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Sir William Browne's Medals are offered for competition as follows:
One for a GREEK ODE, not exceeding fifty lines in length, or GREEK ELEGY, not exceeding one hundred and fifty lines in length, on Thermopylae.
One for a LATIN ODE, not exceeding fifty lines in length, or LATIN ELEGY, not exceeding one hundred and fifty lines in length, on The Princes in the Tower.
One for a GREEK EPIGRAM on www.
One for a LATIN EPIGRAM on Spin-doctors.
Resident undergraduates may be candidates for any of Sir William Browne's Medals if on 1 February 2001 not more than seven complete terms have passed after their first term of residence.
Candidates must send three copies of their exercise to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 1 February 2001. The exercise must be in a printed or typewritten form; it must bear a motto (a short phrase, in English or Latin script), but not the candidate's name, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto outside and containing the candidate's name and College.
The Montagu Butler Prize, 2001, for Latin Hexameter Verse, will be given for the best original exercise, not exceeding one hundred and fifty lines in length, on the subject of The Matterhorn.
Resident undergraduates may be candidates if on 1 February 2001 they have kept one term and not more than seven complete terms have passed after their first term of residence. Candidates must send three copies of their exercise to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 1 February 2001. Such copies are not to be in the handwriting of the candidate. They must bear a motto (a short phrase, in English or Latin script), but not the candidate's name, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto outside and containing the candidate's name and College.
Copies of successful exercises shall be sent to the Master of Trinity, the University Library, the Library of Trinity College, and to each of the Examiners.
The value of the Prize for 2001 will be approximately £430; the Prize is in books.
Applications are invited for these Studentships and Scholarships, to which elections will be made during the Michaelmas Term 2001.
Except for the Sandys and Laurence Studentships, all the Studentships and Scholarships are open to any person who is registered as a Graduate Student in the University, provided that at the date of the election not less than two complete terms have passed after the term of his or her admission as a Graduate Student. For the terms of eligibility for the Sandys and Laurence Studentships see below.
The Studentships and Scholarships are tenable from the date of the election until 30 September next following. A Student or Scholar is eligible for re-election on not more than two occasions.
The emolument of each Studentship and Scholarship is at present £550.
The Craven Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 727) is for a course of advanced study or research in the languages, literature, philosophy, history, archaeology, or art of ancient Greece or Rome, or the comparative philology of the Indo-European languages. The Managers may waive the normal requirement that the course must involve absence from Cambridge for not less than six months.
The Walston Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 860) is for the furtherance of classical archaeology by facilitating for Cambridge students of archaeology or architecture visits to Greek lands.1 Such a scheme shall normally involve travel or residence in Greek lands for a period of not less than three months. After the close of his or her tenure the Student is required to present a brief report of the work done.
The Sandys Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 824) is for the furtherance of study and research in the languages, literature, history, archaeology, or art of ancient Greece or Rome, or the comparative philology of the Indo-European languages. The regulations require the Student to spend a large part of the year at a foreign university or other place of learning (to be approved for this purpose by the Electors) such as the British School at Athens or the British School at Rome.
The Studentship is open to any graduate of the University who at the date of the election is of not less than three and not more than nine terms' standing from admission to his or her first degree; or to any person who is registered as Graduate Student in the University, provided that at the date of the election not less than two complete terms have passed after the term of his or her admission as a Graduate Student.
The Henry Carrington and Bentham Dumont Koe Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 716) is for travel in lands where Greek is spoken, preferably in connection with the study of Greek Literature. Candidates must submit with their applications a scheme of travel and study, which must include travel or residence for not less than four months in lands where Greek is spoken.
The Prendergast Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 809) is for study or research in the language, literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, or art of ancient Greece, according to a course proposed by the Student and approved by the Electors. The Electors may waive the normal requirement that some considerable portion of the year shall be spent away from Cambridge.
Up to three Laurence Studentships are offered under the same terms as the Prendergast Studentship except that the Studentships are restricted to Graduate Students in the Faculty of Classics.
The Henry Arthur Thomas Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 850) is for a course of advanced study or research in the archaeology, art, history, language. law, literature, or philosophy of ancient Greece or Rome, or the comparative philology of the Indo-European languages.
The Charles Oldham Classical Scholarship is for advanced study or research in connection with some classical author or authors (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 800).
The George Charles Winter Warr Scholarship is for classical research (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 861).
Candidates for any of these Studentships or Scholarships must submit their application on the appropriate form which may be obtained from the Faculty Office, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, or from Directors of Studies. Applications must be sent to the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Classics so as to reach him not later than the end of the second week of Full Michaelmas Term 2001, i.e. Monday, 15 October 2001.
Emoluments will be paid at the time of election. A report must be sent at the end of the tenure to the Chairman of the Faculty Board confirming that the emolument has been used for its intended purpose. Those who use the award to support a period of study abroad shall also send the Chairman of the Faculty Board a letter on their return confirming that the planned travel has taken place.
The awards will be made not later than the last day of the Michaelmas Term.
