UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 49, 21 November 1919, Page 3

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ZEALAND

t ♦ s SITTING OF BOARD OF STUDIES. The Board of Studies of the University j of Now Zealand continued its sittings . yesterday, under the chairmanship of . Professor 11. W. Segar, of Auckland, j Tho proposal that the English txamin- , er's papers in all subjects bo commonted upon or criticised where necessary by ; tho New Zealand teachers through the . University office, and all other similar . measures be adopted which might tend s to draw together ,tlho English examiner , and the Now Zealand teachers or col- . leagues was loslf on the casting vote of tho chairman, and on tho motion of Professor Gabbatt the. board decided to t reaffirm the resolutions passed last year [. respecting the methods of examination, j 'I'ho .committee set up to consider the; , Question of .entrance examinations re- • ported- that a letter in tho following terms was sent to a number of tecond- , arv schools and also to universities:—"l j beg leave to inform you that the Board of Studies of the University of . New .Zealand bus appoinied a committee to ) consider tho whoio subject of entrance j to the university, with special reference tio the desirability, or otherwise, of tho ! following modifications of the present system:—The acceptance of the leaving ' certificate of approved schqols, or a cer- ; tificate of tho Department of Education ; based.on tihe school record of the enndiI date, instead of.the matriculation exami- [ nation; the direct association of the : schools lyitlh, tho matriculation examina- '. taon, e.g., by the establishment of a special matriculation board, consisting of • representatives of the university, the | school teachers, and the Education De- | partnient, to conduct the examination; | tho separation of candidates for the j matriculation examination who do not ' intend to proceed to tihe university from ■ those who have that intention, e.g.. by i the establishment of. a separate leaving certificate examination to meet the needs : of the former class of candidates; the i abolition of 'the separate ontrance scholarship examination, and. (iho award of - entrance scholarships on the results of - tilio matriculation examination; the trans--1 ference to the university of the Public : Service examination, as regards subjects t for examination in which the university 1 at present makes no provision." A num- } bcr of replies, wcro. received, and after - considering various proposals, it was ull timatelv resolved that entrance examina- • tions he controlled by a board consi-t- ---. ing of Win representatives of- tho univer- - eity and secondary schools. | On the -motion of Professor Kirk, it I was decided that, matriculation be callt, ed the "University Preliminary Exami- ; nation." ■ The board approved tho principle of 1 the resolution submitted by tho Seo--1 ?J 1( ' a Schools' Assistants' Association i that the accrediting system be applied to candidates for matriculation on the same lines as in tllie cuso' of senior free place candidates, it wiw U'lUiveu Hint in University entrance scholarships the minimum iige be altered to "not under sixteen on ilarch 1 in the vear following .that in which they olrcr themselves tor examination." At nr.-went the date k December 1. . It was resoivod that no payment of emolument of a. scholarship shall be made unless a report is received that tho senior schab.r is making satisfactory liwirreHs in tils': subject approved by the Profess,-,rial lioarii. Tlkv (xia-ril approved of the principle of travelling scholarship in French, and amended the .senate's resolution so as to apply to any foreign'language. On tae motion, of Professor Kirk it wa.s resolved that the time lino'arrived for establishing separate universities in tho University, centrrs, in Xew Zealand. With respect to Rhodes Scholarships it wa.s decidcd to ask the senate to define more. .c.'<:(irlv tho bodies which have the - power to natninata candidates. | It was further resolved to recommend the Ithcdo-t Scholarship Trustees to increase the emoluments of scholarships in view nf tho increased can of living in EndaiKi. mid !o consider the advisability of ( making a pant towards the travelluiz expenses of scholars from distant dominions. On the motion of-Professor Gabbatt it. was resolved that nothing in tiio degree statutes is intended to prevent a teacher distributing the pass work in his subicct'over two years if he thinks fit. Tho Language Committee recommended that Spanish and Russian l>e removed from the list cf subjects for 8.A., and that as a tentative measure a pass course in Italian be drawn np. That e.-.ch language be n subject for honours, miff that a candidate- for honours in languages take another language at tho adnvneed stage as well as the subjret for honours, provided the candidate be still permitted to take honours in two language, as at present. The report was adopted. The board will resume its conference to-dav.