VICTORIA COLLEGE

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 6

VICTORIA COLLEGE

GRADUATION CEREMONY At the meeting of the Victoria University College Council held last night, Mr. P. Lcvi presiding, it was decided, '"6xl:: tho recommendation of the Professorial Board, that;a public graduation ceremony be held.in the Town Hall on Friday, 9th May. Professor -Rankine Brown (chairman of the boar<J),vin" moving to that effect, said that it was.proposed that the ceremony should.; be held in the evening, and that afterVarda the students Should havo. .their annual graduation dance. liast year's..gjaauation ceremony had been very :\ succetssful, indeed. ■; No objection of any^/JuM could bo taken, to the behaviour'!ofV'tßie students, and he thought that this year's would "h 6 oven moro, successful, because of the increased, interest taken in the students', songs. ' • ;; . It was resolved that students be allowed to tako oral French as, a separate subject, and that the fee for that class be £2 2s, plus the college fee. ■ The purchase of slides from the Publicity Department, at an estimated cost of £10, for the use of the geography classes, waß authorised. The House Committee reported that it had instructed the architect to proceed at once with the demolition of the two turrets on the college building so as to bringjthem level with the point at which they .are attached to the gable. The committee believed that this should make thorn safe for the present. ' '] ' -'With regard to the weather-worn stonework, the committee recommended that Mrs'-. C. Pinnock be employed, as suggested by the architect, to scrape and face with plaster such stonework as could be reached from the roof level, but ■that no scaffolding bo erected for this purpose, and that the. architects order; from England sufficient stone preservative for the arts and science buildings, exclusive of the library wing, but that the question of applying tho preservative bo hold over for the present with a view to having the work done during tho next long vacation. The architect's estimate for this portion of the job, exclusive of cost of plastering and pointing, was about £170 for the arts and science buildings. The report was adopted. Professor Hunter called attention to the great nuisance caused by noisy motor vehicles passing up and down Kelburn parade at the rush hours, •which were also busy hours for the University. He urged that tho question as to whether something could not be done to mitigate the nuisance should be taken into serious consideration. •The matter was referred to tho House Committee for consideration -and report. On account of the Easter holidays, it was decided to bold the noxt meeting of the council on Tuesday, 15th April. . ' f