N.Z. UNIVERSITY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18425, 4 July 1925, Page 10

N.Z. UNIVERSITY.

♦ ; COMMISSION'S SITTING AT AUCKLAND. * trszss ASSOCIATION" -.l^CSil'l AUCKLAND. J;;\- -. ■ A petition a>king that- the dog:ec> cf B.'P. and D.R should bo conferred r.» the University wa< presented, to lfe. University Commission of Unquirr i> * day by a deputation representing tie' Church of Unglar.d. Methodist, and Presbvterian Chcrc'ew. .£ The petition said that the Uominio* students desiring divinity degrees, wcrtf compelled to go abroad to obtain the*. or to sit as external students for ssdt decrees as those of London. It was urged that divinity students were extre'melv important from a ruitcral standpoint. " The status and dignity «{ the University demanded such a departure as was s-.jgestca. Competent, teachers could be found it the four centres.

Archbishop Averill said that it woutj;. bo good for the general prestige of ti» University of the Dominion, it" the logical degree were added. If the Uai«, versify would act as the examinis*.; body, it would be a good beginning. » Other speakers said that sruje«{s were tempted to £o tr> the OM for degrees. This was causing the lost of some of our best men. The deputation said they would rather wail for 4 time than accept anything inferior t> ' tho degree granted by the .New Zealand ■ University. Sir 11. liciehel said that the moTts ment favouring the improvement i* University facilities for theological eda- \ cation at present developing in Wafag was only part of the general movement I in England. Tho Fchemc was that tat - ! University should be teaching in cat- ! laboration with University college?. ! The Secondary System. fl Brother B. Osmond, of Sacred Heart College, said that if secondary cdu«. tion prepared for the professions anj for industry, a grave problem arose is regard to tho establishment, management, and efficiency of schools for in. - dustrial work. It seemed to him that tho secondary system was unduly academic. To what extent was tho system keeping in touch with icdta* . j trie's? There was a need for an Adx-is-' | ory Council for secondary cdneatioa. ', The system was no donbt admirable for doctors and lawyers, clerks, and tcatS- < crs, but the children of the who were taxed for tho system, wer-v. not getting their share of the equip* ■'-. ment necessary for efficiency in their - avocations. Concerning the training of ' he urged the establishment of a degree in education. Such degree would raise ; tho status of tho teaching profession, ~ and consummate a most desirable union, ;' that of the Training Collcgo and tho .' University. . " \- The only evidence against the pr». "Y posal for four separate Universities was ? given by Mr M. C. W. Irvine. lie believed that the* way to improvement -C lay in remedying any imperfections » tho University as at present constant- ', ed. This concluded the evidence. i Tho Commission sits at Christehurca ,v on "Wcdnesdav. j