UNIVERSITY COUNCIL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 6

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL.

APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSORS. ! M'KCIAI. (OMMITTKK >KT UP. i Recommendations dealing with the appoint mcjit of professors at the four ( university colleges were to-day adopted | by the New Zealand I'niversity Council . | Professor Macmillan Brown jcellor) presided. j A report was received from the j Statutes Committee .-tating that a eom- | mittee of university professors, consistling of the Chancellor. Principal, Mr. Acland. Mr. Bakewell. Hon. Mr. Fowlds, Mr. Sjdcy. had lieen >et up and powers ' delegated to this committee. t It was further reported that the 1 Academic Board had Ijocn asked to cooperate with this committee by making arrangements for such expert advisory committee* a<- the Committee of Appointment of I'niversity Professors may i from time to time desire. Before making an appointment to a ! . hair, it was recommended that a col-

I'efore making an appointment to a • hair, it was recommended that a college council should send to the Begistrar of the I niversity a short list of names of the applicants considered most suitable by the College Council. The Committee of Appointment would strike out of the list the name of any applicant of whose appointment the committee would not approve and the College Council would be then advised that if it appointed to the chair any one ot the applicants whose names still remained 011 the list, the committee would approve of the selected candidate as a university professor. The report was adopted. A telecram from Sir .Tames Wilson. President of the Board of Agriculture, requested that the subject of agriculture should not !»e excluded from the syllabus of the se<*">ndary schools. The matter was referred to the Entrance Board for consideration.

The follow in? notice of motion wa,« given. '"That, the Minister of Education lv advised that the I'niversitv Council is very dissatisfied with the war in which it was consulted in regard to the University Amendment Act. IO2R. that the numerous errors and omissions in the Amendment Act show clearly The need of thorough evpert examination before university legislation is passed, and that the council hopes that in future hotli the university and the colleges will have the fullest opportunifr of considering anv legislation dealing with the univcrsit v."