INDEX

'Act,' meaning of, 27; term, 28; confused with Encaenia, 31-2.

Aristotle, portions read of, 18, 37.

Arnould, J., 85.

Bachelor (of Arts), etymology of, 24; in France, 47; dress of, 69, 78; hood of, 66, 71, 78; when taken, 35, 43.

---- of Divinity, qualification for, 30; dress of, 77.

Bands worn, 68.

Beaconsfield, Lord, 86.

Beaufort, Cardinal, 91.

Bedels, history of, 54 seq.; caps of, 72; at degrees, 4, 17.

Bodleian, 88, 89.

Boots to be worn, 65.

Caius, Dr., 61.

Cambrensis, G., 22.

Cambridge, dress of Vice-Chancellor at, 69; degree ceremonies at, 28-9; King's College, 40 n.; gowns at, 68.

Candidates (for degrees), dress of, 1; presentation of, 11; oath of, 13; admission of, 15, 17.

Cap, 71 seq.

Cappa, 69, 70.

Chancellor, origin of, 22, 26; authority of, 50; non-resident, 51.

Chichele, Archbishop, 90.

Church and University, 25.

Church, Dean, 86.

Circuitus, 44.

Collecta, 37.

'Commencement' in American Universities, 23.

Commemoration, origin of, 31; description of, 32-3; noise at, 86-7; music at, 87.

Compton, H., 82.

Congregation, 88, 93.

---- Ancient House of, 93; degrees conferred in, 4, 5; nominates examiners, 4.

Convocation, 93; business in, 4.

---- House, 88 seq.

Cranmer, Archbishop, 92.

Crewe, Lord, 32; oration of, 32.

Degrees, meaning of, 24; order of taking, 6-7; elements in, 27; requirements for, 34 seq.; in absence, 18; ad eundem, 18; Lambeth, 27; honorary, 32.

---- ceremony, admittance to, 2; notice of, 3.

D.C.L., 32; dress of, 75.

D.D., first, 22; qualifications for, 30; dress of, 69, 75-6; cap of, 72; theses for, 30, 92.

Depositio, 45.

Divinity School, 87, 89 seq.

D.M., dress of, 75.

D.Mus., dress of, 76; Haydn, 76; Handel, 87; Richter, 76.

Doctorate, German, 47; qualifications for, 76; presentation for, 11, 63.

Eglesfield, R., 68, 70 n.

Encaenia, see Commemoration; etymology of, 31 n.

Evelyn, J., 28, 80, 81, 87.

Examinations, mediaeval, 41 seq.; control of, 52.

Fell, Dr., 53.

Friars at Oxford, 46.

Gibbon, E., quoted, 24.

Gowns, 69, 75 seq.; proposed abolition of, 54.

'Graces,' college, 5, 6; University, 38 seq., 59.

Green, J.R., quoted, 33.

Heber, R., 85.

Hoods, 70-1, 75 seq.

'Inception,' 19, 29, 31.

Key, T., 60.

Laud, 'Grace' for, 39; and Proctorial election, 59; portrait of, 72; munificence of, 88.

Laudian Statutes, quoted, 4, 6, 18, 40; oath in, 13; greater strictness of, 67.

Lectures required for degree, 36; rules as to, 36-7; fees for, 37; cutting of, 38; college, 37.

'Licence,' origin of, 26; conferred, 27.

London, J., 60.

Margaret, the Lady, 55.

Master of Arts, admission of, 15; association of, 23; old qualifications for, 29, 43, 47; modern, 49; privileges of, 31; M.A.s term, 48; gowns of, 64, 69, 77; hood of, 71, 74, 77.

Master in Grammar, 28.

Masters of the Schools, 42.

Matriculation, 25.

'Nations,' divisions into, 58.

Neville, G., Chancellor, 51; arms of, 95.

New College, privilege of, 40.

Paris, University of, 23; examinations at, 41; Oxford and, 26 n.

Parliaments at Oxford of Charles I and Charles II, 89.

Parvis of St. Mary's, Examinations in, 42.

Pepys, S., 82.

Pig Market, the, 57 n.

'Plucking,' 10.

Pope and universities, 26.

Printing Press, 83, 89.

Proctors, history of, 57 seq.; walk of, 9; charge by, 12, 14, 17; 'books' of, 19 n.; dress of, 77.

Professor, original meaning of, 75 n.; presentations by, 11 n., 62-3.

Queen's College, customs of, 70 n.

Rashdall, Dr., quoted, 40 n., 55.

Registrar, history of, 60 seq.; duties of, 5, 61.

Residence for degree, 34; relaxations as to, 35, 47.

Responsions, 42.

Rich, E., 22-3.

St. Mary's, 80; bell of, 3.

Scott, Sir W., 86.

Sheldon, G., 80, 84.

Sheldonian, history of, 79 seq.; dedication of, 31, 81; roof of, 82; organ, 83; alteration of, 84.

Sophisters, 65.

South, R., 82.

Staves, description of, 94; Puritan 'Visitors', 55-6.

Streater, R., 82.

Studium Generale, 21 n., 26.

Supplicat, 8, 9.

Tailors, Oxford, 66, 74; statute as to, 64.

Terrae Filius at 'Act', 33, 54, 80 n.

Testamur, 61.

Tillotson, J., 82.

Tom Brown, quoted, 48.

Tract No. 90, 86.

Tufts on caps, 72, tuft-hunting, 73.

University, meaning of, 20; oldest charter of, 22; colonial and foreign, 35.

Vanbrugh, Sir J., 83.

Verdant Green, quoted, 10.

Vice-Chancellor, history of, 51 seq.; admission by, 17, 25.

Vivisection, debate on, 86.

Wellington, Duke of, 85.

White ties, 68.

Wills, J., 84.

Wood, A., quoted, 53, 54.

Wren, Sir C., 80, 81, 84.

Wykeham, W. of, 40.