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At Cambridge the mathematical and classical triposes still retain their former prestige.

From John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors by Fawcett, Henry

He was educated at the City of London school and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took the highest honours in the classical, mathematical and theological triposes, and became fellow of his college.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

But most of the triposes have been divided into two parts, of which the second is not obligatory in order to obtain a degree.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

The boys were taught classics, not on the literary method, but on the academic method, as if they were all to enter for triposes and scholarships, and to end by becoming professors.

From From a College Window by Benson, Arthur Christopher