Rose and Cecil Owen Bequest Prizes * [F1637]

An asterisk (*) indicates that this prize is governed by conditions. See also general conditions.

The late Miss Olive Alice Owen having bequeathed to the University a sum of $4000 and having expressed a wish, without imposing any obligation in respect to it, that the bequest be used for 'the purpose of providing a prize or scholarship to be awarded annually in the study of the classics and to be known as the Rose and Cecil Owen Bequest donated by their daughters Olive and Eirene', and it having been decided that seven Rose and Cecil Owen Bequest Prizes are to be awarded annually to students in Classics and Ancient History, the prizes are awarded in accordance with the following conditions.

1. The prizes are called the Rose and Cecil Owen Bequest Prizes and are awarded by the Board of Examiners in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from the income on the bequest after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy.

2. Two prizes, each to the value of one-eighth of the annual income, are awarded as follows:

(a) one to the student with the highest mark in a Level 1 Latin or Greek language unit; and

(b) one to the student with the highest mark in CLAH1102 Julians and Julio-Claudians.

3.(1) Four prizes, each to the value of one-eighth of the annual income, are awarded to the students with the highest marks in the non-language Level 2 or 3 classics and ancient history units.

(2) All prizes may be awarded to the same student.

4. One prize, to the value of one-quarter of the annual income, is awarded to the student who, among those completing the requirements for the degree with first class honours in Classics and Ancient History, has the best overall results.