Engineering, 1890-William H. Warren, M.Inst.C.E. Modern Literature, 1890-Mungo W. MacCallum, M.A. (Glasg.) CHALLIS LECTURESHIPS. Equity, Probate, Bankruptcy, and Company Law, 1890–G. E. F. Leverrier, B.A., B.Sc.; 1907-E. M. Mitchell, B.A., LL.B. Law of Procedure in Civil and Criminal Cases, Evidence and Pleading, 1890-1900- C. A. Coghlan, M.A., LL.D.; 1901-David Ferguson, B.A. Law of Property, 1903-J. B. Peden, B.A., LL.B. Director of Military Science, 1906-Colonel Hubert John Foster, R.E. II. THE PETER NICOL RUSSELL ENDOWMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING. In 1896 the late Sir Peter Nicol Russell, of London (formerly of Sydney), presented to the University a sum of £50,000 for the endowment of the Department of Engineering. In 1904 he gave a second sum of £50,000, making £100,000 in all. The second gift was made as an extension of the first endowment, with an additional obligation for the establishment of efficient teaching in electrical engineering, and for the foundation of two additional P. N. Russell Scholarships, to be offered for competition every year, similar to those already established under the first endowment. In making the second endowment, Sir Peter Russell stipulated that the Government of New South Wales should undertake to hand to the University, within three years, a sum of £25,000 for the purpose of providing an extension of the buildings required for the purposes of the School of Engineering or for new buildings; and this the Government agreed to do. A new building is now erected from designs prepared by the Government Architect after consultation with the teachers in the P. N. Russell School of Engineering, the cost of which is being defrayed by the Government of New South Wales. The conditions of the gifts are the following: 1. That the Department of Engineering at present existing in the University, together with such additions as may be made thereto, shall be called the Peter Nicol Russell School of Engineering. 2. That the University shall, out of the income to be derived from the endowments afford both practical and theoretical teaching in the following subjects, in so far as such subjects relate to the School of Engineering-viz., Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Surveying, Mining, Metallurgy, Architecture, and such further instruction as the Senate of the University may deem necessary to give effect to the intention of Sir Peter Russell in connection with the P. N. Russell School of Engineering. 3. That the University shall apply the income of the Fund in the maintenance of the P. N. Russell School of Engineering, but shall not charge such income with any proportion of the cost of the existing buildings, nor with the expense or any proportion thereof of service by ordinary attendants, nor with the expense or any proportion thereof of the Professorships of Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, or the Challis Chair of Engineering. 4. That the University shall offer for competition in each year three Peter Nicol Russell Scholarships, the conditions of which are given below. Other conditions of the Deeds of Gift relate to the mode of investment of the principal sum, and provide that any unused surplus of income shall be added to the principal sum and invested as if it formed a part of the original donation. The following offices have been established from the Peter Nicol Russell foundations: Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, 1897-S. Henry Barraclough, B.E. (Sydney), M.M.E. (Cornell), Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Lecturer in Surveying, 1890-1906-George H. Knibbs, LS, F.R.A.S.; 1906 -- J. Haydon Cardew, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.. Lecturer in Geodesy and Astronomy, 1906-T. F. Furber. . Lecturer in Mining, 1892-1902-E. F. Pittman, A.R.S.M.; 1903-F. Danvers Power, F.G.S. Lecturer in Metallurgy, 1899-Basil W. Turner, A.R.S.M. Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, 1905-Ernest Kilburn Scott, Demonstrator in Engineering and Drawing, 1903-Alexander J Gibson, A.M.Inst. C.E. Junior Demonstrators in Engineering Electrical--A. H. Sproule ; Civil-A: Morrison, B.E.; Mechanical-H. S. Mort, B.Sc., B.E. Mechanical Instructors-Henry Blay, Robert Hay. PETER NICOL RUSSELL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. UNDER the gift of Sir PETER NICOL. RUSSELL, for the Endowment of the School of Engineering at the University, three Scholarships are offered annually, for the encouragement of higher education in Mechanical Engineering, under the following conditions: 1. Every candidate must present evidence that he has satisfied one of the three following conditions:— (A) That he has been engaged in an approved workshop meats. 2. The Scholarships will be awarded, after competitive Examination held in the month of March, and the holders will be styled "Peter Nicol Russell Scholars." 3.—The subjects of Examination will be the following:(a) Applied Mechanics (250 marks). (b) Mechanical Drawing (250 marks). *(c) Algebra, including Arithmetic (150 marks). *() Mechanics (150 marks). (g) Geometrical Drawing and Perspective (100 marks). Optional subjects (as in the Matriculation Examination, Division B), two may be taken (a) English (150 marks). (b) Chemistry (150 marks). (c) Physics I, Properties of Matter, Sound, Heat and Light (150 marks). (d) French (150 marks). (g) Greek (150 marks). Candidates must attain a certain standard in each of the compulsory subjects. They will be allowed to take two, but not more than two of the optional subjects, and in these they must also attain the prescribed standard. Subject to this provision, the Scholarships will be awarded to the candidates who obtain the highest aggregate number of marks in this Examination, provided that they shall have shown sufficient merit to enable them, in the opinion of the Examiners, to profit by the award of a Scholarship. 4.-The scholar will be required to commence attendance forthwith upon the University First Year Classes in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and he can only continue to hold the Scholarship so long as he shall be of good conduct, and shall attend regularly the courses prescribed in the University for candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and shall pass all the prescribed Examinations. * As defined in the regulations for the Matriculation Examination, Division B. 5. Each Scholarship will be of the value of £75 per annum, and will be tenable for not more than four years, under the conditions mentioned in the preceding paragraph. The Scholarship will be awarded in the first instance for a period of one year, and the scholar will be re-appointed from year to year for the maximum period of four years, provided that his work be considered satisfactory. The payments will be quarterly, commencing on the first of April after the student commences his University course. 6. Those scholars who have, before entering upon their University course, qualified themselves for admission to the Department of Engineering by passing the Examination prescribed for that purpose, or who have in the Peter Nicol Russell Scholarship Examination passed in (i.) Latin and (ii.) Greek, or French or German,* will be entitled, after completing the course, to the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Those who have not so qualified themselves beforehand will be entitled, after completing the course, to certificates of their attendance and examination in individual subjects, and a certificate showing that they have held the Peter Nicol Russell Scholarship, under the prescribed conditions, for a period of four years but not to any Degree. The candidates' names, together with an examination fee of one pound ten shillings (£1 10s.), and all the required certificates, must be in the hands of the Registrar on the day set down in the University Calendar as the last day for receiving entries. for the University Examinations in March. THE PETER NICOL RUSSELL MEDAL. THE PETER NICOL RUSSELL MEDAL (value £20) is open to competition amongst Graduates in Engineering of not less than one nor more than three years' standing at the time of award. • From March, 1907, English will also be required. See regulations for Matriculation Examination. K |