Memorandum addressed to ... the marquis of Hartington ... on the regulations for the Admission of candidates to 'the Civil service of India', by open competition1885 |
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20th Report 500 Candidates accumulating hastily aim at accumulating allowed to compete Arabic beating Monopoly Blue Book Book of March books selected Botany boys branches of knowledge Civil Service Commissioners crammers deductions easily crammed English Composition English History English Language favour Free-traders Head Masters Heat and Light History of England-including Home Civil Service ill-digested information immature brains Language and Literature limit the number Lord Salisbury lower portions marks assigned Mechanical Philosophy Mineralogy Natives of India Natural Science Nonconformists number of marks number of subjects number of successful object of throwing old regulations order of merit Oxford and Cambridge petition Political Economy private tutors public competition Public Schools pupils Regulations of 1878 Sanskrit schedule of subjects scored secure the best smatterings social unfitness sons of Tradesmen speak French special preparation subjects candidates successful candidates successful competitors teach teachers temptation to aim three tries throwing open tries at 18 undergraduates Walrond WALTER WREN
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Page 2 - The total ( 1 ,000) marks may be obtained by adequate proficiency in any two or more of the five branches of science included under this head. Moral Sciences : that is, Logic, Mental and Moral Philosophy...
Page 1 - Ought the examination to be confined to those branches of knowledge to which it is desirable that English gentlemen who mean to remain at home should pay some attention? — or ought it to extend to branches of knowledge which are useful to a servant of the East India Company, but useless, or almost useless, to a person whose life is to be passed in Europe ? Our opinion is that the examination ought to be confined...
Page 2 - Law of Contract; (2) Law of Evidence; (3) Law of the Constitution; (4) Criminal Law; (5) Law of Real Property; and of these five subjects Candidates shall be at liberty to offer any four, but not more than four . . 500 Candidates are at liberty to name any or all of these branches of knowledge.
Page 5 - A lower limit of age is recommended by another consideration of importance. Out of the number who present themselves for competition, it is certain that four-fifths must fail, because the candidates are usually more than five times as many as the vacancies; and no prudent parent, in selecting a profession for his son will leave this certainty out of consideration.
Page 2 - English composition (including precis writing) ; history of England, including that of the laws and constitution; English language and literature...