Comrie. This Society is open to all Students, and has for its object the promotion of Temperance in the University. Meetings are held monthly in the Logic Class-room, when essays and readings are given, and questions relating to Temperance are discussed.

Missionary Society (Instituted in 1824).—President for Session 1890-91-William Edie, M.A. Vice-President-R. W. Todd. Secretaries R. Coupar, M.A., and D. R. Henderson, M.A. Treasurer-C. Stewart, M.A. Representative in Council - R. Coupar, M.A. This Society is open to all members of the University, and has for its objects the spread of the knowledge of the Gospel abroad, and the infusion of a missionary spirit among its members at home. It meets in St Mary's College on every alternate Friday at 8 o'clock P.M., and devotes its meetings to business and hearing addresses from the members in turn. A mission service is also conducted by members of the Society every Sunday evening during the Session at Greenside Place.

Theological Society (Instituted in 1760).-President for Session 1890-91-William Edie, M.A. Secretary-Charles Stewart, M.A. Treasurer-John Clark, M.A. Representative in Council -William Edie, M.A. This Society meets fortnightly in St Mary's College on Thursdays at 8 P.M. It is open to all Students of the University, and has for its objects the discussion and treatment of the deeper and more important questions of theology and religion, an essay and a debate on such subjects being taken up at each meeting if possible.

Free Church Students' Missionary Society (Instituted in 1844).-Honorary President-The_Minister of Martyrs' Free Church. Secretary-George R. S. Reid. Treasurer—William Gavin. This Society is composed of Free Church Students attending the University. Its meetings are held in the hall behind the Free Church at 10 o'clock every Sabbath morning throughout the Session, when essays on religious subjects are read, passages from Scripture commented on, and missionary topics discussed. Under the auspices of the Society special sermons are preached in Martyrs' Free Church at intervals during the Session by prominent ministers; and the collections then made on behalf of the Society's funds are devoted to one or more of the missionary enterprises of the Church. The Society possesses a small library, which is under the charge of the Treasurer.

Science Club.-Honorary President-Professor Purdie, Ph.D., B.Sc., F.C.S. Honorary Vice-President-Professor Butler, M.A. President-William Marshall, B.Sc. Secretary and Treasurer— A. L. Pentland Smith.

Musical Society (Instituted in 1876).-Honorary PresidentDr A. C. Mackenzie, President for Session 1890-91-C. Stewart, M.A. Secretary-J. P. Sturrock. Treasurer-R. B. R. Mair. Representative in Council-C. Stewart, M.A. Librarian-J. E. M'Rae. The Society meets every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, in the Humanity Class-room. It gives at least one public concert during the Session, the programme of which is largely made up of pieces suggested by the Honorary President. Its aim is to foster a love of music, and to cultivate appreciation of the taste and execution of the genuine artist.

Shakespearean and Dramatic Society (Instituted in 1879). -Honorary President-Professor Campbell. President and Representative in Council for Session 1890-91-Robert Barclay, M.A. Secretary-James Fergusson. Treasurer-W. Marshall, B.Sc. The aims of the Society are to give an opportunity for the cultivation of dramatic talent among its members, and to foster the study of good reading. Several readings from Shakespeare are given during the Session, and a public representation of some standard play towards the end.

University Gymnastic Club.-Honorary President-Professor M'Intosh. President for Session 1890-91-J. M. Anderson. Secretary- Alexander Leighton. Treasurer R. B. R. Mair. Representative in Council-J. M. Anderson. The Gymnasium is open to all Students on payment of the annual subscription. The exercises are superintended by a qualified instructor, Mr Alexander Sturrock.

Rugby Football Club (Instituted in 1856).—Captain for Session 1890-91 - D. Bruce Millar. Honorary Secretary — R. Affleck. Treasurer-R. B. R. Mair. Captain of Second XV.— G. C. Low. Secretary-J. Campbell. Captain of NomadsD. W. M. Hodge. Secretary-J. M. Watson. Representative in Council-R. Affleck. Practice in the University Field on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3 P.M.

Association Football Club.-Captain for Session 1890-91 -Andrew M'Gregor. Secretary-H. N. Patrick. TreasurerA. B. Barty. Representative in Council-H. N. Patrick.

Golf Club.-Honorary President-Andrew Lang, Esq. Honorary Vice-Presidents-J. Lindsay Bennett, Esq., Professors Purdie and Menzies. President for Session 1890-91-T. Carmichael, M.A. Vice-President J. T. Patterson. Secretary-A. M'Kenzie, Treasurer-J. E. M'Rae. Representative in Council-A. M'Kenzie.

The Junior St Andrews University Club, Edinburgh. -This Club was formed in 1884 in order to give expression to the strong community of feeling which exists among St Andrews Students; and its formation has been found to supply a means of

preserving amongst St Andrews Students now in Edinburgh, the social element so characteristic of St Andrews Student life. The membership is open to all who have studied at St Andrews University, and who are now in Edinburgh; but others who, although they do not satisfy these tests, have a St Andrews connection are admitted as associates. The annual subscription is nominal, and the Club holds social meetings during the winter and summer Sessions, as may be arranged. The members of the Club will be glad to welcome any St Andrews Students coming to Edinburgh, and such are requested to communicate with the President or the Secretary, the University, Edinburgh.

