CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7360, 12 July 1889, Page 6

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

ANNUAL REPORTS.

i At the meeting of the Board of Go- . vernors of the Canterbury College held yesterday, the Chairman laid on the table the annual reports of the different branches of the College, of which the following are condensations :— 1 college. Reference was made to the loss the College had suffered during the year by the death of Mr T. H. Potts, who was appointed by the Provincial Council in 1873. The Hon. J. T. Peacock had been elected '. by the graduates to the vacant seat. The number of matriculated students attending the classes during the past year was 165, as against 140 for the previous ] year. The total number of matriculated and non-matriculated students attend- \ ing lectures in 1883-89 was 318. The number of students attending each lecture during the last term was as | follows: — Classics—Pass Latin, translation, 38; composition, 44; Greek, transla- : tion, 3; composition, 5; honors, Latin, , translation, t ; composition, 11; Latin, teachers' class. 21. English literature— Literature of 1750 to 1800, 56; language of Shakespeare and Thackeray, 57; composition, 141; essay class, 113; art of Shakespeare and Thackeray, 126; philology, 22 ; i criticism, 35; history, 38. Mathematics— Lower division, 37: upper division, 4; mechanical hydrostatics, 13; advanced mathematics, 2. Chemistry and physics \ —Pass chemistry, 10; honors chemistry. 3; chemistry, first principles, 3; pass physics, 23; teachers' physics, 13; honors, physics, 5; elementary science, teachers 13 and D, 26; laboratory practice, 17. , Geology —Junior, 6; senior, 6; advanced, 1. Biology—General biology, 7; junior botany, 9; senior botany, 9; advanced botany, 1. French, 20. Jurisprudence and Law—Jurisprudence, 7 ; constitutional history, 7; law (3rd section), 4; law (2nd section), 4. Civil Engineering—Surveying (Ist year students), 1; advanced, 2; field work, 3; principles of civil engineering (advanced), 2; building construction (advanced), 3. Mechanical Engineering — Freehand drawing applied to constructive engineering and mechanical drawing, 15 ; practical geometry and mechanical drawing, 14; lectures on the steam engine, 16. The names of the successful students during the year were Riven, and the report then went on to say that the graduates of the University of New Zealand who have been educated at the College now number eighty-three, forty of whom have obtained the degree of M.A., and forty-three the degree of B.A. Four of these have also obtained the degree of LL.B., one the degree of B.Sc, and one has gained the degree of LL.D. Of the Masters of Art, two gained double first class honors, one a double first class and a second, twenty first class honors, one a double second, six second, and ten third class. Thus out of 199 who have taken degrees in the Universityof N jw Zealand eighty-three belong to Canterbury College: out of the seventyone who have taken the M. A. forty belong to it; and of thirty-five who have taken first class honors, twenty-four belong to it. Of the sixty-six senior and third year and John Tinline scholarships awarded by the University of New Zealand during the last twelve years, the period during which the present scholarship regulations have been in force, forty-five have been awarded to students of Canterbury College; of the . fourteen Bowen prizes which have been awarded by the University tor an essay on a subject connected with English history, and open to all undergraduates of the University of New Zealand, nine have been gained by students trained in this College (tbe prize this year having been awarded to J. C. Westall, an externe student of this College), whilst the only two mentioned as proxime accessit have also been of this College. Of tbe four Gilchrist scholarships that have been offered in New Zealand two have been gained by students of the Canterbury College. girls' high school. The number of pupils iv the Girls' High School bad increased from 135 to 143 during the present term. The number in the cooking and dress cutting classes increases every year, and a large number of girls last season learnt to swim well. Mention was made cf the success of the girls who went in for matriculation, junior University scholarships and Board of Education scholarships. The school passed a favorable examination at tbe end of the year. boys" high school. A subject of interest in connection with the Boys' High School was the completion and establishment of the workshop for instruction in (carpentry and the use of tools. It was opened in 1888, and up to the end of last year had twelve pupils, but so many more boys wished to join that the shop was enlarged in the summer holidays, and there were now twenty-four pupils attending; this number could be largely increased if there was room. In December last two boys were placed in tbe list of those deemed to nave passed with honor at tbe Junior Scholarship Examination, three qualified for matriculation, and two old pupils took their M. A. ' degree with first-class honors in Classics . and Mathematics respectively ; another one, now* a student at Auckland, gained ' the Senior University Scholarship for j Experimental Science. At the recent ■ scholarship examination held by the North Canterbury Board of Education, two of tbe boys were placed at the top ' of tbe list in Class C. and one In Class D. The number of boys at present attend- ' ing tbe school is 128. museum. In connection with the Museum the i various improvements which had been 1 made during the year were detailed. The < effect of the improvements would be to l give more lifcht in tbe galleries, prevent 1 leakage through tbe skylight of the ethno- I logicd room, and give more yard room at t the back. The photographs of Sir Arthur t Gordon and Sir Hercules Robinson would < shortly be added to those of the former t Governors of the colony. The preeenta- i

