✨ University Regulations Text
candidates between the ages of fifteen and twenty-
one years entering upon their University Course.
III. The tenure of such Junior Scholarships shall be
for the term of the University course, and in the case
of candidates for honours, for one year in addition:
Provided that any junior scholar who may obtain a
Senior Scholarship as hereinafter mentioned shall
thereby vacate such Junior Scholarship.
IV. The Junior Scholarships shall be awarded for
excellence in any two or more, not exceeding four, of
the following subjects:—
(1.) Latin.
(2.) Greek.
(3.) English, and one of the following modern
languages:-(a) French, (b) German,
(c) Italian.
(4.) Mathematics.
(5.) History.
(6.) Natural and Physical Science.
V. The Senior Scholarships shall be awarded to
students who shall, at the end of their second year,
pass with great credit either the voluntary or the
compulsory section of the subjects of examination
for the B.A. degree.
VI. The Senior Scholarships shall be tenable for
one year, and in the case of candidates for honours,
for two years.
VII. For the purpose of awarding Senior Scholar-
ships, separate papers, to be marked "Scholarship
Papers," containing questions of a higher character
on the several subjects of examination, shall be added
to the examination papers for the B.A. degree.
VIII. No person shall be entitled to hold a
scholarship unless he shall have matriculated as a
member of the University, and entered his name
upon the books of some affiliated institution, nor
unless he shall attend regularly the course of studies
and lectures prescribed by such institution.
IX. A scholarship shall become vacant by neglect
on the part of the holder to attend any one of the
annual examinations of the affiliated institution,
upon the books of which he may have entered his
name, unless the holder shall produce proof to the
satisfaction of the Chancellor that he was unable
from illness or other sufficient cause to attend.
Provided that any scholar may, on receiving the
Chancellor's permission in writing, pursue his studies
at some affiliated institution other than that at
which he may have originally entered.
X. Scholarship Examinations shall be held at
any place within the colony where a person appointed
by the Chancellor, to be termed a Supervisor, can be
found to see that the rules for examination are com-
plied with.
XI. Scholarship Examinations shall be conducted
by means of papers to be severally prepared by the
Examiners.
XII. Candidates shall write out answers to the
questions set in the presence of the Supervisor, and
in accordance with such detailed instructions as may
be furnished by the Chancellor or the Chancellor's
appointee.
XIII. The written answers shall be transmitted by
the Supervisors to the Examiners—that is to say, each
answer to the Examiner who set the paper, who shall
examine them and report thereon to the Senate.
XIV. The Examiners and Supervisors shall
severally receive remuneration for their services as
the Senate shall in each case determine.
XV. The Chancellor is hereby empowered to
make rules or orders for such matters of detail as
may be required for the effectual carrying out of the
foregoing regulations.
Approved in Council, 23rd March, 1875.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
REGULATION
Specifying Conditions of Matriculation, and Subjects
for Matriculation Examination.
I. Candidates for matriculation shall, before they
are admitted as matriculated students of the Uni-
versity, be examined in six or more of the following
subjects:—
- Greek.
- Latin.
- English.
- Arithmetic.
- Algebra.
- Euclid.
- Elementary Chemistry.
- Elementary Physics—one branch.
- Elementary Natural Science—one branch.
- One Modern Language other than English.
- Political and Physical Geography.
- History.
II. Each candidate will be required to pass in at
least six subjects, of which Latin, English, and
Arithmetic must be three.
III. Local Boards of Examiners shall be appointed
to conduct the Matriculation Examination for the
University.
IV. Successful candidates for scholarships shall
be exempt from the obligation to pass the Matricu-
lation Examination, and from payment of the matri-
culation fee.
V. Every student shall, at matriculation, make the
following declaration :—
"I do solemnly promise that I will faithfully obey
the statutes and regulations of the University so far
as they apply to me; and I hereby declare that I
believe myself to have attained the age of fifteen
years."
REGULATION
Specifying the Terms to be kept and Examinations to be
passed for the B.A. Degree.
I. All matriculated students, members of the
University, shall attend the annual examination at
some affiliated institution. Provided that each
student shall pass the three annual examinations at
the same institution, unless specially authorized to
do otherwise by the Chancellor of the University,
and shall pay such fee as may be determined upon
by the Governors of the affiliated institution with the
approval of the Chancellor of the University.
II. Residence in an affiliated institution shall not
be necessarily required for the keeping of terms;
but any student, matriculated to the University, and
whose name shall be upon the books of an affiliated
institution, and who shall have passed the yearly
College Examination, shall be deemed to have kept
the terms of that year. Provided that in the case
of students who shall claim exemption from attend-
ance upon lectures in an affiliated institution, it shall
be shown to the satisfaction of the Chancellor of the
University that circumstances preclude them from
such attendance. Provided, also, that no student
shall be deemed to have kept the terms of any year
who shall not have obtained a certificate of good
conduct to the satisfaction of the Chancellor.
III. No student shall be admitted to the final
examination for the B.A. degree who has not kept
three years' terms at some institution affiliated to
the University of New Zealand.
IV. The subjects of examination for the B.A.
degree shall be,—
- Greek Language and Literature.
- Latin Language and Literature.
- English Language and Literature.
- Modern Languages and Literature.
- General History and Political Economy.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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