UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 111, 3 February 1908, Page 9

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

. < —4 NEW SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS. TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP FOR. | MEDICINE. Vf I , wsity Senate spoilt a busy morn-1 1, ..S • t-srdsy • considering'reports.-•.-.Thero * n 'j members present. : .. . . 1 -' was decided that, a senior scholarship be-sJ,varded for He,jt,'Light, and Sound, ono foi '-'.'Electnoityvoand 'Magnetism, ono . for botany, 1 and ; ono for' : Zoology,-, instead of giving ono for Physicial Science,, and one for Botany or Zoology, :ns at present. . >. ■ A ;Travolhng Medical Scholarship, - of 'tho.l valuo of '£150, and tenablo for one yoar, is honcoforth to b#-given-annually. The -Medical .Committee recommended tho Senate toireconsider it.vdocision against tho -ye-examination of certain medical candidates,Protests have been-received against this-rie- ■ oision vfrom ithn examiners. -The; Chancellor thought. that it v'ould not bO' fair to raopon the matter-m a ,thm Senate, and not motion was accepted The Senate will,hold. a final, sitting to-day, mainly to-consider, new statutes. ,HEV/ definitions. The Science Conijmttco recommended,/inter aba t ' ■ The'definition of Elementary Agriculture in the Matriculation, Examination shall be as : ' follows:—The csndidato: will .be expected to ■ show that He-baa a''practical knowledge of tho : simpler mpidontal te --agricultural ■ work :.susn. knowledge of . tho following syllabus as m£y..bs ! gained by. experiments and observations boafing:'on. tho liro ar.d growth of'.-plants,-' and on tho - composition and .pro-.-portios'cf-- milk)'and-an ■ acquaintance. with the-genoral-structure, arrangement and disv tnbution'i'of. plant-tissues in so. far . as thoy can r bo 'made-out with tho aid of a -good :•••> pocko^lena,' 1 ' Thopeed-andjts.iparts.; solco- - tion -'and, testing of seeds; conditions and fjhonomena of. ( gerniiu*tion and of the estabishment.of tho.young plant-, tho root, t.i function,:' root systems; root-hairs' and root-, oaps;-the growth and work of root. The leaf-. general structure; forms and functions of loaves; seed loaves. and foliago--lcaves: transpiration; respiration;- formation of 1 • gtarcn; :the work of leaves.. .The stem and 1 -'-.-bads: ■-general structure and,- functions of Btems; . habits of plants; .forms of stems. , ; 1 structure of- buds; winter buds; protection of the growing point; -work of stems; ciroul&tiomofsap; starch and sugar in stems. .Tho flower and 1 fruit-: parts,-of, the flower and thoiv functions;-pollination; formation of, - fruits:.'types- of fruitsprotection and distribution ofseeds; cross-fertilisation. ; The soil: mechanical analysis and texture; prin--cipal-functions of soil ; how the, texture and work of soils mar be improved; selection and testing- of fertilisers. Tho- caro 'of plants; i pruning;.: lifo-lustoriesi of ■ the.. conjmonei v ainmat'pcsts.v Goneral properties of solids, , - liquids ?and: gases; , solution, ; precipitation, - ' cmuisifieatio'n,-- ioagiilation gravity of '. liquids the l hydrometer • and lactometer; ' pumps;: thermometers; boilinc point; refri-. : ; gelation,- specific : and - latent- heat, tempcra-tu'reyqfv.mixtures.::;-.Th'q constituents/of; milky : ita specific and chemical, properties, ; coagiila- .; " tion iriilk;rsiinple '■'iiiiothpd3..tof /deterniiriins ; fat iri|tnilk.]andi its: products; Sterilising- of ■V milkV sourcesiqf; bacterial contamination... , :' The definition of tho rcmiirements for the ;, Senior-Scholarship in , "Hoat,' ■ Sound,-. and •: Xight.'' ,jhall ,bp, a3, follows Two Papers :-r- ---,; As'.for.- tbe-degreo ;of --Bachelor- 'of Arts, treated:;m6re fnlly,l)nt; riot so', fully:as. for ' : Honours, This 'subject, will be treatcd not l ; only experimentally, but also'mathcmatiqally; soiar'as thevjlathematics'of the Pas.i' Exam fpc-the 'degrcp 'of-, Bachelor, of:; Arts 'is •. ~ applioable.'-' l 'Somo ) of:the-,questions,/however,' involre elementary' knowledgo^of -di/fer- , entiation'sandsintegratioiUfj-.Tlie, definition 1 of £ol-lows^-Two , Baflholor v 'of-Arts, , %rcated-nioro f fully; bu't-not Bo fulty.as for' HogOTifs.' TOs subjcct wiU'be ..- "jtraated' nofcj only r experimentally;,,,'but- -/also triathematicallfj /sb'*far" thd-- r ]Tiath'cmatica : - of tlie 'PasS'&amiifation'lfbir'-the^^..^ Bachelor;of , .of tho . questions, howiver, may involve; elementary. diffSrentiition.'and integration.. '. -

