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THE first report of the studies and examinations syndicate, issued on November 11, deals with the previous examination. This is the first public test imposed on candidates for degrees at the university, and since 1822 has included a compulsory examination in both Latin and Greek. In response to a demand for reform sent up by teachers, parents, professional men, and men of science in the direction of making Greek, at least for some students, an optional subject—a demand supported by a large majority of head-masters and assistant masters in the secondary schools—the syndicate proposes a new scheme for the examination in which this demand is recognised.
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The Previous Examination at Cambridge . Nature 71, 55 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/071055c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/071055c0