PRIZES IN ORIENTAL LANGUAGES. HEBREW, CHALDEE, AND SYRIAC PRIZES. PRIZES to Graduates for the encouragement of the study of Hebrew were first instituted by a decree of the Board, dated February 22, 1794, and a fund set apart for the purpose. In the year 1800, this fund was considerably augmented by the munificence of Primate Newcombe, and the grant was continued by his successors in the See of Armagh, until the year 1871, when it was withdrawn, in consequence of the disendowment of the Church of Ireland. In the year 1874, it was decreed by the Board that a sum not exceeding £40 should be given annually for Prizes in Hebrew, Chaldee, and Syriac. All Students are now permitted to attend Hebrew Lectures, and the Professor is authorized to give a Certificate for one year's attendance. An Annual Examination is appointed to be held, at the end of each year, in Trinity Term, and Hebrew Premiums are awarded to the best answerers at this Examination, provided they have attended the three antecedent Terms of Lectures. For the subjects and regulations of this Examination, see "Divinity School," § v. PRIZES IN ARABIC, PERSIAN, AND HINDUSTANI. IN Michaelmas Term, 1856, the Provost and Senior Fellows founded an annual Prize of £10 for proficiency in Arabic. An Examination is held annually in Trinity Term, of Students wishing to compete for the above Prize. No Student is admitted to this Examination unless he has studied under the Professor of Arabic for at least three Terms. In 1872 an annual Prize of £5 was founded, to be given, under similar conditions, for proficiency in Hindustani or Persian. In 1908 the Board agreed to give both an annual Prize of £5 in Hindustani, and another of equal value in Persian, subject to similar conditions. The Prizes are not to be awarded unless sufficient merit is shown. PRIZE IN SANSKRIT. In Michaelmas Term, 1856, the Provost and Senior Fellows founded an annual Prize of £5, which they increased in 1885 to £10, to be given for proficiency in Sanskrit, under conditions similar to those which hold good in reference to the Prize in Arabic. PRIZES IN LANGUAGES. PRIZES IN IRISH. FOR the encouragement of the study of the Irish Language, in 1842 the Board resolved to place annually the sum of £20 at the disposal of the Professor of Irish, to be given in Premiums to such Students as shall distinguish themselves in the Irish Language. The Examination is held in Trinity Term, on a day arranged at the end of the preceding Hilary Term, after due notice has been received. The following Courses have been appointed : Junior Class 1. Elements of Irish Grammar. 2. Irish Composition. 3. Irish Texts, for translation into English: Mac-Ghniomhartha Fhinn and Tir na n-Og. Middie Class 1. Irish Grammar. Irish Composition. Irish Text, for translation into English: Tóruigheacht Dhiarmuda agus Ghráinne (Parts 1. and II., Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language). Senior Class 1. A thorough knowledge of Irish Grammar. 3. Irish Texts, for translation into English : Oidhe Cloinne Uisnigh. Oidhe Cloinne Tuirinn. FERGUSON MEMORIAL PRIZE. On the 31st of May, 1907, a sum of £240, raised by public subscription, was made over to the Board of Trinity College, for the purpose of founding a Prize in Celtic Literature, as a memorial of Sir Samuel and Lady Ferguson. The sum received was invested in Bank of Ireland Stock, in the name of the Provost, Fellows, and Scholars, and of the Librarian of Trinity College, and produces annually about £7 10s. The Board of Trinity College have adopted the following regulations: 1. The Prize shall be known as the Ferguson Memorial Prize. 2. It shall be awarded for the best Edition of a text in Old or Middle Irish, hitherto unpublished, and relating to any part of the history or literature of Ireland prior to the year 1200 A.D. The Edition shall include a translation, textual criticism, explanatory commentary, and a glossary, and shall be completely prepared as if for publication. The Prize shall not be awarded unless the text selected be deemed by the Examiner to be of adequate length and interest, and unless a sufficient standard of merit be attained. 