UNIVERSITY SENATE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18463, 26 January 1922, Page 2

UNIVERSITY SENATE

HIGHER AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

PRESENT PROVISIONS INADEQUATE.

(Via Vm itid Paces Association./ AUCKLAND, January 24. In ' proposing that a commit tec dc appointed to inquire mto the state of highoi agricultural education in New Zealand, Professor Sogar said -the provisions tor higher agricultural education in tiie dominion were altogether inadequate, both in quantity and quality. ProiessOr Benham, in seconding the motion, said that it was \ory desirable that the committee should inquire into the possibility ol improving tne instruction in agriculture. Protessor Might, in supporting tlie resolution, referred to tne o>nioiis expressed by the Rural Education Committee of the Canterbury Progress League, which had made a, special, inquiry into higlW agricultural education, and who felt strongly that the School of Agriculture at Lincoln might perform a much more active function than at present, particularly in the fostering of agricultural research and the training of teachers of agriculture. The pro , lessor expressed the opinion that there should bo a Chair .of Agriculture in each of the four chief towns.' The Chancellor said he would very much like, to see an ; Agricultural School established in Auckland in connection witii the University, the University to teach chemistry and other necessary subjects, and tlie school to deal with the remaining subjects. Sir John Logan Campbell had left provision for a school of agriculture, but the estate - would not yet be realised. However, the Chancellor said he hoped that Auckland would soon have its school under the control of the University College. The motion was carried. , PRINCIPLE OF COMPENSATION. On the motion of Professor Thompson it was decided to refer to the Entrance Examination Committee the question ol having the principle oi compensation for matriculation applied to the certificate of proficiency examination in dentistry, and to the engineering examination. The following recommendations of the Finance, Law, and Music Committee were adopted That 10 junior scholarships be offered in 1922; that a senior scholarship in Education be established, and that an examination bo held -at tlie end of this year, the scholarship to take the place of one of the additional scholarships already authorised; that the amendment of the list of Statutes tor the LL.B. degree, following the legislation enacted in 1921, stand over till the next meeting of the Senate; (hat Sir Hugh Allen, Prgfossor of Music at the University of Oxford, be asked to accept the position of examiner in, music. A recommendation that the printing of matriculation results, costing about £l6O, be discontinued, was rejected. On the recommendation of the Arts and Commerce Committee it was decided to ask the following to eocamine the three theses submitted for the degree of Doctor of Literature: —Professor A. C. Clark (Oxford), Dr Marott (Oxford), Professor Eirerton (Oxford), and Professor T. S. Nicholson (Edinburgh); and that the University agerit be authorised to appoint a suitable co-examiner with Dr Marett. Professor J. A. Green (Sheffield) will fee asked to act as examiner in Education (advanced and honors). CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS. The Arte and Commerce Committee recommended that the Senate adopt the following as a basis for the regulations gov orning the conduct of examinations for the B.A. and B.Sc. degrees at pass grade:—(l) In the examination at pass grade in Arte and Science, in every subject the university shall appoint an external examiner or examiners to act in conjunction with a responsible teacher of the subject in each college; (2) no person to be appointed external examiner who does not declare in writing that he has had no connection whatever with the teaching of the candidates in the subject, in which he is to examine; (3) (he papers shall be set by the external examiner after consultation with the teachers of each college; (4) some general principle for the apportioning of marks assigned to the examination papers shall be agreed to by the teachers of each subject in consultation with the external examiner, and this apportionment, if found satisfactory, shall be made permanent unless good reason be shown for altering it (the details of apportioning marks to separate questions may bo left to the external examiner, who shall furnish a marked paper to each teacher for him to consult in his revision of the answers of candidates of his own college); (5) candidates’ answers in the first instance shall be examined by the external examiner, and the papers of each college shall then be forwarded to the teacher of, the subject, along with the external Examiner’s marks for his consideration ; (6) the candidates shall be known to the external examiner by numbers and the teachers shall be supplied with a key to the numbers, so as to enable them to identify the candidates; in all, doubtful cases the teachers shall furnish to the external examiner a report upon the year’s work of the student, and the external examiner shall have the right to require such a report from the teacher in respect of any student about whom he is in doubt, provided that where he considers it advisable the Chancellor shall have authority to call a meeting of the external examiner and the teacher concerned. (In the case of disagreement between any teacher and the external examiner in his subject, the final decision to rest with the external examiner); (8) completed results shall lie furnished to the Senate by the external examiner, and then dealt with by the Wellington Recess Committee, as it at present deals with the results of the' medical, law, and accountancy examinations; (9) the external examiner shall be paid for his services, the teachers, however, to be invited (o do this work without fee; (10) in case the services of an external examiner to act in conjunction with the teachers in any subject cannot be obtained in Australasia, the papers in that subject shall be examined on the present system; (11) the external examiner shall hold office for one year only, but may be eligible for reappointment; (12) the responsible teacher of each subject shall bo informed by the registrar of Ihe appointment of the external examiner not later than March 15 in each year (the teacher shall send to the examiner not later than the first day of the following April the necessary information regarding the nature and scope of his teaching and suggestions as to the question to be set); (13) the cxlernal examiner shall forward his examination papers to the registrar ready for the printer by the month ot June; (14) the examination for degree now. held in November shall begin about a fortnight earlier thin at present —namely, in 1922 —it possible on Tuesday, October 17. In moving the adoption of the report. Professor Might pointed out that the committee substituted the te rln “external examiner” for “assessor" in the Senate’s original resolution because, the , person who was to act in conjunction with the four professors was given the power of veto, the final decision in the case of every candidate to rest with him ; and it was-he who was to decide the final form of the examination papers. The Chancellor strongly opposed the proposal, speaking on the lines of his report at the opening of the Senate. The fact that the scheme suggested by the committee was different from that proposed by the Board of Studies showed that the professors wore not sure about what they were doing. He contended that the proposals, if adopted, would tend to lessen the confidence of the public in the particular degrees. Tlie debate was adjourned. EXAMINATION SYSTEM. AUCKLAND, January 25. The Senate continued the debate on the .system of examinations for B.A. and B.Sc. at pass grade, arising out of. The report of the Arts and Commerce Committee. The first sentence of sub-clause 4 was altered to read; “Some general ,principle for the .apportioning of marks assigned to examination papere shall be fixed by the external examiner after consultation ■ with the teachers of each subject, and, this apportionment, if found satisfactory, -shall be made permanent unless good reason be shown for altering it.” It was; proposed that sub-clause 12 as follows should be deleted : “The responsible teacher of each subject shall be informed by the. registrar of the appointment of the external examiner not later than March 15 in each year. The teacher shall send to the examiner not later than the first day of the following April the necessary information regarding tlie nature and scope of his teaching, and suggestions as to the questions to be sot.” ... , , The proposal was lost, but it was decided to delete the phrase “and suggestions as to the questions to bo set.” The committee's recommendations as amended were then adopted by 18 votes to 5, the noes being the Chancellor, Mr J. Caughley, Mr J. W. Tibbe; ,Professor J. MacMillan Brown (by proxy), and the Hon. J. A. Hanan. M.P. APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINERS. It was then decided to offer the appoinUmwii (A external examiner for the

