UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19102, 22 February 1924, Page 6

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

BACHELOR OF LITERATURE DEGREE.

TARANAKI SCHOLARSHIPS. (Psb United Pbkss Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. February 21. The Senate of the University of New Zealand to-day reaffirmed the principle that no pass can be granted to a candidate who misses any of the examination papers. The report of the Board of Studies stating that there was no need for the establishment of a Bachelor of Literature degree was approved. The position regarding the Taranaki scholarships was discussed in committee, and on resuming it was reported that the following resolutions had been carried: — 1. That in the circumstances the scholarships bo awarded on the results of the 1923 examinations. 2. That the question be referred to the Wellington Recess Committee with power to take legal advice, and to report to the April meeting of the Senate. TEACHING BY CORRESPONDENCE. The Senate approved of the objections of the New Zealand Law Society in respect of the evils attendant on teaching by correspondence. The Law and Ad Eundem Committee reported on th© subject as follows* “The committee appreciates the objections raised by the New Zealand Law Society in. respect to the law professional examinations and the evils attendant upon correspondence teaching. It approves of the view expressed by the Board of Studies to the effect that these objections ' would not be overcome by the prescription of set text-books. The committee also is of the opinion that the law professional candidates should be required to keep terms. The objections were that the experience of members of the council shows that the method of studying by correspondence by candidates for admission to the legal profession fails to instil into such candidates the principles of the law subjects upon which they are examined; that such candidates are able to pass their examinations and to be admitted as solicitors without having read the law books; that while this council recognises the value of studying by correspondence, it is of the opinion that it is not in the best interests of the legal profession that such a condition of affairs Mould exist; that this council is therefore of the opinion that the present system of examining law students should be amplified by prescribing recognised law text-books to be studied and examined upon.” The report was adopted.