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
Special work may be done in any one of these subjects, and combinations
of several are possible. The course of study will depend on the
student’s choice of subject or subjects for his final examinations. It
is impossible to go into all details here. Attention ought, however,
to be called to the excellent facilities provided, which are generally
underrated. Because of the heavy expenditure which would be involved
under the distinctly collegiate system, the University undertakes most
of the teaching in Natural Science as well as making provision for the
practical work necessary and incidental thereto. Those who intend to take
up the study of medicine are recommended to select either Physiology or
Chemistry as a preliminary.
Excellent facilities for laboratory work are provided for at the
University Museum. In addition, there are the College laboratories at
Christ Church, Magdalen, Queen’s, New College, Balliol, and Trinity.
Others are in course of construction at Jesus College and at St. John’s
College (Rural Economy and Forest Botany).
In the Radcliffe Library are to be found more than 600 current scientific
periodicals (English and foreign), and some 60,000 volumes dealing
with all branches of scientific work. The University Museum contains
excellent Zoological, Mineralogical, Geological, Palaeontological, and
Petrological Collections. Here are to be found also the Hope Collection
of Anthropoid Animals, the second in importance in the British Empire;
the Hope Library, containing perhaps the most complete collection in
the world on the Arthropoda; the Pitt-Rivers Museum, containing a very
comprehensive Ethnological collection; and also the collections in
Physical Anthropology, Human Anatomy, and Pathology. The facilities both
as regards Working Staff and practical laboratory work deserve special
attention.
[Sidenote: Jurisprudence.]
The curriculum provides for a systematic study of the principles and
history of Law. There is no opportunity for practical work at Oxford—‘the
case-system’ method is not used. On the other hand, the reading to be
done under the direction of the Tutor will afford a very solid foundation
of the general principles of Law before entering on the practical and
special study in chambers or in court. This School is often taken after
Honours have been obtained in some other Final School. The subjects of
the Final Examinations are—(1) Jurisprudence, (2) Roman Law, (3) English
Law (including the Law of Contract, of Succession, Real Property, and
Constitutional Law), (4) History of English Law, and (5) International
Law. The courses of lectures are given and arranged to meet these
requirements.
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