UNIVERSITY SENATE

Otago Witness, Issue 3542, 31 January 1922, Page 19

UNIVERSITY SENATE

AUCKLAND, January 24. HIGHER AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. In proposing that a committee be appointed to inquire into the state of higher agricultural education in New Zealand, protessor Segar said the provisions for higher agricultural education in the dominion were a.together inadequate, both in quantity and quality. Protessor Benham, in seconding the motion, said that it was very desirable that the committee should inquire into the possibility of improving the instruction in agriculture. Professor Hight, in supporting the resolution, referred to the opinions expressed by the Rural Education Committee of tile Canterbury Progress League, which had made a special inquiry into higher agricultural education, and who felt strongly that the School of Agriculture at Lincoln might perform a much mere active function than at present, particularly in the fostering of agricultural research and the training of teachers of agriculture. The professor expressed the opinion that t hero should be 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 with the University, the University to teach chemistry and other necessary subjects, and the 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: MEDICAL PRELIMINARY. It was decided that Latin be retained aa a compulsory subject, for the medical preliminary examination, and the recommendation from the Board of Studies, which wan 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 new degree of Master of Surgery were approved, one of the provisions being that candidates must produce evidence that after having obtained the 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 he held in a hospital containing no fewer than 100 beds. W. L. CHRISTIE PRIZE. The following conditions for the William Ledingham Christie prize in applied anatomy were decided upon, the prize having been founded bv his widow in memory ot the late Dr W. L. Christie, the first medical graduate of the New Zealand University, the selection of the subject for tha prize being in recognition of the interest Dr Christie always took in applied anatomy, and his attainments as a surgeon: —(1) Tha prize shall consist of a medal, and if any surplus income remains it shall be given in books; (2) the prize shall be awarded each, year to the student who shall have distinguished himself most, in applied anatomy; (3) it shall he awarded on the report of a committee consisting of the examiners ire applied anatomy in the third professional examination of the University of New Zealand, the professor of anatomy, and the dean of the medical faculty.