UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 5

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

: ' (By. Telcirraph—PrK3 Association.) V-':. ;-, Dunedln, January 20, • At!the'meeting of.tho Universi^:-,Se»i^y.V:f: ate ; to-day,-. Dr. Fitchctt gavoi notice. to .move' for ; a. return showing, thenumber ? of - passes'; and; failures in', matriculation;, during 1 the:past .ten" years,;'in view.'of. proposal to alter the standard. :-'v. A reply was read from the .Education - Department! to ;tho; Senate's renewed're., .quest for legislative; authority- to; Mnfo.fe;" ithe.degreeof ; Batchelor.; of: .Literature.-?:;;;;-' Tho Inspectoi'-Genbral'; of Schools wroto that-now-there .were several degrees:'h4v- 4 VJ;;S ing- currency; in\the .Doiriinion which .'did':- .:); 'not; have. Chartery in; other'. pa'rts" ; ;bf ; . the;.; Empire, ster . for Education'was'unablo'.to increase'S. !; the: number "of degrees, - not ; having -legal g force. - The matter was referred to a committee.; -. -y<,

. -.ano ..university, omce : suggestett;-tnat i.few ' questions ■ iiO history' and geography '• ; .bo incorporated in tho' matriculation' L'nglislv paper 1 ; to': get; rid ■ of*: the confusion ij;.i caused ■ by'f the "bxtra\ question"- arrange-;:"/-): .; inept. 1 Tlio matter i was. • referred to committcci ,; ;0..; 1.;,-';.:.': V i"; • ,< :: v. •';■ J-S-' It was reported-; that .new; examinersjln'■ ;> England '.vei'o required /for the' followiiig -;,V subjects:, ('Mathematics, - education, and .treatment of . ores; ,' '.■ U; . Mr. 'Janes Allen suggested. that thera was'" no ''•iiecessKy'''.to'' a|>p^trd&,'Oß^Us!ij^!' ; examiner in':, mathematics ■: at any rate. ; ,' " ,Tho.i chairman -remarked .that •-..thi?'. , . : in*|'JS-K volved : theiwhole question-of; substitutingV : Si ?J6w, Zealand' examiners for Bhglish.: : 'exT' ; ::::i'. aminersi' and the-;inattor was discussed.-:;-; V --;V -

'Attention : was.drawn' to tho necessity . . for .the' appointment-; of .the usuU' : -'ex-.;.:':i;:i atniners in England. J'--f-Alj ''Professors' ,J. E.- 'Brown ; and i Salmond.' S ;.' and. Mr. von Haast wero appointed,- ex-'■;{fi. aniiners for the Bowen Prize, and-Messrs..; ;r Hay," Cameron, Fitchott forthe;,::. Hajdon Pii7e.' Mr. Allon.gave notive to movo on Monday in ithe 'direction; of,. substituting resi-)£s£ 'dents in r 'New Zealand * for; some 1 ,.0f the;..' oxaniiners .at present selected; in England.-!!: .: The,Rev.:A'.Cameron.mentioned .a; ihatsWj ! ter'of which .more; is,lifely : to;be_beard.j;S; Ho > suggested >that .special investigation should be < mado, . intotit*:work".of tho W, Recess . Committee inrelation to;.-, the ft; 1 ?, matriciilation,::'-examination. : said^ri" that if the committee had pursued.: tlio;:g.:i same conten ds last .yew. 238; more; would'i.: have passed iat the'.; examination.:V ;Mr';' Hogben, on . behalf of: tho committee, promised; an - explanation ;\vhen; tho mat-;;;;, ter . comes up • formally. . . ; r