CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 46, 31 March 1914, Page 11

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

ORDINARY MEETING OF BOARD

OF GOVERNORS.

„ A meeting of the Canterbury College Board of Governors was held yesterday afternoon. There were present: Messrs J. C. Adams (in the chair), Dean Hayes, the Hon. G. J. Smit,h 4 Dr Lester, T. H. Davey, 3&1.P., L. B. Wood, T. G. Weston, C. H. A. Opie, .T. W. Adams, S. 11. Seager, W. 11. Moi>tgomen r , H. D. Acland, G. Rennie, and T. Brock. Mr Adam? moved that a special committee should be appointed to consider suitable amendments to the University Act.' He suggested. Messrs Acland, Weston, Davey, Opie,., and the chairman.

In answer to a question, the chairman said that the copies of last sion's Bill had been sent on March 2 by the Secretary of Education. Mr Davey moved that the chairman should be authorised to write to tho Secretary of Education to ask what was intended to. be done.

This was seconded by Mr Seager, and carried.

If it was heard that it was proposed 'to proceed with the Bill, it was decided that the committee proposed by the chairman should be authorised to go into the matter. The present representatives of the b<»ard upon the. High School Board, Messrs Black, Le Lievre, and Jennings, were reappointed. The College Committee recommended that a Chair of Mental Science should be established, that the appointment should be offered to Mr C. F. Salmond; at a salary of £650 per annum, such appointment to date from March 1, 1914. This was proposed by the chairman and seconded by Mr Wood, the former stating that the College Committee had given considerable attention to the matter. The Professorial Board had considered the matter also, and had approved the change. why the change was being made were that year by year the value of the subject was becoming more and more known and more important. When Mr Salmond had given up his assistantship in Latin a halfpromise had been held out that there was a probability of a Chair of Mental Science being established. Moreover, the number of students and the work done justified the ehange. He gave comparative numbers of those taking the subjects as evidence that such a chair was justifiable. Mr Wood seconded the motion. He said that not only did men graduate in this subject, but they graduated in it with honours, which was an evidence of excellent work. Last yearlhen had taken first class honours in the subject, which .probably had not happened since 20 years ago, in the days of Professor Macmillan Brown.

This clause of the report was adopted" without discussion.

The committee's report further recommended that the Bill drawn up by the Senate dealing with the reconstitution of the University should be approved. This also was adopted.

The committee recommended that the contracts entered into with Messrs Simpson and Williams and. L. M. Isitt should b'e- cancelled and Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs should retain the whole contract for the supply of text-books to the college and the High School, as under the original contract of 1901.

The chairman reported that the three firms concerned were all agreed that they should revert to the old terms, it being arranged that the other firm should act fairly to the others, and on the basis that a fair system of discounts had been arranged.

Mr Acland asked if this was to be the end of the old matter.

Mr Davey said he could not agree with the arrangements? There appeared to be no doubt 'that Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs had broken the agreement of 1901. He was emphatic that Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs had not '' played the game" in the past. For too long Whitcombe and Tombs had'had a inoifopoly. He believed the whole question should be reopened. Mr Opie said that there seined to be a danger of a trust which might have the effect of raising the price of the books to the students.

On the application of Mr Ac-land the letters from Messrs Simpson and Williams, L. M. Lsitt, and Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., were read.

The contract of 1901 having been read, Mr Acland further asked whether it was a fact that the firm of Whitcombe and Tombs had actually sold the books as contracted at the English public price, and whether they had or had not supplied the books at a greater discount to pupils than they had supplied the same books to Messrs Simpson and Williams or L. M. Isltt. The secretary, Mr 6. H: Mason, said that speaking unofficially he had never heard any complaint as to such a course of dealing. Tin) chairman also stated; he had ; known of no such trouble. Mr Davey asked, why this monopoly should be further granted 1 ? The reason was as lief ore. Before the monopoly 'was granted the studies of students, were sometimes interferedwith, as they were unable to ..get-the"books required. The same trouble might recur if the contracts with Simpson and Williams were persevered with. Dr Lester said there were two ways of looking at the matter. No doubt the monopoly granted by the board was convenient to the board. At the same time, ■the holders of the monopoly had not played the game, and latterly had bludgeoned the other firms into writing to the board to ask that the monopoly should be continued. He asked if it were dignified for the board to go on with such an arrangement. Mr Seager asked why this reference to the bludgeon. Mr Montgomery spoke at considerable length, stating that there was evidence neither of bludgeoning nor of unfair dealing or breach of contract such as had been alleged. He urged that this having of a monopoly was by no means the advantage which it appeared to be considered by some members. Mr Davey moved that the matter should be referred to the College Committee, so that evidence might be taken on the question. Mr Darey, after a recommendation by Mr Woods, amended his motion to pro-

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vide that the matter should be gone into by a special committee; This was seconded by Mr Acland.

.The voices proving unsatisfactory, a division was taken on the motion, which was lost.

The amendment was carried

Mr Davey nominated the following committee, which was approved: —The chairman, Messrs Acland, Wood, Opie, Dr Lester, and the mover. As the services of Mr R. W. Webster, teacher of drawing at the Boys' High School were now required for ten instead of eight hours per week, his salary was raised by £2O per annum. The committee reported having appointed Mr A. .Termyn to the position of librarian of the College Library for 1914, on the recommendation of the Professorial Board.

An additional grant of £6O has been made in connection with physical apparatus in connection with the Boys' High School. On the recomtnendation of the Museum and Library Committee, Mr C. H. A. T. Opie was. added, to the Buildings Special Committee. It was decided that the following addition be added to the regulation dealing with the Engineering Entrance Exhibition: —"(5) Exhibitioners who are awarded an Entrance Exhibition will be entitled to be recompensed at the rate of £2O for one year passed under the Engineering Preliminary at one or other of the University Colleges. "

It was also decided that the three years' course of study in architecture, framed to meet the requirements of the Associate Examination of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, should be approved.

,Mr Seager reported that the Institute of Architects had approved the schedule of classes as well as the local brauch, and was prepared to help by the giving of prizes or otherwise, as might be required. The whole course would be under the control of Mr HerdmanSmith, Director of the School of Art. He, Mr Seager, had agreed to act as honorary lecturer in the History of Architecture, which had not been arranged for. Mr Seager was thanked for this, on the motion of Mr Opie.