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Readers are asked tore- port all cases of books marked or mutilated. Do not deface books by marks and writing. LB2590 A* Ordinance r/ feJ vs Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030605905 UNIVEKSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 1. [ST ANDREWS, No. 1.— ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES TO UNIVERSITY COURT BY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUNDEE] At Edinburgh, the Twenty-fourth day of November Eighteen Hundred and Ninety years. TI7HEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, the Commissioners under the said Act are empowered by Section 16 of the said Act to affiliate the University College of Dundee to and make it form part of the University of St Andrews with the consent of the University Court of St Andrews, and also of the said College, and whereas by virtue of the said power, the said College, has now been affiliated to and made to form part of the said University with the consent of the said University Court and of the said College, and upon the conditions set forth in an Agreement between the said bodies. And whereas it is stipulated by one of the conditions of the said Agreement that subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Council of University College, Dundee, shall elect to the University Court from time to time such number of representatives as the Scottish Universities Commissioners may fix and allow. And whereas the said Commissioners are further empowered by Section 1 5 of the said Act to make such provision by Ordinance as they shall see fit for the due representation of the governing bodies of affiliated colleges in the University Court of the University to which such colleges are affiliated. Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act statute and ordain as follows :• — 1. The Council of University College, Dundee, shall elect to the University Court of the University of St Andrews two representatives, each of whom shall hold office for four years from the date of his appointment ; and "in the event of a casual vacancy, the person elected to fill such vacancy shall go out of office at the date when the person whom he succeeded would, in the ordinary rotation, have retired, provided that in the case of the representatives who are first elected by University College, Dundee, which election EDINBURGH. PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY NEILL AND COM PAST. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOHN" MENZIES & Co., 12 Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 88 and 90 West Nile Street, Glasgow. 1891. Price One Penny. 20-5/91, Wt. 2214. S.O.P. N. & Co. shall take place on such day as the Commissioners shall appoint, the Council of Univer- sity College, Dundee, shall elect one for the full term of four years, and one for a period of two years from the date of the election, so as to provide in future for a regular system of rotation. 2. The representatives of University College, Dundee, elected under this Ordinance shall not be entitled to sit and vote in the University Court while any matters affecting the funds and estates at present belonging to the University of St Andrews, or to either of its Colleges at St Andrews, or any funds which are or shall be vested in or bequeathed to the said University, or to either of the said Colleges by any deed or writing dated before 31st December 1890, or any funds thereafter given or bequeathed to either of the Colleges of the University of St Andrews at St Andrews, are under consideration. In Witness whereof these presents are sealed with the Seal of the Commission. A. S. KINNEAR, Chairman. fc t* rvf . O H g f-i 02 E3 fe 03 |J .°3 T-i © S £ 1-4 > O s H I-" O g 6 6 q fc R P (H ^ o g CO H l-^ g •X O "ffig ft' % fc K 5 * £? E^ K_, tS *-* P ls« 1 1 p4 1§ o P5 O ANDB EPRES OURT ft H « » ft o CO "3 s UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 2. [ST ANDREWS, No. 2— PRECEDENCE OF PRINCIPALS AND PROFESSORS.] At Edinburgh, the Twenty-fourth day of November Eighteen Hundred and Ninety years. 117HEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, hereinafter referred to as the said Act, the Commissioners under the said Act are empowered, inter alia, subject to the provisions of the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858, as amended by the first-mentioned Act, to regulate by Ordinance the powers, duties, jurisdictions, and privileges of principals, professors, and all other members of, or office-bearers in the several Universities of Scotland, as also of the Senatus Academicus and their meetings : And whereas University College, Dundee, has now been affiliated to and made to form part of the University of St Andrews. Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act statute and ordain as follows : — 1. The order of precedence of the Principals of the Colleges of the University of St Andrews shall be : first, the Principal of the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard ; second, the Principal of St Mary's College ; third, the Principal of University College, Dundee, without reference to the dates of their respective appointments as Principal. 2. The order of precedence among the several Professors in the University of St Andrews shall be regulated according to seniority of appointment as Professor, whether such appointment shall have originally been made in the University of St Andrews or in the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard, or in St Mary's College, or in University College, Dundee : Provided that for the purposes of this Ordinance the date of the appointment of the existing Professors of University College, Dundee, as EDINBURGH. PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY NEILL AND COMPANY. And to be purchased, either directly or through auy Bookseller, from ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, 6 NoKTH BRIDGE, EDINBURGH. 1890. Price One Penny. 11/90. Wt. 2214. S.O.P. N. & Co.— 100. Professors in the University of St Andrews, shall be held to be the 21st day of March 1890. In the case of two or more appointments being of the same date the order of precedence shall be regulated according to the dates of the foundations of the respective chairs. 3. In the absence of the Principal of the University and of the Principal of St Mary's College, the Principal of University College, Dundee, shall preside at any meeting of the Senatus Academicus, and in the absence of all the Principals, the Professor who is first in the order of precedence hereinabove provided shall preside. In Witness whereof these presents are sealed with the Seal of the Commission. A. S. KINNEAK, Chairman. Pn o s W T o CO s cq 1 « S 0Q H 02 b W W 1 1 fc w o e 5 « to m Ph pm '■5 o d Q 5 55 OD 02" ijj ^ PM MS ti e 5 to o o % H 02. o en ao ■•■• UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 3. [ST ANDREWS, No. 3.— PATKONAGE OF CHAIRS.] At Edinburgh, the twenty-fourth day of November eighteen hundred and ninety years, TTTHEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, the Commissioners under the said Act are empowered by section 14, sub-section 1 (d), of the said Act to transfer the patronage of Professorships, vested at the passing of the said Act in private individuals, to the University Court. And whereas the patronage of the Professorships of Humanity, Civil and Natural History, and Chemistry in the University of St Andrews is vested in private individuals : Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act statute and ordain as follows : — The patronage of the Professorships of Humanity, Civil and Natural History, and Chemistry in the University of St Andrews shall, from and after the date on which Her Majesty in Council approves of this Ordinance, be vested in the Univer- sity Court. In Witness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission: \ZZy A. S. KINNEAR, Chairman. EDINBURGH: "PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY NEILL AND COMPANY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from ADAM and CHARLES BLACK, 6 North Bridge, Edinburgh. 1890. Price One Penny. 100—11/90. Wt. 2214. S.O.P. N. & Co. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 4. [GENERAL, No. 1.— POWER TO MAKE PAYMENTS AND INVESTMENTS.] At Edinburgh, the nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred and ninety-one years. WHEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, Section 6, it is provided that the University Court shall, subject to any Ordinances made by the Commissioners under the said Act, have power, inter alia (Subsection 1), to administer and manage the whole revenue and property of the University, with certain specified powers, and generally to have all the powers necessary for the management and administration of the said revenue and property, and (Subsection 8) to appoint Committees of its own number, consisting of not less than five members, with power to report on any business that may be entrusted to them by the University Court, or to carry out special instructions ordered by the Court : And Whereas the said Commissioners are empowered by Section 14, Subsection 10, of the said Act, to make Ordinances to ensure the due preservation and administra- tion of the whole property, revenues and funds of the Universities, and by Section 14, Subsection 2, to regulate the powers, duties, jurisdictions, and privileges of the University Court with respect to the management and disposal of the revenues and endowments of the University : And Whereas it would be an advantage, in the administration of the University Funds, that the University Court should have power to authorise its Finance Committee, under such general directions as the Court may give, to deal directly with the University Funds, and to make investments, without special instructions from the Court, — Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act Statute and Ordain as follows : — It shall be in the power of any University Court, under such general directions as the Court may give, to delegate to its Finance Committee, consisting of not less than five of its Members, the power of making or authorising such payments as the said Committee may consider necessary, and of investing the University Funds in any manner authorised by law for investments by trustees and approved of by the said Committee, without previous communication with the Court; and in the event of any such payment or investment being made by the said Finance Committee, the same shall be duly reported to the next meeting of the University Court. In ivitness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission. A. S. KINNEAR, Chairman. EDINBURGH: HUNTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY SKILL AND COMPANY.. And to lie'purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JUH N/MENZIEK * Co., 12 Hahover Street, Edinburgh, and 88 and 90 West Kile Street, Glasgow. 1891. Price One Fenny. 20—5/91. Wl. 2214. S.O.r. N. & Co. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict, c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 5. [GENERAL, No. 2.