The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITV LONDON%

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• The medical professors who cemmeneed Auor
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lectures on the first of October, :having &ids':
their courses for the session', a meeting took ply,
on Saturday for the distribution of prizes rindis.Oci
flours in the medical classes. Notice' that priseenl
honours were to be awarded was given W thetti;,
dents some time ago, and those who came foric*'
as competitors have been engaged for the last sett,;
night in the contest, each class undergoing a trip'
strict examination of five hours on a separate
The meeting was held in one of the large, leFi
ture.rooms, capable of containing between 700
800 persons, and it was quite full. The area in t1.1_,!:
centre was occupied by the council, the profescOP'
and by several distinguished strangers who neeLtlvi
ponied the council into the room. The stul
who were competitors occupied two rows of „,
on each side.
There were present of the council, the 111814iii4
of Lansdowne, in the chair, Lord Auckland,
S.:ndon, Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P., J°sl'
Hume, Esq. M.P., James Loch, Esq. MT., kie;"f2
Warburton, Esq. M.P., Zachary Macauley,
Dr. Birkbeck, James Morrison, Esq.,: I. L. 1-11,:e
amid, Esq., William Tooke, Esq., Henry' I'Yi;=
mouth, Esq. Among the strangers who gent/ !.4
nied the council there were—the Duke of S'Orel:
set, Lord King, Lord Ebrington, the Right
Thomas Grenville, the Hon. John Fortesene,;gi"
Bingham Baring, Esq. 1.11. P., J. N. Fazakerley,
M.P., James Brougham, Esq. M.P., J. E. Dean ^=
Esq. M.P., Thomas Heise, Esq. M.P., Dr. bostev7,o.)
Thomas Moore, Esq , Sir John Mo.daunt,
Shuckburgh, and many other persons of distiller:
The business of the day began by. the Wto$11;
giving an explanation of the manner its WhielriP
prizes and honours had been awarded. He `stag,
that the honours and prizes had been awardett'uk,
the result of answers in writing to preparediet;!
tions ; that a series of questions for the students ~:I:
each professor was printed, of which a copy Nog
livered to the student after he' came►
examination-room; that the answers were ivrittenlf
the examination-room, were collected at one time, Sur'
no book was allowed to be brought into therentl,
that the paper containing the answers was not-sir,
with the student's own name, hut with a' mat„.
motto; and that the name of the student using
enclosed in a sealed envelope, inscribed with. tu,e:
mark or motto, had been left with the Ward
be opened upon the day of the distribution of
prizes; that a gold medal and two silver me
were given in each class, and certificates of hOne!.ii.
to all who attained a certain amount of exCelleneeil,',
their answers to the questions as preVIOUSIy •61e.-el 0
that the professor of each class would in succe-sol
come to the table with a list of :he Successful
petitors among his own pupils; that he would re
the motto affixed to the paper of answers whiclil6:
been found to possess the highest merit, 8101:
which the gold medal had been awarded; that 44,1 tu.
Warden would then open the sealed packet;.;` ho.`
declare the name of the succesful competitO6'
would come forward and receive hie-certifies& lib
prize from the chairman ; that the professor Weeff
next announce the mottoes to which the StW
medals had been awarded, and would read the naol
of those who had obtained certificates of hotioulo'
that the same student might gain a prize or eertificii,
in every class.
CHARLES BELL, Esq. on the part of his collesitnel
presented to the Chairman a report from the nied.clit
professors to the Council at the close of the Ors
session, which was real. •
It stated that one of the important ,obje.eo aE
tained at the University was the opportunity it
forded to the student of pursuing all the brenef-„-,
of medical education under one roof; thet,,,P;'''
scheme of education adopted was of it V)lllPrt",rt;,l
sive nature, and that every effort had been manze
render each department so completes notrjmiphY,Tte,
extent of the lectures, but by the :auppli 44'111'
aids in the museums and library ao., Might Prev"
mere oral instruction from leaving enlY'a tr"si,e:
and imperfect impression ; .that.in every.depnlift
the increasing necessity for a. snore complete:neut.,
education than was formerly considered steco',"r'''
had been inculcated, and that the. ptipils °
:had,'"'
advised to avail themselves of the variouslacilitiO
afforded in the University of iMproving theirgee-46
as well as medical education. it bore testitngnY;,,
the diligence and general .good- conduct ..nf
studentS, and particularly noticed their increased 'k
dustry as the session proceeded, and as all the_Pearettr
of each separate plan of instruction comprehen 6
in the system of medical education became 11111,.
unfolded and better understood. It - dwelt tie
some length upon the principle by- which tie
some
had been guided in conducting 1-hr"
examination for prizes; that. they -- though
it most desirable that the students of each.
should be called upon for such proofs of !In*..
dustry and attainment as could in no degree P..:
questionable, but that their object was not to Oct::
exertions which, ending, in one or two instances „17,,
surprising and perhaps useless labours, might lor
in the majority of the. students, to hopelees t(r.,;',
lence and total despair of distinction, but other.
encourage all the pupils to such a measure of bit;
bitual industry as would be no less valuable thse
honourable to themselves, and at the same tinip
practically useful to others. It contained some to
judicious advice to the successful competitors pot to
look upon themselves, by their success in the pre
sent instance, as released from further study, but
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regard the honours they have reaped as attestation_
of talent and industry, as engagements to the fats
titer acquisition of knowledge, and encourageroll,
to distinguish themselves in the wider sphere 01 t
professional world. d
The several Professors then came forward, arthe.
each in his turn read the mottoes to which the
prizes had been awarded in his class. •A 5 et-et
motto was read, the warden opened the sealed Pac'io
inscribed with the motto, and read the name of to
student contained in it. The successful competing
were then conducted to the chair, and recO'%,
from the hands of the Marquis of Lansdowne t,,,„
prizes and certificates of honours awarded to the"-
The following is a list of the prize-men : .•