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'Tripos' verses were Latin (or occasionally Greek) verses composed for distribution, usually as printed sheets, at academic ceremonies in Cambridge from 1565 (at the latest) until 1894. Most of the earliest have as their subjects serious academic questions which were formally debated as part of the ceremonies; many others are humorous or satirical; some are simply on whatever topic happened to take the author's fancy.
The verses were part of the University's ceremony of graduation. Printed on the back of the verses are the names of the successful candidates for a baccalaureate degree.
See also College Development
Johnson Exhibitions (Witham and Manthorpe, later Whaplode and Holbeach), 1629
Diggons Foundation (Braintree, Liss and Stepney), 1657
Metcalfe Scholarship (Owstwick), [1680-1722] 1724
Greene Scholarships and Cups (Tamworth), [1730] 1747 (Cups still awarded)
Coles Foundation (investments), 1868 and 1882
Mellon Scholarships, 1932 (refounded as Fellowships financed by Old Dominion Foundation, 1948). Further gifts from Paul Mellon and Old Dominion Foundation, 1952, 1954 and nd [c. 1962]
The Scholarship was founded in commemoration of John Reynolds Wardale (admitted 1878, Tutor 1894 - 1920, died 1931)