— LIMITATION OF TIME FOR APPEALS AND REPRESENTATIONS.] At Edinburgh, the nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred and ninety-one years. TTTHEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, Section 6, Subsections ' ' 2 and 3, power is given to the University Court in each University to review any decision of the Senatus Academicus on a matter within its competency which may be appealed against by a Member of the Senatus, or other Member of the University having an interest in the decision, within such time as may be fixed by the Commissioners, and to review, on representation made by any of its Members, or by any Member of the Senatus Academicus, within such time as may be fixed by the Commissioners, any decision which the Senatus Academicus may come to in the exercise of its powers under Section 7, Subsection 1, of the said Act : And whereas the Commissioners under the said Act are empowered, inter alia, by Section 14, Subsection 15, to fix the limits of time within which such appeals may be lodged and such representations may be made, — Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act Statute and Ordain as follows : — That in all cases not specially provided for by Ordinance, Deed of Foundation, or otherwise, Appeals against or Representations respecting any decision of the Senatus Academicus shall be lodged with the Secretary of the University Court within fourteen days from the date of the issue of such decision : — Provided that if any person affected by the decision can satisfy the Court that the decision did not become known to him until too late to admit of his entering his appeal within the period hereinbefore mentioned, the Court may extend the time as they may see fit : — Provided also that the University Court shall not hear appeals or representations, and the Senatus Academicus shall not be required to answer appeals or representations, during the months of August and September, unless the Court shall so appoint in any particular case. Ordinance No. 69 of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858, so far as it is inconsistent with this Ordinance, is hereby repealed. In witness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission, /— X A. S. KINNEAR, ^j Chairman. EDINBURGH. PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, 1IY ~NK1LL AND COM I'A.l'Y. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOHN MENZIEK & Co., 12 Hanover street, Edinburgh, and 88 and 90 West Nile Street, Glasgow. 1891. Price One Penny. 20-5/91. Wt. 2214. P.O. P. N. & Co. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 6. [GENERAL, No. 3.— USE OF COMMON SEAL.] At Edinburgh, the nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred and ninety-one years. WHEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, Section 5, Subsection 3, it is provided that the University Court shall be a body Corporate, with perpetual succession and a Common Seal, but no directions are given as to the mode of subscription of deeds granted by the University Court, — And Whereas the said Commissioners are empowered by Section 14, Subsection 2, of the said Act, to regulate the powers, duties, jurisdictions, and privileges of, inter alios, the University Court, — Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act Statute and Ordain as follows : — I. All Deeds granted by the University Court shall, in addition to being sealed, be signed by two Members of the Court (appointed under such directions as the Court may from time to time give), and by the Secretary of the Court. II. The University Court shall from time to time give such directions as they shall think fit in regard to the custody and use of the Common Seal. In ivitness whereof these 'presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission. f^\ A. S. KINNEAR, \^____y Chairman. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY KEILL AND COMPANY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12 Hahover Street, Edinburgh, and 88 and 90 West Nile Street, Glasgow. 1891. Price One Penny. 20—5/91. Wt. -2214. S-OlT. N. & Co. CO * C-J O CD 6 O 13 <1 Szj i— t P P5 O o o o o •~3 O ►4" < pa UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 7. [GLASGOW AND ABERDEEN, No. 1.— ELECTION OF RECTORS.] At Edinburgh, the nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred, and ninety-one years. WHEREAS, by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, the Commissioners under the said Act are empowered by section 14, sub-section 4, to regulate the time, place, and manner of presenting and electing University Officers, with power to ordain that in the election of the Rectors in the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen, the election shall be determined by the majority of the votes of all the students voting whenever the votes of the nations shall be equally divided. Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act Statute and Ordain as follows : — I. In the election of Rectors in the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen whenever the votes of the nations shall be equally divided, the election shall be determined by the majority of the votes of all the students voting : Provided that if an equal number of the votes of all the students voting, as well as an equal number of the votes of the nations, shall be given for two or more candidates, the election may be determined as between such candidates by the Chancellor, by letter addressed to the Secretary of the University Court within 21 days after the day fixed for the election, and failing such determination, then the election shall be determined by the Principal as between such candidates. II. Ordinances numbered 3 and 6 of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858, so far as they are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. In witness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission. A. S. KINNEAR, Chairman. EDINBURGH PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY NF.ILL AND COMPA.1Y. And tu be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOUN MENZIES & Co., 12 Hanover Stkeet, Edinburgh, and 88 and 00 West Nile Street, Glasgow. 1891. Price One Penny. 20—5/91, Wt. 2214 S.O V N.&On. ^ " m 5 1 d fc o | 525 &j H P5 P3 O 1 3 ^ r tf O J ^ O in -*o o r2> \1 s o <] s 1 j sz; § e purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOHN MENZIES & CO., 12 Hanover St., Edinburgh, and 90 West Nile Street, Giasooiv. 50-25/10/92. Wt. 2214 S.O.P. N. & Co. 1892. Price Threepence. No. 10 (Regulations as to Assistants and Lecturers). Provided that the teaching of classes daring the summer session shall be optional to any Professor whose com- mission is dated before the approval of this Ordinance by Her Majesty in Council, unless such option is barred by the terms of his commission or of any existing Ordinance. II. The Curriculum for the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) shall extend over not less than three winter sessions, or two winter sessions and three summer sessions. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. III. (l) Before entering on the Curriculum each student shall pass a Pre- liminary Examination in the following subjects : — 1. English. 2. Latin or Greek. 3. Mathematics. 4. One of the following : — Latin or Greek (if not already taken), French, German, Italian, Dynamics. (2) The examination must be passed in the matters and on the standards herein- after defined ; but there shall be a higher and a lower standard in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics. Candidates must pass on the higher standard in at least one of these three subjects, and may pass on the lower standard in either or both of the remaining two ; subject always to the conditions relative to attendance contained in Section IV. hereof. (3) English shall include Grammar and Composition, and the outlines of Geography and British History, and the standard shall not be lower than that presently adopted for the Higher Grade Leaving Certificate of the Scotch Education Department. (4) Latin and Greek shall comprise grammatical questions, translation into English from Latin or Greek authors not previously prescribed, and translation of plain passages or easy sentences from English into Latin or Greek. The higher standard shall not be lower than that presently adopted in the examination for a Curriculum of three sessions, or for the Higher Grade Leaving Certificate of the Scotch Education Department, and the lower standard shall not be lower than that presently adopted for the Lower Grade Leaving Certificate of the said Department. (5) French, German, and Italian shall comprise grammatical, literary, and easy philological questions, translation into English from French, German, or Italian authors not previously prescribed, and translation from English into French, German, or Italian ; and the standard shall not be lower than that presently adopted for the Higher Grade Leaving Certificate of the Scotch Education Department. (6) Mathematics on the lower standard shall comprise — (1) Arithmetic, in- cluding Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, Proportion, Percentage, Square Root, Simple Interest ; (2) Algebra, including Fractions, Factors, Square Root, Equations of the First Degree, Simultaneous Equations of the First Degree, Easy Quadratic Equa- tions, Problems leading to the above Equations ; (3) Geometry— Euclid, Books I, II., and III. (or their equivalents), with easy deductions. Demonstrations other than Euclid's will be accepted if they assume no propositions which in Euclid's order are subsequent to the proposition under consideration. (7) Mathematics on the higher standard shall, in addition, comprise Euclid, Books IV., VI., and the first twenty-one propositions of Book XL (or then- equivalents), with deductions, Quadratic Equations, Trigonometry to the Solution of Triangles inclusive, and the use of Logarithmic Tables. (8) Dynamics shall mean the Elementary Statics and Kinetics of Solids, Liquids, and Gases. (9) A candidate shall be obliged to pass in all the required subjects at one or not more than two examinations ; , provided that he may repeat his second examina- tion as often as maybe necessary, being examined on each occasion in all the subjects in which he failed, or which he did not profess, at his first. For the purposes of this subsection, a candidate's first examination shall be held to be the first at which he passes in any of the subjects professed. IV. (l) Attendance on any class shall not qualify for graduation, unless the whole Preliminary Examination has been passed. (2) Attendance on a class in any language included in the Preliminary Examination, or in Mathematics, shall not qualify for graduation, unless the candi- date, before entering the class, has passed the Preliminary Examination in that subject, and on the higher standard where a double standard is provided. He may, for that purpose, attend any Preliminary Examination held during the course of his study, taking only the paper set in that subject; provided always that the provisions of the subsection immediately preceding shall have been satisfied. (3) Attendance on a class in any language not included in the Preliminary Examination shall not qualify for graduation, unless the candidate