CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6492, 14 July 1886, Page 7

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

The annual mating of the Canterbury College Board of Governors took place on Jojy 12 There were present—Mr T. de c. Malet (Chairman), the Most Eevrend the Primate, Messrs £ B*«tham, J. N. Toeawill, K. Wpetpnra, J. Y. Boss, J. Y. Colhorne-Yeel. K. W. Fereday.

The College Committee's report v>B read and adopted Rβ follows:— (L) The Committeerecommends the Board that a meeting of graduates entitled to Tote ahall be called fourteen d»ye before the date of any election of a GoTeroor, (or the porpoce of candidates. At such meetiug candidates shall be nominated, either by being proposed and feconded by : gradnatea present, or by written nominations, signed by two qualified graduates, and sent in to I theßeciunrnotUterthanthedaybeforrithemeetto j. ItshaUbethedoty of the Becutrar to receive gaeh nominations, and to hand them to the Chairnsanof the meeting, to be auaonnoed by him to the graduate* present. At the saheeqnent el-ctioano TOtee ahan be reoeinvl except for candidates nominated a* herein prorided. (2.) The Committee reoommende the Board (in accordance with the request of the Chairman of ameettngot (craduate* held Jnne 95th) that the election of two Qovernora in the room of Xeears Coward and Lance ahaU be tela la* noon on the same day in Angnst on which tke diplomas ahaU be preceated. The School of Axa Committee reported aa follows r—

The Committee recommends the Board that the fee* tor the - tmildia*. construction, and arehitecore class be 10e per term, infl for the •• eoiiuuuring daw " 10s per term. Anyatndent shallfee allowed to attend bothclastee on paying a *«*of Hit report waa adcp'ed.

r ;4 «* H'firnsri * <•»■•<»# I '«etner-At the annusl meeting of the Board 'of Governors •! the Canterbury College, held on the 12th July. 1886. the Chairman's statement of the proem* ""■**■ and tbe work done in the several departments durtafrthe yew, was read as follows:— Thia is tbe thirteenth v"»"»i meeting of tbe Board. I propose to give a short statementehowiag the work done in the several departmental during the part twelve months. Since the last annual meeting, I regret to say. we have lost one of our members through death—Mr J. P. lance, who for eight years has been a Governor of the College. Two Governors of the Collefe— Messrs Bowen and Coward-hare resigned their seats. On the 21st last the graduates on the books of Canterbury College elected Messrs W Chrystall. J. V. Koss and B. Westenra, to be members of the Board of Governors. There are still two vacancies, which wfll be filled up at an electi n to be held shortly, or as soon as certain alterations shall hare been made respecting the mode of procedure for nomination of candidates. The number of matriculated students attending the classes during the past year was 103. as against 83 for the previous year The total number of matriculated and nou-matnculated students attending lectures in 1885-6 was 314, as compared with SOt for 1884-5. The number of students attending eiiuh. lecture during the last term was as follows Olassics—Pass Latin: Translation, 49; composition. 47. Greek—Translation. 7; composition. /. Honors latin: Translation, 3; composition, 7. English Literature -Pass Lectures: Literature of Common wealth, 63; language of Shakespeare and George Eliot, S2; composition, 155; art of Shakespeare and George Eliot, J6a. Honors lecturess Philology, S3; criticism, 40; bistcry (1025 to 1688), 36. Mathematics—Lower Division, 81; Upper Division, 2; mechanics and hydrostatics, 15; advanced mathematics. 3; elementary mathematics. 6. Chemistry and Physics—Junior chemistry. 16; senior chemistry, 4; junior physics, 15; senior physics, 9 ; physics (teachers class), 7; laboratory practice, 14. GeologyJunior geology, 7 s senior geology, 1; laboratory practice, 7. Biology—First year botany, 8 j second year botany. 13; honors botany, 4) pass biology (physiology), 11; laboratory practice botany, BJ. French- Senior class, 7; junior elaes, 6. German, 3. Jurisprudence, 10; Constitutional history. 6. I*w,3. Five students from the College have this year obtained the degree of M.A. B. Lamb and T. W. Bowe gained at the same time first class honors in languages, P. Kime first class honors in mathematics, H. yon Haest second class honors in political ecience, and H. Cross second class honors in languages. Six students of the College have passed the final section of tbeir B.A. examination, aDd had the degree conferred on them (one of them under the teachers regulations), Misses A. Ores ham, E. a. Milßom, E/Pitcaithly and L. M. Will, and Messrs W. D. Andrews and W. H. A. Craddock, whilst nine have passed the first section of their B.A. examination, ittisees E. Hilton, B. Gibson, M. Gibson. E. Gnbben. M. lorimer, and F. Taylor, and Messrs W. Armitage, F. Fendall. and A. B. Meek. Only two Fenior scnolarsnips of the six offered by the New Zealand TXnivemity this year were awarded, and they were gained by students of thfa College. The English and I*tin scholarship by W. H. A. Craddock, and the political *cienoe scholar., ship by Miss E. Pitcaithly. The College exhibitions given for excellen»s in honors' work at the College annual examination were awarded as follows:—For Latin W. H. A. Craddock -. for English, Miss A. E. Mills and O. T. J. Alpers, who were equal; for mathematics, B. Speight j for natural scieaoe, F. P. Fendall; for experimental science, T. W. Ambrose; forGrtek and' French and history, political economy »nd French, J. H. Bmith and Mies B. Gibson, who were equal. The gwdnates of the University of *ew Zealand who have been educated at the College now number 51, 26 of whom have obtained the degree of M.A.. and 25 the degree of B.A. Three of these have also obtained the degree of 1111.8. Of the Masters of Arts, 1 gained double first class honors, 1 a double first class and a second, li first class honors, 1 a double second, 3 second, and 7 third class. Thns, out of 119 who have taken degrees in the University of New Zealand. 51 belong to Canterbury College. Out of the 4i who have taken the M.A., 27 belong to it. and of the 23 who have taken first class honors, 16 belong to it. O: the 48 senior and third je»r scholarship* awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last six years, the period during which the present scholarship regulations have beta in Lrce, 32 have been awarded to students of Canterbury College. Of the eleven Bowen prizes which have been awarded by the University for an essay on a subject connected with Bnglieh history, and open to aU undergraduates of the University of New Zealand, eight have been gained by students ; ♦rained in- this College, whilst the only two mentioned as proxime accessit have also been of this College. Of the three Gilchrist scholarships that have been offered in New Zealand, two have been gained by students of tbe Canterbury College. The last Gilchrist st-holar. H. M. this College, has- highly distinguished himself in , the first year of his medical course at Edinburgh University, gaining first position in one class, and appearing in the first class in his two other subJectsT At the end of last year the Imperial authorities offered a commission in the Boyal Engineers to each oolonial University, and that for New Zealand has been given to one ef the College students, G. M. Hutton, who took his B-β.. degree in 1885. Fof the sake of those who oould not attend during the day, a course of twelve evening lectures was oommenoed during the list term by Professor Bickerton oa the "Application of Electricity" This course,for which a fee of 5s was oharged, was very popular,' and attended by 130 students.

