THE UNIVERSITY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18419, 27 June 1925, Page 16

THE UNIVERSITY.

EVIDENCE BEFORE COMMISSION. (PEJSS ASSOCTATIOX lELEG3AH ) WELLINGTON, June 2S. The sitting of the Royal Commission on University Education was continued to-day. o. n. Howell, Director of the Wei* iingiou lecuiiK-ai Uuuege, g<tre «*». uonuo tnat wane ueprccaiuuu mgnt hecures, no was ot mo o t >iiuuu tuafr.'ia. certain such as Arts, Lut t Commerce, anu juusic, provision saotiltl - De made lor private stuuonis wbo could not obtain tun-time linrrersitgr training, to obtain thoir uegrees. ft • was suggested tlieietore, that, the University ot Aew Zeaiand, as at present constituted, with certain modifications, 4 should bo responsible for the examine- • tion and granting of degrees to external candidates. No candidate under , twenty-four years should b© eligible for an external degree. The fixing oi such. , a limit would act as an encouragenwafc of the full-time- course and prates! ,- cramming. '" R. M. Campbell, on behalf of the Victoria University Students' Assocation, urged the right to elect a repM- / sentative on the governing body of tbft 1 College, or of a local Univers : ty, if.tfcgj- ' should be recommended. Representation, he said, -would quicken the sj»« dents' interest in the wider questions of University education, while the car*. porate life of the University wa% not less valuable than the academic side. H. M. Cormick. in making sinribr ' representations, urged the valua ,of J wider University life. At present there ywas no opportunity for corporate lm,*, of the College, or'to develop the €%&*; lege spirit. Students merely to pass an examination, lajqzgfar: fetf. commercial reasons. The mentKir jlunv tof the "intellectual" duTw of YidW^| t College was not more than \i five, though the total number of Mf" 5 -* dents was nearly 800. : The tauHjflT"' with the system, not •wit 1 ' the stnikfiß ■' The provision of hostels would fip prove the position. |!r