1 The words 'Greek lands' include, besides Greece itself, other places of ancient Greek settlement, for example those in Italy, Sicily, France, Spain, and Asia Minor.
The Hare Prize is offered annually for a dissertation on a subject proposed by the candidate and approved by the Faculty Board of Classics, which falls within the scope of the Faculty of Classics. The Prize is open to any member of the University who has been approved by the Board of Graduate Studies for the award of the Ph.D. Degree during the calendar year next preceding the year of the award.
The candidate shall notify the Registrary, University Registry, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, not later than the fifth day of Full Lent Term, i.e. 20 January 2001, of the title of the dissertation that he or she proposes to submit. The Registrary shall communicate proposed titles to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Classics and shall inform candidates of the approval or rejection of their titles. Candidates whose titles have been approved must send their dissertations to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Classics so as to arrive not later than the last day of the Lent Term, i.e. 25 March 2001. A dissertation shall not exceed 80,000 words in length. The Faculty Board of Classics shall select not more than three dissertations from among those submitted and shall refer them to the Adjudicators. The award shall be made not later than the Division of the ensuing Michaelmas Term.
The value of the Prize shall be about £2,250. The prize-money shall not be paid until the successful candidate deposits a copy of his or her dissertation in the library of the Faculty of Classics.
The Examiners give notice that two Members' Classical Translation Prizes and two Members' Classical Reading Prizes are open for competition in the academical year 2000-01 to all members of the University in statu pupillari, other than Graduate Students, who have kept not more than seven terms on the first day of the Michaelmas Term 2000.
Members' Classical Translation Prizes are offered for the translation into English verse in any style and form appropriate to the original of a passage or passages of Greek or Latin verse set by the Adjudicators. One Prize is offered for the translation of Greek verse and one for the translation of Latin verse. A copy of the translation shall be presented by each successful candidate to the Library of the Faculty of Classics. The passages of Greek and Latin verse set for translation in the present year are as follows:
Greek: Theocritus, 15, 100-145
Latin: Cicero, De Consulatu Suo frag. 6, 33-65, 'nunc ea, Torquato quae quondam . . . vocibus Allobrogorum patribus populoque patebat', in J. Blaensdorf, Fragmenta poetarum Latinorum (1995), from Cicero, De Divinatione 1.17.
Candidates may compete for Prizes in one or both languages but the winner of a Prize may not compete a second time in the same language. Candidates must send three copies of their translations to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 17 January 2001.
The translations must be printed or typewritten; they must bear a single motto (i.e. a short sentence or phrase in English or Latin script, but not the candidate's name) and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing outside the same motto and the words 'Members' Classical Translation Prizes', and containing the candidate's full name and College.
Candidates who wish to offer themselves for the Members' Classical Reading Prizes must send their names to reach the Registrary not later than 17 January 2001. One Prize is offered for the reading of Greek, and the other for the reading of Latin. The winner of a Prize may not compete a second time in the same language. Candidates for the Prizes in the current academical year will be required to read aloud in their chosen language:
| (a) | a set piece of verse and a set piece of prose as follows: |
Greek: Euripides, Bacchae, 403-432.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 4. 73 (ego de, o Loukretie . . . to the end)
Latin: Cicero, In Verrem , 2. 1. 66 (Rubrius istius comites invitat . . . ad aedes noctu convenerunt)
Virgil, Aeneid, 8, 225-250.
| (b) | one unprepared piece of verse to be chosen by the Adjudicators; |
| (c) | one piece of verse or prose chosen by the candidate; this piece should be comparable in length with the pieces given in (a) above. |
The competition will be held in the Classics Faculty Building during the first half of the Lent Term. Candidates will be informed in due course of the time at which they should attend.
The present value of the Members' Classical Translation Prizes is £150 each and the value of the Reading Prizes is £100 each.
The Porson Prize for 2001 will be given for the best translation into Greek verse, in the tragic iambic metre and accentuated, of the following passage:
Marlowe, The second part of Tamburlaine the Great, Act III, scene ii, line 110, 'View me thy father . . . 144 followers of great Tamburlaine'.
Resident undergraduates may be candidates for this Prize if on 1 February 2001 not more than seven complete terms will have passed after their first term of residence.
Candidates must send three copies of their exercise to the Registrary, so as to reach him not later than 1 February 2001. The exercise must be printed or typewritten; it must bear a motto (a short phrase, in English or Latin script), but not the candidate's name, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto outside and containing the candidate's name and College. The present value of the Prize is £60.
N.B. Candidates' attention is drawn to the general regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, 2000, p. 692), and in particular to Regulations 10 and 11.
The Faculty Board of Classics give notice that grants may be made from the F.S. Salisbury Fund to members of the University in statu pupillari engaged in excavations on Roman sites in Britain.
Any member of the University in statu pupillari is eligible for a grant. Applicants must state the name of the site on which they propose to work, the total expenses they expect to have to incur, and the total sum they hope to have available from other sources.
Applications must be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, so as to reach him not later than 18 May 2001.
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Cambridge University Reporter Special, 9 November 2000
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