NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY SENATE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 992, 6 March 1891, Page 34

NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY SENATE.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, February 26. When the Senate resumed to-day, Dr Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, presented a petition from certain graduates of the University in support of the admission to University degrees of women who had passed the examinations of Cambridge from Girton and Newnham Colleges, the petition to be considered with the Chancellor’s address, The results of the December examinations were agreed to, and it was decided that the junior scholarships for IS9O be awarded in accordance with the report of the committee. It was recommended that the degree of Bachelor of Laws be conferred upon the following :—Robert Stewart Collie, B A., Martford Kimbell, Fredk. E. Baums, Alfred R. Meek, M.A.; John Innes, M.A. ; Robert McNab, M.A. ; and Henry W. Weston, and that F. G. Dalziel be reported as having passed the Solicitors’ Law Examination. A select committee was appointed to take into consideration the questions in the Chancellor’s report. Christchurch, February 27. Regarding a message from Wellington with reference to the University examinations recently published, Mr Masked, the Registrar, says the information was inaccurate, the lists quite correct, and the information was supplied apparently under a misapprehension. The Senate " resumed this rooming, and resolved into committee to report on the best means of procuring uniformity of method in marking the junior scholarship examination papers. It was resolved, in order to encourage the scientific study of agriculture, that special provision should be made for holding examinations and issuing certificates to undergraduates who have made it a special study. The Univerity Senate this afternoon resolved that a committee be appointed to consider whether in status of B.A. and B.Sc. degrees, modern languages, the words “ questions on a period of the literature of the language,” should be omitted or modified. The following recommendations of the Committee of the whole, which sat upon the Chancellor’s address, were agreed to: —“That the Senate desires to place on record its sense of the great service rendered to this University and the cause of education generally in New Zealand by the fate Mr Carleton, and to express its sorrow at the loss the Colony has sustained by his death.” ‘‘That Dr Nedwill, of Christchurch, and Dr Brown, of

Dunedin, be appointed, subject to their acceptance of the duty, to represent the University at the Hygiene and Demography Congress in London this year; and should either or both be unable or unwilling to attend, that the Chancellor be authorised to appoint efficient substitutes.” “That the Senate has no power to grant degrees to these who have not degrees from other Universities unless on its own examination.” “ That the degree of Bachelor of Laws be conferred on Henry Stuart, Collie Mountfort Trimble, Fiederick lihrenfried Banme, Alfred Richardson Meek, John Innes, Robert McNab, and Henry Warwick Weston.” “That the action of the Chancellor in the case of a person who passed the Barristers’ and Solicitors’ General Knowledge Examination be approved, and that any person who has passed the Barrister’s General Knowledge Examination under the Judges may be admitted as an undergraduate on payment of a fee of two guineas.” “ That instead of the certificate in surgery now issued there be granted the degree and diploma of bachelor of surgery, and that the statute be amended accordingly.” Christchurch, February 28. The following list, compiled from a telegram received yesterday from London, showß the results of the past November examinations for degrees, honours, and senior scholarships, which is conducted by examiners in England. The teleeram is subject to correction when the detailed report is received. For honours in arts three gained first-class, nine second, and three third ; for L.L.B. pass, three passed the second examination, and two the first ; for B.Sc. pass, one candidate gained the degree, three passed the first examination. Seven scholarships have been gained, viz. : H. Northcote, F. A. Pemberton (Canterbury), R. Maclawin, E. D. Jackson {Auckland}, J. G. Stuart (Otago). The Tinline Scholarship has been gained by Miss J. Prosser (Canterbury). In the B. A. pass the following gained the degree of Bachelor of Arts Auckland, 3; Nelson, 2; Canterbury, 12; Otago, IG. The following passed the first examination : —Auckland, 10; Napier, 2; Wellington, 3; Nelson, 2; Canterbury, 24 ; Otago, 27. There were 41 failures in the various examinations, the total number of separate candidates whose papers were sent to England being 16S. In the Senate to-day several reports were laid on the table for discussion on Monday. At a meeting of graduates held to-day, Mr L. Cohen, M.A., was elected to serve on the Board of Governors of Canterbury College. This is noteworthy, as it is the first time a graduate has been selected as a member of the Board. Christchurch, March 2. The Senate resumed this morning, when the Committee recommended that the Chancellor coinronnieate with Professor Sale with reference to the duties and remuneration of the English agency of the University, and autimriss him to make the appointment in the place of the late Mr Carpenter. It was resolved to convey an expression of deep regret to his relatives, expressing appreciation of his services rendered to the Univemfcy. Dunedin, March 2. Kate Moss, who has passed the B.A. examination, is the first lady in Otago to take the iiret section of the L.L.D. degree.