Battery of Artillery Volunteers.-This Battery, which is open to all Students in the University, and is attached to the First Fifeshire Corps of Artillery Volunteers, was instituted in Session 1882-83. Uniform and accoutrements are supplied free to those who join for three years.

THE WANTS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

The following statement regarding the more pressing wants of the University has been authorised by the Senatus to be inserted in the Calendar, and is earnestly commended to the favourable consideration of friends and former students of the University.

I.-EXTENSION OF BUILDINGS.

Additional class-rooms are urgently required. The Professor of Education has no class-room, nor any accommodation for a class library, or for maps, diagrams, &c. The Professors of Science have great difficulties to encounter owing to want of room. There is a laboratory connected with the Chemical Class, but there is far from adequate accommodation for practical classes of Natural Philosophy, Zoology, Anatomy, Physiology, and Botany. These classes, too, have no suitable apparatus-rooms. The accommodation in the Museum is much too limited, and it is greatly overcrowded.

II. ASSISTANTS TO PROFESSORS.

None of the Professors have a University assistant. Although the classes are smaller than in other Universities, the Professors' work is not less heavy. In St Andrews the emoluments of the Chairs are so small, that the expense of a private assistant forms a serious deduction from the Professor's income.

III. SCHOLARSHIPS.

Scholarships, such as exist in other universities as a stimulus to the higher learning, are very much wanted in the Faculties of Arts, Divinity, Medicine, and Science.

In the case of the Arts Faculty, what may be described as Departmental Scholarships are especially needed. The subjects of study required for the M.A. degree are grouped into three departments

viz., Classics, Mental Philosophy, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. In every one of the other Scottish Universities there are every year Scholarships open for competition to students who are on the eve of graduating, or who have recently graduated, and who are eminent in one or other of these departments. The University of St Andrews, in consequence of the small number of its students, is specially qualified to carry them beyond what is required for the ordinary degree, and, as a matter of fact, a large proportion do go beyond this standard. But to take Honours in a department requires, as a rule, an additional year's study, and therefore intermission from professional or remunerative work, and the circumstances of many students do not permit them to give this when the prospect of an immediate return in the form of a Scholarship does not exist.

About £2000 would found one such Scholarship, open for competition every third year. Consequently £6000 would provide three such, which could be arranged so as either to have one Scholarship open for competition every year in one department, or one open for competition every year in the three departments in succession-say, first year, Classics; next year, Mental Philosophy; third year, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.

In the case of Divinity, steps are being taken at present to found a Scholarship in connection with the Faculty of Divinity in memory of the late Principal Tulloch, to which the contributions of all friends of the University are respectfully solicited.

In the case of Medicine and Science, Bursaries and Scholarships are urgently required. The facilities for original investigation at St Andrews are considerable: besides class laboratories, there is a Marine Station, and the opportunities which it affords for original work are almost unique.

IV.-BURSARIES.

The University is greatly in need of additional Bursaries, both for Entrance and for Second-Year Students. The Bursaries open to competition are mostly of small amount, averaging altogether little over £12 each annually. Some of them have

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been temporarily augmented from a fund raised for that purpose by friends of the University.

Two thousand pounds would found three Bursaries of about £25 each per annum, each tenable for three years; and these could be so arranged as that one would be open for competition every year.

FORM OF BEQUEST.

I give and bequeath to the University of St Andrews the sum of for furthering the usefulness of the said University [or for such specific purposes as the Donor may think proper], to be paid out of such part of my personal estate as I can lawfully charge with the payment of legacies for such purposes, and to be paid, free of legacy duty, within

from my death, to the Quæstor for the time being of the said University, whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same.

EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR

THE ARMY.

The Royal Military College is maintained for the purpose of affording a special military education to Candidates for commissions in the Cavalry and Infantry. Admission to the College as Cadets is granted, inter alia, to Graduates in Arts of the University of St Andrews, or to any one who has passed the examinations required for the degree of M.A. Admission is also granted to Students of the University who have passed the "Examination of Candidates for the Army.' This Examination embraces three out of the seven subjects required for the ordinary degree of M.A., and is of the same standard. It is imperative that one subject should be selected out of each of the three separate departments of Classical Literature, Mental Philosophy, and Mathematics; and attendance must have been given at the University on the classes in which the subjects so selected are taught.

The limits of age of University Candidates for admission to the Royal Military College are as follow: (1) Students of the University who have passed the Examination above specified, 17 to 21; (2) Graduates of the University, 17 to 22.

The names of intending Candidates for certificates of having passed the Army Examination must be given in to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and the fees paid to the Secretary of the University, at the same time as those of Candidates for the M.A. Examinations. The fee for the Examination is Two Guineas.