1904 Sen, Hiranmayi MEDALLISTS. Bethune College. Private Student. BANKIMBIHARI SEN MEDAL. Babu Preonath Mallik presented two Government Promissory notes for Rs. 2,500 for the annual award of a medal on the following conditions : 1. That a gold medal be annually awarded to the successful candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts who obtains the highest marks in Mathematics. 2. That the Medal be called "the Bankim Behary Sen Medal" in memory of the donor's grandson, Babu Bankim Behary Sen, who was an undergraduate of the Calcutta University and who was cut off in the prime of life while a student of the Presidency College. 3. That the Medal shall bear the words 66 awarded to the University arms on the other. 4. Bankim Behary Sen Medal on one side, and That the Medal be presented publicly every year at the annual Convocation for conferring degrees. 5. That the names of the medallists be printed in the Gazette and in the University Calendar. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate. 1905 Basu, Krishnabihari 1906 Bagchi, Bireswar MEDALLISTS. Presidency College. DUKE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. In August, 1904, the Honorary Secretary to the Duke Memorial Fund made over to the University the sum of Rs. 4,003-12 for the purpose of creating an Endowment for the award of a Scholarship on the following conditions:— (i) That a Scholarship of Rs. 5 per month, tenable for two years, be awarded to the student who, being a bond fide resident of Howrah and having successfully passed the Entrance Examination with the highest marks in Mathematics from any school in the District of Howrah, joins the Mechanical Apprentice Department of the Civil Engineering College, Sibpur. (ii) That the Scholarship be called the "Duke Scholarship" to perpetuate the memory of Mr. F. W. Duke, I.C.S., lately Magistrate of Howrah. (iii) That the names of the scholars be published in the University Calendar. PREONATH DUTT LEGACY. In August, 1904, the Solicitor to the Government of India forwarded a cheque on the Bank of Bengal for Rs. 13,017-10-1, being the one-fourth share of the residuary estate of the late Babu Preonath Dutt bequeathed by him to the University. The Senate at their meeting held on the 17th February, 1906, adopted the following scheme submitted by the Committee appointed by them at their meeting of 15th April, 1905 : There shall be two scholarships, one for a successful female candidate at the Intermediate Examination in Arts or Science, and another at the Matriculation Examination, the amount being Rs. 10 for the former and Rs. 8 for the latter. The scholarships shall be tenable for two years on the condition that the scholar prosecutes a course of study for the next higher Examination. The Scholarship should be awarded to the best among the successful candidates who does not get a Government scholarship, who is a native of Bengal, and whose circumstances are such as render help desirable. The last fact shall be certified by two Members of the Senate. The Syndicate shall have power to alter the amounts of the scholarships according to the funds which are available. RAI RADHIKAPRASANNA MUKERJEE, BAHADUR, C.I.E., In September, 1904, the Honorary Secretary to the Rai Radhikaprasanna Mukerjee, Bahadur, C.I.E., Memorial Fund, offered to make over to the University 3 per cent. Government Promissory Notes of the nominal value of Rs. 1,402, for the annual award of a gold medal and a prize from the interest thereof on the following conditions : 1. That the medal be called the "Rai Bahadur Radhikaprasanna Mukerjee, C.I.E., gold medal." 2. That the medal be awarded annually to the candidate from any school in the Presidency Division outside Calcutta who passes the Entrance Examination and gains the highest number of marks in English. 3. That the value of the medal be Rs. 40, and that it be awarded for the first time on the result of the Examination to be held in 1906. 4. That a list of winners of the medal be published in the University Calendar for successive years in the usual way. 5. That a prize in books, up to the value of Rs. 9, be annually awarded to the student gaining the highest marks in Sanitary Science at the First Arts Examination from the year 1906. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate 1906 {Senmunsi, Sureswar Basu, Satyendrakumar MEDALLISTS. Senhati H.E. School. .. Krishnagar Collegiate School. INGLIS MEMORIAL MEDAL AND PRIZE. In November 4th, 1905, the President of the Inglis Memorial Fund Committee made over to the University Government Promissory Notes for Rs. 1,500, for the purpose of creating an endowment to perpetuate the memory of Mr. Thomas Inglis, late Commissioner of the Burdwan Division, on the following conditions :-- 1. That out of the interest of the amount a silver medal and a prize of books be annually awarded. 2. That the medal be called the "Thomas Inglis Medal " and the prize 3. That the value of the medal be fixed at Rs. 25, and that it be awarded to the Indian candidate from any school in the Burdwan Division who passes the Entrance Examination and gains the highest number of marks in English. 4. That the value of the prize be fixed at Rs. 27-8, and that it be awarded to the best Indian lady student who passes the Entrance Examination and gains the highest number of marks in English. 5. That the list of winners of the medal and the prize be published in the University Calendar for successive years. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate. MAHARAJA OF DURBHANGA SCHOLARSHIP FUND. On the 29th of August, 1906, the Honorary Secretary to the Maharaja of Durbhanga Memorial Fund made over to the University a sum of Rs. 9,279-12-2 for the purpose of creating an endowment for the annual award of a Scholarship to be called the Maharaja of Durbhanga Scholarship " for the furtherance of medical studies. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at their meeting held on the 15th September, 1906. GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS TENABLE IN ENGLAND BY NATIVES OF INDIA.