Calendar: 1927-1928 Page 419

ANNDAL REPORT Diploma Examination in English Language and Literature were successful in obtaining the Diploma and of these two gained the mark of Distinction The following obtained higher degrees for the respective theses Miss Kathleen Dean Dec 1925 Bury St Edmunds in English Literature Mr Moon June 1926 The Life and Works of Nicholas Udall Mr Wiltshire June 1926 Study of Poetic Diction in the Eighteenth Century with an investigation of the conception of the Grand Style Miss Beatrice White with distinction June 1926 Alexander Barclay's Eclogues Mr William Rees Oxford Ph Lond July 1926 English Criticism from Shaftsbury's Characteristics to Reynolds' Discourses The members of the Staff have been active during the session in the work of relevant societies dealing with English studies and more especially in the series of papers on Shakespeare and the Theatre read before the Shakespeare Association and now in course of publication Department of History Numbers of Students Day Evening Total Intermediate 63 17 80 Pass and Subsidiary 20 17 37 60 18 78 Journalism 24 29 25 25 Post-graduate 44 44 293 Results of Examinations Intermediate 55 entered of whom 51 passed in History Pass and Subsidiary 18 entered of whom 15 passed in History Honours 30 entered who were classified as follows First Class the whole of the List Second Class 19 in Division Third Class Failed Qualified to proceed to Perhaps it may be noted that out of 26 First Class Honours Internal Degrees in History awarded during the last five years to the whole of the University 14 have fallen to students of King's College and the remaining 12 have been divided among six other Colleges