The Cambridge Calendar, 1907 - 1908. (Deighton, Bell, and Co., Cambridge. 7s.
6d. net.)—As this is the last Calendar which will give the name of a Senior Wrangler, it will be interesting to record a few of the changes which time has brought about in the Triposes. The year 1882 shall be our starting-point, for it witnessed a new departure in the Law Tripos. The first Tripes, then, showed 2 First, 9 Second, 27 Third ; that of 1907, 4, 18, 32. History exhibits a much more remarkable advance. The numbers were
in 1882, 2, 4, 5 ; in 1907, 4, 30, 31, with 1, 6, 4 women. The Mediaeval and Modern Languages Tripos began with 3 men and 3 women (just equalling the number of examiners); in 1907 27 were examined. The Theological Tripos has been nearly stationary, 26 against 22. The Classical Tripes numbered in 1882 77 men and 14 women ; in 1907, 115 men and 16 women. On the other hand, the Mathematical Tripes had in 1882 27 Wranglers, 30 Senior Optimes, and 32 Junior Optimes, with 3 women ; in 1907 the numbers were 31, 19, and 14, with 10 women. Mathematics are clearly on the decline.
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