CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 917, 2 June 1877, Page 3

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

The ordinary meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College was held yesterday at 11 a.m. Present—Mr Wm. Montgomery (chairman), the Primate, Ven. Archdeaoon Willock, Rev. Chas. Eraser, Dr. Coward, Messrs. Tancred, J. N. Tosswill, Fereday, Veel, F. de C. Malet, and Hon. John Hall. DAT OF MEETING. The first business was the consideration of a motion by the Rev. C. Eraser, that the day of meeting be altered to Thursday. The Primate said that as the following day was mail day, and they had before them several matters of importance to decide, he would suggest that the Board adjourn until Monday, which would be a more convenient time. The Rev. Chas. Fraser then moved the resolution standing in his name, which was seconded pro forma by Mr Tosswill. The motion for the adjournment until Monday was about to be put, when Hon. John Hall suggested that they should proceed to discuss the most important business. This suggestion was adopted. The motion of the Rev Charles Fraser was, after sonic discussion, put and negatived. MIDDAY ADJOURNMENT. Rev Charles Fraser moved—" That the Standing Order which compelled an adjournment from one to two o'clock be rescinded." The motion was put and agreed to, and the Standing Order now reads —" That the meetings of the Board shall take place on the first Friday in each month, at 11 a.m." REPORT OF COLLEGE COMMITTEE. The usual report of the College committee was read as follows : The committee have conferred with the representatives of the professors and lecturers. > The committee have come to the conclusion that there is no immediate prospect of an agreement between the professors and lecturers as to the constitution of a joint professorial committee, and recommends that the resolutions of November 26th, 1875, be rescinded, and that the several professors and lecturers be invited individually to offer suggestions to the Board as occasion may require. That each professor and lecturer has power to deal provisionally with questions of discipline arising in their respective classes, but that no student be permanently excluded from any class without the sanction of the Board of Governors. "W. Montgomery. Dr Coward thought that it would be a pity to do away with the professorial committee, as he thought it would be possible to make arrangements which would be satisfactory to all. He would therefore move—" That the lecturers be admitted as members of the Professorial Board on the understanding that the lecturers have one vote and the professors two votes."

Hon. John Hall seconded the motion. The Ven. Archdeacon Willock could understand the feeling on the part of the lecturers that there had been a want of regard shown to them by the professors in the preparation of the syllabus. If a lecturer had but one student, it would hardly be -worth while to expend an annual amount of £l5O on it. But on the other hand the time chosen for the delivery of the lectures might be most inconvenient. After some further discussion, the Board went into committee to consider the whole question. On the Board resuming, a motion for the adoption of the recommendations of the College Committee on the matter was put and agreed to, Dr. Coward's motion being negatived. boys' high school. The Chairman said that a very important letter had been received from the Professors which he thought it was due to them should be read. The Eegistrar then read the letter, as follows : Christchurch, April 20. Sir,—The teaching staff of the Canterbury College beg to bring before the notice of the Board of Governor? the following facts which have been impressed upon them during their experience in the College. (a). That the majority of the students who present themselves are so untrained that an unduly large proportion of time is occupied in work of a preparatory nature. (b.) That the Provincial Scholarships tail ot their right object, inasmuch as the holders of them are not encouraged to take advantage of the highest education the province affords^ (C ) "That accordingly the want of an intermediate school exclusively devoted to the higher branches of school work is strongly felt. The teaching staff therefore beg to recommend that the Board of Governors should consider the expediency of establishing a Boys High School, and they are prompted to suggest this at the present time, as the Board contemplates shortly the appointment of teachers to the Girls High School. And the teaching staff further recom-

mend that in the appointment of tkeir teachers the Board should keep in view the extension of their duties to a boys' department. We have, &c, J. M. Brown, Professor of Classics and English. C. H. H. Cook, Professor of I Mathematics. A. W. Bickerton, Professor of Chemistry. Julius Von Haast, Professor of Geology. Llewellyn Powell, Lecturer in Biology. Charles Turrell, Lecturer in French and German. Chas. J. Foster, Lecturer in Jurisprudence. The Chairman Board Governors, Canterbury College. Mr Malet moved—" That the matter of the letter be referred to the College committee, the Hon. John Hall, and Mr Veel, to bring up a report thereon at next meeting of the Board." Mr Tosswill seconded the motion, which was agreed to. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL. The following report was read from the committee, to whom the subject of the desirability of the Medical School forming a department of the College, had been referred : The committee recommend —(1.) That the Medical School become a department of the Canterbury College, under the style of the Medical Faculty of the Canterbury College. (2.) The Canterbury College to ask the Government to grant an endowment of say 5000 acres of land for the maintenance of the medical department or faculty of the College, such endowment to be held in trust solely for the maintenance of the Medical College. (3.) The faculty to furnish annually estimates to the Board of the expenditure for the ensuing year. (4.) The present appointments to hold good, conditions of tenure of office to be afterwards settled by the Board. (5.) Lecturers of the Faculty who are now members of the Board may continue to be so. W. Montgomery. The Primate moved—" That the consideration of the report be postponed until next meeting of the Board." Mr Veel seconded the motion, which was agreed to after some discussion. THE ESTIMATES. The Board then went into committee on the estimates for the ensuing year. The Chairman reported that the estimates had been passed in committee. Hon. John Hall moved —" That the report of the committee be adopted." Mr Malet seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The Board then adjourned.