THE WANTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. I. EXTENSION OF BUILDINGS. Additional class-rooms are urgently required. The Professors of Education and English Literature have no class-rooms, nor have the Lecturers in History, French, Ancient History, Political Economy, and German proper class-room accommodation. The Professors of Science have great difficulties to encounter owing to want of room. There are laboratories connected with the Chemistry and Natural Philosophy Classes, but there is far from adequate accommodation for practical classes in these and various other subjects. The accommodation in the Museum is much too limited, and it is greatly overcrowded. II. SCHOLARSHIPS. Scholarships, such as exist in other universities as a stimulus to the higher learning, are very much wanted in the Faculties of Arts, Divinity, Medicine, and Science. In the case of the Arts Faculty, what may be described as Departmental Scholarships are especially needed. In every one of the other Scottish Universities there are every year Scholarships open for competition to students who are on the eve of graduating, or who have recently graduated, and who have specialised in one or other of the groups or departments in which the degree of Master of Arts with Honours may be obtained. The University of St Andrews, in consequence of the small number of its students, is specially qualified to carry them beyond what is required for the ordinary degree, and, as a matter of fact, a large proportion do go beyond this standard. But to take Honours in a department requires, as a rule, an additional year's study, and therefore intermission from professional or remunerative work, and the circumstances of many students do not permit them to give this when the prospect of an immediate return in the form of a Scholarship does not exist. About £2000 would found one such Scholarship. In the case of Medicine and Science, Scholarships are urgently required. The facilities for original investigation at St Andrews are considerable: besides class laboratories, there is a Marine Station, and the opportunities which it affords for original work are almost unique. III.-BURSARIES. The University is greatly in need of additional Bursaries, both for Entrance and for Second-Year Students. The Bursaries open to competition are mostly of small amount, averaging altogether little over £12 each annually. Some of them have been temporarily augmented from a fund raised for that purpose by friends of the University. Two thousand pounds would found three Bursaries of about £25 each per annum, each tenable for three years; and these could be so arranged as that one would be open for competition every year. of FORM OF BEQUEST. I give and bequeath to the University of St Andrews the sum for furthering the usefulness of the said University [or for such specific purposes as the Donor may think proper], to be paid out of such part of my personal estate as I can lawfully charge with the payment of legacies for such purposes, and to be paid, free of legacy duty, within from my death, to the Quæstor for the time being of the said University, whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same. EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE ARMY. Commissions in the Army may be granted to Graduates in Arts or Science of the University of St Andrews, or to any one who has passed the examinations required for either of these degrees. Commissions may also be granted to Students of the University who have passed the "Examination of Candidates for the Army." This Examination embraces three out of the following seven subjects - viz., Latin or Greek; Mathematics or Natural Philosophy; Logic and Metaphysics or Moral Philosophy or English Literature; and is of the same standard as the Examination for the degree of M.A. Attendance must have been given at the University on the classes in which the three subjects selected are taught. The limits of age of University Candidates for Commissions in the Army are as follow: (1) Students of the University who have passed the "Examination of Candidates for the Army," 17 to 22; (2) Graduates in Arts or Science of the University, 17 to 23. The names of intending Candidates for certificates of having passed the Army Examination must be given in, and the fees paid, to the Secretary of the University, at the same time as those of Candidates for the M.A. Examinations. The fee for the Examination is Two Guineas. Further information will be found in the "Regulations" issued from time to time by the War Office, which may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Cannon Row, London, S.W. ASSISTED STUDENTSHIPS IN SCIENCE. In accordance with a Minute dated the 5th day of March 1891, the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education are prepared to pay three-fourths of the fees at the University of St Andrews for a limited number of Teachers engaged in teaching Science Classes in connection with the Department of Science and Art, on condition that satisfactory terminal reports of their progress (to be ascertained by examination) and of their conduct be received. Applications for this privilege must be made to the Secretary, Scotch Education Department, 55 Whitehall, London, S. W., not later than the 21st August, on the form (No. 67 A) provided for the purpose. The selection of the applicants will rest with the Scotch Education Department. The Courses, and the fees payable for each, for an attendance of one or two days per week, are as follows:For Chemistry (including Practical Instruction) . Practical Chemistry (separately) Physiology (including Practical Instruction). 