education as a Lawyer, Physician, Civil Engineer, Architect, or such other liberal secular profession; tenable for three years. All Masters of Arts are eligible who have obtained the degree within three years prior to the vacancy in the Scholarship. The Trustees, who are the Senatus of the University, to examine and inquire as they think fit regarding the candidates-a preference being given, ceteris paribus, to those of the surname of Murray. Under new regulations approved by the Senatus, the Scholarship will be awarded on the result of a Special Examination in English Literature and Language on the lines of that for the Degree with Honours in English, and includes papers in:

(1) History and Criticism of English Literature from 1350, Two papers of three hours each.

(2) Shakespeare.

(3) Any author chosen by the candidate, with the Professor's approval.

(4) English Language. Two papers of three hours each.

It is expected that the next examination will take place in December, 1929, on dates to be afterwards announced.

Prescribed Books: Sweet's " Anglo-Saxon Reader," Beowulf, l. 1252-
2222; Morris and Skeat's "Specimens of Early English," Parts I. and
II., the portions prescribed for English Honours A, papers 2 and 3;
Malory's" Mort D'Arthur"; Gregory Smith's "Specimens of Middle
Scots".

Any holder of the Scholarship who accepts a salaried appointment shall demit the Scholarship.