UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 415, 26 January 1909, Page 7

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

EXEMPTION FROM ATTENDING LEG/v.-';; ■"'.;.TURE.' ■ ,v ;THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP, ' : ,;;." 'fSIiSGBAN—PBSSS ASBpqiATipji,). '■ 'j'i/T'-- ;AM9Kte!VV. % h WT v / ' "-:.- /TJia .University''Senate resumed this niovn'::^;'.i^^r--:^<%:■:/■//-■'.'; '.;■''>.'■:. r ;//: '■•.;•■ ';■'& d,iscussjqii t arose. pri'..a/motion/ by. Mr. .;•- Cohen' regarding the exemption of ; students ■'.;' from attending, lectures. ■; It was alleged '..• that'thoro lias'been/'a dealof abu?o;of the : present /regulation,' as' many who could' "at-" .:■': t|n4'the; lectiirbs /did nqt.'dp/so,. and ox.crjsed.'themselves; without 1 good reason, -./" Mr. ■/ Cohen - s'aid, that: tho . students wore ,: gw?ri: #2p.;and. their .tuition ■fees,, and -if .. going, away £3CCino're,, which meant £50 and /.'. tuition fees! Tho: mpralfactof distance of residence .'a'lid the/earning of a livelihood Bhouldnqt, excuse-any student from lectures : ; unless"they were facilities of - attendance..' ;, : . '.; .■:■.,.',■■.l.;\-.: : :.\,. .-.-.• :- ''Sir. Robert: .Stout said that "the trouble :WftS,' for example,. that students working in offices which olpsed.'at,'say, four o'clook, exr • ; cused.iliemsplvps -.by...stating that they.. had : to.earn a livelihood. These wero: often the ■ones wha.wpuld bo/better ■."at; 'study than on -the. streets -smoking There were ':'■. students,' : ..such.' 'a,?'postal' emplpyeps, whoso ; wqrk;..w'a's/a.t .'tnjies/QQiie, at night, and-}thpsp .": The" classes .., Were, arranged':for: ! '.evpr(ings,: so as"' to ..rneet tho'sG'Twho had' to' eqrn a livelihood. • 'After an hour's discussion,' it was-resolved , that: tho Statute VI, University terms, par. ■■'■ 3,; should be,worded so as to allow to any students exemption vfrppr Rttpnd.ing; lectures '.'.■■■■.toV'suoh'- an 'extent as the professorial, boards consider .justified by distance of residence \>a-' -,; .yond ten miles, or by occupation. of earning '; aliyelihoo/d. /;.' , N : : ' ; : ' : v ' : jMf... Hogben moved : that hqlders of uni- :'•" versity" junior scholarships and senior national scholarships should be required to devote/their wholo.time to. academic study, ); and should bo ■' disqualified from' holding any Imposition of emolument outside tho university and:affiliated colleges. -The,mover said-that he;could not s'eo.aiiy reason why those who •'were: monetarily assisted while going through .the:.'course of;,thQir- studies should be allowed to do-anything else-but pursue those ..Btudie's.' They, shpuld.he required to devote : their jtiine- to, the'advancement of the studies ; fpr.thp henefit-of,tho' university...:; :. - 'Thp rnotion .was not: carried, and wa,s : ferrpij'to a:committee,.::.': . ; \ ':■'::'. '.: of Amotion .had been, given by Mr, Baume:—"That in the opinion of theisenate :.itwould..' be. in "accord'.'with the : views held •; and expressed by: tho late Cecil Rhodes if the / age. limits;.WSirp •altered? tq; : 18' rninimum.;and--20; maximum." This, wouldmean altering : the; limits;,from:'l.9,/ysafs.an4j2si years. ,■'.'. . ''...The': matter was .deferred, and" will •: be brought on later in ■ the .session. ■, ; :''V: A;- of Wellington .students petitioned to be:-'permitted .to. take the-exam-ination-in, two sections. One of the argiii ments; put forward in favour, of the petitioners was. that everyone of them..;.- were : dependent for" livelihood on theiiV positions: and;-that'.through haying tp./TVo'rk. they; had not'agreat deal,' but dply a-limitedj tirdp in which to/study. . Tho .petition ,was : referred ■' to tha;Law.Committees::,.:/ - ; : ■ ■- It?..was -.niqved by Vprofessor.,-Scott: that the/.certificates of-, lectures, and of.; completion^.of '.practical; work ' given .by. the lectiirers-of affiliated colleges, to. students for*'university purposes," should r: not\bo!.returned ..from the/ university' office.'"ln'/alleging'that 'there" had" been murih' abuse,'the-"mover;:said-that'"he-had /•: personal khowledge i: 'pf it: ;Tho v matter was Preferred,: to"'thp';; Medical.'and ':' Engineering .Committees', for, jp/int -consideration,'.' The. . : senate ideoided to/'fo.rward : to 'the";cpmmittces.. a; reepmrnendatipn' 'that.-a .regulation . shbiild he: framed by .them.-.,,:!,.:.; ■ ■-. -■ ." : : Auckland; University College/asked the : senate'tp>'reoognise:'tho-teaching given at, , that-college.-'for';tha first of. cngmeerinj; (civil,"mechanical,' and electrical). All;-the'-:sis--subjects wliioh : may bo. offered ; fo'r'.ex'aminatioh-a't'the f ehd/.'of '-'the ''■'■ candi-.vdatps'r'first'/jprdfes'sibiiitl''■.'year'-:jar'e ' fAr/itb.VKß:': (ffiuiirig an'd; -met'allurgyjj; : thg', 4 definitipns beingVidentical in' eachi Paso; r now..asked 'for recognition''bf , jieaoliing ;.ih ■ tpohnical/ chamistry . arMv/a'pplie'd mechanics' of, -machiriery:' ..- The •matte'rf wa's referred:tp/the Engineering Com.mittePr/? *' ,r " :/ ;/*-/;:'"'; "■'■'■'■ : "'"-"; ':■'"'■'■'■ ';:" : ; "V'v : ; '.; 'A: lengthy discussion-took' place on.'., a motion for. -the- adoption -.of-the .'following recommendatipns'.of-.the:Recess ; Committeb appointed, to report on the subject of modify-' ing the'hiatjioulf.von' statute:—(l) That a •!" certificate: from the'principal; of a secondary s6h'opl'/should/h.e,/a'cdepted'.as" ah. alternative • :;toy the ontraiioe examination of the -Uniyer- • sity..'.)". (2) That such certificate, should' represent ..four-, -years • of.,. ; satisfactory, secondary ; work", and; should he,- endorsed by the Education Department.: ((3) That: "inter l alia, it should, vouch for/.satisfactory-'courses in thefollprtihg:'— (a) English (including Englisli . history),,(b) elementary mathematics, :.(c) ono foreign. language,i_(d): one. science, (4) That the fee for matriculation, whether .by examination or otherwise, should be. £2 2s, .Tho Tofing'on the motion/for. the adoption/of t!)e v lepprt was equal, 1Q ayes and ( 10 npe^,- ; The. .'Chanoellor gave x His casting-'vote against.tHe rnotion. .;;..■/. .-.':-.-'. ■,■,:.-. ';■,-.;-...