VARSITY. ENTRANCE

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 98, 19 January 1933, Page 5

VARSITY. ENTRANCE

Examination in 1931 PERCENTAGE OF PASSES Figures relating to the University entrance (matriculation) examination, 1931, were presented to the University of New Zealand Senate at its annual meeting yesterday. It was reported that 4779 candidates sat for University entrance examination, of whom 2703 passed (including 52 passed by executive committee and 32 passed as a result of reconsiderations), i.e., 56.5 per cent.; 221 candidates entered to complete a further qualification and 152 passed. In the accountants’, preliminary examination 522 entered for the whole examination and 822 for a partial pass or to complete, a total of 1344 candidates ; 51 gained a full pass, 307 gained a partial pass, and 254 completed, a total of 612. Of 166 candidates in the entrance scholarship examination 10 were awarded junior scholarships, 20 national scholarships, 75 passed with credit, including 5 to whom Taranaki scholarships were awarded. In addition, 46 qualified for matriculation; 13 failed to qualify in the examination. The candidates who came first and seventh in the list were not competitors, having been awarded scholarships in the previous year and allowed to postpone them. The executive committee reported that owing to the financial difficulties of the times, the question of lowering fees was considered, but in view of the fact that the whole of the Government statutory grant was withheld, the committee found it was unable to recommend any decrease that would be a material benefit to candidates. • The committee decided that fees might be paid in instalments, and it set up a sub-committee consisting of the ViceChancellor and lion. treasurer to deal with cases of hardship. There are many signs that the attitude of the University in these matters has been appreciated. The committee also reported that on May 11, 1932, the Vice-Chancellor (Professor T. A. Hunter), wrote to the Carnegie Corporation setting out the manner in which the library grant of 5000 dollars and the emergency grant of 10,000 dollars had been expended on the work of the W.E.A. On May 28, 1932, the University applied to the corporation asking whether it would make any further grant for the extension of home science work, and, if so, on what conditions. Mr. Keppel replied on July 18 that it was not likely he would be able to call a meeting of his board before (about) mid-October.