CORRESPONDENCE.
Reading edition
To the Reverend Editors of the Irish Ecclesiastical Record.
Gentlemen,
May I beg you to insert in your widely-circulating journal the following list. It may be useful to the clergy for the information of youths, in whose higher education they take an interest, and especially now, when we may hope that to have studied under a Catholic system will no longer be an obstacle to advancement.
I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, Barth. Woodlock, Rector. Catholic University, Dublin, 31st July, 1865.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS.
TO BE COMPETED FOR IN OCTOBER, 1865.
General Regulations.
1. The following Exhibitions will be offered for competition in the University on Tuesday, October 10th, and following days.
2. The Examinations will commence each day at 10 a.m.
3. Candidates are required to send in their names and commendatory letters from their University or Collegiate Superior, to the Secretary of the University, on or before the day preceding the Examination at which they propose to present themselves.
4. They will not be awarded unless for distinguished answering.
5. The successful candidates, if not already matriculated, are required to matriculate within one week after the declaration of the award of the Examiners.
6. Every Exhibition is tenable for one year, unless where otherwise specified; but successful candidates are required to attend Lectures in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, or of Science, according to their standing, and can hold the Exhibitions so long only as they observe the regulations of the University.
7. No one, however, can hold two Exhibitions in the same matter;—e. g., two Classical, or two Mathematical Exhibitions, or two Exhibitions in Physical Science, cannot be held by the same person.
EPISCOPAL EXHIBITIONS.
Special Regulations for the Episcopal Exhibitions.
1. No Student above twenty-two years of age, or of more than one year's standing in any University, will be allowed to compete for the Episcopal Entrance Exhibitions.
2. The Examinations for the Classical Exhibitions will take place on Tuesday, October 10th, and Wednesday, October 11th; and for the Mathematical Exhibitions, on Thursday, October 12th, 1865.
3. The Episcopal Exhibitions will be distributed among Students from the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Armagh and Cashel, Dublin and Tuam respectively; provided competitors from these provinces offer themselves, and comply with the other conditions prescribed.
4. The successful Candidates must attend the lectures of the First or Second Year.
I.—FOR ENTRANCE.
Open to all Students of not more than One Year's standing in the University.
Classical.—One Exhibition of £20, one of £15, and three of £10 each, for proficiency in the Classical and Literary matter of the Entrance Examination.
Candidates for these Exhibitions will be examined in Latin and Greek Grammar, and Latin Composition; in the elements of Ancient Geography, or Roman History (from the beginning of the Republic to the Battle of Actium), and of Greek History (from the Legislation of Solon to the death of Philip); and in the following books:—
Homer, Iliad, i.-iii.; Euripides, Alcestis; Virgil, Aeneid, i.-iii.; Cicero, in Catilinam, i.-iv.
Special marks will be given for Latin verses and Greek composition.
Mathematical.—One Exhibition of £20, one of £15, and three of £10 each, for proficiency in the Mathematical matter of the Entrance Examination.
The Examination for these Exhibitions will not extend beyond the second book of Euclid, nor embrace matter which is not included in most Algebraical Treatises within the limits of Simple Equations.
II.—SECOND YEAR'S EXHIBITIONS.
Open to Students of the University, of not more than Two Years' standing, who have passed the Annual Examination of the First Year.
Classical.—One Exhibition of £25, one of £20, and one of £15.
Candidates for these Exhibitions will be examined in Latin and Greek Grammar and Composition; in the elements of Ancient Geography, of Roman History (from the beginning of the Republic to the battle of Actium) and of Greek History (from the Legislation of Solon to the death of Philip), and in the following books:—
Herodotus, vi.; Euripides, Hippolytus; and Sophocles, Ajax.
Horace, Epistles, including the Art of Poetry; Terence, Heautontimoroumenos; and Tacitus, Histories.
Special marks will be given for Greek and Latin verse.
Mathematical.—One Exhibition of £25, one of £20, and one of £15, for proficiency in Euclid, i.-vi. (definitions of Book v.); Algebra, including the Theory of Equations; Plane Trigonometry; Coördinate Geometry and Conic Sections.
EXHIBITIONS FOR AFFILIATED STUDENTS.[31]
Special Regulations.
1. These Exhibitions are open to all Affiliated Students of the University, who will have passed the Entrance Examination since the 1st June, 1863.
