ess proper for his degree, in order that 'he
might be able by it to do honour to our mother the University, in
processions and in all other University business'. It is a great pity
that this latter part of the old statutes was ever omitted.

The candidates for a degree in Divinity, whether Bachelors or Doctors,
are charged by the Senior Proctor; the senior of them makes the
following declaration, taken from the thirty-sixth canon of the Church
of England (as revised and confirmed in 1865):

'I, _A.B._, do solemnly make the following declaration. I assent to
the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion and to the Book of Common Prayer
and of the ordering of bishops, priests, and deacons, and I believe
the doctrine of the United Church of England and Ireland, as therein
set forth, to be agreeable to the Word of God.'

The Senior Proctor then says to the other candidates:--

'Eandem declarationem quam praestitit _A.B._ in persona sua, vos
praestabitis in personis vestris, et quilibet vestrum in persona
sua.'

('The declaration which _A.B._ has made on his part, you will make on
your part, together and severally.')

[Sidenote: (4) The Admission by the Vice-Chancellor.]

When the candidates have duly taken the oath, the last and most
important part of the ceremony is performed.

The candidates for any Doctorate, except the new 'Research' ones, or for
the M.A., kneel before the Vice-Chancellor; the Doctors are taken
separately according to their faculties, then the M.A.s in successive
groups of four each; the Vice-Chancellor, as he admits them, touches
them each on the head with the New Testament, while he repeats the
following form:--

'Ad honorem Domini nostri Jesu Christi, et ad profectum sacrosanctae
matris ecclesiae et studii, ego auctoritate mea et totius
Universitatis do tibi (_vel_ vobis) licentiam incipiendi in facultate
Artium (_vel_ facultate Chirurgiae, Medicinae, Juris, S. Theologiae)
legendi, disputandi, et caetera omnia faciendi quae ad statum
Doctoris (_vel_ Magistri) in eadem facultate pertinent, cum ea
completa sint quae per statuta requiruntur; in nomine Domini, Patris,
Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.'

('For the honour of our Lord Jesus Christ, and for the profit of our
holy mother, the Church, and of learning, I, in virtue of my own
authority and that of the whole University, give you permission to
incept in the Faculty of Arts (or of Surger