Calendar: 1858-1859 Page 67
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general literature and science G7 Religious Instruction Lectures upon the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion are delivered every Wednesday Afternoon during the Academical Year by the Principal and on Saturday by the Chaplain in the Greek Testament There are also examinations every alternate week on the subjects treated of in the Lectures and in Text-books chosen by the Principal These Text-books for the Academical Year 1858-9 will be- For Third Year Students Bishop Butler's Sermons Second Blunt's Scriptural Coincidences These Examination Papers are accurately looked over and system of marks indicating relative merit is established At the close of the Michaelmas and Easter Terms the Students are classed according to merit and on the last day of the Academical Year prizes are adjudged to the two best Stu- dents in the first second and third years respectively Student who has obtained Divinity Prize in any one year in this or in any other Department of the College cannot again become Candidate for these Prizes II The Greek and Latin Classics Lectures daily Saturday excepted from 10 15 to The subjects of these Lectures are the works of the best Latin and Greek writers and Greek and Latin Composition both in Prose and Verse Besides the work which is done in the Lecture Room the Students are expected to prepare given portion of Roman and Greek History for each College Examination and to commit to memory weekly certain portion of Horace Virgil or Cicero The Students are divided into four Divisions according to their proficiency and in these Divisions they are arranged in order of merit at each examination First The Historical Books of the Old Testament Ε
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