THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 14285, 1 February 1907, Page 2

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND.

ANNUAL SESSION. The annual session of the Senate of the University of New Zealand was resumed yesterday, the Chancellor, Sir Robert Stout, presiding. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS. Mr Cohen moved—“ That the Senate of the New Zealand University do resp o'fully request the Hon the Minister of Justice to bring hi a Bill in the next session of Parliament to repeal the Law Practitioners Act Amendment Act. ~1898.” Air Cohen said that he needed hardly to add anything to .what had been said on the previous day, but for the informalion of the Senate he might state that, in 1882, the Law Practitioners Act had been passed, setting out the qualifications to be demanded under the statute for those who were to lie allowed to practise as solicitors, as barristers, and of those who, being solicitors and, barristers in Bnvland, had to comply with certain, regulations in order to be admitted in New ZeaHml; and it had been left to the Judges of the colony to see to the examination and the standard of Qualification. The Judges had handed over the examination to the University. For some ’ eason obscure to the public generally, after the _ Act of 1882 had been in operation sixteen years, tne Law Practitioners Act Amendment Act of 1898 was passed. That Act was one of those little pieces of simplicity whi?h, co-urn ginas a lamb, came really as a roaring lion. A voice : A wolf !

Mr Cohen: A wolf, or a devouring lion. The Act simply devoured the whole endeavour of the University to keep up the standard of qualifications by providing that a solicitor could become a barrister by five years’ practice ao a solicitor. That was special legislation, and was retrospective, intended to comprehend certain gentlemen of merit who might have been named at the time. The reason for the Act had gone. The University acknowledged no merit except that -which could be discovered by the examinations themselves. They would approach the House of Parliament and say that they, as the examining body responsible for the qualifications of men holding public positions, protested against the Statute of 1898, which nullified - and made absurd any consistent standard the University might adopt. If the view of the Legislature was that the doors should bo opened more widely to these who wished - to practise law, and if the public was with the Legislature, it would bo a very sorry thing for the public. It was consistent that the Senate' should--invite the Minister of Justice to introduce a Bill to- do away with that which was a corrosive blot on the University Senate. Professor Sale seconded the motion, and it was carried. MATRICULATION. Professor Sale moved—That the Statute ‘ Matriculation A be amended by the addition of the following clause: —‘ In every year the date of Matriculation shall be the MonHiy nearest to the Ist of May, and m' person shall be held to have been m articulated in any year unless he shall have fulfilled all the conditions of this Statute on or before that date.’ ” He said that the method at present existing, as to the proper course for being matriculated produced great inconvenience in the office, and he was aware that in the colleges they were perpetually annoyed every year by persons who had forgotten to go through the examination part of matriculation, and who came in the middle or later part of the term and said they had forgotten to matriculate, and asked could they have these months they had already , spent in study recognised axs part of their attendance. In the English Universities the student had to go through a certain form of matriculation on a certain day, and it was nis business to make himself acquainted with the date. There had grown up in the colony a laxity very culpable, and one which ought not to be encouraged, of leaving undone the things which it was the business of the student to attend to. In the, intererts of the student, he should be compelled to do certain things on certain dates. This was one of them. The motion was carried. The report of the Research Committee was received and made an order of the day for next day. Professor Maclaurin moved—“ That the definition of Jurisprudence in the statute ‘ The Degree of Bachelor of Arts,’ be replacedf/by the following:— ‘ The nature of civil law and its relations to other kinds of law; the nature of the State and its functions; the administration of Justice and its various forms; the sources of law; the leading divisions of law; the leading ideas involved in a legal system; general principles of legal development; a companion of the leading principles of English and Roman law, a- knowledge, however, of the details of these systems not being required;’ and that the dennition of Jurisprudence in the statute ‘ Honours in Arts ’ be replaced by the followingAnaly leal, historical and comparative jurisprudence,! with special reference to English and Roman law.’ ” The motion was carried without discussion. MISCELLANEOUS. Professor J. R. Brown moved—- “ That Statute B,A. Degree IX,, be amended by the addition of the words, ‘ and provided that he has passed in Latin, English or Mental Science, Jurisprudence and Constitutional History at one examination.’ ” Some discussion took place on the motion, and it was eventually passed in the following amended form ; —“ That Statute 8.A., Degree IX., be amended by the addition of the words, ‘ and provided he has kept three years terms, and provided further that he has passed. Jurisprudence and Constitutional History in one examination.’ ” Rev Andrew Cameron moved—- “ That intimation be made in the Calendar that any person, not a member of the Senate, who desires to bring any business before the Senate, is required to intimate the same to the Registrar at least four weeks before the annual meeting. That the Registrar at least two weeks- before the annual meeting should send to each member of the Senate a list of the business to be considered, and a copy of all correspondence bearing on the same.” The motion was carried, with the addition of the words “of which he has had notice.” MACMILLAN BROWN PRIZE. It was resolved that the subject for the Macmillan Brown Memorial Prize of 1898 should be “A dialogue or dramatic scene on the meeting of Milton and Galileo.” AD EUNDEM COMMITTEE. The Ad Eundem Committee presented its report, which was passed with slight amendments as follows:—1. That the Statute admission ad eundem 11. bo amended, so as to read—Any person who shall have been admitted to any degree in any British Chartered University, or in any British or foreign University recognised by the Senate for the purposes of this statute, may be admitted by the Senate to the same degree in the' University of New Zealand, provided that such degree is one of those granted by the University of New Zealand. 2. (a) That the Statute University Terms (p. 41) be amended by the insertion after “Bachelor of Medicine ” of the words “ Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor of Veterinary Science, Bachelor of Agriculture,” and by the omission in the following sentence of the words “ in Medicine or Engineering”; (b) that candidates for