Bots' High Schooi.—The following changes have taken place in the staff during the past year: —At Christmas Mr Fergusbon, having been appointed Master of Groanpirk. School, tendered his resignation, and his place was filled by Mr Faulkrier, 8.A., Trinity College. Cambridge, formerly assistant master at Kings' School, Bruton, and King Edward's School, Broomgrove Soon after the commencement of »ho year, Mr T. P. Arnold resigned, having accepted an appointment as Master at the central school. New Plymouth. Daring the third term last year applications were invited for tb« office of writing, master, but the Board did not see its way to make an appointment. The school was visited last March by the InepeetorOeneral, who says :—" It seems to mc that the school U not quite as well attended as, from its organisation and method, it deserves to be." It was also examined at the end of last year by the Professors of the College, and their report*, as a whole, were favorable to the school, and reflected great credit on the work done. His Excellency the Governor was good enough to give away the prizes in 'December last. The following honors Save been gained by pupils of the Boys' High Bchool since July last year t— B. Speight obtained an exhibition for mathematics, and J. H. Bmith for.Oreek and French, at Canterbury College. T. H. Qreen was elected to the OiQies Scholarship (or chemistry and physics at Auckland University College. . At the entranoe examination of the Kew Zealand University, held last December, five boys were candidates for the Junior Hcholarehips and two for matriculation. All seven qualified for matriculation, though on. successful in winning a scholarship. There are at present five old papito of the High School at Canterbury College and one at Auckland University College.

