THE UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10669, 19 January 1911, Page 1

THE UNIVERSITY SENATE.

:•.. '• (Peb Pkess Association.) ~ The Senate of shd er Christchurch, January 18. The Senate of the New Zealand University opened its session tonlay,- Sir Robert Stout (Chancellor) presiding. The Chancellor, in his annual report, announced with regret the death or Mr F. E. Baume, who was a distinguished graduate of the University and a member of the Senate for eight years. Professor Cook, who for 25 years was a member of the Senate; died a few months ago. The late Professor Cook was one of the first professors of Canterbury College, and his strenuous efforts in building up that institution were likely to be long remembered by residents in Canterbury. The Chancellor also referred to; the resignation and death of Mr Eve, the London agent of the University, and the appointment of Mr Joynt, who had formerly held office as Registrar. The progress in University-; work, he continued, was being well, maintained. The number of candidates for entrance examinations was in 1907, 1369, in 1908 1515, in 1909 1606. and in 1910 1834: The number for degree examinations was 1907 817, in 1908 955, in 1909 1077, and in 1910 1205. The- Chancellor then dealt at length with recent criticisms of the New Zealand University institutions, and he deprecated' the "campaign of depreciation'' which had been- .entered upon. Regarding the-capping ceremony, he expressed himself in fa-: for of the abandonment of the present ceremony. The expense of those cere r monies was considerable, and .in some of the colleges the junior students resented dry addresses •on educational subjects, and he failed to see the ner cessity of continuing a ceremony that ceased to be of any educational value. Canterbury College, he continued, had made what he believed was a valuable suggestion regarding the establishment of a course for journalists. A carefully prepared memorandum by Professor Hight on a suggested' syllabus was forwarded to tne College, and he had no doubt that the subject would receive due consideration by the Senate. A suggestion :was made that a diploma ; of public health should be issued. That was done in universities. There was no provision in the New Zealand statute or charters for the issue of iliplomas. The University, however, could issue certificates, and he presumed that they would have the same effect as diplomas. The following is an abstract of the income and expenditure during the past year:—lncome—Statutory grant, £3000; fees, £6783 ss; interest, £lO7l 3s Id; miscellaneous, £145 3s 9d. Expenditure—Senate office and salaries, £1797 9s 3d; examiners, £3299 7s 4d; expenses, £2288 = 14s 3d; scholarships, £2798 9s sd. Re capping ceremonies, the Chancellor said that the last ceremony at Dunedin led to disgraceful conduct on the part of the students, and he proposed to suspend the ceremony there for a year unless the Senate otherwise decided.