the degree of Bachelor of Commerce, be required to keep terms for two years at some affiliated college. 3. (a) .That the Statute of Certificates of . Proficiency I. be amended, so as to read—■ “At any degree examination in Arts, Science, Law or Commerce, any person, wixotner an undergraduate of the University or not, may be admitted to examination”; and that-after “Examiners*” be added—Any candidate for such degree examination may receive a certificate for any subject or subjects in which ho has passed, provided that ho complies with the subjoined conditions” : (b) that in 111. of the Same statute the words “ and , every condition '’ down to “ ror a degree ” be omitted, and that the following sentence-run on with-" and-.” 4. That in Statutes B.A. Degree 11. the last sentence “ any person, presenting himself” down to “ for the Degree” be omitted. 5. (a) That the. following be invited in the order here given to act as Examiner in Botany:—.Professor F. W. Oliver, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.,'University College, London; A. G, Taiisley, England, M.A., Assistant Professor of Botany, University College, Loudon; A. 0. Seward. England, M.A., F.R.S., Lecturer in Botany, University of Cambridge, (b) That the following be invited in the order here given: to act as Examiner in Geography: for ths B. Com. Degree: —A-. - J. ■fierhertspu, Ph. D., Reader in Geography-at; the University of Oxford ; H. J. Mackinder, M.A., Director of the London' School of Economics; G. G. Chisholm,. M.A., B.Sc., Examiner in Economic Geography , University of London, -(c) That Professor Tout, the present Examiner in History, be asked to examine for that subiect in the B. Com. Degree. 6. That the Statute University - Terms 111., page 43, he amended by the addition of the sentence, “ all such exemptions from attendance at lectures . must be applied for through the Professorial Board of the College .to which the apolicant is attached.” 7. (a) That tlie Degree of Master of Arts ad -pundem be conferred on the Rev. T. Russell, M.A., Cambridge, (b) That the request for admission to matriculation without further examination be referred back to the office with instructions to apply to the Education Department for more definite information. 8. That the request of Mr J. W. Joynt to be allowed to hand in a thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Literature be granted. ; _ A long .discussion took’place-on the fourth recommendation, which proposed to repeal the condition that any person sifting for education in the B.A. toogree should also take mental science. On a division the clause was adopted by 15 votes to 5. Q In moving the adoption or Clause Professor J. R. Brown said that the application was the first request on the part of a first-class honours graduate of another university to be allowed to take advantage of what the Senate bad recently granted. He thought it was a happy omen for this concession that the first applicant should be a.-gentle-man of such academical standing and literary qualifications as Mr Joynt. Mr Baume pointed out that the statute would have to be amended to carry cut the recommendation. In any case he thought-that they should hesitate before- altering the statute, -or, if granting the application, should limit its operation to work dong while the applicant had been a_ member of- the New Zealand University. Eventually the matter was referred back to the Ad Euendem Committee, to draw a modification of the statute to give effect to the recommendation, MUSIC. The Music Committee recommended: —(1) That it is desirable that a Conservatorium of Music be established in New Zealand ; (2) that a Recess Committee be appointed to report to the Senate at its next annual Meeting aa to what steps should be taken to encourage the establishment of such a Conservatorium; (3) the Recess Committee to be the followingMr li. Cohen (convener). Sir G. Mj 0 Rorke, the Hon J. A. Tole, Professor A. C. Maclaurin, the Rev u. A. Evans, Professor C. H. H. Cook, Professor Sale and the Hon C. C. Bowen. Mr Cohen, who moved the adoption of the report, said that the Senate must be aware from its charter that it was not able to-bring itself into direct relationship in the way of provicmgjeaching or an. institution such as a Oonservatoriuin. The charter specially excluded that ’ The Senate could encourage, but not have control of, any teaching metitution and &o the Music Cohimutee suggested that the Senate should pass the resolution affirming the desirableness of establishing the institution, and then it proposed to ascertain the public opinion in the four centres of New Zealand during the recess by placing itself in direct communication with teacheis of standing, and also to glean such information as might enable it not only to report something to the Senate next year, but to give direction to the support which the Senate could give to such an institution. Professor Cook, who was on the Recess Committee, would- be going to England soo-n. and liad promised to communicate with the heads of the three great music schools in London, and he would be able to ascertain for the use of the Music Committee -what

