UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 18812, 10 December 1924, Page 4

UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS

MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETING. The monthly mooting of the Otago University Council was hold yostmlay afternoon and was attended by Rev. Dr Cameron (Chancellor), Messrs T. K. Sidcy, M.F. (Vice-Chancellor), (1. I?, Ritchie, J. Wallace, J. C. Thompson, M.l’., J. C. Stephens, W. J. MorreH, J. W. Senrr, Drs J. Fitzgerald and Marshall Macdonald, and Professor Bonham. GENERAL. Professor Park made a request for the appointment of a half-time assistant for mining and metallurgy at £lls. —Referred to Finance Committee. On tho recommendation of Dr Inglis, Mr K. A. Allen and Mr P. W. Ailken were appointed demonstrators for 1925. Dr Gowland and Dr Foster recommended the award of the Scott Memorial Medal to Mr A. B. Cook.-—Agreed to. The Manager of the Alliance Assurance Company asked for a share in the insurances o*f tho new Medical and Dental Schools.—Referred to Finance Committee. Tho Manager of tho Trustees, Executors Company asked authority for structural alteration in the Beverly shops. If carried out the tenant should pay Is per week extra.' —Mr Stephens moved that the matter should bo referred to tho Works Committee for a report. This was seconded by Mr Sidny. Mr Scurr said that he did not think that they wore getting a fair return from their properties. The, motion was carried.

Tho Secretary of tho Workers', Educational Association wrote requesting the appointment of Mr William Martin as tutor in natural history, at £l2 12s.—Tho request was granted, and the council appointed the following delegates for next year:—Professors Benham, Adams, and Thompson, and Messrs Stephens, Wallace, Morrell, and ‘•Moore. Professor Strong recommended tho award of home science bursaries to Misses C. M. Ball, L. R. Gridin, D. E. B. Martin, F. A. Neal, K. It. 11. Blaikie, E. Lipseombc, and ,W. M. Millington.— Adopted. The Chairman of the Professorial Board wrote recommending the following awards:—John Edmond Fellowship, A. A. Levi; Smeaton Scholarship, R. G. Pcnsoler; Sir George Grey Scholarship, P. W. Aitken. The council further recommended that the value of Pensclcr’s Scholarship bo £2lO for the first year.—Agreed to. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The. Finance Committee reported as follows

A letter -was receu'ctl from Professoi Strong, which had iieen placed before (ho council at its previous meeting, and which recommended that cookery classes bo continued next year for Archcrfleld students, and that classes in needlework bo also instituted. The council recommended to agree to the institution of those courses in 1925. The committee considered a letter from the Sydney University Extension Board, dated October | 24, concerning the proposed visit of Sir ! Ernest Rutherford. It was resolved that I the registrar communicate with the other j New Zealand colleges, and ascertain what I steps they proposed to take, stating that j this University was willing to contribute jup to £59. The registrar was further ! directed to communicate with the Sydney j University Extension Board, the Chancol- | lor and chairman to he associated with him in the drafting of the letter. The committee received a report from Messrs Morrell and L, I). Ritchie concerning the | allocation of a. definite sum to the Professorial Board Tor library expenditure. It was resolved that the sum of £7OO Vo annually allocated to the Professorial ; Board, the board to be responsible for the distribution of tin's amount among the difi ferent departments, and the hoard he in- ■ formed that this amount was to include tiro purchase of journals and the cost of binding, and that it must not ho cx- ' ccedcd; the new arrangement to operate las from January 1 next. The committee 1 considered a proposal that suitable re- ' cognition bo given to students to whom Beverly Scholarships wore awarded, but : were unable to hold such scholarships. It I was resolved that a book prize of the value of £5. with a suitable inscription, ’ lie awarded in such eases, the Professorial Board to bo asked for its opinion. The Chancellor and the Chairman of Commit- | tee reported that they iiad examined the accounts of the Beverly Trust. The maximum expenditure to width the council was at present committed (the expenditure which would he incurred if all ; the scholarships were taken up at (heir maximum value) was £620, and the minimum expenditure (the expenditure which would be incurred if all the scholarships were taken up at their minimum) was £SOO. The. income from the fund was estimated to reach the figure of £965 per annum. They recommended that the amount of £3OO, which was now charged to the fund in respect of the salary of Mr Sutherland, mechanic in the physics department, be instead applied towards part payment of the salary of Mr Hinton, the lecturer in physics, and that he should he given the title of Beverly lecturer in physics. Since making this allocation, and after providing for the payment of scholarships, there would be a residue of more than £3OO, and since Mr Beverly in his will expressed a desire that preference should he given to the teaching of mathematical, mechanical, and physical sciences, it wits recommended that, if the council wished to appoint an assistant to the professor of mathematics, his salary, up to £3OO, be provided from, the fund. Mr Wallace moved that the position of clinical pathologist ho referred back to the committee. Ko stated that ho had always opposed the appointments being made on the mere recommendation of the Professorial Board, and that they should always be advertised. The mover was later given permission to withdraw his amendment, and the report was adopted. WORKS COMMITTEE. The Works Committee reported that it had considered tho erection of the Leith wall in front of tho Dental School, and resolved that tho city engineer be authorised to carry out tho work by day labor, at an estimated cost of £2,100. In this connection the committee considered an account from tho City Corporation, £44 Os 6d, for testing the foundations of this wall, and resolved that tho corporation he asked to consider this account as part of the whole cost. Tho committee, considered a letter from tho secretary of the Memorial Walk Committee, asking what was tho, council’s attitude, to ihe proposed laying down of a footway from Castle street loop to Leith street. It was resolved that the registrar, in conjunction with the solicitors, report on this matter to next /meeting. j Tho report was adopted. HOME SCIENCE COMMITTEE. Dr Macdonald submitted the following report with reference to physical instruction

“ (a) That all students in this faculty on entering and annually thereafter should bo submitted to a medical examination, with a view to detecting physical and postural defects, (b) That instruction in gymnastics phould include the teaching of individual students the correct use of the body from a postural and mechanical point of view, and also, if possible, training in voice production and correct breathing. This could probably be arranged in connection with tho physiotherapy department of the Dunedin Hospital, (c) That students should receive lectures on tho elementary laws of health.” It was resolved to recommend the council to adopt this report, and to give tho committee power to act in carrying out tho necessary arrangements. Should tho council adopt this report tho chairman, Dr Macdonald, Professor Strong, and tho registrar are asked to submit full details to the committee. The report was adopted, with tlm exception of clause (c), which was remitted to tho Finance and Home Science Committees for report.