tions to the collections have been numerous as in former years. Theliht. """ S has been increased by the usual jnfess « transactions and proceedings of thevaSnn * Australian and American Societies »if *< British Museum, and the Governments * the .colony, and also by several valualS V works by Professor Hutton. A clas» fr«JJ ' the School of Art attends the pictmS ' gallery weekly for the purpose of copyln? Other students also frequent thet»n e r~ j for the same purpose. ™ j school op art. ! The various branches of work havp beta ■ carried on successfully during the yea? The draped and nude life classes hay. ■ been held twice a week each, and entrants f examinations for students wishing to ! learn these subjects have taken place at the end of each term. S'x exhioiUoi» » amounting to remission of fees, have beS < granted by the Board to deserving : students attending the classes. Onehun. t dred and fifteen boys belonging to the ' High school have received at their own 1 school instruction by the Art Master and ' his assistants during the year. The at. ' tendance each term for the mornlnrj '• classes during the past year has been a» follows—l 7, 26, and 31, and for the eveniua classes 60, iA, and 75. With a view of en I couragiug and giving a thorough .J ' training to boys who showed a talent tor drawing, the Board at the beginning of the year offered a free studentship for one year to the head boy in drawing in eaca .. the ten largest district schools in the city of Christchurch and neighborhood, m i the Auckland and Dunedin Society of Arts exhibitions students of this school com< peted, and were so far successful that they trained one medal, three prizes, and four certificates for drawing from the life and the cast, sketching from nature, and decorative design. public library. The publishing of a catalogue last yea* supplied a want loufj; felt, aud all ths copies were speedily sold. A new one is now iv the printers hands and will ha ready for sale in about six weeks. Tha new regulation, allowing subscribers, oa paying 3d per book, to have book 9 kept for them, has been found to answer, at over 350 books have been bespoken during the year. About 045 volumes have been added to the circulating library, and 119 have been ordered to replace tho works ot standard novelists. In addition to these, monthly purchases are made from local booksellers. The total number of book* in the Library is 11,144. Additions to thil'■"'■< Reference Library have been made, which now contains 7734 books. The number of magazines and periodicals taken in for the Reading-room and Library are as follows: —Magazines, 69; English papers, 8; American, 1: New Zealand, about 60; Australian, 4. The following have been added since last year for the use of subscribers only, viz.: — Illustrated London Newt, Graphic, Punch, and Outing. The number of subscribers to the Circulating Library had steadily increased and now numbered 1180. school op agriculture. Several changes have taken place in thli institution during the past twelve months. Early in the year the Royal Commission appointed by the General Assembly last session commenced their work, and after visiting the farm examined several witnesses, and were furnished by the Registrar with a large amount of information. A copy of the report of the Commissionera was sent by the Minister of Education for the information of the Board. At a meeting held in May the Board decided that the catering should be done by the institution and not by the Director. The former practice had been to make the Director a yearly allowance for each student. It is estimated that this change will be the means of largely reducing the expenditure. The Board after giving the subject full consideration passed at the same meeting a resolution reducing tho fee from £05 to £40 per annum. This reduction will come into operation at the commencement of the second term, on the 23rd July instant. At the last annual examination, final certificates were granted to four students. In accordance with the recommendation of the Farm Examiners, and with a view to obtain fresh opinions oa the working of the School, the Board decided that one of the Farm Examinersshould retire annually. Mr John ftenole retired this year, and has been succeeded by Mr Wm. Boag, a gentleman of large experience in agricultural matters. The Board, recognising the increased attention that has of late been paid to dairy farm* ing, decided to. give a larger amount of instruction in this branch of education, and the dairy has been fitted up with a cream separator and small engine, and the number of milch cows on the farm has been largely increased. The Farm Examiners for the past year, Messrs Overton and Rennie, have inspected the farm at different times, and report that on August 27th they examined the students In ploughing and drilling, and found the work very creditably done. On December 7th they were present at the shearing. The sheep were shorn clean, and very little cut, and on February Sth they visited the farm while the crop was being cut. The students did good work. The reaping machines worked the whole day without any accident or stoppage. On February 28th they again visited the farm, and mentioned that the threshing was well done. The work was carried out entirely by the students with the exception of driving the engine. The examiners in their annual report state the farm was in good order, the fences neat, and speak very highly of the work done by the students with the gorse cutter. The report closes with the statement that tbe usual acreage was under crop, and the examiners observed with pleasure that more time was being given to the teaching of dairy work. The older students appeared to be thoroughly grounded in their knowledge of farm work generally. curator's report. The Curator of the Museum (Mr H. 0. Forbes) in his report explained at length the changes he proposed to make in the arrangement, and classification of exhibits. He drew attention to the extreme povertf of the library in books of reference in all departments, and also to acts of mischief and theft which had been of frequent occurrence in che Museum. REPORT OF THE MASTER OF THE SCHOOt OF ART. The work of the year was reviewed at length, and the hope was expressed that more satisfactory arrangements would b» made for the attendance of the Nornul School students. He deplored that provision had not yet been made for the training of the teachers and pupil teachers, especially as drawing was a compulsory and pass subject.