has previously passed an examination in that language on a standard as nearly as possible equivalent to the higher standard of the languages included in the Preliminary Examination. V. (1) The Preliminary Examination shall be held at each University twice in each year, under such regulations as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall from time to time determine, and shall be conducted in writing. (2) The Joint Board of Examiners to be appointed under the provisions of Ordinance No. 8 (Regulations as to Examinations), shall have power to accept the Higher Grade Leaving Certificate of the Scotch Education Department in any subject as an equivalent for the Preliminary Examination in that subject ; and to accept the Lower Grade Leaving Certificate of the said Department as an equivalent for the Preliminary Examination on the lower standard in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics ; provided they are satisfied that the standard of the examination, at which the said certificates were granted, is not lower than that required by this Ordinance. (3) The Joint Board of Examiners shall have power to determine what examinations, if any, other than those for the Leaving Certificates of the Scotch Education Department may be accepted as equivalent to the Preliminary Examination in whole or in part, provided they are satisfied that such other Examinations are in fact equivalent thereto. ORDINARY DEGREE. VI. Candidates for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts may follow the Curriculum and take their degree in the subjects hitherto recognised for gradua- tion, as provided by the regulations contained in Ordinances Nos. 12, 14, 18, and 69 of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858, subject always to the preceding provisions of this Ordinance ; or they may vary the Curriculum for graduation under the regulations contained in the immediately succeeding sections. VII. (1) Candidates shall attend full courses in at least seven subjects, and shall be examined on these subjects. (2) Of these subjects four must be (a) Latin or Greek; (6) English or a Modern Language or History ; (c) Logic and Metaphysics, or Moral Philosophy ; (d) Mathematics or Natural Philosophy. (3) The remaining subjects may be selected by the candidate from the Depart- ments specified in Section IX. of this Ordinance, under the following condition: — That the whole subjects taken shall include either (a) both Latin and Greek, or (b) both Logic and Moral Philosophy, or (c) any two of the following three subjects, — Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry. VIII. (1) Each of the subjects must be studied in a full course of not less than one hundred meetings of the class on separate days, except in cases where the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall have sanctioned, as qualifying for graduation, half courses of not less than fifty meetings on separate days ; or where the Senatus, with the approval of the said Court, shall, having regard to the nature of the subject, sanction full courses of less than one hundred or half courses of less than fifty meetings respectively. (2) Two half courses shall be held to be equivalent to a full course in such cases as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may determine, and under such regulations as may from time to time be made for that purpose. (3) Where a subject is taught in a practical class, as well as in a systematic class, the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, shall regulate the course of study and determine the relative proportion of lectures and laboratory or practical work. IX. The Departments of Study for graduation in Arts in each University shall, if adequate instruction is provided, include the following subjects, with such additions or modifications in any University as may hereafter be made by Ordi- nance of the University Court : — 1. Language and Literature. Latin. Sanskrit. Greek. Hebrew. English. Arabic or Syriac French. Celtic. German. Italian. , 2. Mental Philosophy. Logic and Metaphysics. Moral Philosophy. Political Economy. Mathematics. Natural Philosophy. Astronomy. Chemistry. 3. Science. Education (Theory, History, and Art of). Philosophy of Law. Zoology. Botany. Geology. 4. History and Laiv. History. Archseology and Art (History of). Constitutional Law and His- tory. Roman Law. Public Law. X. Candidates who produce certificates that they have satisfied all the conditions prescribed by this Ordinance, and who have passed the necessary ■examinations, shall be entitled to receive the ordinary degree of Master of Arts on payment of the fees required. DEGREE WITH HONOURS. XL (1) The degree of Master of Arts may be taken with Honours in any of the following Groups, in which Honours Classes shall have been established in at least two subjects : — (a) Classics (i.e., Latin and Greek, with optional subjects such as Comparative Philology, Ancient Philosophy, and Classical Archaeology). (b) Mental Philosophy. (c) Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. (d) Semitic Languages. (e) Indian Languages. {f) English (Language, Literature, and British History). (g) Modern Languages and Literature. (h) History. (2) Every Candidate shall take up at least five subjects. Two of these subjects, Tinder separate Professors or Lecturers, must be selected from the Candidate's Honours Group ; and the five subjects shall include one from each of the Depart- ments of Language and Literature, Mental Philosophy, and Science, set forth in Section IX. of this Ordinance. (3) Every Candidate shall attend seven Classes, taking two Classes (one •of which shall be an Honours Class) in each of his Honours subjects. (4) A candidate who has obtained Honours in any one Group, may, before graduating, present himself again for examination in a second Honours Group. In -such a case, he shall not be required to attend more than two additional Classes, which shall be Honours Classes, in the second Group. (5) The examination in the subjects comprised in the Candidate's Honours -Group shall be of a higher standard than that required for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts. In his other subjects the standard shall be that required for the -ordinary degree. (6) The Senatus shall, subject to the provisions of Sections XVI. to XX. of this Ordinance, from time to time determine what subjects shall be -comprised in each Group, what subjects may be taken in half courses, and in which Group they may be taken : Provided that no new Group shall be instituted except by Ordinance of the University Court. (7) The provisions of Section VIII. of this Ordinance shall apply to Candidates for Honours ; but, in their case, not fewer than fifty meetings, on separate days, -extending over an entire winter session, shall constitute a full course for an 6 Honours Class ; and not fewer than twenty-five meetings on separate days,- extending over half a winter session, or an entire summer session, shall con- stitute a half course. XII. (1) Every candidate shall include Latin, or Greek, either in his Honours- Group or as one of the subjects in which the standard of examination is that required for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts. (2) Greek shall be compulsory for candidates for Honours in Mental Philosophy. (3) Candidates for Honours in English, or Modern Languages and Literature, or History (Groups f, g, h of Section XL hereof) shall include within the whole subjects taken for their degree (a) Logic and Metaphysics or Moral Philosophy, and (b) Mathematics or Natural Philosophy. XIII. (l) The whole examination in the candidate's Honours Group must be taken at one time, and the whole examination necessary for graduation with Honours must be taken within five years from the date of the candidate's first matriculation after having passed the Preliminary Examination, unless that period shall be extended by the Senatus on special cause shown ; and in every such case the Senatus shall make a report to the University Court setting forth the reasons for the extension. (2) Candidates for Honours may be examined, at any time during their Curriculum, in the three subjects in which the standard of examination is that required for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts. XIV. (1) A candidate who has passed the examinations necessary for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts, but who has not yet graduated, may present himself for Honours within five years from the date of his first matriculation after- having passed the Preliminary Examination, and shall not be required to attend further classes : — subject always to the provisions of Section XII. hereof. (2) No one shall be allowed to present himself a second time as a candidate- for the degree of Master of Arts with Honours, who, upon examination, has failed to obtain Honours. (3) A candidate shall be held to have presented himself who has notified. his name for Examination in accordance with the University regulations. But it shall be in the power of the Senatus to relax this rule on special cause shown ; and in every such case the Senatus shall make a report to the University Court setting forth the reasons for the relaxation. XV. (1) In each Group there shall be three Grades of Honours, to be denomi- nated respectively the First, Second, and Third Class. The names of the candi- dates entitled to Honours in each class shall be arranged in alphabetical order. (2) For the degree of Master of Arts with Honours a Diploma shall be given setting forth the subjects in which he has taken Honours. BOARDS OF STUDIES. XVI. The Senatus of each University shall from time to time institute Boards of Studies corresponding as nearly as may be to the Departments of Study enumerated in Section IX. of this ( irdinance. XVII. Each Board of Studies shall consist of such Members of the Senatus and Lecturers in the University as the Senatus may from time to time select, and the Senatus shall appoint one of the Members of the Board to be Convener thereof. XVIII. Before the end of each winter session each Professor and Lecturer in the said Departments of study shall submit to the proper Board of Studies for ■its approval a syllabus of the subjects and books proposed for the work of his class for the next Academical year. As soon as such approval has been given, the syllabus shall be transmitted to the Faculty of Arts for its consideration. The syllabus, with such observations as the Faculty of Arts may see fit to make thereon, . shall then be transmitted to the Senatus for its sanction. XIX. (l) Before the end of each winter session each Board of Studies shall prepare a scheme defining, for the Academical year next but one following, the -classes which shall be deemed to be Honours classes, and the subjects and courses of reading for Honours in its Department, and shall report the same to the Faculty of Arts for its consideration. The scheme, with such observations as the Faculty of Arts may see fit to make thereon, shall then be transmitted to the Senatus for its .sanction. (2) Each Board shall in like manner make recommendations through the Faculty of Arts to the Senatus in regard