THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7008, 3 May 1884, Page 6

THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY.

l»rimißirH."-PEis3 "association.] .;,-: r a Friday. The following are thef;saUenfr- points of the Chancellor's address at the of the session of the University of t)Ugo gives me'grisat- pleasure to meet you oh the occasion of J the opening of the fourteenth session of onr IJniyertity, and to be able to tell you thatduring the recess the Council have made substantial additiona to the east wing of the Buildings.' By these additions and alterations ample and suitable accommodation is provided tor the Medical and Mining Schools, and for the varied operations of the Chemistry department. The additions, &c., ,cbst £5800.' Ot this sum £4550 came out of the loan and £950 from the revenue. The Council have spent the sum of £700 on appliances and fittings for instruction mental Physics. In future Professor Shand's lectures on heat, electricity, and magnetism will alternate with lectures on heat, sound, light, and so cover the whole ground of Experimental Physics. It ia with very g'reat satisfaction that I report the appointment of four • additional lecturers to the Medical Sahool. When the lecturer on medical jurisprudence and public health has been chosen, the staff of the Medical School will be complete. It gives mp great pleasure to be able to state that Dr. Colquhoun, of London, has arrived in the nick of time, and - at this moment occupies a seat upon the platform. The Mining School has some gaps in its staff, but its affairs will receive the special consideration of the Council. It will interest you'to learn that the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland, at their meeting in January, resolved to institute a third chair in the University, and at the same time appointed ail influential committee of members to confer with our Council on the subject to be assigned - to - it. The exieting • staff now includes eight professors and eight lecturer?, and when the proposed chair is elected, and the lecturers in prospect appointed, it' will number about twenty. From euch a band of workers in the field of higher education, onr people have a right to expect results of untold good. -