IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE. The Professors in the Faculty of Science. Charles A. Stevenson, B.Sc., Examiner in Engineering (appointed on 13th March 1895). PRELIMINARY EXAMINERS. ARTS, SCIENCE, AND MEDICINE. John B. Charles, M.A., Examiner in English (appointed on 26th January 1895; reappointed on 7th November 1895). William Menzies, M.A., Examiner in Latin and Greek (appointed on 7th November 1895). Professor Lang, Examiner in Mathematics and Dynamics (appointed on 26th January 1895; reappointed on 7th November 1895). F. F. Roget, B.-ès-L., Examiner in French, German, and Italian (appointed on 7th November 1895). REPRESENTATIVES ON JOINT BOARD OF EXAMINERS. John B. Charles, M.A. (English), appointed on 26th January 1895; reappointed on 7th November 1895. William Menzies, M.A. (Classics), appointed on 7th November 1895. Professor Lang (Mathematics and Dynamics), appointed on 26th January 1895; reappointed on 7th November 1895. F. F. Roget, B.-ès-L. (Modern Languages), appointed on 7th November 1895. UNIVERSITY LECTURERS. Lecturer in Botany-R. A. Robertson, M.A., B.Sc. Lecturer in French-F. F. Roget, B.-ès-L. (Lecturers in History, Anatomy, and Materia Medica will be appointed before next Winter Session.) UNIVERSITY ASSISTANTS. (1895-96.) Humanity-William A. Craigie, M.A. Moral Philosophy-James Gibson, M.A., and W. R. Scott, M.A. Logic Robert Latta, M.A. Chemistry-Alexander M'Kenzie, M.A., B.Sc. Librarian and Secretary of the University. Assistant Librarian. John Johnstone Smith. Factor and Secretary of the University Court. Factor and Secretary of the two Colleges. Registrar and Secretary of the General Council. Curator of the Museum. University Beadle, and Janitor at St Mary's College. Janitor at the United College. University of St Andrews. THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, which is the oldest in Scotland, was founded by Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews, A.D. 1411. The Foundation was sanctioned in 1413, by a Papal Bull, granted on the petition of King James I., the Bishop, and the other dignitaries of the Church in the ecclesiastical metropolis, by Pope Benedict XIII., from whom five other Bulls were procured at the same time, confirming the benefactions bestowed by the Founder, and extending the rights and privileges of the University. The Papal Bulls instituted a Studium Generale for instruction in Theology, Canon and Civil Law, Medicine, and the Liberal Arts, with power to confer Degrees on such as the Bishop might, after due examination and advising with the Doctors and Masters of the University, deem to be worthy of them. Under influential patronage, the University rapidly increased, so as ultimately to include three separate Colleges and Corporations : 1. St Salvator's College, founded in 1450 by James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews, and confirmed with privileges by Pope Nicholas V. in 1451. În 1458 a revised charter was granted by Bishop Kennedy, with extended privileges, and this new charter was confirmed by Pope Pius II. in the same year. Further, in 1468, Pope Paul II. honoured it with the privilege of conferring Degrees in Theology and the Arts. The College was to consist of a Principal, a Licentiate, and a Bachelor in Theology; four Regents, Masters of Arts, to teach Logic, Physics, Philosophy, and Metaphysics; and six Foundation Scholars. 2. St Leonard's College, founded in 1512, by Alexander Stuart, Archbishop of St Andrews, and John Hepburn, Prior of the Metropolitan Church. It received in the same year the royal confirmation from James IV.; and was to consist of a Principal, four Chaplains, two of whom were to be Regents; twenty Students of Philosophy, and six of Theology. 3. St Mary's College, founded in 1537 on the site of the "Pedagogium"-the original academical building-by Archbishop James Beaton, under the sanction of Pope Paul III., who endowed it with various privileges, and especially with the privilege of conferring degrees in omnibus licitis facultatibus. It was further endowed by Archbishop John Hamilton, in 1553, and reconstituted by him under a Papal Bull granted by Julius III. By this second charter it was to consist of a Principal, three Masters, five Regents, sixteen Students of Philosophy, and eight of Theology. Besides the sanction of the Papal See, the University continued to enjoy the royal support, under a long succession of charters. From its national position and privileges, its usefulness steadily increased, while, by the munificence of subsequent benefactors, it became liberally endowed with bursaries and aids for the encouragement of learning. Soon after the Reformation, the constitution of the University was changed; and in 1579, the Colleges of St Salvator and St Leonard were restricted to the teaching of Philosophy, Law, and Medicine, and the College of St Mary to Theology. Of the former, each was to consist of a Principal and five Masters, and the latter, a Principal and four Masters. The Act of 1579 was partially repealed in 1621. No further change on the constitution appears to have taken place until 1747, when the two Colleges first named were, by Act of Parliament, united, and have since been known as the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard. As an academical body, the University consists of a Chancellor, Rector, Principals, Professors, Registered Graduates and Alumni, and Matriculated Students. CHANCELLOR. The Chancellor is elected for life by the General Council of the University, of which he is President. He is the official head of the University. Any change proposed by the University Court must receive his sanction. He is entitled to confer Academical Degrees upon persons found qualified by the Senatus. CHANCELLORS OF THE UNIVERSITY since its Foundation. 1411. Henry Wardlaw, 1440. James Kennedy, 1465. Patrick Graham, 1478. William Scheves, 1497. James Stuart, 1509. Alexander Stuart, 1514. Andrew Foreman, 1522. James Beaton, 1539. David Beaton, 1547. John Hamilton, 1572. John Douglas, 1576. Patrick Adamson, John Graham, 1591. James Lindsay, 1606. George Gladstones, 1615. John Spottiswoode, The Vice-Chancellor is nominated by the Chancellor, and discharges, in the Chancellor's absence, the duties of his office, in so far as regards the conferring of Degrees. RECTOR. The Rector is elected, for a period of three years, by a general poll of the Matriculated Students of the University; and in case of an equality of votes for two or more candidates, the Rector is chosen from among such candidates by the Chancellor. The next election will take place in October or November, 1898, on a day to be fixed by the University Court, after consultation with the Senatus Academicus, provided that such date shall not be later than the second Saturday in November. The Rector is President of the University Court. The appointments have been— There is a Principal in each of the Colleges. Each presides over his own College, and the Principal of the United College is also the Principal and resident head of the University, and President of the Senatus Academicus. |