NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY SENTE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10597, 5 March 1895, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY SENTE.

The Senate of the New Zealand University met at ten o’clock yesterday; present—the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Hon G.C. Bowen, Professors Scott, J. M. Brown, F, D. Brown, Shaad, Sale, Cook, Rev Dr Salmond, Revs Patter?on and W. Jabcna, the Most Rev the Primate, Dr Pitchett, Rev Dr Sad wood. Sir Hobart Stout and Messrs Milne and Giisa. On the motion of Sir Robert Stout it was resolved that scholarships should, as soon as the University funds permit, bo founded for those who are students in medicine, engineering, mining, agriculture and law. On the motion of Professor Shaad it was resolved—*" That the Statutes Committee bo asked to amend the statute of scholarships in such a manner that junior scholars who foil to keep terms and to pass the examinations prescribed in ilia B.A. course or in the ordinary B.Sc. course as distinguished from the special or professional B.Sc. courses shall cease to hold their scholarships.” . On the motion of Professor Scott, it was resolved— •*(1) That in the laot sentence of Section Y. of the Instructions to Medical Examiners, the word "such’ he omitted; (2) that tho decision of the special meeting c£ tho Senate, held in December, 1894, as to the admission of certain medical students to examination in April, _ be rescinded, and that the recommendations of the Board of Examiners be given effect to.” * A number of alterations were made in tho statutes dealing with the degrees of 8.A., B.Sc. and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. The foregoing resolutions were remitted to the Statutes Committee for embodiment iu the Statutes.

It was agreed—"" That the Senate having been informed that the Rev D. M, Stuart, D.D., the Chancellor of the Otago University, was deceased, desires to put on record its sense of tho great loss which the colony has sustained by hia death, and its appreciation of the services which he rendered to the cause of education, ■ and more especially University education. Ho was a Fellow of tho University of Now Zealand from 1874-SI; and, although from pressure of multifarious duties obliged, with reluctance, to resign his office, lie never ceased to evince the warmest interest in the work of the Senate, and, as Chancellor of one of the affiliated colleges, to render it, indirectly, efficient service.”

Tho ad interim report of tho committee on Medical Questions recommended that the following be admitted to examination in April :—C. A. Pemberton, in chemistry; R, N. Adams, in biology; W. Sutherland, in biology; E. T. Melhuisb, in physics; H. N, R. Child, in chemistry; Alice Woodward, in chemistry. On the motion of the Rev Dr Salmond, ihs recommendation of the committee was p greed to.

Tho Vice-Chancellor brought up the report of the examiners on the Bowen Prize, 1894. The committee reported that »■-ha essay most deserving of tho prize was that distinguished by the motto "* Primus in Indis.” On opening tho sealed envelope it. waa found that the writer of the essay in question was A. G. Henderson, of Canterbury College, aud it was resolved that tho Bowen prize of 1894 be awarded him. The afternoon session was occupied with receiving tho reports of select committees.