•CONOMICS, HISTORY, COMMERCE, AND MENTAL SCIENCE. { V j The. .Committee on' 1 .Economics'; - 1 History; Commerce,,and.' •rccom-: 'mended i—l. -Thafc-the , Senior. Scliokr.ship i Statufcei'i par.;; .yi.j he . amended , by .'reading' ' "inclucXng the-ÜBO'-Ofjstatifticj' in::economic 1 in iplaco.of ■■ thV : words tt-Ko \ uses 'of i ; similar, 'altera-. '; tionbe:mad«in:,thodefinitioriof, Hohpiu's ';. Eeanomies./par'.ii. - (a), by. adding the word; " therein'f. .after ;tho.,.word ',' st,atistics.'' "• 3. That ; aU 'the ;ot.he!'. ; recomnieiidations' iir Dr.' : j Hight's cpin^iiii|catipn-to; arranged ;ahd sent 5. down: ta t'ne .teachcr's of the. reapectiYo siib- . jects, for :tbeir.opinion,iwith a: request that tbey send a wint roport tp iiejt meetiriK of Sentato.;,-: 4._Thafc r , the siiggestioiis; for alterations; in ;the iStatutosiof Mental, Scienco sent - from: Victoria . College . boremitted to'. the. .; teachars of the siibjccts;. for their ''opinion,, with a request that.they send a joint report' ■;; to i-'next meeting of Scnßte. 5. That . the principle' laid, down 'in Dr.: Sight's ,memo- , randnm;;regar'dia'g : ap- .. proved,' - andijthafe'ft ;Committe6!:'bb .-'appointed. ■ to;-confer jwith- "all/'.necessary ''.persons .. and hadies,':aiid \which 'shall report; to the Rcccss ' tho Government '-'. such .' reprcsontatioris - as - aro ;jn«^Mfy.;syit:''^Uni'i^<atM'--ibftt-''-thb.:''foUow-ing:: persons .form -tjio ' , Conimitteb-rMesgrs; Baume,:.ETansp-Von: Haast,, fin'd Hon. Dr. , Collins, ;;a'ndi,i3ir;Hogben (cenverier). 6. Th at' Section '.YI, 1 ' Statu to, "Degreo'.of Bachelor of Commerce,"; be amended : to. read „thbs—"The;. -First; Examination .shall ■be taken : not.iiopner ithah after -twe . years'; terms 'have bceri kopt, .provided that any two . v 6f>'tno - Bubjecta may be taken after on© . ~, { The report was adopted. ...