degree examinations of 1822 at pass grade to the following Latin and Greek, Mr C. E. Sevan ’ Brown (Christchurch); Hebrew, the Rev. J. "Rogers (Nelson); English, the Rev. J. W. Shaw (Auckland); history, Mr W. J. Morrell (Dunedin); political science, Archdeacon Woodthorpo (Dunedin); philosophy, the Rev. L. G. Whitehead (Dunedin); psychology, logic, ethics, Dr A. B. Fitt (Auckland); experimental psychology, economics. Dr J. W. MTlraith (Auckland); education, Professor J. A. Johnson (Hobart), or Professor A. *Mackie (Sydney). Appointments as examiner will lie offered to the following:—Economics for commercial accountants, Professor T, A. Hunter; economics and civics for accountants’ preliminary. Professor Pringle; , bookkeeping, accounts, business; organisation and methods,’ Mr A. Barclay (Invercargill); bookkeeping , and accounts. Mr L. L. Oordery (Christchurch); auditing, Mr E. ,W. Hunt '(Wellington); practical journalism, Mr M. C. Keane; • outlines of sociology, Professor Hunter. The matter of appointing the external examiner in French and German , was left to the Chancellor. The following examiners for 1922, as recommended by the Medical, Dental, and Home Science Committee, were appointed: M.D. (new regulations): General medicine. Professor Guiland {Edinburgh); clinical medicine—Professors Carraalt Jones and Fitchott (Dunedin), qnd Dr Eurdley Fenwick (Wellington); special subjects and theses examiners are to be appointed as required. M.B. and Cfa.B.: Biology. Professor Johnston (Auckland); organic chemistry, Professor Worley (Auckland); inorganic chemistry, Professor Robertson (Wellington); physics. Professor Marsden (Wellington); anatomy, Professor Gowland (Dunedin) and Dr Foster (Christchurch). Also the following assistant examiners for the May examination at £ls 15s:—Physiology, Professor Malcolm (Dunedin) and Dr M. H. Watt (Wellington); pathology. Professor Dronnan (Dunedin) and Professor Cleland (Adelaide); bacteriology. Dr Herous, with Miss G. Cameron, M.So., and Professor Cleland (Adelaide); materia medica, Professor FHchctt. (Dunedin) and Dr Tewdey {Auckland); public health, Dr’ Frengloy (Wellington); medical jurisprudence; Professor Drennan (Dunedin) and Dr Jamieson (Nelson); applied anatomy, Professor Gowland (Dunedin) and Dr Home (New' Plymouth); medicine, Professor Car- 1 molt Jones (Dunedin) and Dr E Fenwick (Wellington); clinical medicine, Professor Fitohett (Dunedin) and Dr E. Fenwick (Wellington); surgery and clinical surgery, Professor Barnett (Dunedin) and Dr’Wyllio (Wellington); midwifery and gynaecology, Dr Riley (Dunedin) and Dr Morkano (Christchurch). D.Ph., Part I: Professor Inglis, Dr Hercus, and Dr Prengley. Parti II: Dr Prengley. RECOMMENDATIONS. The Medical, Dental, and Home Science Committee stated that it approved of a six-year curriculum for M.B. and Ch.B. degrees. On its recommendation the request that any new course of instruction added to the curriculum of returned soldier students before they graduate should be optional was granted. It was resolved to refer back to the committee the following recommendations(l) That in order to be credited with the medical preliminary examination students shell be required to pass the - University matriculation examination, taking English, Latin, mathematics, a foreign language, and one other subject, and in addition chemistry and physics as required by , the . General Council of the Medical Association. These science subjects may ,be taken at the same examination as matriculation or at a later date. (2) In view of the above addition to the medical preliminary examination, the committee does not recommend the adoption of the suggestion, that history and geography be included in the examination. MEDICAL PRELIMINARY. It was’ decided that ’Latin be retained aa a compulsory subject for the medical preliminary examination, and the reoommendation from the Board of Studies, which was agreed to by the committee, that the same subject be not compulsory for the preliminary examination in dentistry was defeated. MASTER OF SURGERY. The regulations for the now degree of Master ot Surgery were approved, one of the provisions being that candidates must prqduoe evidence that after-having obtained tlie degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery they have spent at least two years holding surgical appointments not lower in status than that of house surgeon, and such appointments must be held in a hospital containing no fewer than 100 beds. W. L. CHRISTIE PRIZE. The following conditions for tlie William Ledingham Christie prize • in applied anatomy wore decided upon, tlie prize having been founded by his widow in memory of the late Dr W. L. Christie, the first medical graduate of the New Zealand University, tne selection, of the subject for the prize being in recognition of the interest Dr Christie always took in applied anatomy, and his attainments -as a surgeon:—(l) The prize shall consist of. a medal, and if any surplus income remains it shall be given in Kooks; (2) the prize Shall be awarded each year to the , student,Who shall have distinguished -himself most in applied anatomy ; (3) it shall be awarded on the report of a committee consisting of the examiners in opplied anatomy in the third professional examination of the University ot New Zealand, the professor of anatomy, and the dean of the medical faculty.