UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 27, 31 January 1920, Page 15

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

AURICCLTORE FOR B.A. {Br Telegraph —Press JUsociationJ DUSKDIX, Friday. Ti.e L"n:rersiiv Senate asrreea, en the motion of Dr. Anderson, -That the proscription for the subject- of agricultural science lor ilie -RA. degree lie referred to a seiooi camiKittee, and that it he an instruction to tbe committee to include in the prescription either in association or or way of alternative, such port'oiic o" the subjects of agricultural chemistry a~ prescribed for the Bachelor of Asrrieuiture degree a= ma;.- best suit the~case; and iha: the committee report To the Board of Situuies and the fcenate." Professor Mai-Milian, Brown moved. '■That the following section be added to The LL.B. statutes: —Candidates who enttred under the olj statute shall be aiio'-ved to complete their courses mirier the conditions comaind therein, provided thai they do so not later than the year 1923, and that this apply , to candidates •orho sat in IMS)." Aiier discussion \hs matter was deferred till April. Segar moved that the Decem'urr Examinations, Committee for IP2I consist of the following members of the Senate; I>r. Anderson, Dr. Cameron. Prefesser Hight, Professor Scjiar. and the vice-Chancellor, — I arrk'd. Professor Hunter moved that all changes in the University Statutes shall come into force in \he year following tiiat in which they are passed, unless the Senate direct otherwise.—Carried. Th c Entrance Examinations Committee recsmniended that matriculation paper 1» as at present, three-hour papers except in elementary mathematics, in which there should be three papers of two hours each, instead of two papers of three hours each, a= at present. The recommendations was carried. With the object of promoting in New Zealand a iietter knowledge of the French lanpuase and literature, the Arts and Commerce Committee rei-ommended that a travelling scholarship in French be offered every year u*omraenein;r this year) of the annual value of £200, and tenable for two years tif the holder has done satisfactory work in the first year). This was agreed to. The senate resolved that the conrse in appiiod physics for the advance frrade pf the B.Se. de.srce proposed | by the :>oard of studies and adopted by ] the nenate, be reconsidered at the April j Bipptins. The eQ33sittee presented the report on i the dip'oma e f education, which was| adopted. The diploma is to be (a) open ! to students of the university who have! jrraduated in arts or science, or who nave' kept terms in not less than four subjects in these courses at an affiliated college; (b) have pursued a course of training approved by the university: and ('•> have complied with the conditions! ■which are defined. The statute is to come into eperatlon this year. It was decided that of the candidates for the preliminary science examination ior the certificate of proSciencv in dental | surgery, five be recorded as havins passed the whole examination, and one as baring passed in two subjects; that I of the candidates for the accountants' preliminary examination SO be recorded as having passed the whole examination and 33 as having passed in Eections.