JUNIOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION. REGULATIONS. I. Every candidate shall be required to satisfy the Public Examinations Board in at least five of the following subjects, but there is no limit to the number of subjects for which a candidate may sit :— II. The examination shall begin on or about the last Monday in November. III. Candidates who fail to pass in five subjects shall be credited with any subjects in which they do pass, and when they have completed the five subjects shall receive certificates showing the subjects in which they have passed, and the dates, but candidates may again present themselves in any subject in which they have already passed. IV. Candidates who have already obtained certificates may have other subjects added to their certificates by passing them at later examinations. V. The following fees shall be paid by each candidate on entering his name for the examination : For candidates who have not previously presented themselves Subsequent entries : ... For each separate subject Or, For the whole examination £1 0 0 050 1 00 In no case will the fee be returned, but if, not less than seven days before the examination, a candidate shall notify to the Secretary to the Board his intention to withdraw, the fee shall stand to his credit for a future examination. VI. Candidates must, on or before the 20th October, give notice of their intention to present themselves for examination, and such notice must be given on a printed form which may be obtained from the Registrar or, in the case of Local Centres, from the Local Secretary. VII. Candidates who fail to give notice by the prescribed date may be permitted by the Board to present themselves on payment of an extra fee of 5s. VIII. (a) A list of successful candidates, arranged, in alphabetical order, showing the subjects in which the candidate passed, and the last place of education from which each candidate comes, will be posted at the University and published in the report on public examinations. (b) Lists of candidates, who have distinguished themselves in the several subjects will also be published. (c) Three prizes of the value of £10, £5, and £3 respectively will be annually awarded to the most distinguished candidates in the whole examination, who shall be under sixteen years of age on the 1st of December in the year in which the examination is held, and the names of other candidates who have distinguished themselves in the whole examination will be published in order of merit.. The award of the prizes and the position on the honour list will be determined by the aggregate of marks in not more than six subjects. The scale of marks assigned to each subject shall be published in the schedule of details. IX. Schedules defining as far as may be necessary the range of the questions to be set shall be published not less than twelve months before the date of the examination to which they are intended to apply. SYLLABUS FOR THE EXAMINATION TO BE HELD IN 1. ENGLISH LITERATURE, NOVEMBER, 1904. (a) In the world of books (Arnold. 1s. 6d. ); with repetition of the extracts from Shelley, Byron, and Robert Browning. (b) Questions will be asked on grammar and prosody in relation to the prescribed books. 2. ENGLISH HISTORY. Gardiner, S. R. Outline of English history, B.C. 55-A.D. 1895. (Longmans. 2s. 6d.). 3. GEOGRAPHY. General knowledge of the geography of the world. More detailed knowledge of the British Empire. Sketch-maps may be required of any part of the British Empire. Books suggested: Longman's Shilling geography. Parkin, G. R. Round the Empire. (Cassell and Co.. 1s. 6d.). 4. GREEK. (a) Grammar. Goodwin's School Greek grammar; new and revised ed. (Macmillan. 3s. 6d.) is recommended. (b) Easy prose composition. Simple sentences to test knowledge of accidence and the more common principles of syntax. (e) Easy translation from Greek into English. 5. LATIN. (a) Grammar. Postgate's New Latin primer (Cassell. 2s. 6d.) is recommended. (6) Easy prose composition. Simple sentences to test knowledge of accidence and the more common principles of syntax. (c) Easy translation from Latin into English 6. FRENCH. (a) Grammar. (b) Easy prose composition. Simple sentences to test knowledge of accidence and the more common principles of syntax. (c) Easy translation from French into English. 7. GERMAN. (a) Grammar. (b) Easy prose composition. Simple sentences to test knowledge of accidence and the more common principles of syntax. (c) Easy translation from German inco English. 3. ARITHMETIC.* As for the Primary Examination and, in addition, interest and discount, percentages, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, unitary method, square root, stocks and shares, metric system and approximations, areas of parallelograms triangles and circles, volumes of prisms and pyramids. 9. ALGEBRA.* As for the Primary Examination and, in addition, fractions, factors, 10. GEOMETRY.* The substance of Euclid, Bks. I, and III 1–32. The examination papers in mathematics will be set in general accordance with the recommendations contained in Teaching of elementary mathematics : report of the Committee appointed by the Mathematical Association. (Bell and Sons. 6d. net.) 11. PHYSICS. Questions will be set requiring a knowledge of the elementary principles of mechanics, hydraulics, and heat; and of simple illustrative experiments such as are contained in Rintoul's Introduction to practical physics. (Macmillan. 2s. 6d.). 12. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. The elementary chemistry of the acid-forming elements, based upon Remsen's Elements of chemistry: a text-book for beginners, 2nd ed., pp. 1-165. (Macmillan. 2s. 6d.). 13. PHYSIOLOGY. 14. BOTANY. 15. Text-book recommended : DRAWING. Foster and Shore. Physiology for beginners. (Macmillan. 2s. 6d.). Candidates will be required to show a practical acquaintance with the position. appearance, and general structure of the principal organs of the vertebrate body. The questions will be confined to the general structure of the flowering plant, with especial reference to the following illustrative plants: Buttercup, abutilon, wallflower, pelargonium, primrose, sunflower, lily, snapdragon, jonquil, an orchid, pea, eucalyptus, wheat. (a) First Grade Model, and (b) Intermediate Geometry. For the present the University will not examine in these subjects, but will accept the certificates of the Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia. SCALE OF MARKS FOR CREDIT LIST AND FOR PRIZES. SENIOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION. REGULATIONS. I. Every candidate shall be required to satisfy the Public Examinations Board in at least five of the following subjects: II. (a) The examination shall begin on or about the last Monday in November. (b) A special examination will be held in March, at which those only who are undergraduates or who intend to become students in Law or Medicine shall be allowed to present themselves. Candidates must enter their names for this examination at least one month previously. III. Candidates who fail to pass in five subjects shall be credited with any subjects in which they do pass, and when they have com pleted the five subjects shall receive certificates showing the subjects in which they have passed, and the dates, but candidates may again present themselves in any subject in which they have already passed. IV. Candidates who have already obtained certificates may have other subjects added to their certificates by passing them at later examinations. V. The following fees shall be paid by each candidate on entering his name for the examination : For candidates who have not previously presented themselves £1 10 0 Subsequent entries: For each separate subject ... 0 10 0 1 10 0 In no case will the fee be returned; but if, not less than seven days before the examination, a candidate shall notify to the Secretary to the Board his intention to withdraw, the fee shall stand to his credit for a future examination. |