to the half courses which may be -sanctioned under the provisions of this Ordinance, and the lectures which may be given on special subjects. XX. The Principal and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts shall be ex officio Members of each Board of Studies. The Convener shall preside, and, in his absence, each meeting shall appoint its own Chairman, and every Chairman shall have a -deliberative, and, in cases of equality, a casting vote. GENERAL. XXI. In the case of a student whose native language is other than European, the Senatus may, at the Preliminary Examination, accept such language as a sub- stitute for a modern European language. The Senatus may also in such a case -accept as an alternative to Latin or Greek any other classical language, such as -Sanskrit or Arabic, subject always to the provisions of Section IV. Subsection 3 hereof. XXII. If a student, before passing the Preliminary Examination, has attended -& class qualifying for graduation, the Senatus may, on special cause shown, permit him to count such class as qualifying for graduation, on condition of his passing the full Preliminary Examination within such time thereafter as the Senatus may appoint ; and in every such case the Senatus shall make a report to the University Court setting forth the reasons for the relaxation. XXIII. The examination in all the languages in the Curriculum shall, as far -as possible, be on the same standard in Examinations for the same degree, and shall in all cases test the candidate's knowledge of the history and literature of the .several countries. XXIV. A candidate for the degree of Master of Arts shall not be deemed to have attended a class as part of the Curriculum for that degree who does not present a certificate bearing not only that he has given regular attendance, but also that he has duly performed the work of the class. XXV. A student, who has given attendance at classes recognised as qualifying for graduation during one or more sessions in any one or more of the Scottish Universities, may complete his Curriculum by giving attendance during the remainder of his course in another Scottish University, and may proceed to a degree in the latter University in the same way, in all respects, as if the previous part of his Curriculum had been taken therein : Provided always that every such student shall be bound to produce, to the satisfaction of the Senatus of the latter University, certificates of his having passed the Preliminary Examination, and of his attendance at the former University or Universities, and shall be examined in all the subjects necessary for a degree of Master of Arts by the Examiners of the University in which he completes his Curriculum, and in which alone he shall be allowed to graduate ; and that no such student shall be admitted to a degree in any University unless he has given attendance in such University during the last winter session of his Curriculum, and one other - winter session or two summer sessions. XXVI. A candidate for the degree of Master of Arts with Honours, who has failed to be placed in any class, may, provided that in the opinion of the Examiners he has given evidence of sufficient attainments in any subject for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts, receive from them a certificate of having passed in such subject, which shall count pro tanto as part of the examination required under "the regulations for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts. XXVII. The degree of Master of Arts shall in no case be conferred on persons who have not satisfied the conditions hereinbefore set forth, and shall not be con- ferred honoris causa tantum. XXVIII. A student who, at the time when this Ordinance shall come into operation, shall have commenced his course of study with a view to graduation in Arts in any of the Scottish Universities under the regulations in force at the time in such University, may complete his course and become a candidate for the degree of Master of Arts, with or without Honours, in conformity with such regulations. And any such student who has passed the examination hitherto required for admission to a Curriculum of three sessions shall, if he desire to come under the regulations of this Ordinance, be exempted from the Preliminary Examination herein required. XXIX. Students may attend any classes without having passed the Preliminary Examination within the meaning of this Ordinance, but such attendance shall not qualify for graduation. XXX. It shall be competent for the University Court in each University to discontinue the Junior Classes, or Middle Classes, where such exist, in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics, when, in the opinion of the Court, the provision for Secondary Education in schools throughout the country is sufficient to render such classes no longer necessary. XXXI. Ordinances numbered 12, 14, 18, and 69 of the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858, as altered under the provisions of the said Act, are hereby repealed, in so far as they are inconsistent with this Ordinance. XXXII. This Ordinance shall come into force at the beginning of the first Academical year after the date on which it is approved by Her Majesty in Council. In witness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Com/mission. A. S. KINNEAR, Chairman. NOTE. This Ordinance was approved by Her Majesty in 'Council on 28th June 1802, in the form in which it was presented by the Commissioners for submission to Parliament. ROBT. FITZROY BELL. 18 Ditkjs Street, Edinburgh, 1st October 1892. •2 CO •j 1-1 § o" s fc .§ H O 1 fc <1 J |Zi lo n Q P5 HO O o »v CO Ph . o (35 fe 00 1—4 ce s*> 2 -, | l-Q H 02 r* ^ b fe( h3 M "S £> •< Pi M 1 «2 I. w «o W „• « rf Q <5 W H fc W O UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 12. [GENERAL, No. 7— REGULATIONS FOR DEGREES IN SCIENCE]. At Edinburgh, the third day of February eighteen hundred and ninety-two years. "WTHEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, the Commissioners under the said Act are empowered by section 14, subsection 5, to regulate the management and ordering of the Universities, and the manner and conditions in and under which students shall be admitted thereto ; and, in particular (b) the course of study and manner of teaching ; the length of the academical session or sessions ; the manner of examination ; the qualifications, appointment, and number of examiners, and the amount and manner of their remuneration ; (d) the granting of degrees and the institution of new degrees ; (e) the institution of an examination; either on entering the University, or as a preliminary condition of entering on the course of study for a degree in any Faculty, or of both such examinations. Therefore the Commissioners under the said Act statute and ordain as follows : — L Two degrees in Science may be conferred by each of the Universities of Scotland, viz., Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Doctor of Science (D.Sc). These degrees may be given in Pure Science and in Applied Science. Degree in Pure Science. II. Every candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science must pass the Preliminary Examination prescribed by Ordinance, General No. 6 (Regulations for Degrees in Arts) ; and the conditions with respect thereto imposed by the said EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE BY NEILL AND COMPANY. And to he purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12 Hanover Street, Edinbdrqh, and 90 West Nile 3treet, Glasgow. 1892. Price Threepence. -24/10/92. Wt. 2214 B.O.P. N. & C* Ordinance shall be applicable in all respects to this Ordinance except as follows : — (l) French or German may be substituted for Latin or Greek; (2) Mathematics shall be passed on the higher standard ; (3) a degree in Arts (not being a degree honoris causd tantum) in any of the Universities of the United Kingdom, or in any Colonial or Foreign University, specially recognised "for the" purposef by the University Court after consultation with the Senatus, shall exempt from the Preliminary Examination. III. (1) Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science must in the course of not less than three Academical years, within the meaning of the Ordinance hereinbefore first mentioned, attend at least seven courses of instruction, in subjects prescribed for examination under Sections VIII. and IX. of this Ordinance. (2) Three of these courses must be in subjects prescribed for the First Science Examination under Section VIII. ; and four must be in subjects prescribed for the Final Science Examination under Section IX. IV. (l) Four of the seven courses must be taken in the University in which the degree is conferred. (2) Three may be taken in other Universities or Institutions approved by the University Court, or under teachers recognised by the University Court for pur- poses of graduation in Science : — Provided that the fees for attendance at an approved Institution or under a recognised teacher in the Town in which the University is situated shall not be less than the fees exigible for the corresponding courses in the University. V. All candidates, not matriculated students of a University, availing them- selves of the permission to attend lectures at approved Institutions or by recognised teachers in the Town in which the University is situated, shall at the commencement of each year of such attendance enrol their names in a book to be kept for that purpose in the University, paying a fee of the same amount as the Matriculation Fee paid by students of the University, and having in respect of such payment a right to the use of the Library of the University. , > VI. (1) It shall be the duty of the Senatus to determine from time to time the number of meetings of which a full course in any subject shall consist, and to report its determination to the. University Court for its approval. (2) The Senatus, with the ( approval of the University Court, may sanction half courses of not less. than half the number of meetings which constitute a full course in the subject ; and two half courses shall be held to be equivalent to a full course in such cases as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may determine, and under such regulations as may from time to time be made for that purpose. (3) It shall be the duty of the Professor and Lecturer annually at the end of each winter session to submit to the Senatus a scheme specifying what proportion of the courses shall be devoted to lectures, practical demonstrations, examinations and tutorial work respectively. The Senatus shall transmit such scheme with such observations as it may think fit to make thereon,' to the University' Court for its approval. ' ' (4) It shall be the duty of the Professors and Lecturers annually at the end -of each winter session to submit to, the Faculty of Science to be' hereafter constk. tuted in each University, for its consideration, a syllabus of the subjects and books' proposed for the work "of their classes during the' next, Academical Year. The Faculty of Science shall transmit such syllabus, with such observations as it '■■ niay think fit to make thereon, to the Senatus for its. approval. ■':<<■■ ' >vi Provided that until the Faculty of Science shall be duly constituted, the syllabus shall be submitted by the Professors and Lecturers directly to the Senatus.. , • VII. The provisions of the preceding section shall not apply to approved Institutions or recognised teachers outside the Town in which the University is situated ; but the University Court shall not grant or continue recognition to any Institutions or teachers unless they shall be satisfied that their courses of instruction -are equivalent to the courses sanctioned in the Universities of Scotland. .