Oxford and the Rhodes ScholarshipsScholz, R. F. (Richard Frederick)
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Oxford and the Rhodes Scholarships
Scholz, R. F. (Richard Frederick)
Rhodes scholarships
To take up first of all the Intermediate Examination in the _Pass_
School. This may be _either_ what is known as ‘Pass Moderations’, _or_
the Preliminary Examination in Jurisprudence, _or_ the Preliminary
Examination in Natural Science. Pass Moderations will admit to the Final
Examinations in all of the nine Final Honour Schools except Natural
Science, and is required of those reading for Honours in English Language
and Literature. For all the other Final Schools, except the School of
English Language and Literature, a candidate may qualify by passing _any
one_ of the three Intermediate Examinations just mentioned. A glance
at the chart on p. 77 will perhaps make this a little clearer. The Law
Preliminary Examination is generally taken by men who intend to read
Jurisprudence, frequently also by candidates for Honours in the Modern
History School. The ‘Science Preliminary’ is seldom taken except by men
reading for the Final Examination in Natural Science.
The requirements for these three _Intermediate Pass_ Examinations are as
follows:—
[Sidenote: ‘Pass Mods.’]
‘_Pass Moderations_’ is along the lines of ‘Responsions’, the first
University examination,—but of a more difficult grade. The subjects
are:—(1) translations from certain prescribed Classical authors with
questions on the text and contents, (2) Logic _or_ Algebra and Geometry,
(3) Latin Prose Composition, and (4) Unprepared Translations in Greek
and Latin.
[Sidenote: ‘Law Prelim.’]
The subjects of the Preliminary Examination in Jurisprudence are:—(1)
English Constitutional and Political History after 1485, _or_ European
History, 800-1494; (2) Gaius, _Institutes_, Books I and II to be read in
the _original_, with reference to the history and sources of the law; (3)
Unprepared Latin Translation; (4)(_a_) Logic, or Bacon’s _Novum Organum_,
Book I, _or_ (_b_) a portion of a prescribed Greek, French, or German
author, with unprepared translations in the language offered. Greek is
optional, but a fair knowledge of Latin is required.
[Sidenote: ‘Science Prelim.’]
The subjects of the Preliminary Examination in Natural Science will
depend on the candidate’s choice of subjects for the Final School in
Natural Science. Examinations are held in (1) Mechanics and Physics, (2)
Chemistry, (3) Animal Physiology, (4) Zoology, and (5) Botany.
[Sidenote: ‘Additional Subject.’]
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