Word: triposes
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ON the Honors List of the University of London's matriculation examination the first name is that of a young lady; and at Cambridge another young lady, Miss Scott, answered papers set for the mathematical tripos in a manner that would entitle her to the eighth place on the list...
- At the recent Mathematical Tripos examination, at Cambridge, two ladies obtained mathematical honors. One attained the standard of senior optime, and the other of junior optime.
THE English universities, which, a short time ago, were all excitement about the "Eights," are agitated now by "School" and "Tripos." The Undergraduates' Journal says:-
The writer then turns his attention to the Tripos. Although he says that the men "capable of the most prolonged and severe intellectual labor are those who have distinguished themselves at the Universities," yet he doubts the advisability of forcing young men to devote three years to one single branch...