‘Pass Moderations’ is along the lines of ‘Responsions’, the first University examination,—but of a more difficult grade. The subjects are:—(1) translations from certain prescribed Classical authors with questions on the text and contents, (2) Logic or Algebra and Geometry, (3) Latin Prose Composition, and (4) Unprepared Translations in Greek and Latin.
‘Law Prelim.’
The subjects of the Preliminary Examination in Jurisprudence are:—(1) English Constitutional and Political History after 1485, or European History, 800-1494; (2) Gaius, Institutes, Books I and II to be read in the original, with reference to the history and sources of the law; (3) Unprepared Latin Translation; (4)(a) Logic, or Bacon’s Novum Organum, Book I, or (b) a portion of a prescribed Greek, French, or German author, with unprepared translations in the language offered. Greek is optional, but a fair knowledge of Latin is required.
‘Science Prelim.’
The subjects of the Preliminary Examination in Natural Science will depend on the candidate’s choice of subjects for the Final School in Natural Science. Examinations are held in (1) Mechanics and Physics, (2) Chemistry, (3) Animal Physiology, (4) Zoology, and (5) Botany.
‘Additional Subject.’
Candidates who take either the Law or the Natural Science Preliminary Examination are further required to pass in an ‘Additional Subject’, additional, i. e., to the Stated Subjects for Responsions. The examinations may be in the nature of translations from (1) a prescribed Greek or Latin, (2) French, German, or Italian author, or on (3) Book I of Bacon’s Novum Organum, or (4) Elementary Logic. This Additional Subject may be taken any time after matriculation; except that it must be taken before the student enters for the Law Preliminary Examination, and it must be passed before any candidate is admitted to the Final Examination in Natural Science.
All candidates who have passed in the written papers in any one of the three Intermediate Pass Examinations must undergo a ‘viva voce’ examination in the subjects offered.
‘Honour Mods.’
Instead of taking one of these three Pass Examinations, the more ambitious and scholarly may decide to take Honours in the Intermediate Examination—‘Honour Moderations.’ This examination is of more than average difficulty and requires thorough and conscientious preparation. The candidate must be prepared (1) to translate any passage set from Homer and Virgil and from the orations of Demosthenes and Cicero; (2) he must choose for special study at least three authors from a list of eight Greek and eleven Latin authors, and be prepared to answer questions on the text, contents, style, and literary history. (3) A fairly difficult Latin Prose Composition is set, also (4) unprepared translations in Greek and Latin, and (5) a general paper, covering the field of Greek and Latin grammar, literary criticism, and classical antiquities in general. In addition there are certain optional subjects, which may mean a better place in the ‘Class Lists’. Great importance is attached to the literary character and the style in which the examination papers are written. There is no ‘viva voce’ examination.