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Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 177, 29 July 1907, Page 5

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DR. STARR JORDAN AND UNI- ..-..'. VERSITYLIFE. .

NEW ZEALAND AND AMERICA COMPARED.

[press association.! WELLINGTON, July 27. '-. Dr Starr Jordan, the President^ the Leland Stanford University California, in a memorandum to Sir Robert Stout, Chancellor of the New Zealand University, makes some interesting suggestions on general University matters.

Examination, he states, should,be the function of the professors, and not of the University. The requirements of degrees should be stated in terms of the work accomplished, and not in terms of the examinations required. The Chairman of the Professorial Board, should have as many as possible of the functions of an American. University President. As far as possible, certificates of masters of. approved secondary schools should be received in place of matriculation examinations. In receiving students, -a generoiis range of subjects should :-be allowed, and book-cramming, especially in sicence, should be discouraged. In American experience the best method of adjusting a course is through the "major professor" scheme, by which the professor in charge of a depart- , ment becomes the students' adviser. The colleges in New Zealand should devote themselves primarily to the actual needs of New Zealand. Degrees should not be granted for extra-mural study, and in general not for attendance at night lectures or extension lectures. The taxation of University, students is the most oppressive form of State taxaIn general, concludes Dr. Jordan, the professor as a teacher has far too little initiative in the Australasian Universities.