• 'SCHOLARSHIPS. • ' llio "SeholaYsSips ; 'Cp'mmitt«e l reported.:,fur- : : ther wit'a-regsrd to' th'e- matter's referred to . ' it;. .. It : re-commended that,si .'election to ; » Senicr Sch'plarishipTb^cpmo"void Unless the" successful,candidate: v within ... four ■ '.weeks ,'ef -vthef. -recoipfcr off the V.-'official 1 inti- ■ election- signify to, tho Registrar his intoiitjpif of Vfulfilirig fhe'.'condition? I'ati tached;to, i tXe.'Kplding:,of:.a!Senior Sdholar.ship, arid,; in . o'a'fe :'pf. his, failure- so 'to-:do, . the scholarsliip.<m»,v r be v awarded .'toltlio riest i deserving .candidate.,-:; •' i As, 'to i%riipr Schnlarships, the reportstated" The .cornniittee "would : point' put certain >. apparent : inqonsisteiicies ■. in the methpd:of awardmg'the" Senior Sohpjarships' (l) someVbeiug\awarded on spceial psnrnina- .. tipn' ; papers', (ij) other's, on -honours' exaniina- ■ tion..papers;-.and.'(iil) otborsl .again, partly on.:-, special papers- and .'partly.-, on '.'-honours ■ papers as follows': ,t- (1) Qn gpcoial papers alpiiei—liconomics., and Chemistry: -'(2) On honours: -papors; only: —-Puro Mathematics, '. 13ptahy,-',2pplpgy, ! Physical. Scienco; Geology, and f Mental;.' Science:. ;....(3) - Partly. on spccial papers and partly, on hpnours; papers:—Latin, trroek,.English,,-.French, German,. History, ■ Applied-. Mathematics. Jlt is; worthy "of noto that, although: tho definitions of the rcquire- . raents, : in:Chemistry and' Physical'Scienco arc similar,, yet in the former case special papers are set; whilp . in ; tho latter ■ tho '..honours papers are ■ used. ■ -; The; ' committc-o recommends, that special papers should be set for ' repeated.! .'subjects,.'-and -. tbafc'-tio Senior. Scholarship's ..should jbe:: awarded on those pipers j 'tljat this , matter, be referred to the Professorial Boards .; with v a .v'ioiv ; , to-getting suggestions as .tq .'the''requirements for ' re-peatod;'.-papers''in4he'Bevgral;sttb'jects."-'* ... The'committeo rcconimHided'.that a Senior ■ Scholarship.. bo, -awarded for vHeat; Light, ; and Sound, pn'p ..for .Electricity and.'Mii'gnek / ism; one for Botany, and opo .for"Zoology,. instead; of giving oiio .for Physical Sciwice ' % » n d' one. for.; IJptany or'Zoplpgy',. as at present:; 'y- ,: ■[ It v/a s , recommended that the- following notice tjo .inserted- in..the - calendar in regard to Taranaki Scboiarshipg iTr ' 1- 0n0.p,, ir.tirc scun]arslnpsj.as the funds will admitosball bo .offered annually

2. Tho scholarships shall bo awarded on tho results of tho junior scholarship. examination of ,tho University, or such othor examination as tho Senate, with tho approval of tho • Minister, decides; hut 110 scholarship shall bo awarded to. a candidato unless be obtains credit in tho examination. ; 3. The (scholarships shall bo opon to all candidates who have resided and attended a school within the district for not less than 1 two .years (such residence or atte-'anco to liavo oontinued to within six of tho date of tho examination) who aro between tho ages of sixteen and/ nineteen years on tho lirst day of December nearest to tho dato of tho examination; who have not been matriculated, and who iiave not curried, on thoir studies at any collego. - ; 4,,-Not.nioro than 0110 scholarship' shall bo awarded in any ono year to any one school. : 5- Each scholarship. shall bo tenablo for .three .years; apd shall bo of the annual value of sixty.pounds: provided that tho Senate' ,May at its discretion extend-tho tenure of a scholarship for ono year longer l iiv, tho case of a "scholar who has satisfactorily fulfilled tho oonditions hereinafter proscribed.6. Tho scholarship shall bo paid by quarterly instalments, and upon satisfactory cvidenco being ,in tho proscribed manner furnished to the Senate that tho holder has fulfilled tho prescribed conditions up to tho duo dato of tho instalment, :i ,7. No person shall be entitled to hold a scholarship/unless within three months after its acquisition lio has been matriculated as a member of the Univbrsity, and has. entered ms name on the books of some'collego, nor unless •he -' produce' a oertificato from/ tho chairmsn'.ot tho Professorial Board of the collego to which be bolonga that he has at-, ■ tended regularly the, courso of studies and lecturosprovided by tho college, and ha 3 made, progross satisfactory to the Professorial Board of his college: provided that any '.scholar may,, on giving , notice to tba Chatic'ellqr of tho University, pursuo his. studies at -a. collcgo. other than that at which ho may havo.originally entered. : • 8.-'A scholarship shall bccomo : vacant by neglect .on 'the part of tho'holder to pass .oa.ch, year' in at least tw» - 'subjects 'of tho. annual examination of: the institution on -the books ;of which ho may havo entered his 1 unless he produces -proof, to the satisfaction of tho Chancellor that b« was unable,' from illness, or other sufficient cause, .to attend.

9. All. scholars, ■ unless for liny reason specially-excused by the, Chancellor, shall, as a condition .of holding .their scholarship, bo required at tho end of thoir sccond year, after matriculation to pais- in one'-'section of the examination for tho degree of Bachelor of: Science. :■ •' ■ '