3. The Prize shall be open to all undergraduates and to graduates under the standing of M.A. It shall be offered for competition every third year beginning with the year 1910, and the exercises submitted must be sent to the Senior Lecturer not later than March 17. If on any occasion the Prize is not awarded, the interest of the Fund shall be added to the capital. 4. The value of the Prize shall be £20. The fees of the Examiners shall be paid out of the Fund. Any unexpended balance of interest shall be added to the capital. PRIZES IN ITALIAN AND SPANISH. EXAMINATIONS for Prizes in Italian, and for Prizes in Spanish, were instituted in 1875, and are held annually, usually in Trinity Term, when a First and a Second Prize in Italian, and a First and a Second Prize in Spanish, are awarded, if sufficient merit be shown. The Prizes are £4 and £2 respectively, in books, and are open for competition to all Undergraduates, but can be obtained only once by any Candidate. Candidates are required to give one week's previous notice to the Senior Lecturer, stating the Language or Languages in which they desire to compete. The following Courses have been appointed :— The Italian Poets (Blackie). The Italian Prose- Writers (Blackie). Goldoni: Un Curioso Accidente; Il Vero Amico. SPANISH. Calderon La vida es sueño, Il magico prodigioso. Cervantes: Don Quijote, Part I. F. Caballero: La Gaviota. Antologia de los mejores Poetas Castellanos (Nelson). Moratín El Sí de las Niñas (Ginn). PRIZES IN OLD FRENCH AND PROVENCAL. IN Trinity Term, 1908, the Board agreed to institute an annual Prize of £5 in Old French and Provençal, to be awarded on the result of an Annual Examination held in Trinity Term, and open to all Students up to Trinity Term after Degree. The Examiner may, at his discretion, divide the £5 into £3 and £2. The following Course has been appointed : I. Oulmont: La Poésie Française du Moyen-Age (Mercure de Le Mystère d'Adam (Studer ---Manchester University Press). II. (a) Mistral: Mireïo, Cantos i, ii, iii, and iv. Mistral: Memòri e Raconte, Chapters x to end. (b) Les Poésies de Peire Vidal (in Champion's Classiques Bertran de Marseille : La Vie de Sainte Enemie (in III. Bourciez Eléments de linguistique romane,' pp. 25–399. IV. Old French and Provençal versification. THE DOMPIERRE-CHAUFEPIÉ PRIZE. In Trinity Term, 1912, Mr. Gerard Alston Exham, M.A., F.T.C.D., presented £150 Mexican Railway 1st Preference Stock, to found a prize of about £12 annually, for the encouragement of the practical knowledge of French, to be called "The DompierreChaufepié Prize," in memory of a very great friend, Eugénie de Dompierre de Chaufpié, of the Hague, Holland, who died recently. The following regulations were suggested by Mr. Exham and approved of by the Board: (1) That the prize be given in the Trinity Term of each year, beginning in 1913, in connexion with the Senior Freshman Honor Examination in French, only the Essay and a special vivâ voce examination (to test the practical knowledge of French) to be taken into account. (2) That Candidates must have attended (any) three Terms of Honor Lectures in French previous to the examination, and must be recommended by the Honor Lecturer. (3) That the regulations may be altered on giving one year's notice. MISCELLANEOUS PRIZES. ALICE OLDHAM MEMORIAL PRIZE. THE friends of the late Alice Oldham, desiring to record their appreciation of her work for the advancement of the higher education of women, subscribed a sum of money which it was decided to devote to the founding of a Prize in the University of Dublin. The Prize is to be awarded to the woman Student who, having attended Alexandra College as a Student for at least one Session, shall in her Junior Sophister year obtain highest place among women Students similarly qualified, in one of the Honor Courses of the Michaelmas Term examinations; the award to be made by the Board of Trinity College. The money subscribed is to be invested in securities authorized by the Trustees Acts; the interest, to a sum not exceeding £10, is to form the Prize, which is to be awarded biennially from 1910: interest in excess is to be added to capital, with the view of so increasing the capital that the Prize may eventually be awarded annually. The Provost and Lady Registrar of Trinity College and the Lady Principal of Alexandra College are the Trustees for the administration of the fund. |