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Context area
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Information on the admission of students prior to this series was recorded in Registers I, II and III [see MCGB/4/1/2-4].
There is an index covering the Registers from 1644-1980 available in the search room.
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Notes area
Note
Notes about terms used in the Admissions Registers:
Pensioner - an ordinary fee paying student
Sizar - a student who was in receipt of a small allowance from
the College to meet his expenses
Previous Examination - this was the first exam necessary to be registered for a degree course at the University (Matriculation). Exemption was often obtained through examinations taken at school (School Certificate etc). Knowledge of Latin was required until 1961. Colloquially the Previous Examination was known as Little-go.
Preliminary Examination - the first public examination, usually taken at the end of the first year.
Allowed Strike - not penalised for absence from College if helping to run public services during the general strike of 1926.
Note
For an explanation of Latin terms in earlier times see the College Magazine No. 6 (1910) p. 143