Gibls* High School—The numbersnare increased from 118 pupile, who attended the school in the second term ot last year, to 137. whose names are now on the books. Cooking has thia year been added to the subjects, and is being taught witn ■access by a teacher of praotical experience. This subject is taught in two classes (ccaaiaUng ot abo«t2o otthe older girls) every Saturday, thus causing Bβ interference with the ordinary echool routine. The work is done in a detached bauoing on the school site, well Tentilated, end specially fitted up for the purpose with gas stores' cooking atensile, witer service, &o. '.Che school was examined at the endol last year by Professors Browii, Cook. Bickerton, and Hasbim, and the Key. C. Turrell, who expressed themselves well satisfied with the thoroughly sound nature of the education given. The Inspector-Qeneral visited the school in March, and in hie report remarked-" My opinion as to the high merit of the school remains unchanged." Hβ spoke very highly of the teaching staff. During the year scholarship! riven by the Board of Education were gamed by 3 oandidates sent up fi«m the school, 2 in Class B by Maria Connon and Stella Henderson, and one in Class C by Hilda Lewis. It is worthy of note that ont of 5 scholarships given by the Board ia Class E during; the last four years, four have been taken by pupils from this school. Jnnior University Scholarships were (rained this year by Isabel Ecclesfield andXillian "Williams. During the last four years out of Si junior scholarships awarded to candidates from the whole of New Zealand, 8 have been gained by pnpasfrom this school. School or Abt. —The value of the instruction given in the school continues to be felt, as is shown by the inoreased number of •tndentswho have, according: to the Art Master's report, received instruction during the past year. The Board, wishing t* exhibit the work of the school at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition held in London this year, voted the necessary expenses connected therewith, and 30* square feet ef epaeewas secured in the New Zealand Court for this purpose. The Hon. Bir E. Stent piid a visit to the echoolin December and saw the students at work. The Art Master, who was in attendance, explained the instruction, and submitted tbe general work of the school for inspection. The Premier expressed pleasure and surprise at the extent and quality of the work. A new prospectus of the school has been prepared, in which the stages of instruction have been revised. Landscape from nature has been introduced, and additional courses of lectures added to the former work of the school. McsKtJu— Buriog the year many donations have been received both trom persons in New Ztaiand and in foreign countries. The appendix to the Director's report gives the list of the donations made to the Jdnserun. and published at the end of every quarter. Most work has beea done in tbe Ornithological, Skeleton, Ethnological and Antiquity roons, where numerous addition* have been made to the previously existing collections. Much, hasalso been dome in the matter of arrangement, and the taxidermist is at present occupied in setting UDSome animal* from India. In consequence of the heavy rains this winter, several repairs have had to be made in the igaeswork of ibe Museum, aad the stonework win need repainting in the spring. The number of visitors to the Museum SSnltheyear 1685-1886, was 79,307; the attendance being 54,984, the Sunday, 24,223. In January 1886. the Director received a year's leave of abe-nee. and proceeded to England as Executive Commissioner for New Zealand at the colonial and Indian Exhibition, which was opened in London at the beginning of May, arrangements having; been made t* carry on his work during his absence. The Board of Governors have granted a «n™»°J 4150. in addition to the usual grant, to be placed ■t the disposal of the Director to enable him to visit the Continent and obtain collections for the Muse-m. and for the expenses connected therewith. This opportunity of adding to the alreaGy Enable ctAteedonm, will doubtless render this popular institution more useful and attroctove than hitherto, both to the scientific man and to the general public. Public Libiuxt.—The system hitherto in force of ordering monthly parceled books from London has been discontinued, and an arrangement haa keen made with a Christchurch firm to supply books for the Circulating Library to the value of £10 per month, thus affording to the Committee an opportunity of selecting the books. fWhas also received an order for about 90 or 100 Sotames, which are required to fill m> gaps and complete works, parts of which are already injbe Reference Library" Sew shelving. *£°£*&*t*?l tor: over 1800 volumes, has been erected™ Ciroulatinfr Library. This acoomuodaaon wae e siacation. The reriodicals •oreviooaly sent from London are now SShaSd in Th's is *°»enBU imnrovement, a* two copies of several of the more SpuSar oneVare obtained for the samepnceas Was before paid for one copy, owing to theaanas; Spostage.Tt is still a matter of regret that the SJnbeTof subscribers is so small, a* the want of

which should be otLlha •h.ejyw ef such an institution, but owujjfWthe necessary expenditure >>h* reeeipterdo no more than meet the ann-ual outlay and this is only accomplished by exercising the greatest economy. The monthly ticket instituted last year has proved to be e> success, aeit is the of indocwg people to become regular subscribers. The number of books in the circulatinet library is 9609; made up as follows —Architecture and mechanics, 374 volumes; biography, 825: fiction. 3«60; history, 7J6; literature (general), 616 ; miscellaneous, SSB; periodicals (bound). 451-. poetry and drama, 255; science (general). 63*; travels, U22; total, 9609. The. number in the reference library is 7174. 81 period!-; cale are taken in, and 7 English newspapers, 43 New Zealand, 1 American, and 4 Austrafian news-

