Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-22

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years. This professorship has been held
among others by Keble, and Matthew
Arnold The professorship of fine arts,
now vacant was filled short time ago by
Mr.. Ruskin. To the university lectures
the men of the various colleges come up
unfortunately. Beside the providing
of university lectures for the students,
the university exercises general disci-
plinary supervision, by means of two
proctors, with high salaries, who are ap-
pointed annually, and are assistedby four
pro-proctors and on occasion by their
own servants who are known as bulldogs
The various colleges have these proctor
ships in turn, and they are among the
very highest gifts of the university. A
proctor or proprietor is supposed to
make the rounds of the main streets nd
joining the college every night, and it is
expected that in case of any row they
shall not be far OF. The fifth of Novem-
Der is the time for the annual row between
town and gown, and then the whole force
is likely to be on hand. One of the reg
ulations is that the cap and gown shall be
worn during the morning without the col
| lege walls. During the afternoon it is
not required, but in the evening it is pos
itively demanded. If proctor meets an
undergraduate in the morning without
the college dress he is likely to avoid him
if possible, as the feeling is not strict in
reference to the matter at this time of
day. If he cannot help seeing the man,
he takes his name and college and fines
him lightly. In the evening, however,
there is no escape from penalty if n
student is caught without the walls III or
binary dress. AT Oxford there is among
the students general disposition to avoid
the dress as much as possible, while at
Cambridge it is hardly good form to go
without it. At wine party at Cam
bridge student is not likely to appear
without his gown at Oxford he is sure
to come in ordinary evening dress.
The university also holds examinations
and grants the usual degrees.
The examinations are three-Respon-
sions, or Smalls; Moderations.( (mods.), or
First Public; and Final Schools, or Sec
ond Public (or Greats. The college year
consists of four terms-Michaelma term,
from Oct. 10 to Dec. II Hilary or Lent
term, from Jan. II to Palm Sunday
Easter, from the Wednesday after Easter
Sunday to the Friday before Whit Sun
day; Trinity, or Act term, from Whit
Sunday to the Saturday after the first
Tuesday in July. Responsions are held
three times i'll each year-in Michaelmas,
Hilary and Trinity terms. Every student
who enters college must pass his re-
sponsions, at some time during his first
year, and the examination is then over
forever. 1t is comparatively easy ex-
animation. The other two examinations
are held as follows: The first public not
before the fourth nor after the eighth
term from matriculation the secondpub-
lie, shortly before graduation. In the
final examination, honors may be taken in
litere humaniores, mathematics, natural
science, Jurisprudence, modern history,
theology. The degrea of Bachelor of
Arts may be taken in either of the pre-
ceding departments of study. The ex-
aminations in the various colleges do not
differ materially from those in the Ameri-
can colleges. They take place at the
mid-year, the end of the year, and in
some departments monthly.
The undergraduates in each college
other than those on the Foundation are
called commoners, and their number va
rics from none, as at All Souls, or fifty
two, as Mt Wadham or Corpus, to 212 as
at Balliol, 1856 rs at Christ Church, or l59
as at New. There are at present i'll Ok
ford nearly 1890 undergraduate students.
The university fees are MS follows For
matriculation, 6 10 for the degree of b.
A., CT, 10; for the degree of NJ. A., fl2.
Fees are also exacted for examinations,
viz. For responsions, 90 shlllings ; for
the first public, El 10, etc.
The great library of Oxford is the Bod
leian, restored by Mr. Thomas Bodley in
1902, and now one of the greatest libra
ries III the world 1t is rich in valuable
manuscripts and other literary treasures,
besides containing n copy of every book
printed in the United Kingdom. Besides
the Bodleian, there are the Radcliffe Lii.
brary and observatory, and the Ashmo-
leau Museum. Each separate college,
however, has its own library, OF greater
or less size and value.
Each college at Oxford has its dining
hall or commons, where the late dinner Is
taken by n large number of the men to-
gether. But the habit of eating alone,
80 foreign to American tastes, prevails tt
large extent in England, and most col
lege men take breakfast and luncheon il
their rooms, either alone, or with somt
fellow student. These meals are pre-
pared by the student himself or his scout
and the provisions are frequently obtain
ed from the storeroom or commons but
terry, and charged on the students bill
Orders for dinner are given in the morn
ing, and charge made in accordance
, with what is ordered. We see. thus, hoy
many breakfast and supper parties ar
5 given by the students of the English col
leges, and that the cost of "board" will
vary indefinitely, according to man
i hospitality and his tastes.