97 ADHARCHANDRA MOOKERJEE PRIZE. Mr. Adharchandra Mookerjee, M.A, B.L., Member of the Senate and Emeritus Professor of History, Scottish Churches College, Calcutta, placed at the disposal of the University G. P. Notes amounting to Rs. 1,500 for the creation of an endowment for the annual award of a prize of books to the value of Rs. 50 on the following conditions : 1. That the prize be awarded to the best successful candidate at the Matriculation Examination from Sarodaprasad Institution, Chakdighi; if the school should cease to exist or if in any year there should be no successful candidate from the school, the prize is to be awarded to the best candidate at the Matriculation Examination. 2. That the prize be awarded only on the production of a certificate from the Principal of a College that he has joined his Institution for the purpose of preparing himself for the Intermediate Examinatiou. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at its meeting of the 28th November, 1918. Babu Haranchandra Banerjee, M.A., B.L., placed at the disposal of the University on behalf of himself and other executors of the will of the late Sir Gooroo Dass Banerjee, Kt., M.A., D.L., Ph.D., a Government Promissory Note of the 3 per cent. loan of 1854-55 of the face value of Rs. 1,000 on the condition that out of the interest thereof, prize books are awarded annually to the student who will secure the highest place at the M.A. or M.Sc. Examination in Vyavaharik Manovijnan (Experimental Psychology). The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at its meeting of the 11th April, 1919. Babu Durgacharan Mookerjee placed at the disposal of the University, the sum of Rs. 1,500 in 3 per cent. Government Promissory Notes to create an endowment for awarding a biennial Gold Medal to be called the " Durgamani Devi Gold Medal" on the following conditions : (1) The medal to bear the words "Durgamani Devi Gold Medal awarded. to...... on one side, and the University Arms on the other. (2) The medal to be presented publicly every alternate year at the Annual convocation for conferring Degrees, to that one of the successful candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts in Indian Vernaculars who obtains the highest number of marks. (3) The names of the medallists are to be printed in the University Calendar and published in the Gazette. The Senate accepted the offer with thanks at its meeting of the 23rd August, 1919. Rai Saheb Isanchandra Ghosh, Secretary, Pedler Memorial Committee, placed at the disposal of the University 34 per cent. G. P. Notes for Rs. 500, for the annual award of a prize or medal to the student obtaining the highest percentage of marks in Practical Chemistry at the B.Sc. Examination either in the Pass Course, or in the Honours Course, and the prize or medal is to be called the "Pedler Memorial Medal or Prize" after the late Sir Alexander Pedler, Kt., C.I.E., F.R.S. The Syndicate at its meeting of the 21st March, 1919, accepted the offer with thanks. SIDDHESWAR, SANTOMANI AND PASUPATI MEDALS. Rai B. N. Das Bahadur, M.A., B.Sc., Member of the Senate, placed at the disposal of the University 34 per cent. G. P. Notes for Rs. 2,000 for the purpose of creating an endowment on the following conditions: : 1. That three Silver Medals be annually awarded out of the proceeds of the endowment one to be called "Siddheswar Medal" in memory of the donor's father the late Babu Siddheswar Das of Chinsurah, who was a great lover of Bhagabat Geeta; the second to be called " Santomani Medal" in memory of his late mother, and the third to be called "Pasupati Medal" in memory of his brother the late Dr. Pasupatinath Das, L.M.S., who was appointed Resident Surgeon, Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, Bhowanipur, in March, 1906, and died in June of the same year of Septicemia brought on by poison imbibed while performing an operation in the Hospital. 2. That the "Siddheswar Medal" be awarded to the candidate who passes the M.A. Examination in Sanskrit with the highest credit in Paper VIII, Group D (on Bhagabat Geeta). In default of such a candidate, the medal may be awarded to the successful candidate who stands first in any of the other papers of Group D, or in any of the papers in Group E, or in the entire list. 3. That the "Santomani Medal" be awarded to the best lady graduate, of the year. 4. That the Pasupati Medal" be awarded to the successful candidate who stands first in Surgery at the Final M.B. Examination. 