SCBOOi. or AewCTn-TORK.— Dnring the pest year fire e+udents, Tix., Messrs Allen, Burt, Gab.tes, Graj add Piercy, have gained final certificates. The ecbool has been attended >y 35 Btudents, who came from the followim? place*:—Auckland, 4; Canterbury, 13; England, 2; Hawke's Bay, ♦; Nelson, 1; New South Wales, 3; Otago, 3; southland, 2; Wellington, p. These numbers show a (ailing off compared with previous ye*rs,*but the fact may in a measure be attributed to the existing depression, and perhaps to a certain extent to the raising of the fees from £16 lCs to £65 per aniimti. Tnie step was found to Dβ necessary- At the present rate the fees, which include all expenses to the student, do not cover the cost of boarding, edncation, Ac. The regulation under which the steamer fares once a year of resident students are paid to and from the Dearest port to their homes in New Zealand is still in force, also that providing for payment to the students for work done on the farm. There have been no changes in the teaching staff of the school since the last annual meeting. The past year has been an exceptionally dry one, and the crops on the farm were lighter than usual. Although the feed was scarce, the quantity of live stock has not been reduced. The turnip crop, though late, is a very fair one. The school was visited at different times by the Examiners in farm work, Tiz., Wecars J. W. Overton and J. Bennie, and the following short extracts from their annual repert to the Board will show their opinion of the work done by the students and the management. In April they state " the stndents were working a threshing machine in such a way as to give eaoh one an opportunity of learning all about feeding, flHinjr the sacks, clearing the chaff away and stacking the straw, and they all did their work very well. The engine was in charge of a driver." On another occasion they state that " accompanied by the students, we walked round each paddock and questioned them on the crop, when it was sown, what manure, if any, was used, what the previous crop had been, the quantity of e*ed per acre, whether the seed was dressed before it was sown, and how the land was prepared for it, and after carefully making notes of the answers given to us, and comparing them with the facts regarding each paddock obtained from the Director, we were able to judge of the interest taken, and were much pleased to see how large an amount of attention was bestowed by the students on the every day work of the farm. In August we examined the laborious part of the farm wort, and, taking into consideration the fact that many, if not all, of the students are still crowing and that their muscles are not yet fully developed, we think it very creditable that they were able to plough as well as they did in such heavy grass land. The ploughs were well set, the horsee driven steadily (though, perhaps, in this there might be a little improvement), and the ploughs firmly guided. In November we found the students sheep shearing, and we particularly noticed two things, viz., the quality of the work and the time taken in doing it. Of the first we can only speak in terms of the highest praise. In the carpenter's shop four students were busily ongaged making hay slides. The work appeared to be well and neatly done. The. blacksmith's shop was occupied by students repairing m« chines, rakes, &c., &o. The remarks made about the carpenter's shop might alto apply to this department. In the dairy the students were busy making butter, but had not commenced cheese staking. We were pleased-to note that the churns, vats, *c, and ill the utensils used were clean and bright. In. conclusion, we cannot help remarking that judicious management was everywhere apparent, and without it the amount of stock on the farm could not possibly be so large and in such good condition, nor the crops so healthy." These remarks from two gentlemen who are well known as practical fanners, show that the school is doing good work, and imparting' to the studeate a thoroughly practical educati n in agriculture.

The Chairman said that the next business was the election of a Chairman for the ensuing year. * . ' His Lobdship the Pbikatx said he thought they would have little trouble in selecting a Chairman. They had had the. experience of Mr Malet'e services, and he thought they would all agr.ee with him that notwithstanding the onerous duties and responsibilities, he had discharged them to the satisfaction of the Governors. He would move the appointment of Mr Malet as Chairman.

Mr TosffKTLL seconded the nomination, and endorsed what the Primate had said, and could bear testimony to the. efficient way in which he had discharged his duties both as a member and as Chairman.

There was no further nomination and Mr Malet was elected Chairman.

Mr Malkt returned hie thanks for the honor they had done h im in re-electing him Chairman. Though the office was no sinecure he took a pleasure in the discharge of the duties devolving upon it. The election of Committees, of which the Chairman is ex officio a member, resulted as follows : —

College—The Most Bey. the Primate, Hon.W. Beeves, Messrs W. Montgomery, B. Beetham, B. Weetexua, and J. V. Colborne Veel.

Estates—Hon. E. C. J. Stevens, Messrs' H.B.Webty J. N. Tmswill, B. W. Fereday. L. Harper, and W. ChrystalL Museum—Messrs H. B. Webb, T. H. Potto, J. Y. Boss, B. W. Fereday, J. D. Enye, and B. Westenra. Library—Messrs J. V. Colborne Veel, B. W. Fereday, W. Cbryetall, J. V. Boss, and B. Beetham.

School of Agriculture—Hobb. E. C. J. Stevens, W. Beeves; Messrs J. N. Toeewlll, T. W. Maude, L Harper, B. Weetenra, and W. Montgomery. Medical Oonncii (of which the Chairman: is not ex-oficio a member) —Hon. E. C. J. Bteveftis, J. V. Colborne Veel, F. de C. Malet, T. W.JMaude. and B. Beetham. rhe School of Art Committee consists of the College and Museum Committees. The Board then adjourned.