THE UNIVERSITY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 6

THE UNIVERSITY.

ANNUAL MEETING OF-THE SENATE. QUESTIONS FOE;CONSIDERATION. '; ■Next;.week: the animal meeting, of' the . Senate .Tof. the University of New Zealand lvill open .at D.unedin. vicechahceHor of; the .University-(Honl!C. .C. Bowen), will preside, and the proceedings will, it is expected; .extend' oyer' the remainder, of tho present-month. /..- ■ Among, the topics set "down for' discus: sion are 68veral important matters' affecting- the future,condition of higher edu.cation in. New- ,Zealand.', There; is the question'of: tho matriculation 'standard, concerning which' so much has been heard of late. 'This question is/embodied in a■ romit, from .the Victoria College' Court of Convocation,: and .is'.' also, involved 'in ■the following .proposal ■ from- the: Recess Committee':—.,' ,-. .',..: v. "That it; is not desirable', to amalgamate the matriculation aid junior scholarship examinations, but .that/the programme;of. work for ithose.. examinations 'be.-assimi-lated; as .far as'possible.''-:.',. .'. •>'• '■' " .Mr.; Yon Haast proposes to add-to the foregoing - the' words:, "■:■'•.■.-. '.-' and that, the standard .of matriculation.be: raised." .' .Tho question of. military -study is.also to receive/attention,.'.when consideration will bo given to .certain-suggestions from' the ■; professorial ■ boards. with.; regard./to the inclusion of 'riiilitery/ixaining among the.-subjecte for.-.TJniversity ■'. courses - re-, latingto/tho..proposed conservatorium of music 'mil'te.presented,:.and .considora'--tibn' will also be:given''-.to.certain suggestions - from ' Melbourne relating, cooperation of •trie' universities of.'.- Australia', and . the conduct of ihusic'examinations.-' .'■■ ... -, -That ,5 evidence. of .physical... training should ;.bY.requited from/'candidates ; for, entrance' scholarships is. also; a-question which wiU'oonie up; for. discussion; -/'■// •, Music, has a place/on'the. agenda,paper. A/report ~ from V. the: .Kocess .Commit tee / -appointed-'- to '-.'. review . matters. : An' important question: is- that- of -the proposed addition.. to: junior.-scholarships -in ;compensation for exclusion/ from', lncrative/employmeats, the issne -involved..be-; ing- .that: .-as..:-.'tlie" demands, made -upon junior;, scholars makVit. impossible/for. them to.engage: in lucrative employment, the. advantages/of jthe'.'scholarship' should be'increased.',''" ■ , ;'/':;._:,:":/ '/■'■:.'... j Certain amendments'are postponed with ■ regard:';'to the; syllabus, in English Lan- : gua'ge' and. Literature. • (pass. and. honours), the.LL3. degree course (second division),' and: the. syllabus /for;;-. the-.'-.' degree:; of Bachelor/of Agriculture,,■ and'' as '• theso' are', more /or'; less; connected- with' the: . question ~'of university'.reform, the: lesults of ; the' senate's ...deliberations' ,will .bo awaitec- /with .'■-,. ,/.:'■// . .The; .Students';. Associations'. ■ of. .the /various, centres/are, moving' in., the .matter of-; tho "transmission' of ■ degree '■ ,'exam-, illation. results,' 'as complaints havd'heen' made regarding delays' and inaccuracies .in. that respect. ■;'■ .V'// ' ! "..', ■■; •; A'distinct step! in advance 1 is .the ;pro? posal, by one of. the examiners in biology, ~thdt-'_papers set; in •'.-, that. science;':for. the matriculation, -. entrance '.scholarship; arid medical intermediate 'examinations be illustrated .with photographs .'of; dissections, or.-.•parts /of .plants or ;ahiin'als,:-for: the purpose. of 'iaentincation '.by - candidates. ■Tluv/if/.adopted./will 'lead; to a I more' intelligent study; of the'science..' ■'.'• '■'/■'■ '•'■ The: Bowcn and [ Haydon essay . prizes for,: 1910 will;also .be awarded.- For tho fonnoT.prize,■■tho' subject this year was -.(The Probable future of: tho "Pacific, and ■its effect on-the'British Colonies in- Aus'tralasia."- The Haydon'prize:'is .in ;! its iirst/ year ■.of competition, : ;the'. subject being■ "The''Value; of-; thevßritish'.'Navy' to-.the . Colonics.". 1 -,\ ••■ ■-,-'",-; V; ■ ..-;,: ; •:• '■' ... ■'.Scholarship results:-will-,probably be telegraphed through .on-" Tuesday' -next, ,arid. matricnlatiori,' results -on. the -day. f ol'lowing.'■-:'.;\>.-': ■/ :. .'.■ : -.-''->y ::/-,■ .-'.-' -. :• Mr. J. W.■'Joynt, Eegistrar of,'.the TJni-veraty,-and;Mr., Barclay/-Hector; Assist ant Eegistrar, left forßunodin last everi!ing,- and 'during the .-.'currency. of the .senate's -meeting,: tho oilices of: the university in 'Wellington-will be,closed."; '■'•'