V. The following "Rules for the examination of candidates for insertion in the list directed to be annually furnished to Government, by the Notification of the Governor General, dated 10th October 1844," are re-published for general information. 1. No one shall be allowed to become a candidate for insertion in the annual returns, who is less than 18 or more than 20 years of age, and who is not at the time a student either of a Government College or of a private Institution recognized by the Council of Education. All competitors must likewise produce satisfactory proofs of good moral character. 2. Every candidate, whether he belong to a Government College or a private Institution, shall be required to undergo the usual annual examination for Senior English Scholarships, a Latin Essay being substituted for translations, at the option of each candidate. 3. There shall be two classes of merit : the first shall comprehend all who are in the last year of a Senior Scholarship, or who, though not actually in the last year, would be so, if there had been a vacant scholarship at the time when they first_became eligible for one; or have been engaged for ten years in the study of English at a private institution, and who obtain at least threefourths of the number of marks allowed in each subject. The second class shall include all other candidates, who obtain at least half of the number of marks allowed for complete answers in each subject contained in the Senior English Scholarship standard. 4. The place of each successful competitor in his class shall be determined by the relative merit of his examination. 5. Every candidate for insertion in the Council's list shall pay a registration fee of Co.'s Rs. 5, prior to being allowed to compete at the examination. 6. A student who shall fail to prove himself qualified for insertion in the Council's list, shall not be permitted to present himself for examination more than three times, pre-paying on each occasion the usual registration fee. 7. A candidate whose name shall once have appeared in the return, shall not be allowed to compete again with a view to obtain a higher class. 8. All candidates, whether from Government or private institutions, must distinctly understand, that insertion in the returns will by no means be a sure passport to employment, since the preference must depend upon other qualifications, as well as upon literary and scientific acquirements and good moral conduct. 9. The following is the system of examination adopted: Sets of questions in the various branches of study will be prepared under the direction of the Council of Education, who will likewise fix, within a reasonable time beforehand, the days on which the examinations shall be held. The students shall be assembled in a room without books, papers, or references of any kind. They shall not be allowed to communicate with each other during the examination, and on that account shall be placed at a proper distance from each other. They will be required to answer the questions and to write the Essays without any assistance whatever, and to ensure this, one of the Members of the Council of Education will remain in the room and superintend the whole examination. Any attempt at, or practice of, unfair means, shall subject the offender to exclusion from the examination, as well as from the returns of the Council, and will be deemed to render him ineligible for Government employment. The Examiners will fix an uniform standard of value for each question according to its importance; a perfectly correct and complete answer will obtain the full number of marks attached to the question, an imperfect answer will obtain a part only of the full number, in proportion to approximation to correctness and completeness. At least 50 per cent. of the aggregate number of marks attached to an entire set of examination questions, will be necessary to entile a student to a Senior Scholarship. VI. The scholarship questions with the most distinguished answers in English Literature, History, and the best Essays, will be published for general information and distribution, as soon as practicable after the receipt of the reports. Very distinguished answers from out-candidates will also be published. With a view to facilitate the classification and examination of answers in each subject, all candidates are directed to write their answers on one side of the paper only, and to answer no more than one question on any piece of paper. Performances not executed in conformity with the above rule will not be examined. (By order of the Hon'ble the President and Council of Education.) COUNCIL OF EDUCATION, } January 31, 1854. FRED. J. MOUAT, M. D., Secretary. SCHOLARSHIP QUESTIONS. SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS, 1854. Literature Proper. Saturday, April 1st-Morning Paper. SHAKSPEARE:-THE TEMPEST. 1. With what other Play of Shakspeare has the Tempest been compared ? State very briefly the points of similarity. 2. Explain accurately the meaning of the following passages; and state what other readings have been proposed : (a) Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep (b) And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep; Which spongy April at thy hest betrims, To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom groves Being lass lorn. And for the rest o' the fleet Which I dispers'd, they all have met again And are upon the Mediterranean flote (c) I forget But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labours 3. What are the "Dramatic Unities" laid down by Aristotle? Show clearly how far they were attended to by Shakspeare B in composing the Tempest. Mention instances of other plays, in which he openly rejected them. 4. Explain etymologically the following words :—corollary ; to trash; a stale; impediment; to canker; teen; patch; to deck; ditty; welkin; sincere. 5. Paraphrase the following passages, and explain the full force of the words printed in italics : (d) As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd (e) With raven's feather from unwholesome fen Have given you here a thread of Or that for which I live. I my own life (f) Seb.-But, for your conscience, Ant.-Ay Sir; where lies that; if 'twere a kybe, And melt, ere they molest. 6. True beauty dwells in deep retreats, Whose veil is unremoved, Till heart with heart in concord beats, And the lover is beloved. Apply these lines of Wordsworth to a brief discussion of the character of Miranda. 7. Our revels now are ended; these our actors As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, (g) Paraphrase very carefully this passage. (h) What objections have been to the word "rack"? Quote a sentence in which Bacon uses the word in the like sense. (i) Explain shortly the full force of the sentence printed in italics. 8. Thy dukedom I resign; and do entreat Thou pardon my wrongs. What is here the force of "do"? In what mood is "entreat”? -and how from analogy do you prove the truth of your assertion? 9. Pros.-Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves; Render this accurately in plain prose. What is the popular belief with reference to the "fairy-ringlets" here alluded to? For 'green sour,' many Editors have read 'green-sour,' and the manuscript correction in Mr. Collier's folio is 'greensward.' State which reading you prefer, and give clearly the reasons which influence your choice. DRYDEN: ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL. 10. A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Was chymist, fiddler, statesman and buffoon. Who is here alluded to? State very shortly the leading features of his career. Quote Pope's lines on his death. Why was Dryden especially bitter against him? 11. Who was Titus Oates, and under what name does Dryden. introduce him? |