_ 10. Any scholar may, by permission of the Chancellor, enter upon a courso; of study, in Mcdioine, Engineering, Mining, Agriculture, or Veterinary Science, or similar branch of Applied. Seienco; . and such scholar shall .not ho, bound by the: two last: preceding-:para-graphs of -this ncction, 'but shall furnish to the- Chancellor,' as- a condition .of rt'eeiving the omolnments of his scholarship,, (sufficient .proof that ho' has advanced, in his prbfeasionAl .studies, /and that ho .has passed .regularly- the several examination's required of him in his professional course. : , _ . 11. A scholarship under this Act shall not bo tenablo.with any other scholarship./ regard to tho. proposed .new. Senior,' Von .Haast suggested that, instead; of giving separato scholarships for two .branches r of Physical, Science in" which no. provision Wfio made for. research! tho Senate should favour thoso subccts. in, which search-was. e,ricourag«li ' ; v "• ■ i; The report -wa3 adopted. .' :

FINANCE REPORT. The /Financo Conimittee reported a small, increase both: in the incomo and expenditure of the University for . last -year... The' : following aro .tho . items :~General Incoino. for grant, estimated.£3ooo, actual £3000; -fees, £5200 (£5424): misttellancous, .-.£60/,'(£B4); totals, £8200 (£BSOS)J,• : .excc'ss of mcon'.o over estimate', £248

" J liq, only poult deserving of notice hero. .was, tho?'continued-increase,: jn/thoirccoipt-s fioni; fees. -In-.1906 .t.ho tees-received amouuted .to; £517!); : whilo in 1907 {hey, amounted t0,£5424 —.being an'incrcaso of £245, o£ ; . vrbicli nd'Mb'SiFftß^£2osJ?as'to 'tho . matriculation. cxani inationOn .tho other ; 'hand,,.thdr'b.\T,-h : i' J i' ir <lfe'otfcas6' , 'qf' ! £7tf fin the .receipts-.^for'-degrees';-/ which was' pretty evenly .'distributed :over- tM; 'different!.; .ties.../Tho/ dbcrc-aso appeared : tbl'bp-vonly a ;passini» fluctuation- : of no - particular significance." ■ 1 ,: -

i ( Tho expenditure for 1907 was as follows Expenses of Senate; estimated £400,- actual ,'£3BB;.',office'/.£960 (£1036);' examinations, £4300; (£4249); ..'-'printing and contingencies, £550,(£713); . scholarships, £1500 .(£1500): totals, £7710 ' (£7886)', excess of: expenditure over estimate, £176. ' ' ' ,

; Tho. greater .'.part ofr tbo excess was only apparent; and was duo' to tho .fact that .the item' - contained" certniir'\ printing, charges which ' wero . formerly .ipcluded. iu;: the expenses of examinations.'' 'Tho actual sur.plus 'm'. tho"'general account amounted to £622 instead, of, £550 as estimated.*' Tho committee submitted the' following estimate of tho;'ii|t;om'o,an(l expenditure on the goncral account for 1903:— . : 1 •

:.,Ejtimato'for 190S-——lncome — Statutory grant,-£3000; .'fees, £54(J0;' ''miscellaneous,: ,£Sor:.t6t'al;'-;£8480. : Expenditure—'Expenses of Senate; £370.; office, £1050; examinations, £4400; 'printiug and contingencies, £600; scholarships,: £1500; ■ total,= £5920;' excess of income.over qxpehditure,*.'£s6o, . ' .' , ; -Tho balance 'at ;tho .credit .'of • tho general a.ccount on January 1, 1908, was £3231;, of which: the sum of £1137 was in, tho hands of tho 1 University agent in London.- and tho oash in'hand, aiid in hank was £2044.

; .r. The ccmmittoe submitted tho following estimate of tho'scholarship account;for. IUOB Receipts — Transfer from general account, £1500; .interest,'£9so; total, £2450.' Expenditure _.'Junior -scholarships, £1590 senior scholarships; £840; miscellaneous expenses, £25; total, ,£2455; estimated deficit, £5. i Tho committee recommended '.that ton Junior. Scholarships of thoVvaliie, namely £20 and £50' already approved of by tho Senate, : bo offered for competition in De«mber next."

'The-accumulated capital of the Scholarship amounted on January ]~■ .1908, to £21,729, of which £7500 was lent on mortgage at 5 per-cent., £12,600 was lent oil' /mortgage' at 4}' per cent,, and £1000 was placod on fixed doposit at 1 per cent., the balance of £729. being in the bank. ,Q'ho opmmit'teo recommended that' £500,'bo'transferred from ,tbo ~gonoral f account to the Scholarship Fund as soon as it was'convenient to. do so, and that this sum ho invested together, with aii equal amount from' the' uninvested balance of the Scholarship Fund. • Tho. report was adopted. TRAVELLING MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP. . REGULATIONS APPROVED, .The Finance Committee also recommended that a travelling medical scholarship, of the value of £150, and tenable, for one year, be offered annually, on conditions to bo determined by the Senate. .