the Associated Board and these who had, prominent positions'in England thought of such an institution and how they would regard it. Ho was hopeful, by*some industry, that the committee might bo able to report matters of ralue to the Senate next year", so that, with its disposition to establish the institution, the committee would he able to direct the method of going about it. The recommendations were approved. MINING COMMITTEE.

Reporting on the matters referred to it from the Chancellor!s address, the Recess -Committee on Alining recommended that, the following examiners in mining subjects should be appointed: Geology and Mineralogy—Professor W; ..Watts, Birmingham. Assaying Metallurgy of Gold and General Metallurgy—Professor IV. Gowland, London. Treatment of Ores—Professor R. Redinayne. Aline and Land Surveying LH. Cooke. Drawing—G. P. Williams, Christchurch. The committee also recommended that the degree of Alining Engineering . should not be conferred upon the candidate in question mini be furnished a certificate of having comEleted the practical work required hy legulatiou 111., Section 3, Degree ol Bachelor of Engineering.” The committee was unable to recommend that the requests of the Northern Schools of Alines Directors’ Conference should be granted. These requests were that the Senate should—(a) Allow School of Alines subjects to be substituted for languages, except English, in the matriculation examination, (b) Reyogn'se the School of Alines University Scholarship. as equivalent to matriculation. The' recommendations were approved, oh the motion of Professor R. J. Scott. - DECEAIBER EXAMINATIONS. A further report from the Recess Committee on December Examinations was received as follows: —The committee has considered the question of awarding the Junior Scholarships, Seniqr National Scholarships, the Queen’s Scholarships and the Taranaki Scholarships, and as much misapprehension exists regarding these scholarships, it may be well to mention the position. The Senate is.aware that the University has been in the habit of awarding fifteen Junior University Scholarships on the* Junior University Scholarship examination in each year. By statute and regulations there are three other clashes of scholarships to, be awarded on the same University examination, namely, Senior National Scholarships, Queen’s Scholarships and Taranaki Scholarships. (1) Senior National Scholarship?.—Senior National Scholarships are awarded to the number of sixteen in-each year. There are four for each 'University district, and before a candidate can obtain one of these he or she must fulfil the following condition's;—(a) Alust reside in a University district; (b)' must.be under nineteen yeais of age: (c) must have been the holder of a Junior National Scholarship or of an Education Board Scholarship; (d)'muat have passed with credit in' tho Junior’’ iUniversity Scholarship deamination. The candidate must also matriculate, and this signifies that before-, the college session begins ho or she must hard reached sixteen yeais of age. Tlie ainopnt payable to the holder of a Senior National Scholarship is £l2O per annum, and his tuition fees at college. rtf he is obliged to live away from borne in order to prosecute his studies he is allowed an additional sum of £-30 per mnnmn. Tho scholar may, by permission of tho Chanccilc-r, enter upon a course of study in medicine, engineering, mining, agriculture dr veterinary science, or some similar

branch of applied science. Of the candidates this year there are no less than .forty-four eligible for National Scholarships tfho have qualified-by Junior University Scholarships, or have passed the examination on the credit list. The Senior National Scholarships may be more ? • valuable' than the Junior. - University Scholarships, as* if the scholar, bo obliged to live away from home, and is the holder of a Senior National Scholarship, he gets £SO per annum

