The John Howard Clark Prize and Title of John Howard Clark Scholar

Whereas the University of Adelaide has received and has invested the sum of £500 for the purpose of perpetuating the name of John Howard Clark: And whereas it was agreed with the donors that the word ‘income’ in these statutes should include not only the interest to accrue from the said sum, but grants to be received from the government in respect thereof.

1. There shall be an annual prize called "The John Howard Clark Prize", which shall consist of one half of the annual income of the fund received by the University as aforesaid, currently set at $500.
2. The prize shall be awarded to the candidate for the Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts with the most outstanding results in the Department of English and shall be judged by the examiners to have reached a sufficient standard.
3. If the examiners shall consider no candidate worthy of the prize, they shall so report, and no award shall be made for that year, but there shall not, by reason of that lapse, be more than one prize winner in the following year.
4. The prize winner will be required to proceed to the degree of Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy by submission of a satisfactory thesis on a subject connected with the English language or with English literature and approved by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. When the thesis has been accepted as fulfilling the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy, the prize winner shall deposit an approved copy of it in the University library and then shall receive a further payment of one half of the income available from the fund, currently set at $500 and shall be granted the title of John Howard Clark Scholar. If the thesis is not accepted as fulfilling the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy, such payment and title shall be withheld.