Professor Macmillan Brown, said ho had no doubt 1 that later on the term of this scholar-' ship would bp extended tp. two or three years, and thero wpuld bo applications' from ether professional schools for travelling scholarships. ' . ; Mr. Von Haast thought, that' the medical students would receive moro benefit from a scholarship in New Zealand. Most of -them went Ilonie_ now to complete their Course, find -a. spcoiftlly brilliant studont would bo assisted to go Home, jf assistance was .required, by the public-spirited citizens of Dun- , ediri, who had already assisted a Rhodes scholar. ; ■■ ■ , , : .:

The Chancellor said that 'miiny medical students'.'were 'unable to go' Home through lack of , means. ." ,

Mr. Uauin'o said that lie would prefer to see the scholarship given biennially, and made tenable for, two yoara. One year's tenure war. not stillicient.

: Mr. Hogben said that there.-was'fin increasing number of medical students' who Could not afford to go' Home to complete their course.;.' He. thought tlmt the public would he more likctjy 10-assist'it, titan-who had won'it scholarship, tlittii a man who did hot hold one, They could only provide that a needy student should benefit by the scholarship by establishing n poverty test, and ho objected strongly to poverty tests for two reasons, first that every tun 11 had the same plaim .011 the State, and secondly that the tests broke down in practice, and the. niost deserving person was hardest hit.

The motion was unanimously adopted. Professor J. H. Scott moved that the following regulations in regard to the scholarship ho approved, and forwarded to tho Statutes Commjtteo:—Tho scholarship shall ho tollable by graduates in medicine of the University of New Zealand. It shall lie awarded 011 the report of tho Faculty of Medicine 011 tho student's work throughout tho courso, together with the result of his filial examination. The holder of tho scholarship shall :1m required to proceed to Europe, and to continue his studies at somo recognised school of medicine. He shall furnish .to tlie Chancellor not later than six months after receiving tho scholarship a statemc'nt of tho studies in which he is engaged; and at tho end of tho year lie shall present a full report of his work. Tho motion was adopted. - MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. The Medical Committee's report, pieeented by Professor J. H. Scott, contained tho following clause: "Tho Committee recommends the Senate to reconsidor its decision with regard to the candidates who failed in their third-' professional .examination, and allow them, on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners,, to bo re-examined in six months." • . ■ _ 'The Chancellor said that this matter, having been once dealt with,-could only bo reconsidered this session by tho Senate's train-, imous resolution, and. lie did not think it wjse to raise the question again in a thin . ,' . The Rev. .A. ! Cameron also proposed a motion in favour of re-examination. He submitted that the Senate's previous resolution against: re-examination was a general one,' nvnile the motion ho suggested referred only to this year, and could therefore be carried without reversing thpir previous decision. The Chancellor thought the motion would conflict with tho one formerly passed. In, explanation of the demand for re-examina-tion, he said that it was perfectly plain to his mind that tho examiners had plucked some candidates thinking that',they could be re-examined in May, but they had done so in ignoranco- of the regulations. Mr, Cameron thought that it was hard-to ■make the students suffer for a mistako of: tho professors. Tho Chancellor replied tint 1 when an examiner blundered, the ..student alwavs suffered.- ; - -

. No' motion was put to the Senate: . It was that the examiners for physiology in tho medical degroo-' this year shall he the examiners' for that subject in tho science degree. ' ■

: THE O'SULUVAN BEQUEST. '■ I W''- Yon Haast raised •« question in regard to the bequest of' the late Mr. O'Sullivnn for scholarships for Roman Catholic medical students. Thesolicitors, of. ihe executors asked whether the beneficiaries would consent that no obstacle should be raised to a desire of the decor.sod which might net havo been: validly expressed, that £100 should be reserved from the bequest' to 'be spent'in masses ■ for his soul; ACr. Von Haast suggested that tho University would not be the beneficiary, but only tho trustee. Tho Chancellor thought that Hpuould.be' the benriieiary. ■ ; >. Mr. \ 7 on Haast said that it would be necessary to reply to the solicitors' letter, and no wished to know if tho Senate would • con-' ; tho-course.,suggested. He moved that' tho. -Registrar, should reply,, stilting that tlie Senate would make no objection to the reservation. The Chancellor said' that there could bo no objection. to_the request. He added humourously,;... TY e . are-turning now into n' theo;logical college, .and wo are give de'tor" dmnii ? in another form." (Laugh- , Mr. Von Hanst's motion was,adopted.