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might, we think, be followed with advantage at Orford. It

- includes, together with information on current .matters, an the,' lists of honours from the beginning. It is worth noting that in 1824, when the Classical Tripos was first instituted, there weir,- - seventeen names in it, as against sixty-six in the Mathematical (to give details, seven Firsts, four Seconds, and six Thirds, to thirty-one Wranglers, twenty-eight Senior Optimes, and seven• Junior Optimes), and that in 1908 there were a hundred and three as against eighty-three. The women (of course not present in 1824) show eighteen in Mathematical Honours to fifteen in.. Classical.