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
There are also abundant opportunities for research and for special work
in Natural Science. The laboratories in the University Museum, at Christ
Church, Magdalen, Balliol, and Trinity are well equipped. At the Oxford
Museum are laboratories equipped for special study leading to research
work in Physics, Electricity, Chemistry, Comparative Anatomy, Mineralogy,
Geology, Physiology, Human Anatomy, Pathology and Bacteriology, each
under the direct charge of the Professor of the subject. The teaching in
Pathology, Comparative Anatomy, and Physiology is adapted to the needs
of those preparing for Medicine. Special rooms have been set apart for
original research work in experimental Pathology and Bacteriology, in
Pathological Chemistry and Histology.
[Sidenote: Diplomas.]
Special work may also be done along certain lines for which diplomas are
granted by the University. These have been only recently introduced. ‘At
present they are given for a course of work extending over a year or more
in such subjects as Education, Geography, Economics, Engineering and
Mining, Anthropology, and Forestry, the object being to supplement the
ordinary curriculum for the B.A. degree by providing for more special
lines of study.’ There are seminar-classes in Geography and Economics.
[Sidenote: B.C.L.]
The advanced work in Law is of a very special character. Most of the
lectures in Law are intended for those reading for the Jurisprudence
School, so that the candidate for the B.C.L. is thrown largely upon his
own resources. Prof. Vinogradoff lectures on the History of Law and
Comparative Jurisprudence, and also holds a seminar-class along these
lines. But the bulk of the work for the degree must be done in private
under the direction and supervision of the College Tutor. The examination
for the B.C.L. is one of the most difficult University examinations.
It covers a very wide field and the standard required is very high.
Candidates must possess a fair knowledge of Latin, as certain special
subjects in Roman Law are studied in the original. The subjects studied
are concerned in the main with the theoretical side of legal study, with
the general principles and the history of Law.
Students from the Colonies who are intending to enter at one of the Inns
of Court will find no difficulty in keeping their Terms during their
residence at Oxford. The residence requirements at the Inns of Court
merely consist in eating three dinners during each Term.
The library of All Souls—the Codrington Library—contains a very complete
collection of works on Law and the history of Law—Roman, English, and
foreign. The English Law Reports of all periods, as also the principal
American and Colonial Reports, are to be found here.
Several Scholarships are offered by the University for proficiency in
legal studies.
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