UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 13

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SEXATE

CHRISTCHURCH, January 23. I The annual session of the New Zealand "University Senate was opened in the Can- | tettmry College Hall to-day. Sir Robert ' Stout (Chancellor of the University) pre- } sided, and there were also present:— Sir Maurice O'Rorke (Auckland), Hon. C. C. Bowen (Christchurch, vice-chancellor), • Professor Macmillan Brown (Christchurch) ' Professor John Brown (Wellington), Pro- | fessor Cook (Christchurch), Professor j MacLaurin (Wellington). Professor Sale j (Dcnedin), Professor Shand (Dunedin), Rev. , A. Cameron (Dunedin), Rev. *W. A. Evans , ('Wellington?. I»i> Collins (Wellington), ; Messrs I/. Oohen (Wanganui), H. A. Gordon ' (Auckland), J. A. Tole (Auckland), and ' George Hcgben (Wellington). j The Chancellor, in the "course of his annual . address, referred to the Melbourne ' University jubilee celebrations, which he ' had attended, -$nd the quarter centenary of _ the Aberdeen ' University, at which Dr. j M'Dowell was able to attend on behalf of ■ the .New Zealand University. Referring j to the' candidates for the entrance examinations he -said that last year he stated that . the number of candidates for the matricn- j lation examination was* the greatest there ' hid ..^ct been in the history of the i University. " The number who sat for j matriculation in 1905, including the medical i preliminary ?nd junior Echolarehip examina- , tions, was 1064, and the number in 1906 \ was 1276. The number of candidates for i degree and law professional examinations j in 1905 was 790, and in 1906 the number I was 776. A still farther increase in candi- j dates for entrance might be expected owing j to the establishment of a considerable number of district high cchools, and the I encouragement given to the higher educa- I tion by the founding of national and other scholarships. There had been considerable diacussion»during the past year as to examinations, and several speakers and writers ! had contended that the, senior pupils of I the primary and the pupile of the ' secondary schools were being subjected to too great a strain by the number of examinations that take place every year. Tt might be that that was the case in many instances. At present there were matriculation,' junior scholarship, civil service, and , junior national scholarship examinations. Senior national /scholarships were awarded ' on . the ; xeault at t the junior . university j scholarship examinations. The examinations for junior national scholarships and for junior Queen's scholarships were held in December, and the civil service junior examinations were held in r November, December,, or- January — now in December, — but not at the came time as the junior national scholarship examinations. In order. to lessen tho number of examinations he Mas of opinion that the university should undertake all those different examinations, - and it could so group the subjects, including in the group the subjects at present • " not examined in the matriculation and . junior scholarship examination-, so as to { enable the Government to award both junior national scholarships and places in th© civil ' service on their results. Were the university j *fo undertake that work it would, he believed, -bo a great relief to the education department. It would without doubt be of great Advantage to the students, and it would be J in the interests of economy both to eompeti- j tors and to the State. Looking at the sub- ■ jects required for the oivil service and tho j * national scholarship examinations, he sawno difficulty in so arranging the examinations* as to enable the university to under-t-ake the task. He would strongly urge the t Senate to appoint a committee to oons'der | _ tho matter, .and he felt sure that the Go- I yernment would see that it would be in its I i ' interest -were his suggestion adopted. I Ho laid' on • the 'table the accounts for ' 190&. .The following was an abstract of the ' iiieome and expenditure during the past year : — Income : Statutory grant, £3000 ; fees, £51798 5; interest, £884 15s 10s; mis- i cellaheous, £73 Ze 3d;— total, £9137 7s Id. i Expenditure: Senate, £460 3s 6d ; office and ! salaries, £963 4s 2d ; examiners (paid m ' England), £956 Is 6d: examiners (naid *n , Now Zealand). £1315 7s 2<l ; expenses (paid , in England), £208 12«3 6d ; expenses 'paid' in New Zealand), £1749 8s 2d ; scholarships, ' £2067 10s: general purposes, £553 7s lid; balance, £663 12s 2d. January 24. At the sitting of the University Senate j to-day the Chancellor's address was considered, also the list of questions for con- i sideration 'of the senate tabled by him, J and the various matters were referred to different committees £o report upon. A discourse took place on the question of establishing a conservatorium of music { in NevT Zealand, and the matter was re- j ferred to the Mu3io Committee. -- i -Mr G. Hogben, Inspector-general of ' Schools, who spoke at length upon that - section of the Chancellor's addrce dealing with the strain of examinations, said that aa far as* the Education D-epartment was concerned all the new examinations were qualifying examinations, not competitive examinations. would relieve the strain to, a grtat extent. The next step would be to take the recommendations of the teachers , &a to scholars, instead of holding examina- - i-ion, and. that would come in time. He did not agree with tho proposal that the university should take O'.er the examining and inspecting work now being carried on by the department. - i The Chancellor said that he had never suggested that lhe university should inspect or examine the schools ; he only said that rhe university should utilise the matriculation examination for junior ci\il service and j national scholarship ' examinations. The examinations were at pre-.ent quite distinct, ( and the same candidates were sitting for , them each year. The civil eervice, national scholarship, and matriculation examination* could be run together in one examination if the optional subjects wore extended, and he saw no harm in doing that. It wou'd be better for the colony gonerally if the three examinations were grouped together. The "work could be dono more cheaply. It would be a great reliof to in: ny of the sohools, and would holp to rcmo\e the etrain on tho candidate", and no harm would be done to anybody. The matter was referred to the Recc&s Committee. Tha senate then proeoodod to di<cu*« th«" question of new dogreos. and th^ s.ction of the Privy Council in doa'in^ wth the petition from the senate on tho Mibjoct. Tho correspondence lelating- to tho matter uas read by the registrar. Mr Hop-V* 1 " mo\cJ that the petition from

the Senate to the Privy Council should be withdrawn, and that the new degrees should be granted. Mr Gordon seconded the motion. Mr Baume thong-ht that further consideration shou".d be given to the matter before Mr Hogben's proposal wae agreed to. The Hon. C. C. Bowen thought that notice of motion should have been given. The proposal embodied a new departure, and wouid mean that the University would to a certain extent be cutting itself adrift from the university system of the Empire. He agreed that the ssenatee c natc had reason to complain of the delay that had taken place, and if no further news was received before the end of the sitting the senate might then deal with the matter. Notice of motion should, however, be given. Mr Eogben said he was orepaied to give notice of motion. He had not acted on the spur of tke moment, for the whole matter had gone through the Education Department, and he knew what delay had taken place at Home. % The Chancellor said that the Sydney University had got its charter in 1858, and only recently got permission to grant fimilar degrees to thcee wmch the New Zealand University" could "grant -in'^t he '"original charter. The Sydney University now conferred a large number of other degrees, relying for Its authority on the New South Wales Statute, and did not ask for any further charter. The Melbourne University aleo relied for fheir liew degrees on their own ntatute. Furthermore, the recent universities e-.tablished in England had been given power to confer any degree without any being specified. The New Zealand University had been eingled out as ' the only university in the British dominions that had been treated in the way it had. and with such contempt. In his opinion the senate would not be upholding the dignity of the univer«itv if it did not withdraw the applicaficn. Notice of motion was accordingly given. A number of cmaller matters were referred to committees. January 25. The annual session of the New Zealand University Senate" was 'continued to-<lay. A long discussion took, place on Mr G. Hcgben's motion that the petition "to the Privy Council requesting that a charter might bo granted for new degrees