•;.. r '. VIII. (1) There shall be a First Science Examination in the three following subjects — viz., (1) Mathematics or Biology (i.e., Zoology and Botany) ; (2) Natural Philosophy ; (3) Chemistry. (2) The examination in ali- these subjects shall be the same as the examination in these subjects for the ordinary degree of Master of Arts. (3) Candidates may present themselves in any one or more of these subjects ~at any examination held after they have attended a full course in the subject or subjects professed. IX. (1) There shall be a Final Science Examination on a Higher Standard, in _ahy three or more of the following subjects : — „ 1. Mathematics. 2. Natural Philosophy. 3. Astronomy. 4. Chemistry. 5. Human Anatomy, including Anthropology. 6. Physiology. 7. Geology, including Mineralogy. 8. Zoology, including Comparative Anatomy. 9. Botany, including Vegetable Physiology. (2) The standard of this examination shall be as nearly as possible equivalent to -that of the examination for the degree of Master of Arts with Honours, where the subjects are different; and where the subjects are the same, the examinations shall' be identical. (3) A subject already taken under the preceding Section for the First Science Examination may be taken also under this Section for the Final Science Exami- • nation. (4) Candidates presenting themselves for this examination must have attended four full courses of higher instruction, including practical or laboratory work, in the . subjects professed, subject always to the provisions of Sections VI. and VII. hereof. (5) The Final Science Examination shall be taken not less than one year after the candidate has passed the First Science Examination. 4. „ X. If, a student, before passing the Preliminary, Examination, has 'at;fce)ided a.elass qualifying for graduation, the .Senatus may, on special cause shown, permit' him to count such class for graduation, on condition of his passing the full- Preliminary Examination within such time thereafter as the' Senatus *may appoint,, and in every case the Senatus shall make a report to the University Court setting forth the reasons for the relaxation. XI. A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science shall not be deemed to have attended a class as part of, the Curriculum for that degree who does not present a certificate bearing not only that he has given regular attendance, but also that he has duly performed the work of the class. XII. It shall be competent to the Examiners for the degree of Bachelor of Science to report that a candidate has passed with special distinction in one or more of the subjects professed by him : and in such a case a Diploma shall be given setting forth the subjects in respect of which the degree has been granted, and the subject or subjects in which special distinction has been obtained. Degree in Applied Science. XIII. Degrees in Applied Science may be instituted and conferred according to regulations to be laid down in special Ordinances applicable to each University by the Commissioners under the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889 ; or after the expiry of their powers by the University Court in each University. XIV. The provisions of Sections II. to VIII. of this Ordinance inclusive^ in so far as they relate to the Preliminary and First Science Examinations, shall be applicable in all respects to degrees in Applied Science instituted as aforesaid, except where special provision is made to the contrary in the special Ordinances aforesaid. Doctorate of Science. XV. Graduates of any University who have held the degree of Bachelor of Science for a term of five years, may offer themselves for the degree of Doctor of Science in the same University. XVI. A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Science shall present a thesis or a published memoir or work to be approved by the Senatus (on the recom- mendation of the Faculty of Science when duly constituted) : Provided that, if required by the Senatus, the candidate shall also be bound to pass such an examination as may from time to time be determined. The thesis shall be a record of original research undertaken by the candidate, and shall be accompanied by a declaration, signed by him, that the work has been, done and the thesis composed by himself. General. XVII. A Student who, at the time when this Ordinance shall come into operation, shall have completed a part of his course of study with a view to gradua- tion in Science in any of the Scottish Universities under regulations in force at the time in such University, and shall thereafter complete his course of study and pass the necessary examinations in conformity with such regulations, or with the pro- visions of this Ordinance, may become a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science. XVIII. The degrees of Bachelor and Doctor of Science shall in no case be conferred on persons who have not complied with the conditions hereinbefore set forth, and shall not be conferred honoris causa tantum. XIX. This Ordinance shall come into force at the beginning of the First Academical Year after the date on which it is approved by Her Majesty in Council. In witness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission. A. S. KINNEAR, Chairman. NOTE. 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(2) The Joint Board shall also receive, as provided in Section III. hereof, from the Examiners in each University the examination papers and answers of the candidates, and shall, after consideration of such papers and answers as they may deem necessary, accept or correct the results arrived at by the Examiners in the several Universities in accordance with what they shall deem to be an adequate standard. (3) At the earliest possible date after receiving the examination papers and answers the Joint Board shall report to each Faculty, for whose Preliminary Examination candidates have appeared, the results of the examination of these candidates, and each Faculty shall forthwith publish a list of candidates reported to it as having passed the Examination. VI. If at an Examination at any University the standard of the questions set for examination shall in their opinion be either too high or too low, the Joint Board shall have power to require the Examiners in that University to submit to them the papers which it is proposed to set at the next Preliminary Examination, and to make such amendments thereon as they may think necessary ; but in every such case sufficient notice shall be given to the Senatus of the University on which such demand is made. VII. Subject to the approval by Her Majesty in Council of Ordinances General No. 6 — [Regulations for Degrees in Arts], General No. 7 — [Regulations for Degrees in Science], Glasgow No. 1 — [Regulations for Degrees in Medicine], Aberdeen No. 1 — [Regulations for Degrees in Medicine], and Edinburgh No. 1 — [Regulations for Degrees in Medicine], and of this Ordinance, on or before the first day of July 1892 : — Within two weeks thereafter, the University Courts shall complete the election of the Joint Board, and, as soon as may be, the Joint Board first elected shall meet at Edinburgh to issue directions as provided in Section V., subsection (1), hereof, and to fix the date of the first Preliminary Examinations to be held under this Ordinance. The Joint Board first elected shall hold a second meeting, at such time as may be most convenient, for the purposes of Section V., subsections (2) and (3). The Joint Board first elected shall thereafter hold office until the 31st day of the second January after its appointment. Failing the approval by Her Majest3 T in Council of the Ordinances aforesaid, at the date aforesaid, the Preliminary Examination for the winter Session next ensuing in each University shall be conducted under such regulations as the University Court may think fit. VIII. In the event of the Ordinances aforesaid receiving the approval of Her Majesty in Council at any date subsequent to the first day of July 1892, the University Courts shall, within six weeks after the Ordinances have received the approval of Her Majesty in Council, complete the election of the Joint Board ; provided that in computing the said period the months of August and September shall not be counted, or any part thereof. -As soon as may be thereafter, the Joint Board first elected shall' meet at Edinburgh to -issue directions as provided in Section V., subsection (l) hereof, and to fix the date of the first Preliminary Examinations to be held under this Ordinance. The Joint Board first elected shall hold a second meeting at such time as may be "most convenient for the purposes of Section V., subsections (2) and (3) hereof. The Joint Board first elected shall thereafter hold office until the thirty- first day of the second January after its appointment. ,, In every subsequent year the Joint Board shall meet twice annually in Spring and in Autumn for the purposes of Section V. hereof. At any such meeting the majority of the Board shall have power to summon a special meeting for the purposes of Section VI. hereof. IX. The Joint Board shall at each of the said meetings in Spring and Autumn fix the day on which the Preliminary Examination in each University shall begin; and shall also prescribe the order in which the, several subjects shall be taken. X. The Joint Board shall sit at each University in rotation, and in the following order : — Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St Andrews. XI. The Principal of the University at which the Joint Board sits shall, when present, act as Chairman for the time, and the Secretary of the University Court of that University shall be Convener of the Board and custodian of all docu-r ments ; neither shall be members of the Board, but the Chairman shall have a casting, but not a deliberative vote. The Convener shall, at the termination of his term of office, transmit to his successor in office the documents belonging to the Joint Board. In the absence of the Principal the Joint Board shall elect its own Chairman, who shall be a member of the Board, and shall have a deliberative and also a casting vote. XII. In each University each candidate, before presenting himself for any Preliminary Examination, shall pay to the General Fund of the University a fee of half a guinea. ,. XIII. Notwithstanding anything contained in Ordinances, Edinburgh, No. 1- — [Regulations for Degrees in Medicine] ; Glasgow, No. 1 — [Regulations for. Degrees in Medicine] ; Aberdeen, No. 1 — [Regulations for Degrees in Medicine],, candidates who present' themselves for the