N.Z. UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXII, Issue 12379, 3 February 1908, Page 5

N.Z. UNIVERSITY SENATE.

(Per United Press Association).

WELLINGTON, February 1.

At the sitting of the University Senate yesterday the Science Committee brought down a report. The first clause read as follows: — The Committee having considered Professor Malcolmn's suggestion that physiology be included in the science subjects for the B.Sc. degree, reports that physiology is a suitable subject for inclusion, in ths B.Sc. degree. The clause was adopted, and the matter referred to the Medical Committee for the preparation of a syllabus.

The Science Committee recommended that the Senate accede to the request from the Institution of Civil Engineers (London); "That as to qualifying for the studentship of the institution the condition of keeping a year's terms before passing the entrance examination be relaxed. That the following note be added after paragraph 5 of section. IX. of the statute : — "The degree of Bachelor of Engineering." Candidates for the profession of engineering may be admitted to the entrance examination in engineering, and shall not be required to keep terms at an. affiliated college, but such candidate shall be required .to fulfil all the other conditions of the examination. The passing of the examination in such manner shall not be deemed to be the passing of the entrance examination in engineering as prescribed for a degree in engineering. The recommendations were approved. The Sciencb Committee further recommended that to the definition of honours in chemistry on page 106 of the Calendar there be added the sentence — "The credit to be assigned to this thesis shall not so much depend on the novelty or importance of the results obtained as upon the evidence it may afford of ability to carry on good practical work and of the power of independent observation."

Another recommendation was that the practical work for honours in chemistry should be ■ more fully defined and that Professor Easterner's suggested definition and the> suggestion of the Auck-v land Professiocal Board that the definition of chemistry for all University examinations should be revised' and' simplified, toe referred to tb& professors of chemistry of tlie affiliated colleges for consideration, and that they be asked to report to the Senate at its next session.

Both proposals were agreed to. The Law Scholarship Committee tabled a report in connection with the new postgraduate scholarship in law, which read as follows. — The senior scholarship examination in law shall be held at the same time as the examination for honours in- law, and shall be open only at the time of the first or second examination for honours which is held after the date upon which the candidate passes the final examination ior the degree of Bachelor of Laws; that tlie papers shall be the honours papers in each subject.

The Chancellor pointed out that the Senate had had to name a limited number of subjects, for there were so many subjects in law that there would be no competition if candidates' choice were unlimited. The subjects chosen were those dealing with tho very (foundations of law.

The Committee's recommendations were adopted.

The Superannuation Committee recommended that the Senate should communicate with the Government With a view to the Government providing a scheme for the superannuation of professors and other officials of the University, and iis affiliated institutions on the same footing as that provided for the public service.