52 RAMTANU LAHIRI AND GANGAMANI DEVI GOLD MEDALS. On the 27th August, 1908, Mr. S. K. Lahiri submitted for the acceptance of the Syndicate the copy-right of his publication called Lahiri's Select Poems and requested that out of the sale proceeds of the book a Gold Medal might be awarded every year to the best scholar in Moral Philosophy at the B.A. Examination in memory of his father, late Babu Ramtanu Lahiri. The Syndicate at its meeting, held on the 29th August, 1908, thankfully accepted the offer of Mr. S. K. Lahiri. At the meeting of the Syndicate, held on the 27th May, 1911, the Registrar reported that there was a balance of Rs. 3,335-8 out of the sale proceeds of Lahiri's Select Poems" after meeting the printing charges, etc., and enquired how the amount was to be utilised. The Syndicate thereupon resolved that two Gold Medals be annually awarded to the best graduates (one male and one female) in Mental and Moral Philosophy at the B.A. Examination in memory of the late Babu Ramtanu Lahiri and Srimati Gangamani Devi, respectively, bearing the following inscriptions 46 : In memory of Ramtanu Lahiri, father of S. K. Lahiri, awarded to......... and In memory of Gangamani Devi, mother of S. K. Lahiri, .awarded to......... on one side of the medals, and the University Arms the other. on 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 MEDALLISTS. Scottish Churches College Roy Rowland Thomas (Ram- mani Devi Gold Medallist) Bethune College (Bandyopadhyay, Rabindranath Datta, Sarojini (Gangamani Scottish Churches College Devi Gold Medallist) ... Non-Collegiate Student ... Lahiri Gold Medallist) Devi Gold Medallist) ... Non-Collegiate Student Diocesan College Scottish Churches College Non-Collegiate Student Presidency College Non-Collegiate Student Scottish Churches College Bethune College City College Non-Collegiate Student SARVESWARA AND PURNACHANDRA MEDAL Babu Kunjabihari Ghosh, Executor to the estate of the late Babu Sarveswara Mitra of Allahabad, made over to the University the sum of Rs. 1,503 for the purpose of creating an endowment for the annual award of a Gold Medal to the student who stands first in order of merit in Class I either in English or Mathematics in the B.A. Examination-the Medal to bear the inscription Sarveswara and Prunachandra Medal on one side, and the University Arms on the other. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate. 54 TARAKNATH RAY (OF BHATPARA) PRIZE. In October 1908, Babu Krishnachandra Ray made over to the University 3 per cent. G. P. Notes of the nominal value of rupees one thousand for the purpose of creating an endowment for the annual award of a prize to perpetuate the memory of his father, the late Babu Taraknath Ray of Bhatpara, on the following conditions : 64 1. That the prize be called The Taraknath Ray (of Bhatpara) Prize." 2. That it be awarded to the successful candidate at the B.A. Examination from the Hooghly College, who secures the highest number of marks in English. 3. That it be publicly awarded every year at the Convocation for conferring Degrees. 4. That the names of the Prize-winners be published in the University Calendar. In May, 1900, the Honorary Secretary, Tawney Memorial Committee, 'forwarded, for the acceptance of the Hon'ble the Vice-Chancellor and Syndicate, Government Promissory Notes for Rs. 1,000 of the 3 per cent. Loan of 1896, with a view to creating an endowment for the annual award of a prize to be called the Tawney Memorial Prize," under the following conditions:1. That the prize be called the Tawney Memorial Prize and be awarded annually to the candidate educated in the Presidency College, Calcutta, who passes the B.A. Examination with Honours in English, and gains the highest number of marks in this subject among the candidates from the College. 44 2. That the value of the prize be Rs. 30, and that it be awarded for the first time on the results of the B.A. Examination of 1900. 3. That the prize be awarded in a public manner, books being on English Literature, History of Philosophy, such as may be selected by the .candidate who wins it. 4. That the list of winners of the prize be published in the University Calendar for successive years in the usual way. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate. In August, 1923, Babus Ajaynath Mitra and Asoknath Mitra offered to place at the disposal of the University a sum of Rs. 3,000 for the purpose of creating an endowment for the annual award of a Gold Medal in memory of their father, the late Babu Tripundeswar Mitra. The medal is to be awarded to the student obtaining the highest number of marks in Honours Physics or Chemistry at the B.Sc. Examination. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate. 1924 Mukhopadhyay, Sachindranath St. Xavier's College 1925 Raichaudhuri, Sachindranath Presidency College 57 College, (non VIDYASAGAR MEDAL. 64 On the 14th December, 1892, the Honorary Secretary to the Vidyasagar Memorial Fund made over to the University a sum of Rs. 560 for the purpose of annually awarding a Silver Medal to be called Vidyasagar Medal," to a student of the Presidency College who stands first in Sanskrit at the B.A. Honours Examination, and who does not obtain any other medal in the same subject. The donation was thankfully accepted by the Syndicate at its meeting held on the 14th January, 1893. |