Preliminary Examination for, medical students in any of these Universities at the beginning of the Winter Session of 1892, shall be entitled to all the exemptions in respect of previous examinations by other bodies which have been already published in the Calendars; of the several Universities. • • EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION IN ARTS. XIV. The Examiners for graduation in Arts in each University shall be the Professors in that University whose subjects qualify for graduation in Arts, together with such .Lecturers in the University, and such additional Examiners! to be appointed by the University Court, as the University Court shall deem ietieSsary. The examinations shall be conducted in writing, and also orally if thought necessary, under regulations framed' by the Senatus, subject to the -approval of the University Court. EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION IN SCIENCE. " ' XV. The Examiners for graduation in Science in each University shall be the Professors in that University, whose subjects qualify for graduation in Science, together with such Lecturers in the University and such additional Examiners to be appointed by the University Court as the University Court shall deem necessary. T^ie examinations shall be conducted in writing, and alsO orally if thought necessary, under regulations framed by the Senatus, subject to the approval of the University Court. EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADUATION IN MEDICINE. XVI. The Examiners for graduation in Medicine in each University shall 'be the Professors in that University, whose subjects qualify for graduation in Medicine, together with such Lecturers in the University and such additional Examiners to be appointed by the University Court as the University Court shall deem, necessary; provided that the Court shall make such provisions as will ensure that every candidate shall be examined in each subject by at least two Examiners, one of whom shall not be a Professor or Lecturer in the University. The examinations shall be conducted in writing and orally and also clinically, when the nature of the subject admits, under regulations framed by the Senatus . subject to the approval of the University Court. GENERAL. XVII. In the case of a candidate at a Preliminary Examination who is permitted to offer himself for examination in any language not included in' the Preliminary Examination, each University shall make special arrangements for the examination of its own candidates. XVIII. In appointing the additional Examiners under this Ordinance, the University Court of each University shall make the appointments for such period as will secure that all the Examiners shall not vacate their office at the same time, provided that no Examiner shall be appointed for a longer period than four years, and that no person who has held the office of Examiner for a period of three or four years shall be eligible for reappointment to the office of Examiner in the same University until he has ceased to hold the office of Examiner in such University for not less than one year. XIX. No person shall be appointed an additional Examiner under the pro- visions of this Ordinance who is a Professor, Lecturer, or University Assistant or Demonstrator in any Scottish University. The appointment of any additional Examiner during the currency of his term of office to a Professorship, Lecture- ship, or to office as University Assistant or Demonstrator, in any Scottish University shall be held to vacate his office of Examiner. In the event of a vacancy occurring through death, resignation, or disqualification, in the office of a. Member of the Joint Board, or of an Examiner or additional Examiner, occurring otherwise than by expiration of his term of office, the vacancy shall be filled up» subject to the provisions hereof, by the University Court who appointed the person vacating office, and the person appointed in his room shall be appointed for the remainder of such term only. XX. Each of the additional Examiners appointed under Sections II., XIV., XV., and XVI. hereof shall receive such remuneration as the University Court in each University shall determine. Each University shall contribute to the expenses of the Joint Board in- proportion to the number of candidates who present themselves for exami- nation at that University ; and the remuneration paid to the Members of the Board shall be fixed by arrangement between the University Courts of the- four Universities. XXI. Ordinances numbered 5, 8, 14, 15, 16, 19, and 23 of the Commissioners under the. Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858, as altered under the provisions of the said Act, so far as they are inconsistent with this Ordinance, are hereby repealed. In witness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission. A. S. KINNEAE. Chairman. JN O T B. This Ordinance was approved by Her tajesty in Council on 5th August 1892, in lie form in which it was presented by the lommissioners for submission to Parliament. ROBi. FITZEOY BELL. 8 Dwke Street, EdinbursH; 1st October 1892. 6 "I I o 00 O* O O o H < Xfl o 1—1 S3 o 3 P3 GO o M I— I O H (M 00 I— I J*- UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1889. ' i , i 52 & 53 Vict. c. 55. ORDINANCE No. 14. [GLASGOW, No. 1.— REGULATIONS FOR DEGREES IN MEDICINE.] At Edinburgh, the third day of February eighteen hundred and ninety-two years. TITHEREAS by the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1889, the Commissioners under the said Act are empowered by section 14, sub-section 5, to regulate the management and ordering of the Universities, and the manner and conditions in and under which students shall be admitted thereto, and ia particular the course of study and manner of teaching, the length of the academical session or sessions, the manner of examination, the qualifications, appointment, and number of examiners, and the amount and manner of their remuneration, the granting of degrees, and the institution of new degrees ; the institution of an examina- tion either on entering the University, or as a preliminary condition of entering on the course of study for a degree in any Faculty, or of both such examinations ; and by the said section 14, sub-section 16, to repeal or modify any Ordinance made under the provisions of the Universities (Scotland) Act, 1858. Therefore the Commissioners under the first mentioned Act statute and ordain with regard to the University of Glasgow as follows : — GRADUATION IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. I. Four Degrees in Medicine and Surgery shall be conferred by the Uni- versity of Glasgow, viz., Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.), Bachelor of Surgery (CLB.), Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), and Master of Surgery (Ch.M.). The Degree of Bachelor of Surgery shall not be conferred on any person who does not at the same time obtain the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, and the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine shall not be conferred on any person who does not at the same time obtain the Degree of Bachelor of Surgery. II. Subject to Regulations to be made from time to time by the University Court, the University may also confer Diplomas in Special Branches of Medical and Surgical Practice on Graduates of the University in Medicine and Surgery. III. Before commencing his medical studies, each student shall pass a Preliminary Examination in (1) English, (2) Latin, (3) Elementary Mathematics, EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE BY NEIIX AND COMPANY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from JOHN menzies & Co., 12 Hanoveb street, EDINBURGH, and 90 West Nile street, Glasgow. 1892. Price Threepence. 50—24/10/92. Wt. 2214. S.O.P. N. & Co. and (4) Greek or French or German : Provided always that, in the case of a candidate whose native language is not English, an examination in the native language of the candidate may be substituted for one in either French or German, and an examination in any other classical language for one in Latin or Greek. IV. The extent and standard of the Preliminary Examination shall be determined by the Joint Board of Examiners constituted under Ordinance, General, No. 8 — [Regulations as to Examinations] — in accordance with the terms of that Ordinance. V. The Preliminary Examination shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance, General, No. 8 — [Regulations, as to Examinations] ;- — and, subject to the provisions of the immediately succeeding section hereof, the entire examination shall be passed at one and the same time, except in the case of students who, prior to the date at which this Ordinance shall come into operation, have passed a portion of the Preliminary Examination of the Univer- sity, or of a Preliminary Examination recognized by the University. VI. A Degree in Arts, or in Science (not being a Degree honoris eceusa tantum), in any of the Universities of the United Kingdom, or in any Colonial or Foreign University, specially .recognised for the purpose by the University Court, shall exempt from the Preliminary Examination ; and the Joint Board of Examiners appointed under the provisions of Ordinance, General No. 8 — [Regula- tions as to Examinations] — shall have power to determine what examinations, other than those for the degrees hereinbefore mentioned, shall be accepted, either in whole or in part, in place of the Preliminary Examination. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. VII. Candidates shall be admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery only after they have . fulfilled the- following con- ditions : — 1. The candidate must have been engaged in Medical study for at least five years. . , , 2. In each of the first four years the candidate must have attended at least two courses of instruction, in one or more of the subjects of study specified in Sub-section 4 hereof— each course ' extending over a session of not less than- five months, either continuous or divided into two terms ; or, alternatively, one such course, along with two courses, each extending over a session of not less than two and a half months. 3. During the fifth or final year the candidate shall be engaged in Clinical study for at least nine months at one or more of such Public Hospitals or Dispensaries, British or Foreign, as may be recognised for the purpose by the University Court. 4. The candidate must, during his Curriculum, have attended a course or courses of instruction in each of the following subjects of study, iucluding such examinations as may be prescribed in the various classes, viz. :-— 1. Anatomy, .... 2. Practical Anatomy, ..... -3. Chemistry, ...... 4. Materia Medica and Therapeutics, 5. Physiology or Institutes of Medicine, 6. Practice of Medicine, .... 7. Surgery, . . . . 8; Midwifery, and the Diseases peculiar to Women and Infants. Two Courses of Midwifery, of Three Months each, provided different departments of Obstetric Medicine be taught in each of the Courses, shall be reckoned equivalent to a Course of not less than Five Months, ..... 9. Pathology, ...... 10. Practical Chemistry, .... 