* 1. Six Scholarships, the cost of which is defrayed by the Government of India, are established, tenable in England by persons who are natives of India within the meaning of Section 6 of the Statute, 33 Vic., Cap. 3. The Scholarships are placed at the disposal of the Universties of Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and the Panjab in rotation,† one Scholarship being given August, 1886, and No. 3 38-49 dated the 30th January, 1885. See Minutes, 1885-86, p. 210; 1886-87, p. 119; and 1887-88, p. 316. † Under Resolution, dated 17th October, 1888, consequent upon the establishment of the Allahabad University, the Government of India have decided "that with effect from the year 1889, each of the Universities concerned shall participate in the Scholarships in the following sequence : to each of the first two Universities during one year, and one Scholarship to each of the last two during next year. 2. Each Scholarship entitles the holder to an allowance not exceeding £200 per annum, payable from date of his arrival in England, and is tenable for three years. 3. Each scholar is provided with a free passage to and from England. 4. If any scholar, not being disabled by sickness, fails to complete a residence of three years in England, or is guilty of gross misconduct or disregard of the orders of His Majesty's Secretary of State, he will, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, forfeit his Scholarship, and will also be liable to refund the amount representing the cost of his free passage to England. 5. Scholars will be expected to reach England before the opening of the October term at the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, to one of which Universities they will be required to proceed. 1. RULES FOR ELECTION TO THE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS. Candidates for the Government Scholarships must be natives of India within the meaning of Section 6 of the Statute, 33 Vic., Cap. 3. 2. The selection of the scholars shall take place not later than the month of June in the year in which a Scholarship is placed at the disposal of this University. 3. The candidates for the Scholarship shall be only such Graduates of the University as have passed the examination for the degree of M.A., or the examination for the degree of B.A., or B.Sc. with Honours, and must in all cases be under 22 years of age on the 31st March, in the year in which the selection is made by the University. 4. Candidates for the examinations mentioned in the preceding rule who are desirous of competing for the Government Scholarship at the disposal of this University either in the year of their examination, or in the three following years, shall intimate the fact to the Registrar at the time they make their applications for these examinations, and shall state whether they have the consent of their families to proceed to England in order to complete a University education there. 5. It shall be the duty of the Boards of Examiners in submitting the results of the examinations mentioned in Rule 3, to state which of the candidates are in their opinion fit and proper persons to be selected for the Government Scholarship. 6. Candidates for the Scholarship who have been nominated by the Boards of Examiners under the preceding rule, shall in the month of May in the year in which it is to be awarded, be called upon to submit to the Registrar certificates of (a) their good conduct, from persons of respectability and position with whom they may be acquainted; (b) their knowledge of the English language, from one or more of the Professors of the College in which they have been educated, and (c) their physical capacity to undergo the course of life and study which they will have to follow in England, signed or countersigned by a Presidency or Civil Surgeon. 7. In the year in which the selection is to take place, the names of those candidates recommended by the Boards of Examiners for the year and for the three preceding years shall be laid before a Committee of the Syndicate consisting of not more than three members, who shall have power to call for reports from the Principals and Professors of the Colleges in which the graduates were educated, and to make such other enquiries as they think fit, and who shall recommend to the Vice-Chancellor one of the candidates RULES FOR INDIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARS IN ENGLAND. (As amended by the Secretary of State in Council, 11th July, 1893.) 1. Every scholar shall, on reaching England, at once present himself at the India Office and report his arrival in writing. 2. Every scholar shall, without any unnecessary delay, inform the Secretary of State to which University he intends to proceed, and shall at once take steps to enter himself at the College he has selected. 3. Every scholar shall, within four weeks of reaching England, submit for the approval of the Secretary of State, a statement showing the general course of study he proposes to follow; and the course approved shall not be changed without the sanction of the Secretary of State. 4. Every scholar shall, at the end of each term of residence at the University, submit to the Secretary of State a certificate from the proper College or University authority, showing that his residence, conduct and progress in study have been satisfactory during the term. 5. Every scholar shall, at all times, obey such instructions as he may receive from the Secretary of State. 6. Subject to the due compliance with the above conditions, the allowance, at the rate of £200 a year, for three years, will be paid quarterly in advance by the India Office, commencing from the date of the Scholar's reporting his arrival in England, but this allowance shall be reduced by the amount of any other sum which may become payable to him out of the revenues of India in respect of residence at a University during the same period or any part of it. 7. Every scholar will forfeit his Scholarship, who, not being disabled by illness or prevented by any other cause which the Secretary of State may consider sufficient, fails to complete a residence of three years in England, according to the terms and conditions approved by the Secretary of State under Rule 3, or who is guilty of misconduct or disregard of the orders of the Secretary of State. If a Scholarship be forfeited, the scholar will lose his claim to a free return passage to India, and will further become liable to refund the cost of his free passage to England. 8. The scholar will be under the special supervision and charge of the Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State, through whom the necessary orders will be given, and to whom all reports and other communica tions respecting them should be sent. |