and his tuition fees, while if he is'the , holder of a Junior University Scholarship he gets only £SO. (2) Queen’s Scholarships.—Tbejre are also four Queen’s Scholarships awarded annually, on the Junior University Scholarship examinations, or on the Matriculation examination, if there be none eligible on the credit list. The value of thera scholarships is the same as the Senior National Scholarships, but the holders must attend Victoria College. They are limited to persons under nineteen years of age who reside within the provincial districts of Wellington! Nelson, Westland, Marlborough, Hawke’o Bay and Taranaki., There is no provision that the candidates shall give notice of their intention to sit for the Quern's Scholarship in the notice of application to be 'examined in the Junior University

Scholarship examinations. Tho fact that these scholarships are open to certain candidates seems to have been unknown, as no reference has been made to it by any of the Junior University Scholarship candidates. (3) Taranaki Scholarships.—The Legislature has provided that the revenue from a certain reserve in Taranaki shall be applied to the furtherance of University education in that province. For this purpose one or more scholarships, as Iho funds will admit, are offered annually, each of the value of £6O per annum, and tenable for three years. : Tho scholars, unless for anv reason specially excused by the Chancellor, are required to pursue a science course. There is also a residential qualification in this, as in tho other scholarships referred to above. The scholarships are limited to those who have resided in Taranaki for two year?, but the statute docs not snecify at what period of the candidate’s life this condition is to be complied with. It may mean the last two years before sitting for tho examination or any previous two years of his life. This mav not be generally known, and it may he that there are other candidates who have not been aware of this peculiar provision. The committee would prefer to see all these scholarships open to the whole colony, without reference to the place of residence of candidates. It recommends that the attention of the Minister of Education should be drawn to this matter, so as. -if possible, to remove the restrictions as to residence.

, After stale discussion cn tho report it was adopted, with the concluding recommendation altered torreap Thed‘ p The committee would prrt'er to see all these echolarship'3 open to all persons who fulfil the conditions as to age who are resident in tho colony; and recommends that the attention of the Alinister of Education should be drawn to this ma ter so ae, if possible, to remove the restrictions in tho case of Senior National _ Scholarships and Queen’s Scholarships, as to residence, and tho previous holding of a Junior National scholarship, and also as to tenure of the scholarship'.” . The committee also reported that it had found great difficulty in -awarding tho scholarships. Owing to the various conditions it was impossible to assess their relative values with certainty, and many of tho candidates had not yet replied to the committee’s inquiries as to which scholarship they would prefer. In view of these facts the committee recommended that a Recess Com mile 3 should'be appointed to make the awards.It further recommended that this com mitres should consist of the chancellor, Professor J. R. Brown, Professor Alrclaurin and Air Hogben. The committee also recommended that every candidate should ho asked, when making his application, to arrange the ssholarsh’ns tor which he was eligible in the order of preference. The committee was of opinion- that the Junior Scholarship Statute required recasting, and recommended that the Recese Committee referred to above should be requested to -draw up a report on th's subject for next year.