11. Physics (including the Dynamics op Solids,. Liquids, and Gases, and the Eudiments of Sound, Heat, Light, and Electricity). 12. Elementary Botany, 13. Elementary Zoology, 14. Practical Physiology, 15. Practical Pathology, 16. Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health, f During a Course of not less than I Five Months. f During Two Courses of not less I than Five Months each. During Courses of not less than Five Months. During Courses of not less than Two and a half Months. Provided always in so far as regards the University of Glasgow that — (a) It shall be the duty of the Senatus to determine from time to time the number of meetings of which such courses shall consist, and in what cases two half courses shall be deemed equivalent to a full course ; and to report the determination to the University Court for its approval. (6) It shall be the duty of the Professors and Lecturers to sub- mit to the Senatus annually at the end of the winter session a scheme specifying what proportion of the courses shall be devoted to lectures, practical demonstrations, examinations, and tutorial work respec- tively. The Senatus shall transmit such scheme, with such obser- vations as it may think fit to make thereon, to the University Court for its approval. (c) The University Court shall not grant or continue recognition to any institutions or teachers unless it , shall be satisfied that their courses of instruction are equivalent to the courses sanctioned in the Universities of Scotland. 5. The candidate must have attended for at least three years the Medical and Surgical Practice of a General Hospital at Glasgow or elsewhere, which accommodates not fewer than eighty patients, and possesses a distinct staff of Physicians and Surgeons, and is recognised for the purpose by the University Court. G. The candidate must have attended Clinical Surgery during a course or courses extending over not less than nine months. These courses may be conducted by the Professor of Clinical Surgery, or by Professors or Lecturers appointed for the purpose by the University Court, or by the Ordinary Surgeons of a General Hospital defined and recognised as hereinbefore provided; and shall consist of regular instruction at the bedside, along with Clinical Lectures. 7. The candidate must have attended Clinical Medicine during a course or courses extending over not less than nine months. These courses may be conducted by the Professor of Clinical Medicine, or by ■ Professors or Lecturers appointed for the purpose by the University Court, or by the Ordinary Physicians of a General Hospital defined and recognised as hereinbefore provided, and shall consist of regular instruction at the bedside, along with Clinical Lectures. 8. The candidate must have attended a course of instruction in Mental Diseases of such duration, and so apportioned between lectures, demonstrations, and clinical instruction, as the Senatus, with the , approval of the University Court, may from time to time deter- mine. 9. The candidate must have attended a course of twenty-five meetings on Practical Pharmacy in a University or recognised School of Medicine, or have dispensed drugs for a period of three months in an Hospital or Dispensary, or in an establishment recognised by the Pharmaceutical Society. 10. The candidate must have attended, for at least six months, by appren- ticeship or otherwise, the out-practice of an Hospital, or the practice of a Dispensary, or of a Physician or Surgeon, or of a Member of the London or Dublin Society of Apothecaries. He must have acted as Clerk in the Medical and Dresser in the Surgical Wards of a Public Hospital ; and must also have availed himself, to such an extent as may be required by the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, of opportunities of studying, at an Hospital or Dispensary,. post-mortem Examinations, Fevers, Diseases of Children, Ophthal- mology, or such other special departments as may from time to time be determined. 11. The candidate must have attended, under the superintendence of a- registered Medical Practitioner, twelve cases of labour, or such additional number as the Senatus, with the sanction of the Univer- sity Court, may from time to time determine ; or have attended for three months the practice of a Lying-in Hospital, or of the. Maternity Department of a General Hospital or other Public Charitable Institu- tion, and; have conducted personally six, or such an additional number -©f cases of labour as the Senatus, with ,the approval of the University €ourt, may from time to time determine. 12, The candidate must have been properly instructed in Vaccination at a Public Vaccination Station, by a Public Vaccinator, authorised by the proper Government Authority to grant Certificates of Proficiency in Vaccination. 13. No candidate for a degree shall be deemed to have attended a class as part of the Curriculum necessary for that degree who does not present a certificate bearing not only that he has given regular attendance, but also that he has duly performed the work of the class. VIII. With respect to the Places and Institutions at which the studies of the Candidate may be prosecuted, the following Eegulations shall have effect : — 1. Two of the five years of medical study must be spent in the University of Glasgow, each year of study including always the attendances specified in Section VII., Sub-section 2. 2. The remaining three years may be spent in any University of the United Kingdom, or in any Indian, Colonial, or Foreign University recognised for the purpose by the University Court, or in such Medical Schools or under such Teachers as may be recognised for the purpose by the University Court, each year of study during the first four years including always the attendances specified in Section VII. Sub-section 2. 3. Of the subjects of study specified in Section VII., Sub-section 4, not less than eight must be taken in the University of Glasgow, or (subject always to the provisions as to attendance contained in the imme- diately preceding sub-sections) in some other University of the United Kingdom, or in some Foreign or Colonial University entitled to confer the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, recognised for the purpose by the University Court, or in a College incorporated with, or affiliated to a University entitled to confer the Degree of Doctor of Medicine recognised for the purpose by the University Court : Provided always that where in any of said subjects of study two or more courses are required, the taking of one of those courses shall con- stitute a taking of the subject for the purpose of this sub-section. 4. The remainder of such subjects of study may (subject always as aforesaid) be taken in such Medical Schools or under such Teachers as may be recognised for the purpose by the University Court. 5. All Candidates, not Matriculated Students of the University, availing themselves of the permission to attend the Lectures of Extra-Aca- demical Teachers in Glasgow, must, at the commencement of each year of such attendance, enrol their names in a book to be kept in • the University for that purpose, paying a Fee of the same amount as the Matriculation Fee paid by Students of the University, and having, in respect of such payment, a right to the use of the Library of the University. 6. The Fee for attendance, for purposes of graduation, on the courses of instruction of recognised Extra-Academical Teachers in Glasgow, shall be not less than the amount exigible for the corresponding courses in the University. 7. The University Court shall not recognise as qualifying for exami- nation in any of the subjects specified in Section VII. Sub- section 4, the class of any teacher who is at the time a teacher of more than one of the said subjects, except in those cases where Professors in the University are at liberty to teach two subjects : — Provided always that a Professor or other teacher in any endowed public College or Institution, who by the terms of his appointment is required to teach more than one subject of Medical Study therein, may be recognised under sub-section 2 of this section, as a teacher of any one of the subjects which he teaches. 8. A teacher, attendance on whose course of instruction shall, before the date of the approval of this Ordinance by Her Majesty in Council, have been recognised for the purposes of graduation in the University, shall not require to obtain a new recognition from the University Court ; and attendance on the course of instruction of every such teacher may continue to be recognised as here- tofore. 9. It shall be in the power of the University Court, if it shall see cause, at any time to withdraw or suspend any recognition which it may have granted. IX. In the University of Glasgow it shall be the duty of the Professors of the subjects specified in Section VII. Sub-section 4 hereof (except Practical Anatomy and such other subjects as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, may from time to time determine), so to conduct the courses that Students may receive instruction sufficient for graduation in any one of the said subjects by attendance on one course of five or six months, or of two and a half or three months, as the case may be. X. If any candidate shall, before presenting himself for his Preliminary Examination, have attended in any University of the United Kingdom, or in any University or Institution specially approved, or under any Teacher specially recognised for the purpose by the University Court, a course or courses of instruction in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, or Zoology, equivalent in the judgment of the Senatus to the qualifying course in the same subject in the University of Glasgow, such attendance shall (notwithstanding anything hereinbefore ordained) be held as entitling him to be examined in these subjects ; and if the candidate shall have attended such course Of courses in each of the said subjects, he shall be held to have com- pleted his first year of Medical Study : Provided always that the evidence of such attendance at such equivalent course or courses shall be presented to the Senatus at the time when the candidate presents himself for his Prelim- inary Examination ; and the Senatus shall, if satisfied, grant a certificate to- that effect. •7 PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY. XL Each candidate shall be examined, both in writing and orally, and also clinically where the nature of the subject admits, in the following divisions, viz. : — First, in Botany, Zoology, Physics, and Chemistry ; Second, in Anatomy, Physiology and Materia Medica and Therapeutics; Third, in Pathology, and Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health ; Fourth, in Surgery and Clinical Surgery, Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine, and Midwifery. In subjects which admit of practical instruction, the examination shall be such as to test the practical acquirements of the candidate. Provided always that if a candidate have obtained in a University of the United Kingdom, or other University specially recognised for the purpose by the University Court, a Degree in Science or in Arts, granted in