MAYNOOTH COLLEGE

New Zealand Tablet, 1 December 1910, Page 1967

MAYNOOTH COLLEGE

EXAMINATIONS AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY The annual distribution of- prizes at Maynooth College was presided over by his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Fennelly, Archbishop of Cashel, in the absence of his Eminence Cardinal Logue. There were present the President of the College, the Right Rev. Mgr. Mannix, and the other members of the staff, and the entire body of the students to the number of about 550. The proceedings commenced with the conferring of Degrees in Philosophy. Tim Degrees in Theology and Canon Law were conferred at the close of the academic year. The Degree of Licentiate in Philosophy was conferred on six students, and the Bachelorship was conferred on a similar number. Valuable book prizes were given to the successful students in the departments of Theology, Scripture, Capon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Hebrew, Liturgy, Elocution, and Gregorian Chant. In one case a valuable money prize was awarded. It was founded by the late Rev. Thomas O’Sullivan, of the diocese of Kerry, and is confined to students from that diocese. The distribution embraced only subjects belonging to the Faculty of Theology, as the National University has not yet awarded prizes on the result of the recent University examinations. The Most Rev. Dr. Fennelly in the course of a speech said;—We all regret the absence of Cardinal Logue from this October meeting, at which he always presided with such grace and interest; but at the same time, we are glad that he has gone as a representative of our old Church to Canada and America; and our best wishes have gone with him for a pleasant time and safe return. As _ visitor 1 have become acquainted with the interests of this College —financial, material, and educational; and I have no hesitation in saying that in all respects the College is most satisfactory and progressive. From the educational standpoint, the one with which we are concerned just now, a considerable change has taken place consequent on the passing of the Irish Universities Act. Maynooth is now a recognised College of the National University, and as such she has certain privileges. Very soon the ceremony of-conferring degrees, within definite limits, will .be carried out here by the Chancellor of the University and the Senate; and from the information unfolded to-day, it is evident that this academic function will be one of the most striking of its kind in Ireland. Maynooth sent forward 219 students for the examinations of the National University. and of these 219 the magnificent total of 213 succeeded. As the University has not yet published its list of exhibitions, we cannot say how many of these have been won by students of the College. But such results as have been published give unmistakable evidence of the high standard of Maynooth studies. In the First Arts examination, Maynooth secured six first class and nineteen second class honors; in the Second Arts, Maynooth secured twentysix first class and twenty-five second class honors. No list of B.A. honors has up to the present been made public. But in the B.A. pass examination there was not a single failure. Seventy-three Maynooth students presented themselves for the B.A. pass degree, and to-day everyone of these seventy-three is a graduate of the National Univirsity of Ireland. This splendid list of successes speaks for itself, and is, we may nope, a presage of still greater success in our University studies.