proposed to be conferred should bo withdrawn, and that the new degrees should be granted under the Univer-ity Statute. The motion was carried by 15 votes to 5. Professor MacMillan Brown spoke at length in support of his motion that a committee be appointed to consider the practicability of encouraging research work. The motion was , carried. It was also resolved that two examiners — a chief examiner and an assistant examiner — should be appointed in English, Latin, and geometry for the matriculation examination. A number of sessional committees were set up to deal with tho makers referred to in the chancellor'e addrese. January 29. Mr Cohen brought up the report of the examiners of the papers sent in for the Macmillan Brown memorial prize The prize was awarded to the paper •bearing the motio " Antithesis, " and it was found to have been won by Herbert Edgar Evans, Victoria College, Wellington. The subject of the cs'ay was " East and West — a Contrast." Mr Evans won the Bo'ven prize last year. February 1. The Senate of the University of New Zealand resumed its sittings this morning, the Chancellor (Sir Robert Stout) presiding. It was aareed -that the degrees of Masters of Science bo conferred en Wil ; i 3 Donovan and Margaret Florence Lou'.re Ollivier. On the motion of the Hon. C. C Bow?n. it was agreed that tho next ses-sion of the Senate bo held at Wellington, on January 22, 1908. The Hon. C. C. Bowen gave not ; ce of motion — "That the specjal mectiiia' of the Senate in March or April shou'd have power to deal with the awarding- of decrees. Ur Scott moved — "That tho degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Sur-L-erv be conferied on tlv following: — Hie! vvixl Amor Bagley. Rcbcit Walter 7-5-ii osu-'tTamce Robert Closs. Alan Renatu 'CiTcen; r>j-.l William Hugh Clifford Patrick; ajul tTiat* the dooroo o f M.B bo conferred on Jo' n Patrick Ha^tiim-i " The recommendations were appro-. <^d. Mr Hogben's motion wa^ earned--" That with tho form of declaration for matriculation there be sent a notice containing a caution as to tho time 'inut for senior scholarships picscribed in u;o last sentence of section 4 of the statute regarding; senior scholarships." The Committee on Marking recommended (1) That the examiners for tl.o matriculation examination be instructed to fix the minimum so as to preserve continuity in the percentage of passes, ar.d in order to facilitate this each examiner be supplied with the average porcentayc of pa c ses in his subject for the three yeais immediately preecdiag the examination ; (2) that the regulations made !asi year us to marking ir. the junidr scholarship and matriculation examination be retained : (3) that the exam ; ners he informed Us* their marks may ba modified 'if it be found that thc^c rules have been ma'ceted; (4; that to facil'tate suo'i modifications in tho case of tho junior scholarship oamination the icjHt'ar he empowered to obtain *ctiporary a'wistanco if thi« be rcqvmod ; (5) that the Rocc-s^ Committee oil tho December O3k<\rninat ; o>i« b" opipotx-cicd to make «uc ii ivcdificatxms of the o\,iniiin .>' mrrk* it* ma\ be nexes-ary to give effect to the c rulr'l ho irport w=i< np,nc\cd Th" A<l KuirVrr C'oiiimnten rrcwTrx n<!od tho lr^erncn in :!o -,^ii't^ A-'nii" wm A;l Eun.l^ni 11 (p 40 of tho fc'!c\. nj claure: "Any Ma-*t«T cf Aits or S' «■".<■" with fir^r claw honour* lv loiiuinp to .uiy rf !< uni\rrsitic-5 rffti.od to ii tlu ])nxo<ii'i^ statt'to lnaf, if r c-uie - n in Nov.- Zo.iuirtl. Lo admitted to ad lundem if the Sen it > c&nsid- rs that h.^ fir-t ('a-? ho.icuii nro in e\ory r< >i>cct pqyM a'nit to trc cotpsponjintr honours m t li«- University of New Zca'and E\cry master «o ?.(hm t«^d shaU lx> al!ov.t«l to froscnt a the-io fo.- the i'octorato on ronditio'i that he >-it'*fi»'s the Senate that hi^ th^-is ha« boon w i < n sin^o h"* admi c> -:cn to tho ad <i"''o.ji s tani^. and that «i |ionc<l of not !< -- il:.n fi\o ■,<?ai X hr.s o\a- -c<i 6in<--o h" < !>ia n« •' lr> <lpf!T"o r.{ ]'„'.( ho'r- o: M.i- tor, a'lc' p \ « tho iirr- .- c a:-v f"C *' Tie frP')v.,P'." •••;-n < <- r '.' " C-'Vi :- <• on I)i n->o--i<- c .< : -r~c<> vr.« .i''c;.!f'l \\ l lru> (li-ci!'--rr- 'D 'i!..'T a. <!^"-> pi !'<•■ -: c -,i,. t - he ,- , '•'•-! .'■ (') i'a* i! • ■;•■!• mc-ir.3 U»- J > •< i • ■-■ c•. ti m r-:.< t.v i .... L-