either case after a course of study and an examination in Botany, Zoology, Physics, and Chemistry, he shall be held to have passed his examinations in the said subjects. XII. Candidates who profess themselves ready to submit to an examina- tion in the subjects comprised in the first division, viz., Botany, Zoology, Physics, and Chemistry, may be admitted to examination in all or any two of these subjects at any examination held after they have attended a full course in each of the subjects professed. XIII. Candidates who have passed their examinations in the subjects comprised in the first division may be admitted to examination in the second division at the end of the third winter session. Provided that candidates who so desire may postpone their examination in Materia Medica and Therapeutics until the close of the summer session following. XIV. Candidates who have passed their examinations in the subjects comprised in the first and second divisions may be admitted to examination in the third division at the end of the fourth winter session. Provided that candidates who so desire may postpone their examination in Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health until the close of the summer session following. XV. Candidates who have passed their examinations in the subjects comprised in the first, second, and third divisions may be admitted to examin- ation in the fourth or final division, when they have completed the fifth year of study. XVI. If any candidate at these examinations be found unqualified in one or more subjects he shall not again be admitted to examination unless he has pursued his medical studies for such time, and subject to such con- ditions, as the Faculty of Medicine may prescribe. XVII. If any candidate at these examinations be found to have passed in one or more subjects with sufficient merit, he shall not be liable to re- •examination in such subject or subjects, although he may have be^n t found unqualified in a subject or subjects comprised in the same division as hereinbefore specified, XVIII: Every candidate must deliver, on or before such day as the Senatus may from time to time determine, to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, a declaration, in his own handwriting, that he has completed his twenty-first year, or that he will have completed it on or before the day of graduation,, and that he will not be, on the day of graduation, under articles ,of apprenticeship to. any surgeon or other master. XIX. After the candidate has satisfied the Examiners, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine shall lay the proceedings before the Senatus, by whose authority the candidate shall be admitted, on such day as the Senatus may from time to time appoint, to the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, On payment of the required fees. XX. Candidates for graduation shall produce evidence of their having conformed to the Regulations which were in force at the time they com- iinenced their Medical Studies, except in so far as . is provided in Section XXV. hereof. PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE. XXI. 1. Subject to the conditions hereinafter specified, the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall be conferred on any candidate who has obtained the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the University of Glasgow, and is of the age of twenty-four years or upwards, and has produced a certificate of having been engaged subsequently to having received the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for at least one year in attendance in the Medical Wards of an Hospital, or in scientific work bearing directly on his profession, such as. is conducted in the Research Laboratories of the University, or in the Military or Naval Medical Services, or for at least two years in Practice other than Practice restricted to Surgery. 2. Each candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall be required to pass an examination in Clinical Medicine and in such of its special departments as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, by Regulations framed from time to time shall determine ; and he may present himself for examination in Clinical Medicine at any period of examination subsequent to one year after he has received the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. 3. Each candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall submit for the approval of the Faculty of Medicine a Thesis on any branch of knowledge comprised in the second, third, or fourth examinations for the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, which he may have made a subject of study after having received:tha.se^Degrees, excepting subjects which -are exclusively Surgical ; and the Thesis, accompanied by a declara- tion signed by the candidate, that the work has been done and the Thesis composed by himself, shall be lodged with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine on or before a date to be fixed by the Senatus. 4. A Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, who produces to the Senatus satisfactory evidence of his intention of entering within twelve months after obtaining such degrees on the practice of his profession in a British Possession or Colony, or in a foreign Country, may, under Regulations to be framed by the Senatus, be admitted to the examination in Clinical Medicine at any period of examination after he has received such Degrees ; but the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall not be conferred on him unless he shall produce a certificate that, subsequently to having received the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, he has been engaged for at least one year in attend- ance in the Medical Wards of an Hospital, or in scientific work bearing directly on his profession, such as is conducted in the Research Laboratories of the University, or in the Naval or Military Medical Services, or for at least two years in Practice which has not been exclusively surgical, and unless his Thesis in the judgment of the Faculty of Medicine is of exceptional merit. PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION FOR DEGEEE OF MASTER OF SURGERY. XXII. 1. Subject to the conditions hereinafter specified the Degree of Master of Surgery shall be conferred on any candidate who has obtained the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the University of Glasgow, and is of the age of twenty-four years or upwards, and has produced a certificate of having been engaged, subsequently to his having received the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, for at least one year in attendance in the Surgical Wards of an Hospital, or in scientific work bearing directly on his pro- fession, such as is conducted in the Research Laboratories of the University, or in the Military or Naval Medical Services, or for at least two years in practice other than practice restricted to Medicine. 2. Each candidate for the Degree of Master of Surgery shall be required to pass an examination in the following subjects : — Surgical Anatomy, Operations upon the dead body, and Clinical Surgery, and in such of the special departments of Clinical Surgery as the Senatus, with the approval of the University Court, by Regulations framed from time to time, may determine ; and he may present himself for examination in these subjects at any period of examination subsequent to one year after he has received the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. 10 3. Each candidate for the Degree of Master of Surgery shall submit, for the approval of the Faculty of Medicine, a Thesis on any branch of knowledge comprised in the second, third, or fourth Examinations for the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, which he may have made a subject of study after having received those Degrees, excepting subjects that are exclusively medical ; and the Thesis, accompanied by a declaration signed by the candidate that the work has been done and the Thesis composed by himself, shall be lodged with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine on or before a date to be fixed by the Senatus 4. A Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery who produces to the Senatus satisfactory evidence of his intention of entering, within twelve months after obtaining such Degrees, on the practice of his profession in a British Possession or Colony, or in a foreign Country, may, under Regulations to be framed by the Senatus, be admitted to examination in the subjects specified in Sub-section 2 of this Section, at any period of examination after he has received such Degrees ; but the Degree of Master of Surgery shall not be conferred on him unless he shall produce a certificate that, subsequently to having received the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, he has been engaged for at least one year in attendance in the Surgical Wards of an Hospital, or in scientific work bearing directly on his pro- fession, such as is conducted in the Research Laboratories of the University, or in the Naval or Military Medical Services, or for at least two years in Practice which has not been exclusively medical, and unless his Thesis in the judgment of the Faculty of Medicine is of exceptional merit. FEES. XXIII. The fee to be paid for the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery shall be twenty-two guineas, and the proportion of this sum to be paid by a candidate at each division of the examination shall be regulated from time to time by the University Court. The fee to be paid for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall be ten guineas, exclusive of any stamp duty which for the time may be exigible. The fee to be paid for the Degree of Master of Surgery shall be ten guineas. EXAMINERS. XXIV. The Examiners for graduation in Medicine in the University of Glasgow shall be the Professors in that University, together with such Lecturers in the University and such additional Examiners, to be appointed by the University Court, as the University Court shall deem necessary. Provided that the Court shall make such provisions as will ensure that every candidate shall be examined in each subject by at least two examiners, of whom one shall not be a Professor or Lecturer in the University. The examinations shall be conducted under regulations framed by the Senatus subject to the approval of the University Court. 11 DATE OF COMING INTO EFFECT. XXV. Every student who began his Medical Studies before the date when this Ordinance shall come into operation shall be entitled to graduate under the system in force before or after that date, according as he shall •comply with the Regulations in force in the University before or after that date. XXVI. The provisions of this Ordinance shall come into operation at the beginning of the Winter or Summer Session next after the approval thereof by Her Majesty in Council. In witness whereof these presents are sealed with the seal of the Commission. A. S. KINNEAR, Chairman. <* 03 O m O . o * of a Member of the London or Dublin Society of Apothecarie W'-fe must have acted as Clerk in the Medical and Dresser in the SuA B i.