UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 277, 21 November 1919, Page 6

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

BOARD OF STUDIES. ' .The Board of Studies of the University of New Zealand continued its sittings at Wellington on Wednesday, Profemor H. W. Segar, of Auckland, presiding. On the motion of Professor Rankine Brown, it was resolved that the.Senate be recommended to institute a Degree of ' Philosophy similar to that w!_ic_ haa been established in most of the Britfcuniversities. Detailed proposals on the subject were referred to a committee. It was resolved, on the motion of Pro--' fessor Chilton, to recommend the Senate , to institute a diploma in forestry. On 'Professor Sommerville's motion, it was decided that in the M_v. and SLSc. degrees, Honours be" not awarded if the degrees are obtained more than six years after matriculation. Professor Rankine Brown moved that - University teachers be invited to cooperate with tihe external examiner. i». the examination of his students, but that the University teacher be not paid for co doing. ' The motion was lost. y. - . The Christchureh committee.submitted a report on the method of conducting examinations for in : which it waa proposed that the papers- of all graces should be marked by the professor or, teacher in New Zealand and the pr_ ' visional pass, fail, and Honours.awarded; these marks supplemented where necessary by information as to a student's year's work and forwarded with the papers to the English-examiner, who** decision in all cases should 'be final.," - _

The paragrap__rin the report were considered seriatim, but the proposals wero rejected. - .. •' .

The Board further considered the J*!-' port of the teachers of law, and the -fol-. lowing recommendation of the; teacher*<was adopted:—"That a candidate be not. allowed to take any two subjects for. ft; section of the UL£. degree as in the new courses for the B.A. and B.Sc. degree, but that candidates who pass in any two of * the following subjects be credited therewith, viz., English, Latin, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Roman Law, Con* tracts, Property I, Property 11, and Jurisprudence, if it ceases to be a subject for the 8.A.; in other respects the present regulation should remain in force." A resolution was passed that a knowledge of Anglo-Saxon was no longer re*: quired of candidates taking English, aid that the present English paper A .should be replaced by a paper containing th* questions on the additional books to he - prescribed.. . "r '. On the motion of Professor Egertbn, it was resolved that candidates, who «?' tered under the old Statute should be allowed to complete their courses under the conditions contained therein, pt.oj vided they do so not later than the year 1923. This resolution, also applies to candidates sitting during the present year. , . The Christchureh committee of the Senate submitted proposals providing for a more suitable and elastic syllabus ior the-Diploma in Journalism. .- It was decided to recommend that every candidate should be required -• pass in Practical Journalism, Englij*" literature, and Generals History, "an* _ia- three other subjects should be chosen from the following list: —Economics, Geography,. History of Politie_l Ideas,\ Constitutional History, LatinPhilosophy, one modern foreign language. Statistical method, and one science. The Board will continue its sitting* to-day. -. .