2. The Examination will be held in the University Buildings, 86 Stephen's Green, commencing each day at 10 A.M., as follows:—
Classical Exhibitions, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 10th and 11th October, 1865.
Mathematical Exhibitions, on Thursday, 12th October, 1865.
3. These Exhibitions are subject to the General Regulations given above.
4. They are tenable for two years; but can be enjoyed so long only as the holders attend those Lectures of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, or of Science, which are prescribed, according to their standing, in the University course of Studies, and observe the rules and regulations of the University. In every case they will cease at the end of the Session 1866-7.
Classical:—One Exhibition of £30, and one of £25.
The subjects of the Examination will be Latin and Greek Grammar, and Latin Composition; the Elements of Ancient Geography, of Roman History (from the beginning of the Republic to the Battle of Actium), and of Greek History (from the legislation of Solon to the death of Philip); and in the following books:—
Homer, Iliad, i.-vi.; and Herodotus, vi.
Virgil, Aeneid, i.-vi.; Cicero, in Catilinam, pro Milone, Archiâ, and Lege Maniliâ.
Special consideration will be given to Latin Verses and Greek Composition.
Mathematical:—One Exhibition of £30, and one of £25, for proficiency in Elementary Mathematics, viz.:—
Algebra (except the Theory of Equations); first six books of Euclid; Elements of Plane Trigonometry.
HIGHER UNIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS.
Regulations.
1. The following Exhibitions, tenable for one year, are open to all who present satisfactory testimonials of conduct.
2. Former successful competitors may again compete for them.
3. But the Candidates cannot be above twenty-six years of age, or of more than five years' standing in any University.
CLOYNE EXHIBITIONS.
Founded by the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Cloyne.
Cloyne Exhibition in Mental Science, £20:—Friday and Saturday, 13th and 14th October, viz.:—
Proficiency in Logic and the Elements of Mental Philosophy.
Cloyne Classical Exhibitions:—One of £30, and one of £20:—Monday and Tuesday, 16th and 17th October.
The subjects of Examination will be:—
Greek and Latin Grammar; Greek and Latin Composition, both prose and verse; Elements of Ancient Geography; History of the Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404 B.C.; Roman History, from the outbreak of the Social War to the Death of Cicero; and the following books:—
Thucydides, i. ii.; Aeschylus, Agamemnon; Cicero, de Oratore, i. ii.; Virgil, Aeneid, ix. xii.;
Cloyne Exhibition in Irish History, Literature, etc., £20:—Wednesday, 18th October:—
Irish History, from the English Invasion to the Plantation of Ulster; Elements of the Irish Language; Materials of Irish Literature.
LIMERICK EXHIBITIONS.
Founded by the Laity of the City and County of Limerick.
Limerick Mathematical Exhibition, £30:—Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 19th, 20th, and 21st October.
For proficiency in the full University course of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Physics (vide Calendar, pages 42, 43).
Two Limerick Modern Literature Exhibitions, £20 each, viz.:—
(a) Wednesday, 25th October—English Language and Literature; and English History from the Accession of James I., 1603, to the Death of George II., 1760.
(b) Thursday, 26th October—The Language and Literature of France, Italy, or Germany, at the option of the candidate; and the History of the country, the Language and Literature of which he presents, viz.:—
French History, from the Accession of Francis I., 1515, to the Death of Louis XIV., 1715;
Italian History, from the Death of Lorenzo de Medici, 1492, to the re-conquest of Naples by the Spaniards, 1733; or
German History, from the Accession of Charles V., 1519, to the Treaty of Westphalia, 1648.
CONOLLY EXHIBITIONS, £20 EACH.
Founded by John Conolly, Esq.
I. Mathematics:—Thursday and Friday, 19th and 20th October:—Coördinate Geometry, Differential and Integral Calculus.
II. Mathematical Physics:—Friday and Saturday, 20th and 21st October:—Mathematical Statics and Dynamics, and Elements of Mathematical Geography and Astronomy.
III. Experimental and Kosmical Physics:—Monday and Tuesday, 23rd and 24th October:—Heat, Light, Electricity, and Magnetism; Elements of Geology, Physical Geography and Climatology, and Astronomy.
IV. Natural Sciences:—Tuesday and Wednesday, 24th and 25th October:—Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Crystallology.
N.B.—Of these Exhibitions, Nos. I. and II. cannot be held by the same person; so also Nos. III. and IV. cannot be held simultaneously.