NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY SENATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9307, 9 March 1889, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY SENATE.

» ■ ' - .. ■ ■•■:■■ i> , The New Zealand University Senate meb again yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, at the City Council Chamber, when there were present:— The Chancellor (in the chair), the Vice - Chancellor, Rev. Mr. Habens, Professors F. D. Brown, Cook, Shand, J. M. Brown, Rev. Dr. Salmond, Sir R. Stoat, Rev. D. Bruce, Right Rev. Dr. Cowie, Sir G. M. O'Rorke, PRELIMINARY MEDICAL EXAMINATION. On the motion of Professor Cook, it was resolved, That on page 71, subjects 4 and 5 foe transposed. That clause 11. be omitted, and the tolowing bo inserted in lieu thereof :—The first four subjects of this examination must bo passed at one time ; elementary mechanics may be passed at a subsequent examination, but all the subjects must be passed before registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, any student who has passed the first section of the 8.A., BSc, or LL.B. examinations may be registered as a medical scudent on passing in any subjects of the preliminary medical examination, which he did not pass at matriculation, and which he has not passed in a subsequent University examination. A Bill was passed in accordance with this resolution, repealing section ii. of the statute " Preliminary Medical Examination." , DENTISTRY BOARD. Ib was resolved to add the filling up of vacancies on the Dentistry Board to the business of the special session ordered this year. ■ -. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. The Senate proceeded to consider the orders of the day as follows :— 1. Consideration of the following report of the committee on the encouragement of agricultural science — The committee are of opinion that valuable knowledge of the rudiments of agricultural science can be imparted in primary schools if the teachers are properly instructed. Encouragement would be given to the study by including in the standard regulations a syllabus for agriculture instead of the mere mention of agricultural chemistry, as an equivalent for the present syllabus of elementary science. Further encouragement might be given by allowing candidates for teacher's certificates to take up an examination in agricultural knowledge, instead of the present examination in what is known as elementary science. It would be well for the Education Depart--ment.to Rive publicity to the fact that for purposes of teachers' classification the B.Sc. degree has the same weight as the B.A. degree. The committee recommend that a B.Sc. or 8.A., whose course has included certain subjects (which would have to be hereafter defined) or who submits to a further examination in such of these subjects as ! he lias not already taken, should receive ! a certificate of theoretical agricultural know- i ledge. The committee further recommend ! that if either of the colleges establishes such j a non-graduate course in agricultural knowledge as the Senate can approve, arrangements be made for the issue of certificates of such knowledge after examination. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Habens, the recommendations of the committee were agreed to. EXAMINATIONS. 2. Consideration of the following report of the committee on the correspondence with the English agent :— 1. In order to obviate any delay in the transmission of the examination papers to the examiners in England, the committee would suggest that it is advisable that they should be sent under the charge of the mail i agent. _2. With reference to the examination in music, it is suggested that one paper in acoustics is sufficient. 3. In order to secure reasonable continuity in the standard of examination, the committee suggest that each examiner in any year should have a copy of the previous year's examination papers sent to him. 4. The committee desire to call attention to Mr. Carpenter's letter of August 21, 1888, with reference to the award of the Senior Scholarship for Latin and English, and the John Tinline Scholarship arising out of the examination in November, JBB7, whereby it appears that the examiners were under the impression that in awarding the John Tinline Scholarship to a certain candidate they were giving her a higher honour than if they had awarded her the Senior Scholarship in question. Clauses 1, 2, and 3 were agreed to. With regard to clause 4, it was resolved :—" 1. That the Chancellor be requested to communicate with the English agent with the view of obtaining from the examiners in Latin and English for ISSG a special report as to those subjects; and if it is found that a mistake has been made in the award of the Tinline Scholarship of that year, the holder of the said scholarship be paid out of the general account, the difference in value between the Tinline and a senior scholarship, and that it be notified in the calendar that she was entitled to a senior scholarship in Latin and English. 2. That the English agent instruct the examiners to take no notice of any communications from professors referring to the work of the University, unless such communications are forwarded through the University Office." COURSE IN MUSIC. 3. Consideration of the following report of the committee on the course in music : — Your committee, having considered Herr Schmitt's memorial and the course for musical degrees as laid down in the calendar, are of opinion that no change in the University statute is at present desirable. They would draw attention, however, to the fact that the University will under the present regulations issue a certificate to all who have passed the first musical examination for the Mus. Bac. Degree. Consideration of the report was made an order of the day for the first day of next; annual session. ACADEMIC DRESS. 4. Third reading of the following bill for additional clauses in the statute "Academic Dress. " The following sections are hereby enacted :— The gown for the Bachelor of Science is the same as that for the Bachelor of Arts ; the hood is of the same size and shape as that of the Bachelor of Arts, and is lined with dark blue silk and bordered with white fur. The gown for the Bachelor of Medicine is the same as that for the Bachelor of Arts ; the hood is of the same size and shape as that of the Bachelor of Arts, and is lined with mauve silk and bordered with white fur. The bill was read a third time and passed, and it was decided, to make a statute in accordance with it. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES. 5. Consideration of the following report of the Committee on Interpretation of Statutes, and on Petitions from Undergraduates. The committee recommend — 1. That the number of papers to be set for the examination in physiology for honours in science be three, and that the examiners in this subjeot should be resident in England, and that the statute be amended accordingly. 2. That the consideration of the definition of chemistry for honours be deferred until the

next animal session of the Senate. 3. With regard to the third question for decision by the Senate referred to in the Chancellor's report, the omission from the register of the name of the undergraduate has been satisfactorily explained, and the committee recommend that he be registered as having matriculated in 1886, provided that he furnish proof that he had, at the time of the examination in 1886, attained the prescribed age. 4. That the definition of chemistry for the Intermediate Medical Examination be as follows :—" The chemical , relations of cohesion, heat, light, and electricity ; the general principles of ; chemical combination, notation and nomenclature ; the description and classification of the more important elements and inorganic compounds; qualitative analysis and calculations of chemical problems ; one paper to be set in this subject," and that the statute be amended accordingly. 5. That in the statute concerning the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, section VI., be amended by the substitution of the word " December " for " November," 6. That a candidate taking the Intermediate Medical Examination in two sections in the manner allowed by the statute shall pay a fee of one guinea for each section," and that the statute be amended accordingly. 7. That the regulation permitting candidates to take the Biology and Physics of the Intermediate Medical Examination before registration be regarded as permanent. S. That it is desirable to amend the definition of Physics in the Statutes for the B.A. and B.Sc. Degrees, . so as to make it of a more general character, and that in the Intermediate Medical Examination the scope of this subject shall be the same as for the B.A. and B.Sc. Degrees, but the standard lower. 9. That the petitions of undergraduates claiming University status by adding together the results of only partially successful examinations be not granted. The committee recommend the Senate to pass the following Bills for new Statutes :— A Bill to amend the Statutes Honours in Science. Clause ■ 11. ; Clause; 5 is heroby amended as follows : — Physiology.— Human . Anatomy and Physiology.— p»p«fc. 2. A m to &ffli»l tftiUSfaifc

uto "the Degree of M.8." Section VL, Clause 1 is hereby amended, by the substitution of the word "December" for * the word "November" in the second line. Clause 3. " Chemistry" is hereby amended by the addition of the following :—The chemical relations of cohesion, heat, light, and electricity; the general principles of chemical combination, notation, and nomenclature; the description and classification of the more important elements and compounds, qualitative analysis and calculations of chemical problems. (3.)—Section VIL is hOeby amended by the addition of the following:— " But if taken in two sections, as provided, ia the statute, one guinea for each section." The report was agreed to.