UNIVERSITY COUNCIL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16946, 7 March 1917, Page 5

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL

-iP° r °sul« mooting of the Otago Umvertwlay was attended by tho Chancellor (the itev A Uiurcn, Messrs jno. Roberts, O.M.G Ross

Iho Jf-inanco Committoo expressed its appreciation of tho work of the hou. treasurer m compiling tho annual statement, and reported having resolved to grant Di> Bennams request for an assistant in the teach--Ado ted a COSt OI " ±iI7S per annum-'J-lie sub-committeo of the Finance .Committee reported as follows:— After lull consideration and after hearing explanations trom.Dr Lremian it was resolved to approve- of tho appointment of assistants as scheduled m jjr jJrennan's letter of Jiobruary 7. rho committoo, after hearing Dr Champtaloups explanation of toS rneuhod of dealing with special fees collected lor 'oacteriological analvsis, decided to recommend that the' present system bs couonued, and that a similar system bo instituted m reference to the fees to be collected on account of the Department of J.athology.—ilie last, clause was remitted tor further consideration, and the remainder the report was adopted. , £ >no . Works Committee reported that tho loUowing progress payments had been approved :—Fietener Bros., account Medical school main, contract, £1000; Fletcher Bios. account Medical School contract for fittings, £1050; Fletcher J>ros. professors' outhouses, £200- Callander and M'Leod's account Home facionco Hostel, £53.—Adopted, the tender of Messrs A. and T. Burt ior installing hot water radiators in tho Oliver class room and m the basement of the Physics Department, at the sum of £71 16s, being accepted. b

ihe Director of the Dental School (Professor Pickerili) reported that during 1916 the work ot tho Dental School had progressed as normally as possible under the conditions imposed by tho war. There had been live students, in attendance, all studying for the B.D.S. degree. This was one less than tho number they had had for the past few years. Tho clinical work ocrlormed for patients attending the Hospital compared favourably with what had been done in the ;xist. Several members of the honorary staff having received military appointments hod not been available tor clinical teaching- during tho oast year laese included Lieutenant-colonel Hunter, Lieutenant Donaldson and Lieutenant Nicholson. This loss had been met by a rearrangement of the hours of attendance of tno staff and by the director ...aKing over more of the clinical work The teaching of clinical dental surgery would however, be very much facilitated if these* practitioners who gavo up their time to go to tho Hospital could be in some measure remunerated lor tho loss of time thereby incurred. In his last report he forecasted tno modification of the present curriculum which was considered to bo too close to the medical. The New Zealand Dental Association the Dental Faculty, and tho Board of Studies had now approved of. a course lor tho certificate of proficiency in dental surgery, and it remained lor the University Senate to sanction it or otherwise,—Received.

Ihe Minister of Defence wrote statin» that since Mr T. D. Adams had voluntarily enlisted ho must proceed to camp with the draft to which Ho was attached. The Chancellor reported that he had appealed against Mr Adams feeing called up.—Mr Stephens said they suggested that tho withdrawal of Mr Adams was contrary to public interest, and that Sir James Allen's attention bo drawn to a regulation published in tho Gazette on January 16. —Dr Church said that it was absurd for men likb Mr Adams and Dr Jack to bo working in the trenches —It was resolved that tho Chancellor be requested to make inquiries as to filling Mr Adams's place. It was further resolved that tho Minister of Munitions be written to as to tho exemption of professors from military service. Dr Watt wrote resigning his University positions as from December 31 last.—Accepted, tho Medical Committee being empowered to appoint a lecturer on anatomy and physiology to massage students. Mrs Bedford wrote stating that there was every probability of Dr Bedford's return being- delayed tor a month or two.— Received, it ibcing mentioned that Dr Bedford was expected to }o in Dunedin in about a week's time. Mr A. Stankevitch wrote offering his ser-. vices as a teacher of Russian.—Received, a reply to bo sent that there was no demand at present for such teaching, but that when tho necessity arose the matter would be considered. Miss Irene Searlo was awarded tho Walter Scott scholarship, and Miss Martha. Smith the Richardson scholarship. The committee recommended Miss M. P. Harty for a bursary in Home Science. It was resolved to offer tho council's hearty congratulations to Major Peter H. Buck, and Lieutenant J. E. Cuthill, mentioned in despatches by General Sir Douglas Haig; also to Captain W. O. Hartgill, on his receiving the- Military Cross.