99 Zoology (including Practical Zoology) Practical Zoology (separately) Mathematics ,, Botany Practical Botany £4 4 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 330 3 3 0 2 2 0 Natural Philosophy (including Practical Physics) 4 4 0 2 2 0 NOTES.-One-fourth of the fee for the whole session must be paid by the Student on entrance, under the usual conditions of the University. The remaining three-fourths of the fee will be paid by the Department in equal instalments at the commencement of each term, subject, however, to the right of the Department to withhold payment of the second and third instalments, should the reports not be satisfactory. Students proposing to enter any of the most Advanced Courses in any subject should first ascertain that they are duly qualified to profit by them. Science teachers who desire to avail themselves of this privilege are recommended, before sending in their application to the Department, to ascertain the days and hours of the classes which they propose to attend. TRAINING OF TEACHERS AT ST ANDREWS. REGULATIONS AFFECTING KING'S STUDENTS. Grants are made by the Scotch Education Department for the training of students (called King's Students) who may attend a Scottish University or University College, approved by the Department, under the authority of a Local Committee, who will be responsible for the discipline and moral supervision of the students, for their regular attendance at professorial or other lectures, and for their practical training in a school approved by the Department. The period of training is ordinarily for two years, and no grant is made in respect of King's Students, unless the Department is satisfied with the arrangements made by the Local Committee, and with the provision for the professional training of such Students. The Department having sanctioned the recognition of fifteen male and fifteen female King's Students in connection with the University of St Andrews, the Local Committee will be prepared to recommend the above number for King's Studentships of the value, in the case of male students, of £25, and in the case of female students, of £20 per annum for two years. The following are the conditions and particulars relating to the appointment: 1. Candidates must be not less than eighteen years of age on the 1st of July preceding their entrance on the curriculum, and must have passed the University Preliminary Examination, or an examination, such as that for the Leaving Certificate, which exempts from the Preliminary Examination. The King's Scholarship and Studentship Examination (Art. 96 of Code) alone is not accepted by the Local Committee. 2. Successful applicants must sign a declaration signifying that they intend bona fide to adopt and follow the profession of teacher in schools, giving at least two years' service in elementary schools so as to obtain the certificate in terms of Article 51 of the Scotch Code. 3. Each applicant who is recommended for an appointment is so recommended conditionally upon obtaining a medical certificate of health, and also a report upon his or her practical skill in teaching, such report to be given by one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools. 4. Each King's Student must take University classes according to the following scheme : I. WINTER SESSION : First Year: (a) Obligatory - Latin and History. (b) Voluntary - Mathematics, Greek, French, or Second Year: Obligatory-English Literature, Natural Third Year: (a) Obligatory Logic and one other subject. (b) Voluntary-Moral Philosophy, Political Economy, Chemistry, Physiology. II. SUMMER SESSION First Year: Botany or Chemistry. Second Year: Zoology or Chemistry (Chemistry to be Third Year: One class to be chosen by the Student. 5. University fees are charged against the King's Studentship except when a King's Student holds also a University or College Bursary. 6. Each King's Student is required to spend at least 150 hours in the Practising School during the first year, and at least half that time during the second year. 7. Instruction will, as far as possible, be provided by the Local Committee in subjects required by the syllabus which are not taken at the University. 8. King's Students must devote their whole time to studies and to normal training. 9. The Scotch Education Department requires that the arrangements for the lodging of the students shall be approved by the Local Committee, who shall also exercise due supervision over the students' conduct. 10. In the case of deserving students the Education Department, on application by the Local Committee, may extend the course for a third year. The names of Candidates for King's Studentships for Session 1902-1903 must be sent in to the Secretary of the University not later than 31st July 1902. N.B. As the whole system of training King's Students is at present being remodelled by the Education Department, the above regulations are subject to such modifications as may be found necessary. |