ARCHITECTURE STUDY.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14546, 24 December 1912, Page 2

ARCHITECTURE STUDY.

ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES,

CANTERBURY COLLEGE RECOMMENDED.

The study of agriculture formed » subject for discussion at a meeting of the Canterbury Cfnltge Board of Governors yesterday, tho matter being brought under tho notice of members by a letter from Mr S. Hurst Seager. Mr Seager wrote: —"As you are a ware tho University of New Zealand has established a degree of science in architecture and Scott and myself were appointed a committee by tho Senate to draw up the course of study. This has been fixed by tho Sonate, and it only awaits the establishment of classes in ono of tho colleges to enable students to take the course, and obtain a degree. It is very important that the course should bo established a> soon as possible. As you know, Mr has recommended that tho classes should be established at Canterbury College for tho reason that bo many of the classes now established in the Engineering School will form part of tho architectural course, and many of the other subjects of study are at present taken at Canterbury College." Tho letter went on to say that he had prepared a list of subjects of study by which it would bo seen that of tho subjects taught in the nrst two years of tho courso leading to the first Professional examination, only threo out of the nine were not already provided for, and in tho following two years, leading to the second Professional examination, only four out of the twelve subjects wore not provided for. It seemed to him that as tho recommendation had been made by Mr Hogben, and J lie Government recomnvmkd to subsiciso the classes, Canterbury College should certainly respond by getting the courso placed before tho Senate at its next meeting for its approval. Jt would be folly to attempt to establish classes in all centres or even in two centres, as there would not be enough students, but there was not tho least doubt that tho classes at one collego could be brought to a successful issue. Tho fact that tho Government had, at tho instigation of the Institute of New Zealand Architects, adopted registration of architects as a Government measure, and would bring it. forward next session, placed architecture on a very different footing from what it had been in tho past. Its meant that those wishing to register and practico as architects must of necessity pass tho p'roner examination so that this would increase the number of students enormously. The course of lectures on historical and ornamental art was a course which should be taken by all collego students, as it was co-re-lated to tho history courses which they had to take for the present degree. Tho history of a nation could not bo more clearly illustrated, and forcibly impressed than by the study of its art.

Tho Chairman (Mr J. C. Adams) said thnt tho matter should be referred to tin Collego Committee, who could look into it closely first, and that the Finance Committee could also discuss tho proposal beforo it came before tho Board.

Mr Soager said that the Board should at onco express its willingness to establish such classes provided financial nrninpr-ments could be made.

Mr W. K. Montgomery said that the Board should first get reports from its committees in regard to tho practicability of the proposal. It was decided that the architectural coureo should bo established provided satisfactory arrangements could bo mado by the Finance Committee, and tho proposal was then referred to the Finaaeo and College Committees for their consideration.