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THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY.

PROPOSED CHAIR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. - At a meeting of the Professorial Board of the Ofcago Universily, ; held on the 27th ulfc., the following resolutions were passed unanimously:— „ '".'..'.'.;■ ; . .-. • " That with reference to the proposal made at the last meeting of. the Synod of the Otago Presbyterian Church .tofound a Chair of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy in the University, it be represented.tq the Council— " 1. That Moral Philosophy is now taught in the University as a leading subject in the Department of Mental Soiencs, to which a two yearts' course has been allotted in the curriculum of study. „ w .- i ., "2. That Political Economy is also taught, as a separate subject, in the, University ; the course occupying three hours per week. "3. That the provision which has thus been already made for instruction in Moral Philosophy and Political Economy is sufficient for existing requirements ; and that it would not be possible to afford longer time for these subV jects than is now allotted to them, without extending for another year the period of study. ■ -• "4, That, in view of the fact that the patronage would be in the hands, of an ecclesiastical body, the institution in present circum« stances of a Chair of Moral Philosophy could not fail to give rise to an impression throughout the Colony that it was -intended to subserve sectarian or ecclesiastical purposes, and that such an impression, even although unfounded, would be highly injurious to the present welfare and future prospects of the University. '* 5, That in the interests of higher education, and in order to make.the course of instruction in the arts faculty reasonably complete, and thereby enable students to pass successfully the examinations of "the New Zealand University, the Chairs which are really, and indeed urgently, needed, are a Chair of Physical Science and a Chair of English Language and Literature; and that the founding of a second Professorship in the department of mental science, while no provision was made for instruction in physical science, which is the basis of all the sciences, and while only ah inadequate provision was ; made for the Btudy of the English language, , which (to our students) is the most important of all the languages, would , weaken public confidence in the wise conduct of the affairs of the University. ".That, on the grounds above specified, the Council be .earnestly recommended to refuge its consent to the founding of the. proposed Chair of Moral. Philosophy and. Political Economy, which, in the opinion of. this Board, would riot merely be superfluous', but would even be prejudicial to the, bßst interests of the UniverBity," • ' ; ; .. •, ■

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Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 5

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THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY. Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 5

THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY. Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 5