5. That the names of the Medallists be printed in the University Calendar. The Syndicate at its meeting of the 25th March, 1918, accepted the offer with thanks. Prof. D. B. Bhandarkar and Mahamohapadhyay Dr. Satischandra Vidyabhushan, Members of the Senate, placed at the disposal of the University through the Secretary to the Council of Post-Graduate Teaching in Arts Government Security for Rs. 1,000 representing the surplus of sums contributed by the friends and admirers of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee on the occasion of his birth day anniversary held on 1919 the income whereof is to be applied for the present in awarding a prize of books to the most deserving of the graduates undertaking the study of Indian Vernaculars in the M.A. Examination. The gift was thankfully accepted by the Senate, at its meeting of the 23rd August, 1919. Govt. Securities of the nominal value of Rs. 1,200 bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum have been added to the fund and instead of one prize, two prizes will henceforth be awarded. PRIZE-WINNER. 1919 Chaudhuri, Praphullachandra 103 KSHETRAMANI PRIZE. Mr. G. C. Rose, M.A., a Member of the Senate, made over to the University 3 per cent. G. P. Nctes for Rs. 1,500 for the purpose of creating an endowment in memory of his deceased mother Kshetramani Dasi on the following conditions 1. That out of the interest of the amount, a prize of books be annually awarded to the student of the Post-Graduate classes who passes the M.A. Examination in Bengali most creditably. 2. That the prize be called the "Kshetramani Prize." 3. That the names of the prizemen be published in the Calendar. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Senate at its meeting of the 23rd August, 1919. Mrs. Angelina Duke, Miss Hannah Guha, B.L., and Miss Kitty Guha, B.A., offered to place at the disposal of the University Rs. 1,000 in cash for the purpose of creating an endowment in memory of their deceased sister Miss Regina Guha, M.A., B.L., sometime a Tutor in English in the Post-Graduate Department of the University, on the following conditions :- 1. That a Gold Medal, to the called "Regina Guha Medal be annually awarded to the candidate at the M.A. Examination whose thesis, according to the new Regulations, in English in lieu of Examination in two Papers, will be declared best and who successfully passes the Examination the same year. 2. That if in any year no candidate evinces sufficient merit to be entitled to the Medal, it be awarded to the successful candidate at the M.A. Examination who secures the highest mark in the Essay Paper. 3. That the Medal shall bear the University Coat of Arms on one side and the words "Regina Guha Medal awarded to.... on the other and be presented publicly at the Annual Convocation of the Senate and the names of the Medallists to be published in the Gazette and in the University Calendar. 4. That the first "Regina Guha Medal " be awarded on the result of the M.A. Examination of 1919. The Senate has thankfully accepted the offer. MEDALLISTS. 1919 Mukhopadhyay, Ramaprasad 1920 Gangopadhyay, Narendralal Phirorze E. Dustoor 1921 University Student (Presy. College) University Student (Presy. College) 105 BANKUBEHARI GUPTA PRIZE. The Rev. Canon A. N. Banerji and Mr. N. C. Banerji, Executors, Estate Amelia Gupta, forwarded to the University a cheque for Rs. 2,000 together with the following extract from the will: "I give to the University of Calcutta the sum of Rs. 2,000 to be invested by them in Government or other approved securities and to apply the income thereof in paying and maintaining a prize of Medical books to be called 'Bankubehari Gupta Prize' to be awarded publicly every year to the successful student in the Second M.B. Examination of the said University, who secures the highest number of marks in Pathology, and I desire that the names of the prizemen should be published in the University Calendar." The gift was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at its meeting of the 29th August, 1919 and the money has been invested in 5 per cent. G. P. Notes (New Loan) for Rs. 2,100, BANKO BEHARY BANERJEE MEDAL. In November, 1914, Mr. Sachiswar Banerjee made over to the University Government Promissory Notes worth Rs. 3,000 bearing interest at 3 per cent. for the purpose of creating an endowment in memory of his deceased father Mr. Banko Behary Banerjee on the following conditions: (1) That out of the said Government Promissory Notes a Gold Medal be annually awarded to the successful candidate in the M.A. Examination in Political Economy scoring the highest number of marks in "Banking and Currency" as his special subject. (2) That on one side of the medal be inscribed the armorial design of the University and on the other side, the name of the recipient together with the inscription "awarded in memory of Banko Behary Banerjee, Resident Zemin. dar, Altapole, Jessore." (3) That the names of the medallists be published in the University Calendar and the Calcutta Gazette. (4) That the whole of the interest accruing from the amount be devoted to the finish and make of the medal and not spent otherwise. 1919 (5) That the medal be called the " Banko Behary Banerjee Medal." The Senate has thankfully accepted the offer. MEDALLISTS. Bandyopadhyay, Nripendrabihari... University Student 1920 Daw, Matilal University Student (Presy. College) |