Before giving a brief sketch of Oxford methods of instruction, it will be well to warn those unfamiliar with the system against certain very natural but entirely erroneous ideas and misconceptions on this subject. First of all, there is at Oxford no sharp line of division between undergraduate and post-graduate work. A Bachelor’s degree in Arts (Honours), Letters, Science, or Civil Law can hardly be compared with an American B.A. or B.Litt. The requirements for the ordinary Bachelor’s degree in the Honour Schools are very high and rigid; all work is concentrated along one definite line. ‘Specialization’, as generally understood, is not an apt designation of the course of study. There is a very considerable amount of general reading to do—much of it in private and during the Vacations—of which the examination requirements hardly give an adequate idea. And while method, _as method_, is not particularly emphasized or taught, some of the original sources in the field of work are studied, and thorough scientific work is done in the laboratories. An Oxford (Honour) B.A. therefore represents much more than mere routine undergraduate work. The work for the degree of Bachelor in Letters, Science, or Law may be fairly described as the equivalent of ‘post-graduate’ work. Thorough research, a dissertation or a special course of advanced study, followed in the case of the degree in Law by a very difficult examination, written and viva voce, are required, and a very high standard is set. One of the first ideas of which a Rhodes Scholar must disabuse himself is that the path to an Oxford Honour degree is smooth and easy. [Sidenote: Pass and Honour courses.] Another point must be emphasized. The ordinary and traditional course of procedure of an Oxford ‘Freshman’ is to register for the B.A. degree. But this is not all. He must decide whether he will read for the Pass or the Honour examination. In the former, there is only one standard, and there are no limits of standing within which the course of study must be completed. The Pass-man comes up to Oxford to live the social life, to take advantage of all its many opportunities for self-improvement, self-culture, self-development, and, incidentally, to acquire a modicum of knowledge. The man reading for ‘Honours’, on the other hand, naturally has to meet much higher requirements for the examinations. His success is measured by his place in the ‘Class Lists’, those who have passed the examination being distributed into three or four ‘Classes’, each representing a different level of merit. Furthermore, the Honour-man cannot take his examinations at his leisure. No one who has exceeded a certain number of Terms reckoned from his matriculation is admitted to the examination.