It further recommended that the holders of all entrance scholarships awarded by the Senate should have 'their .names and their scholarships recorded in the calendar of the University ; that the names should be arranged in order of merit, and that there should’ be a note to this effect appended to the lists. The recommendations’were approved. LAW COMMITTEE. The Law Committee reported finally that it had considered the letters from candidates ( at the recent law examinations, and other correspondence submitted for its consideration, and had no recommendation to make, the appl'cants having quite clearly failed. The suggestion contained in the letter of Professor Segar with ’ reference to the L.L.B. course had been considered and framed in the new L.L.B. statute. The committee did not concur in the suggestion. The committee recommended that candidates who sat for all the subjects of the examination in New Zealand Law in November, 1906, and passed in sufficient subjects to constitute a section, should be deemed to have p"seed such section, and should be entitled to present themselves again for examination, in the remaining subjects in May, 1907, without being again examined in the subjects constituting such section; that this right should not be granted in future, but that all candidates who presented themselves for a Mav examination should take all the ‘subjects in which they presented themselves for examination in the previous November, and in the event of their f-i’inor to pass in all such subjects they should be deemed to have passed only in such subjects as thev passed in at the November examination. Effect had been inven to this provision in the new L.L.B. Statute; that the law examiners in New Zealand appointed for I£P6. should'he appointed examiners in the same '■"Meets for fbe M«v examinations. 1907 ; that the following -h'-u'd he appointed exanvuers in law in New Z"" lan' 1 tor + l ' e examination, 1907 Contracts—John M’Gree— M.A.. Dunedin : rwopertv ("part LI —'SY. LL.M.. Christchurch: prbnn'iv (e°Tt IT-) —J- Hay. JM.A,, TL.B.. Timavn ; evidence—-W. A. Sto'nt ' B A LL.B.. InveroarMH; Procedure —S. Sol"--"*". B.'A,.' Dunedin; criminal l-w—F. J. R-o-llestcu. 8.A.. T.L.8.. C'-ristc'-n-iU, ; tort=—G. T. AVenton, B. A.. LL 8., C’mjKte’ni’-ch; N"W Znalnnd luv (f~r English b-'rr inters a* I ' l TJ. F. von Haast, M. LL.B., Wclbngton, The recommendations were approv'd. a n't* t'm anvLolntment of an ey»m>ner : u ‘li» law of real "’•"mr t v in N"W Zealand (honours and Master of Laws examination left to the chancellor. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Finance Committee reported that this vear there had been a. large increase both in the income and m the expenditure of the University, the increase being mainly due in the one case to the fees received, and in the other case to the cost of the examinations. The following were the items General account, income for 1906: statutory grant, estimated £3OOO, actual £3000; fees, estimated £4500, actual £5179; miscellaneous, estimated £SO, 'actual £73; total, estimated £7550,-actual £8252; excess of income over estimate, £702. Fully two-thirds of the remarkable increase of income was duo to the December examinations. The number of candidates who presented themselves for these examinations in 1905 was so much greater than in former years that the committee did not venture- to anticipate- u further addition of 212 candidates in 1806. Owing to the liberal encouragement now afforded to secondary education it was probable that the number of candidates for the December examinations would go on growing, although the present rapid rate of increase might not he maintained. Two other items showed a notable increase, namely, £155 in the fees for degrees, and a similar sum in the fees for the May and November law examinations. Tho fees for the other November examinations remained /ery nearly the same as for tho previous year. The expenditure for 1906 was as follows :—Expenses of Senate, ■stimated £-130, actual £460; office, estimated £9OO, actual £863; examinaioiis. estimated £3700, actual £4229; minting and contingencies, estimated 'SOO. actual £553; .scholarships. estimated, £ISOO, actual £1500; total estimated £7030, actual £7705; excess of expenditure over estimate £6*s. Tne smail increase in the first item was due ■o tho extra session of the Senate in July, and to the restoration of the original <•--vvalliiig allowances to mem-

