UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 56, 7 March 1889, Page 5

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

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The Senate met.... at 10...>a.m.:J to-day. Present: The Chancellor (in the'f'cliair),'the Vice-Chancellor, Rev. jV|£ .'Habens, Prof. F. D. Brown, Prof. Cfrd&y Prbf. •"Shahd/ Rev. Dr. Sahnond, Righ^;Re\%-I)V. ' Cbwie : Sir R. Stout, Sir G. M. .C'Rork^-', Re?v -'Mr Bruce, Prof. J. M. Browli. ..':;' '. "

Auriccltuiul Science. -A- Rev. P M v Habens brought-up f or"consideration the report of the.committee ion the encouragement of agricultural ecieftcc.—-This and other reports were made .orders-of-the day for Friday. '_ .!_*' * -. y .-•.-.

Pass Degree of the UimLMiy,-I;h Robert Stout gave notice.* that on an early day next session,he wouTdf:-m6Ve '''Tb'a't'ic' be referred to a Committee to rcohsidsr•'"(■!')'' Whether the pass degi'eci|'of iihe. University could not be ; pub ot;- a viure satis--factory footing' and g.\ flp&iaiiga I.mi _ of: studies permitted 'such fas (A) a classical;, course, including Latin md 0f;eQk:u§.cptn . pulsory subjects; (/;) a literary cotu>o, to have two languages in addition" to Hud! li. compulsory ;. (c)- a pliil^opl-ical coiurie, having mental and . moral science political science, and advanced" general history, compulsory; (d) four "or more courses in science,/.having special branches in science, stiph/ aa physical science, chemical science, science applied to_ industrial arts or agriculture, natural science, made compulsory ; (i) A musical course, making music and its history and scientific subjects/beariug on music compulsory ; (/)•"A law course, similar to the present LL.B;,' course ; (g) a course dealing with pedag6>j;y. (2) The degrees as specified mighbbe thus named : (a) Bachelor of Arts; (b) Bachelor of Literature; (c) Bachelor of Philosophy'; (d) Bachelor of Science;, (c) Bachelor, of.Music; (/) Bachelor of Law; (g) Ba^'^iJorol' Pedagogy. (3) For honours in they hove, subjects, 1" or for a higher examination- the degrees of Master and Doctor could be granted." Academical Dress.—On 'the motion of the Rev. Dr. Salmond, a Committee was appointed to consider and report on Mr Chilton's letter regardingacademical dress.

Candidates' Papers.— The Committee recommended :.. (1) That the! examiners be instructed to return the candidates' papers to the Registrar of the University, along with their report of [ the ' examination. (2) That the papers may be destroyed by order of- the Chancellor immediately after the close of the first annual, meeting of the Senate held after tho examination. Sir Robt. Stout moved thab the recommendations of the Committee bo agreed lb. The motion was negatived.

Bills for New Statutes.—The following Bills were read a third time, and passed, and it was. also resolved that statutes be made in accordancejwith them. (1) ABillto amend the statute',-"';'-senior scholarships." Clause 11. of the statute of senior scholarships is hereby repealed and the. following enacted in lieu thereof:—ll.—The senior scholarships shall be.distributed-as follows among the under-mentioned subjects or groups of subjects :-,-Latin and Greek, one scholarship ; Latiis-rfnd English, or Latin and either French and German, one scholarship ; mathematics, one .scholarship ; experimental science, namely, physical science or chemistry, one scholarship; natural science, ■ one schqj&rsh'ip in either biology or geology ; political science or mental i science, one scholarship. (2) A Biil for a ne-.f. .statute in the " Course in Lav/." It is hereby enacted as follows : —Professional examination in law: (1) Candidates for thejSgal pv- .fession may be examined by th.;' University. (2) No fees shall ■be/'requir. for such examination other.jhtm tho: 3 prescribed by the " Law Practitioners' Act, 1882." (3) Certificates • shall ,;h& issued to candidates specifying tha f'examination which they have passed. .:'(4)'\ The Chancellor may, on the request', of any Judge of the Supreme/; Court, fix special examinations Viia-''stisVi - candidates, at such times and places as may be required by a judge of the Supreme Court. (3) A Bill to amend the statute "Terms and Lectures." Clause IV. is hereby repealed, and the following enaoted in lion thereof :— (4) No student shall be allowed bo present himself for examination in any branch of physical science, or of natural science, or of chemistry, either at the annual examination of an affiliated collego or at the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, or for tho degree of Bachelor of Science, unless subsequently to matriculation he has both attended the regular course of instruction in the subject at the affiliated Oolle. oto which he is attached, and gone through a . prescribed course of practical work in the subject. (4) ABill to amend the statute of junior scholarships. Clause oof section 111. is hereby repealed and the following: is enacted in lieu thereof: —(6) Mathematics, (a) Arithmetic (the ' whole subject) and algebra, to quadratic equations inclusive, also ratio, proportion, variation, the progressions, permutations, and combinations, (b) Euclid, books 1., 11., 111., IV., and VI., and plane trigonometry, to solution of triangles, inclusive, with easy transformations and examples. This statute shall not apply to the examinations of December, 1889.