VICTORIA COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 73, 19 December 1907, Page 8

VICTORIA COLLEGE.

'.'::' NEW-PROFESSOR'APPOmTED.;.- . .-• ' -. MORE EQUIPMENT.> ':' :.-■ .; ■■; '."■.-. The Victoria College-Council met ing. Present, Mr.' T. R. Fleming (Chairman), the Ret. Dr. ; Knight, Messrs; J: Graham, H.P.,:H. D. Bell, H.. .- Quick, H.,E.< Von Haast, C. Wilson, •¥.:?. - Wilson,;.P'.'-'M;Oallum, A'. R. Mee|, : ahd"O.- '. Watson.' ' ■■[..'■■'■■. .. 'i'\, ■/ .'■•■■.']";■„..■'•;• .■■•'!■'''.''; ,Tho selection of a new !prpfesEor. r of. matht .". matics 'was-!the;most .im'pdrtant'.biisiness/ Tire '.." applications were considered ;in. coroniittep' for about-an -hour'..: .When ;th'e,-.Council ; -riesiimed. it...was..reported .that. : Mr.' ; Dav,id (Kennedy ; Pieken '■■■• M.'A., ."of *'^GljisgoivO ■'• '■ lreen,"clipse'.u. 1 :. Mr/ Picfcen; -who : was''6he 'of ." the three>-candidafos selected:'from \amoug' the ..British applicants by" • Board- ~ of ■AdviceV.-c'onsistirig-'of' D'rJ-.' Baker, -of "Cain-.. ; '.. bridge,'*and the'- High ■ Commissidq'er, ■■ is;]2B ~ years- of'age,-, married, 'and;, at.the-present >■ tfano ~chief to:"the--srqfessbr'i".of : Mathematics and also Lecturer ,on' jMatheniatics at Glasgow University. . He';tocik. : his 'M;A-: 'degree^with first-class.honours in mathe-matics-and- natural" philosophy; at' Glasgow, and also the.B.A. degree with" honours/having been sixth ."wrangler', • Cambridge,:iii 1902. . The M:A. degree of. Cambridge caihbe. taken .without further :esamihationr>- .He experience -during ::fon.r.' and- a . half winter sessions, in teaching, classes.in .the' following subjects: 1 Gooiiietrj - . - (pure and 'applied), '.algebra., trigonometry -for' the M.A; : .degree, •. .; higher: analytical geometry; higher; trigonometry,; differential : and . integral .. calculus,,, differential/equations, theory, of.<functions, \ etc. '; TweritJMjight.'applicetionVfor'the'pdsi- ' .■. tiqn were'received froni'"Engi(ind,;fqiir'rr6m Australia;.andfirc: from.New"'Zealand; '-.■';.".•. ';.ThefFihance. Committee-.reportedvthat:they. • haj3 .arranged■ for finishing .the, large- room ; on the .'.''top'' -.floor , at'the".northern lerid( of.:the •'•• htiildirig; and-putting a-.doorrto the 'southern room, -and; closing- in the archway,'for/'.a:suin of £348 .10s.';::Tlie; : Qommittee jepommanded tha.ti avclock. be purchased and placed on-.the staircase-'above the tablet;, that-the lighting of'the librai-y bo, improved,, th,e .matter > to,-be left in the .Hands of-the librariansand-archi-teot ;■' that additional lights he supplied .-to the'biological."lecture rdom";|'that a watertight floor belaid in the : small biological -la-. . boratory; thafappara'tus, • maps,'and models asked for; by Professor' Kirk: be obtained at . 'an-'-'estimated- cost, of-£96 1.35:,;.. that , the .- salary of the Demonstrator in, Biolpßy, bo in- ■ creased 'from- 'to £52; : tji,at fittings and fixtures .as asked >for ■' by -Professor ; Easter- : field be placed in :the_.physical laboratory' at an.estimated'cost,.of°£100.-. The'.repo'rt'waß adopted.. ■~; . .-..." .. ..,..,,.-•-....■; : . -..- A'donation of £25 .liaying been made to . the ■ library through' Sir ■Robert- Stout, ;for, . expenditure' on ■ worlts- of agriculturei'.-was ■ ■• entrusted to the LibraryjCommittee'-'todis- .: pose.ofitp the best advantage. '°' :-■';■: ■ ■ The :High:.- Commissioner notified; ;that: he had advertised .inviting;applications/for:the position of Dean of/'tlio/Fnciilty. of -Law, in succession to Professor Madaurin, : ;■■ ■■':.::'■■■ It was decided to holdlthe:nest,'meeting'on January. 23.j:.V. .;-,.-.'-...-v ,\v.- '.'•*','■'■■• '•'