THE UNIVERSITY IDEAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 632, 8 October 1909, Page 8

THE UNIVERSITY IDEAL.

'„$ 'J—Y ,: Tarl .°?s: -correspondents ' har? W ? Is ' f ßt;a<l ' for certain anout'tte ■•Jff.n 1 ? Now, sir, inSpfto' :^^7--. I - m , alntal '> that the'ordinary mftl* student who has gone considerably, beyond matriculation work, must get:outaide help 9 to do his .work. .1 say finale", student, because «} , Eo ,?i e curious •• the first year studen s have the advantage of the professors .assistant,'who, from -what T can hear,'teaches by what "D.P/' calls S P L eS ' -iS*■ J ta l = /» ta ff. • thiß ' outside he"p '£S S< L be i ° btamed ' fo >. Professor. Pickett does not teach.to an examination standards He Himself openly proclaims it, aiid ■:■ even his warmest supporters' admit it. . ; ; <™ Now, the question is: Is this right? .-■ The .examination system may be wrong, but. we still have it m this advanced Dominion of ° •'"•' nnd .the - professor'- obtrude ■ his views to the detriment of manv students? 'for, notwithstanding. ."D.F.'s"- opinion to the W?/' rff rather,™ page_34_ of the latest "Victoria.College Calendar, the statement is made that the fte cbl-' lege provides,.teachin C for various degrees' H,°nn„iv n? £ n ordinary, common individual, thought that by a«:'.n,ling,thecollege I would -It-am enough mauematics to. pass' the :,B A .examination. I made a woeful, mistake, and! I wondered how Professor. Piften could think that he was-carrying.out his part of -the teaching necessary for the B.A. degree.Vl could add more to this point..but verb, san ■- t« ti'li fw yo i ,r °. th H ■correspondent's seem to think that a been cast in Professor ■ PickenV ability. Of,the many stud"nts T W n, P n l not on , c do"'* his ability/but the ,fo n <l r COmnl . a " , I . t ' ,!lt their hones/of pass- . nw the B.A. examination aro very sli-hf -ov-im, •to the view_ taken by the professor. Tin versitl ideals carried. out in a' mathematics K would be very fine,, no.'doubt, if.!the Ww.zS since, it is not, should one , orofessor . cau<e itl!> ' . workin-r.on /'ideal'.' . lines? .How. would Victoria College fare if under the present, system all ;thc%rof4> troublo about them"? ~I must thank VD.F • s?udJnts^^ni! a e"to;™ d?nC5? # th ? "^^ d " ' i'Ootohcr'.-V I '-/"-'' . ;M- - INTERESTED.'