R6.5 - The Dwight's Prizes

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1. Henry Tolman Dwight late of the City of Melbourne bookseller and publisher by his last will dated the 13 January 1869 devised and bequeathed unto his trustees therein named all his real estate in the Colony of Victoria and the proceeds of his personal estate upon trust after the decease of his wife to convey the real estate and to transfer and pay the personal estate to the trustees for the time being of the University on the trustees accepting by proper deed declaration or other legal form the following trust of and concerning his estate and the testator thereby declared and directed that the trustees for the time being of such University should stand possessed of such his estate real and personal upon trust for ever thereafter to divide the annual income thereof into money prizes of not less than £25 ($50) each to be given by the trustees for the advancement and encouragement of learning in Ancient History Constitutional and Legal History and Natural Philosophy or for such other branches of the University education as the trustees might in their discretion think the prizes most applicable and advantageous which several prizes should be called the Dwight's prize in such branch or branches of learning or others in which there should be annual or other assessment and to which the trustees should judge such prizes beneficial as a stimulant to students and a fit reward to the ablest scholar competing therefor.
2. Henry Tolman Dwight died on 13 June 1871 without having altered or revoked his will and the will was duly proved in the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria on the 29 June 1871.
3. By a regulation of the University made in 1872, it was provided that His Honour Sir Redmond Barry, Anthony Colling Brownless Esq. M.D. and the Honourable Robert Stirling Anderson, M.A., members of Council of the University, should be the trustees of the University for the purpose of accepting the trust and in the event of the death or resignation of any of the trustees or of their successors in the trust or of any trustee for the time being ceasing to be a member of Council, Council should appoint some other member of Council a trustee in the place of the trustee so dying or resigning or ceasing to be a member of Council as aforesaid.
4. In accordance with the provisions of the will the estate has been conveyed and transferred to the trustees duly appointed for the purpose by the University.

5. At 11 October 2004 the capital of the Dwight Prizes fund was $247,512.54 and the accumulated income was $52,505.39.

It is provided as follows-

1. Twelve prizes called the ‘Dwight's Prizes’ are open annually for competition in the following subjects-

   1. one prize of $700 in Education to be awarded at the assessment in the course for the diploma in Education;
   2. one prize of $700 in Physics 120, one prize of $700 in Chemistry 101 to be awarded at the honour examination of the First Year of the course for the degree of bachelor of Science;
   3. one prize of $700 in Integrated Clinical Studies to be awarded at the assessment in the Second Year of the course for the degrees of bachelor of Medicine and bachelor of Surgery;
   4. one prize of $700 in History to be awarded at the final assessment in the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours);
   5. one prize of $700 in French to be awarded at the final assessment in the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours);
   6. one prize of $700 to be awarded annually to the student with the highest aggregate marks in Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary Pathology and Veterinary Microbiology at the annual assessment in the course for the degree of bachelor of Veterinary Science;
   7. one prize of $700 in English to be awarded at the final examination in the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours);
   8. one prize of $700 in Mathematical Statistics to be open for competition among candidates at the final assessment in the courses for the degree of bachelor of Science (degree with honours) and the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours);
   9. one prize of $700 in Advanced Legal Philosophy to be awarded at the annual assessment in that subject;
   10. one prize of $700 in International Humanitarian Law to be awarded at the annual assessment in that subject;
   11. one prize of $700 in Genetics to be awarded to a student taking four or more units at Third Year level at the annual assessment in that subject.
2. If in any year the current net income of the estate is insufficient to provide the full amounts of the prizes awarded in such year then all the payments on account of such prizes for such year abate proportionally and the reduced amount so payable is to be received by all the prizewinners entitled to receive payment for such year in full satisfaction of the amount payable to them.
3. Whenever the trustees declare that the annual income of the estate is sufficient to allow of the establishment of other prizes such prizes are to be established by amendment of this regulation.
4. There are the following additional prizes of $700 each, to be known as the ‘Dwight final assessment prize’ to be awarded at the final assessment in each of the following honours schools for the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours) open for competition amongst those candidates who are presenting themselves in those schools for the first time:

Economics
Political Science
Psychology
Fine Arts
History and Philosphy of Science
Geography
Linguistics

5. Candidates for the degree of bachelor of Science (degree with honours) who are presenting themselves for the first time at the final assessment in each of the following honours schools:

   Psychology
   History and Philosophy of Science
   Geography

   re eligible to compete with candidates in the like schools nominated in section 4 for the prizes known as the ‘Dwight final assessment prize’

6. (1) There are two additional prizes of $700 each to be known as the ‘Dwight final examination prize’ to be awarded at the final assessment in combined honours courses for the degree of bachelor of Arts (degree with honours) open for competition amongst those candidates who are presenting themselves in such combined honours courses for the first time.

   (2) Such additional prizes are awarded on the recommendation of the dean of the faculty made after consultation with the heads of the academic departments concerned.