The Berkeley premiums, what we at Harvard would call "deturs," are given at Yale to freshmen for exceptional excellence in Latin composition The means of giving these prizes is supplied from the income of a farm given by Bishop Berkeley to the college in 1733, which has been leased for a long period of years. The examination set is always some connected passage of Latin prose. Last year it took the shape of a letter from one college friend to another. The number of prizes is not fixed, depending on the quality of the work offered, but generally six first and six second prizes are awarded. The awards are always books, but the recipient is allowed to select for himself. These prizes are not convertible into money, however much the student may desire it. The examination for the present year takes place May 22. All competitors for the premiums are excused from recitations that day.
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