University and Educational Intelligence

Abstract

THE Cambridge Mathematical Tripos list was published on the 24th. This year the list contains 91 names. There are 28 classed as Wranglers, 33 as Senior Optimes, 29 as Junior Optimes, and 1 Ægrotat. In 1878 the list contained 94 names, 31 being Wranglers, 30 Senior Optimes, 29 Junior Optimes, and 4 Ægrotant., The first three, Wranglers are Mr. A. J. Campbell Allen, of St. Peter's Mr. George Walker, of Queen's, and Mr. Carl Pearson, King's. Mr. Campbell Allen, of St. Peter's College, the Senior Wrangler, is a native of Belfast, and was born in 1856. He received his elementary education at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast. In 1872 he became a student at Queen's College, Belfast, where he succeeded in winning several scholarships and also two Peel Exhibitions, one for general proficiency and the second for mathematics. In 1875 he was elected to an open scholarship at St. Peter's, and in October of that year he graduated B.A. at the Queen's University, subsequently proceeding M.A. On each occasion he obtained a first-class for mathematical science, and was awarded a gold medal. He has won several college prizes during his residence at Cambridge. Mr. Walker is a native of Durham, and was educated at Durham University, of which he is a Fellow, and proceeded to Queen's College in October, 1875. He has been a prizeman of the college for mathematics. Mr. Pearson was educated at University College School, and also under private tuition with the Rev. L. Hensley, of Hitchin. He gained an open scholarship at King's College in 1875, and has been each year college prizeman in mathematics.