VICTORIA COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 744, 17 February 1910, Page 2

VICTORIA COLLEGE.

ASSISTANT. STAFF REAPPOINTED. 'The monthly meeting of the Victoria .' College. Council was held last '■ evening, ' there being present: Mr.- J.- Graham; M.P. (chairman), and Messrs. H: F. von Haast, • . E. D. Bell, J. G. \V. Aitfcehi C.'WaV son, W, H.. Quick, A'.-.T.Maginnity.H.' . • H. Ostler, C. Wilsonj ; - and Dr. '•■ C. P, <; Knight.-' O; '■.■■.'■"■■'. : ' , : ' :■:■:■ ' : y r-' : -. According.to.the monthly statement '■of • ■ finances, the balance at -the bank to the . .credit Df the general, account,' after d©- : ,; ducting: jE71.85.-.-3d. for laboratory;.pur- J.., .poses, :and\£io4o i'is.. 3d. 'for the: general';. : required,.' was J3697 35... 10d..i .The laboratory account' showed - a credit! ,- balance 0f..£8 I9s. 6d:,'after allowing for.';. payments . totalling ■£56,\17e.: i i2d>'\ An, I; ■ analysis 'of. the" building account showed j'-'o that-subscriptions,* totalling jE633 J 7s.;'6i■),.' hadbeen rocoived, which, added'to' the'•'•;'■ Government subsidy of JiIOOO, made up | ' '41633 "s. 6d.,! against which there hadj' , ; been "expended in- respect- of wages- and.'.,- : ■material.a sum of. '.£2070 95.-7 d.,- ": ..-•..- r - The chainnau mentioned' that"the- to»j - : .'; tal .amounfciof the subscriptions wasao-4 ; tually £171, l's.'.Gd., and the '.Government -'- had .yet -to forward , the'balance; of the. l ;' 6ubsidy.; money, so that'the, debit' on the?. V building account was more 1 apparent thai ,; real. There was a prospective balance*-' on the right aide, but subscriptions were- -:• still wanted,"; as"; for "every tho Government paid.,£2.- .V .-■ ■ ■;■;;; ■'•. A letter; .was received; from the 'Ednc&v tion Department'stating-that.the Govern-' / ment would subsidise to tho extent of '■'['-' £ iov £, the donation; of £WH • received. • •; by the council towards-the' equipment' of the physics'laboratory. ';; ~ ; '■ ."..;"v ; 1 On, the, question- of ~the ■': reappointmeßt of the professors' assistants, ■ who are en- , gaged from- year'-to year,"' it was' decided/, /■•' 'in accordance ►with■ avreport-from ■-,/ the - .chainnan.of. the-Professorial Board (Pro- ~.;. fessor Kirk), that all.-, the. appointments'. ■ .bo renewed for'a further term. With re» ':■!.' L ference tqthe appointment of an-extra, ;';■ 'assistant in the .Biology. Department,■tbej! sum of was voted.for thu salary:at-, , . tache'd to : thatSposition,- the' appoininitentl ■-"■ ito'be made, at'a"later date,- upon : commendation >y Professor' Kirk. '■■■■}■ '„-*"■*' ;",'■ The ; .chairman:■ 'of .'the' College l Library : : Committee-, reported ■ that shelving, ■' at an ■-i estimated'-cost of j615,'." was-required," as.-'- , the .number : pf.refereiice ■ works;' wae'-'K? iteadily 'increasing, there being;, now" over '•'-. 7000: books', in the .library,.'representing■ 'a V .total-outlay of over i≤2000^. ,, annOaW i grant to thelibtary was £M,' but'.there' had been a , tendency on the'' part'of'the';■:';. professors :to "oiitrun-'the ;V Mr. ..Wilson; put jt.. ■ The average annual': : ■ excess' of ■ expenditure., over :the : .estimated -. ' was something; 'like £33, .-' due .'no doubt; ',*' to pressing. requirements' created by'-'the".'' ' 1 increase"of the "professoriate necessitatedVi:'. , -' .by specialisatioh.jin law; : the'separation I '--/: of physics --from , ' chemistry,"! of: economics '.;. from mental, science, and-by; the '■•; lishment' of a department- ;bf".geology. .■..' ■;it was; desirable ';that"'uie ' f expenditure should : 'be ,: 'kept"' "within.] :, bounds. ...The; report ;!was adobtcd;". ■' Dr. 1 ;;!; I .'! Knight haying, resigned from !the; Library:,',/ (Jommittee,';the'Eev."'W.;'A.; Evans ,was X"-' appointed '/'to, take' 'his" place.. ■■ ■■■' i' '■•-■'. : '*" ? '