[ the same a* foi B. Com. ; (3) that a syllab-is somewhat as follows bo adopted : Two examinations — namely, first examination : (a) English as for the B.A. jdegiee; (b) one cf the following languages— Lati 1, Greek. French German. Hebrew, as for the B.A. degree: (c) biology, as for -the mc'liral intermediate examination ; (d) phj^ics or inorganic -chemistry or organic chcniKlry, as for tho medical intermed-nte examination. Second Examination:*/'^) Physiology, as for the first prcfossfonal medical, examination, the pracseal work to include* so much anatomy, as is necessary for the proper treatment of physiology; <b) domestic science, to lxs hereafter defined, and to include course o£ _, practical work. | That the maiter be referred to the committee as a Recess Committee, to draw up a deiail-sd syllabus and to report to the next annual meeting of the Senate. !• The Chancellor said he had received the ! following cablegram from the High Corumisoioner: — "In reply your telegram cf yesterday, the secretary of the Privy Coun- [ cil informs me that it .is pioposcd to. grant the greater part of the Aew Zealand i Univer«itv petition. The Privy Council in tends to send an official communication '■ within * three "days. In view of this substantial concession, I ha\c takon the responsibility of withhoki ; ng your telegram for the present. In case the University insists on immediate action 'please telegraph instructions accordingly." In his (the Chancellor's) opinion, to only grant the request 01 the Senate in respect to a uortma of the' degrees would be worse than no grant at ail- He thought a reply should be -sent that unless the request was acceded to as a whole it would be far better to withdraw it. I+, was resolved to consider the question at a later hour in the day. Subsequently lhe ChancelloL proposed that a telegram lie sent to the Education Department .it Wellington a-king it to cable to the High Commissioner a,-, f ollows :— " Senate insU** on withdrawal, of petition unless all .'offrees granted, on the ground that it w< uld be inconvenient and most unworlcanle to grant only come of the decrees." The proposal was atrreed to. A number of statutes were read a first time AD EUNDEM COMMITTEE'S REPORT. A NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC. CHRISTCIIURCH. January 31. At the University Senate to-d:iy the Ad Eundem Committee presented its report, which was passed with slight amendments as follows: — 1. That the statute Admission Ad Eundem II be amended so as to read: Any person who shall have been admitted to any degree in" any British chartered or in any UrJtisb or foreign imiversity recognised by the Senate for the purposes of this statute, niay be admitted by the Senate to the same degree in the "University of New Zealand, provided that such degree is one of those guaranteed by the University of New Zealand. 2. (a) That the statute university terms be amended by the insertion after '* Bache'or cf Medicine" of the words " Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Bachelor of Veterinary- Science, Bachelor of Agriculture," and by the omission in the following sentence of the words "In medicine or engineering" ; (b) that candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce be required to keep terms for two years at some affiliated college. 3. (a) That the statute of Certificates of Proficiency I be amended so as to read: "At any degree examination in arts, science, law, or commerce, any person, whether an undergraduate of the university or not, mr.y be admitted to, examination, and that after •examiners" be added: "Any candidate f or such degree examination may receive a certificate tor any subject or subjects in which he lias 'passed, piovided that he complies with -lie subjoined conditions"; (b) that in 111 of the some statute the words " and every condition ' down to " for a degree" be omitt«d, and that the following sentence run on with " and." 4. That in. statutes B.A. ciegree 11, the last sentence. and any person presenting himse'f, down to " for the degree," be omit Led. 5. (a) That the following be invited in 'he order heie given to act as exr miner in botany.