To take (a) the Pass Examination in both the Intermediate and the Final School;
(b) The Pass Examination in the Intermediate and Honours in the Final School;
(c) The Honour Examination in both the Intermediate and the Final School;
(d) The Honour Examination in the Intermediate and the Pass in the Final School.
While under no compulsion to take any degree, the Rhodes Scholar reading for the B.A. degree is expected to take Honours at least in the Final School. That is to say, he is confronted with a choice between the second and third alternatives just mentioned. To state it more simply, he may take either the Pass or the Honour Examinations in the Intermediate; he is expected to take Honours in the Final School.
The Intermediate Examination, Pass School.
To take up first of all the Intermediate Examination in the Pass School. This may be either what is known as ‘Pass Moderations’, or the Preliminary Examination in Jurisprudence, or the Preliminary Examination in Natural Science. Pass Moderations will admit to the Final Examinations in all of the nine Final Honour Schools except Natural Science, and is required of those reading for Honours in English Language and Literature. For all the other Final Schools, except the School of English Language and Literature, a candidate may qualify by passing any one of the three Intermediate Examinations just mentioned. A glance at the chart on p. 77 will perhaps make this a little clearer. The Law Preliminary Examination is generally taken by men who intend to read Jurisprudence, frequently also by candidates for Honours in the Modern History School. The ‘Science Preliminary’ is seldom taken except by men reading for the Final Examination in Natural Science.
The requirements for these three Intermediate Pass Examinations are as follows:—
‘Pass Mods.’