bers. The increase in tho second item was mainly due to a rise in salary granted to one of the University officers. By far the largest discrepancy between the estimated and actual expenditure occurred under the head of examinations. A reference to the accounts showed that the whole expense of the examinations for 1906 exceeded that for 1905 by no less than £714. The accounts for 1906,- however, contained a payment of £54 10s, which properly belonged to the preceding year. Transferring this charge to its proper place tho excess cosh of the examinations for 1906 over that for 1905 was reduced to £605. Of this sum £424 was due to that portion of the increased cost of the December examinations which came into last year’s accounts, and a further sura of £BS was due to the newly instituted May examination in law. The increase in fees for the matriculation examination, including the matriculation of junior scholars, was £470, a sum which would barely cover the whole increase in the cost of the examinations when all the accounts were paid. Looking for the causes of this disappointing result, the committee found that the cost of supervising the additional 212 who presented themselves at the last examination, amounted to no less than £163. Tho Registrar had explained that this sum was expended in providing additional supervisors, and opening additional, examination centners, in accordance with the rule laid down by the Senate; hut if the operation. of this rule produced a rise in tho cost of supervision .altogether out of proportion to the rise in the. receipts from fees, it does not seem to be founded on a sound financial basis. It deserved also to be noticed that tho accounts showed an abnormal increase of £177 in the charge for printing and stationery for the December examinations. The Registrar stated that this was duo to the introduction of answerbooks for the candidates, and lie did not anticipate that the charge would be so heavy in future years. The total sum received as examination fees during 1903 was £4339, being an increase of £553 over the receipts of the previous year. The examination costs showed an excess of £605 over the preceding years. For many years the examination receipts had augmented much more rapidly than the examination costs; and tho fact- that there was a relapse last year indicated the necessity of prudence, especially when account was taken of the Large number of new courses to which the Senate was committed, and which could not bo self-supporting for a long time to come. The committee submitted the following estimate of tho income and expenditure on the general account for 1907-Income: Statutory grant £3OOO, fees £5200, ‘ miscellaneous £6O, total £8260. Expenditure : Expenses of Senate £4OO, office £960, examinations £4300, printing and contingencies £550, echolarships £ISOO, total £7710, estimated surplus £550. The balance at tlie credit of the general account on January 1, 1907, was £2608, of which the sum of was in the hands of the University agent in London, and the cash in hand and in bank was £1407. The committee submitted the following estimate of the scholarship account for 1907 :—Receipts : Transfer from general account £ISOO, interest £BBS, total £2385. Expenditure: Junior scholarships—7 at £SO, and 8 at £3O, gained December, .1904, £590; 8 at £SO, and 7 at £3O, gained December, 1905, £610; say) 8 at £SO, and 7 at £3O, gained December, 1903, £610; total £1810; Senior scholarships— (say) 12 at 50, gained November, 1906, £600; miscellaneous expanses £25; tot al £2435. Estimated deficit, £SO. This was tho first time for many years in which there had been any suggestion of a possible deficit in the scholarship account, for up t-o last year it was the fixed policy of tho Senate to keep the expenditure well in hand so as to ensure a surplus every year. The committee had no reason to believe that tho Senate desired to depart from the policy which had slowly built up tho handsome reserve now at the credit of the scholarship account, and .as it was evident tnat the account could uot hear the strain which was put upon it last year by the establishment of so many additional Senior scholarships, it now proposed that tho Junior scholarships should he- reduced in number to such an . extent as to restore the stability of tho scholarship fund. Tho present time was most opportune for effecting this ‘adjustment, seeing that a large number of Wenior national scholarships had been established, which were awarded on the Junior scholarship examination. The committee, therefore, recommended that the number of Junior scholarships should be reduced to ten, and that their value should be increased from £3O and £SO to £35 and £55 respectively. It is also recommended that the value of the Senior scholarship should bo- increased from £SO to £6O each. The accumulated capital of the Scholarship Fund amounted on January 1, 1907. to £21,466, of which £6300 was lent on mortgage at 5 per cent, £12,500 was lent on mortgage at 44 per cent, and £2OOO was placed on fixed deposit at 4 per cent, the balance of £066 being in the bank. With respect to the question of the remuneration of supervisors referred to the committee, it was not able to recommend. that tho authorised scdla should bo departed from but suggested that tho allowance to chief supervisors for preliminary preparations should bo at the rate of £1 for every fifty candidates without restriction as to numbers. Tho additional expense would not exceed £l3. The committee that the C>— u-

j cellor should be authorised to invest the surplus funds of the University in. first-class debentures, secured by rating powers; and that-a Recess Finance Committee, consisting of the Hon Dr Collins and'the Rsv W. A. Evans, should he appointed to advise the Chancellor regarding investments, and further that they should be empowered to sign cheques in the event of the Chancellor’s absence from Wellington. The report was approved, and the recommendations were endorsed. AUTHORS AND PERIODS COMMITTEE. The Committee of Authors and Periods recommended that the prescription in English for 1908 should be—(a) In the B.A. course, —Lamb—Essays of Elia.; Shakespeare—King Henry IV., Parts I. and II and King Henry V., period 1688-17-14; (b) In the Honours Course, ■—Lamb—Essays of Elia : Goldsmith — Vicar'of Wakefield, and Citizen of the World ; Shakespeare—King John, King Richard 11., King Henry IV., Parte I. and 11., King Henry V. ana King Richard 111., period 1688-1744; that the prescription in English for 1909 should he the same ns that which was set for 1904; that the period in French for 1907, both in pass and honours, should be 1601-1660; that the question about the establishment of a Degree of Bachelor of Literature should be postponed; and that the proposals contained in the letter of Professor Wall should bo remitted to the toaohoris of English in the University Colleges for maturer consideration. A clause that the degree of M.A. should' not be given for pure science subjects was postponed until next year, and the report was adopted. The final report of the Ad Enndem Committee and . the report of the Scholarship Committee were received, and made an order of the day for today. The Senate then adjourned until ten o’clock this morning.