— P.ofesc-or F W. O'.:wr, MA, D.Sc, FRS, University College, London: A G. Tansley, England M.A , u'-'-i=iant pro-fes-K>r of botany, University Co! cge. Lor-dc i : A. C Seward England. MA , FHS, lecturer in botany, University of Cambridge, (b) That the following •be invited in the order here given to act as examiner in geography for the Buclulor of Commerce degree —A J Hcrbeitton. Ph.D., reader in geography at the UmverMty of Oxford, H J Mackm'ler. MA., director of the London School of Economics, G. G. Chisholm M.A. B.Sc , examiner in economic geograp.iv, University of Londor (2) Thit Professor Tout, the present examiner in hitiory. be a?ked to examine for that subject in the Bache'or of Commerce degree. G. Tnat the Ftatutt university terms 111 (page 43) b; amended by the addition of the sentence, "Such exemptions from attendance at lectures must be applied for through the professorial board of ihe college to winch the applicant is attached." 7. (a) That the degree of Master of Arts ad omdem bo conferred on the Rev. T. Rueec 1, M.A., Cambridge; (1)) that the request for admission to matriculation without further eximination be leferied b-*ck to the office with -Ufctructioiis to apoly to the Education Department lor -mere definite infoim?.tion. 8. That the lrqucst of Mr J. :.: J-yit to be a.lew/ed to hand in a the=i^ .ho degree of Dorter of Literature be g:a..iUd A lontr di>m<v,!on t<"-k i>lac" on the fouith n.-'hiininv'-iti,,!!, wl'Vli |i oi i. =rd to repeal the r<>idit><r ih.i 1 - :i'iV pci-on 'ittni'r ior e-T>K alien in tno l^.A. docfrec bhould a!-~o i.J. ;noi:;r:l ,tcr. On a d'\i^on the c!aa-" v,^ a(!;)|i'ed by 15 \otcf= In !i;o\ni^ the .ulojiiion of clause 8 P.-fe-=oi- J. R Brown tba! thy applies.; on v. ■> ills 1 fis-f i«tiiu'-r on die pan of a fir-i-f'a'-s ii' i:o;ir< "-rdduate of anothci uniM miv to In" {il'o.\fd to u-kc ad\ai> tugo oi' wli't tho hi nale l-a<l Kventh KiMiiU'd lie- thntv'V't >t -i_ h?|i|n iinen f"r I:i!.° cmi" • :o;i thit- 'hi' lii.-t i.jjpl:^j.iit >-;nulfl be a aront! in-n <;f such acad-M.i t.il siar.d'n-^ aiut l:li!;.i> <; iahfi<-j.-tioii^ a.- Mi on\iit. E\<n'.'.i ly tIK- n.a-icr v..-- r fci .-d 1-:yc!. (o the \<l Euii(l<':ii (Vnmittce t> iir: ft a tro(!i f i^r-i'in of lho statute to yi\e <-ftect to ?1 i" i" cr- unit udatir, i. Th > S ■'. t» c.'ri.-d Pi-m' nr M:icl,i ir ti s iiiv-uo.i that th.- ii'!'in:ion of '" jarisin .:i'oiico '" in thr •.:.!*!!,• l !.x # ip.<; to tin- <]•■•_■ <,• Vuh lor of \iT- 1 n,i!tfC(l b\ tb< lti'H.v..T. ' 1 i if >i. i. 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leading division of ia'.v. the lead in sr ideas in\olv?d in a lrn.il "tb > ; r crcr^l pnnciples cf legal de\i!o^ment. and a comparison of the leading"" piinciples of Enzluf.l and Ro'tian" law a k-iov. ledro, ho-.vevur, ol dotailo of thjsj .s.\*trms n<jfc -being requiied ; and (bat definition of ' iuLisiirudenco ' m the sfarn'o reiarni^ to honours in aits I, • icpkiccd b\ 'he following: — ' Anal.t tie il, h'stoncal. n.-i'l c<~:>iparative jurisp 1 udencv. with tnt-ci. 1 ' ivf(.ience to p]ng-li.=!i and Roman law.' "' ;Mp Cohen's motion — " That the Senate respfectfully roque«ts tho .Miulstev of Justice to briny in a bill noxt,. sc;:oii of Parliament to roppal "The Law "Pxac-~ tinonoi-s-. Act Amendment Act, 1898. J" Iva's carried. The following motion by Professor Sale was carried: — '"That the statute velafinaf to matriculation b.> nrawidcd by^-thc addition of the following cJau?o: 'In e\orv year r,nc date or matriculation snail bo the Monday nearest May I,'and no iwisqn 6ha!l be held to have been matriculated in^ any year vales* he have fulfilled all the' conditions of" this statute on or before that date.' "' Professor Bionn's motion was passed in the following amended foroi : " That statute of. the B.A. degree 9 be amor.->d by the addiiion of the words 'and pro\ ic?cd he has kept three years' terms; further, that he has passed jurisprudence rnrl constitutional history in one examination.' " The Rev. A. Cameron moved, and it was carried: — " That intimation "be made in the calendar that any pcrsqn not a member of the Senate who desires to bring any business before the Senate is required ♦o f,ive notice cf the fame to tho registrar at least four weeks before the" annual meeting, and that the registrar -at least two weeks before the annual meeting thall send to each member of Senate a list of the business to be considered, and copy of a|l correspondence bearing on the same." It was resolved that the subject of the MacMillan Brown memorial prize for 1908 be '" A dialogue or dramatic scene on the meeting of Milton and Galileo." The Senate adopted the Music Committee's recommendation as to the desirableness of the establishment of a New Znlaii'l Conservatorium of Music, , and the appointment of a Recess Committee to report to the next annual meeting of the Senate what steps should be taken to encourage thu establishment of the contcrvatorium.