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No 6508

Thursday 31 May 2018

Vol cxlviii No 32

pp. 623–660

Graces

Grace submitted to the Regent House on 31 May 2018

The Council submits the following Grace to the Regent House. This Grace, unless it is withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 105) will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 8 June 2018.

1. That Regulations 1, 3, and 4 for the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prizes (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 857) be amended so as to read:1

   1. A bequest received by the University, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prize Fund, to accord recognition to any candidate whom the Examiners for the Part of each Tripos or other examination that qualifies candidates for the B.A. Degree judge to have achieved outstanding results in the Part of that Tripos or other examination.

   3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be used to provide prizes, which shall be called the Winifred Georgina Holgate Pollard Memorial Prizes. The Prizes shall be awarded each year to any candidate whom the Examiners for the Part of each Tripos or other examination that qualifies candidates for the B.A. Degree judge to have achieved outstanding results in the Part of that Tripos or other examination.

   4. The Managers shall in each year, prior to any other expenditure from the income generated from the Fund, add to the capital of the Fund such amount (if any) of the income as shall be calculated as necessary to seek to maintain the real value over time of the Fund in perpetuity and thereafter any remaining income generated from the Fund shall be used to award the Prizes. The Managers may in their absolute discretion provide that part only of the remaining income is expended on the provision of prizes in any year and that the surplus be added to the capital of the Fund. The income available for Prizes in any given year shall be divided equally between the recipients of the Prizes.

Footnotes

  • 1The Council, on the recommendation of the General Board and the Managers, and with the support of the donor’s family, is proposing changes to the wording concerning the conditions of tenure of the Prizes in order to simplify the arrangements after a year of operation, whilst remaining true to the donor’s intentions as expressed in his will.


E. M. C. RAMPTON, Registrary

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