This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...physical fitness is a most important factor. It is quite a general custom for candidates to 'go down' for a week's rest before undergoing the ordeal of 'Exam, week'. Informal examinations--' collections'--are held in most Colleges at the beginning of each Term by College tutors and lecturers to test the progress their ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...physical fitness is a most important factor. It is quite a general custom for candidates to 'go down' for a week's rest before undergoing the ordeal of 'Exam, week'. Informal examinations--' collections'--are held in most Colleges at the beginning of each Term by College tutors and lecturers to test the progress their students have made during Term-time, as well as the reading they have done or ought to have done during the Vacation. These examinations, however, in no way directly affect the student's final grade. Everything depends on the result of the University examinations. Rigid as the examination system appears to be, it is yet very elastic. Not only has the candidate to choose one of the many avenues leading to a degree--no one has yet succeeded in calculating the total number of permutations and combinations which can be made to lead to a degree at Oxford--but he has abundant opportunity for election from a wide range of subjects required for the particular 'School' chosen. Moreover, all work for the B.A. degree--lectures, tuition, and examinations--is sharply divided into 'Pass' and 'Honour' work, and the course of study pursued will naturally depend on the student's own choice. All candidates for an Oxford B.A. degree, apart from satisfying the residence requirements of three years or more, are obliged to pass certain University examinations, viz. (1) Responsions, (2) an Intermediate Examination, as a part of which is generally taken the examination in Holy Scripture; and (3) a Final Examination. The University accepts as an equivalent for Responsions the qualifying examination which every American candidate for a Ehodes Scholarship is required to pass. There remain for the Rhodes Scholar, therefore, only the Intermediate (including Holy Scripture...
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