FOR GIRLS ONLY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 23, 27 January 1912, Page 3

FOR GIRLS ONLY.

JUNIOR • UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS.' An interesting suggestion, in the form of a motion, was. submitted to the University Senate yesterday by Rev. A. Cameron, who made a strong appeal for, more consideration- for girls in the matter of Punior University. Scholarships. The motion was: — »^ That a committee be appointed to consider: (a) The question of allocating some of the Junior University , Scholarships for competition by girls only; (b) the subjects of cxaminatiou for such scholarships. The motion was seconds uj Mr. W. Tibbs (Auckland). In both his explanation of and reply on the motion, Rev. Cameron urged that i the real trouble was that girls were encouraged to take an aggregation of heavy 6iibjectb in these examinations. ' In a general discussion, Mr. G. Hogbon, who supported the motion, declared that the evil the motion sought to ease was a real one, but this could best be done by sweeping away the competitive scholarships and giving scholarships to all who qualified for them. It was the opinion of the Chancellor that it was the logical conclusion to such a motion that there should be separate universities established for women. He (ailed to see how they could be expected to treat girls differently from boys at the university. If the ideal for girlls -was that they should take charge of a home, they ought to attend schools of domestic economy. Mr. Gordon, Prolcssor J. Macmillan Brown, Hon. C. C. Bowen, and Dr. M'Dowell supported the motion. The most notable statement in opposition came from Professor F. D. Brown, who suggested that the real trouble was that secondary schools aimed at securing University Junior Scholarships. If the scholarship ideal was dropped, the supposed evil of. overstrain would disappear. The motion ..... lost by thirteen votes to eight.