CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1076, 8 December 1877, Page 3

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

A meeting of the Board of Governors was held yesterday at the College. Present —• Messrs Malet, Hamilton, Potts, Webb, Fercday, Yeel, Tancred, Revs, C. Fraser and W. J. Habens, Dr. Coward. On the motion of Mr Webb, Mr Tancred took the chair. THE PROFESSORIAL BOARD. Rev. W. J. Habens moved —“ 1. That a Professorial Board he instituted. 2. That the functions of the Professorial Board be as follows :— {a.) To deal with questions of discipline, subject to a right of appeal to the Board of Governors. ( b.) Subject to the approval of the Board of Governors to fix the course of study and the drays and hours of lectures and examinations, (c.) To give through the Registrar such instructions as may be necessary to the porter or other College servants. ( d .) To furnish to the Board of Governors such information as they may require, or the Professorial Board may deem necessary, and to offer to the Board of Governors such suggestion as the Professorial Board may think advisable. 3. That the Professorial Boord consist of the professors with the addition of one lecturer elected annually by the lecturers. 4. The Board shall annually elect one of their members as chairman for one year. The chairman shall preside at every meeting; hut in case of his absence a member of the Board to be elected by the members present shall preside. The chairman of any meeting shall have an original and also a casting vote. The chairman shall be the medium of communication with the Board of Governors.” Mr Fereday seconded the motion. The resolutions were considered tserlatam. On clause 1, Rev. C. Fraser moved that the word “Board” be omitted and the word “committee” substituted in lieu thereof. Mr Malet seconded the motion. Mr Yeel spoke against it, as the probability was that the word “committee” would clash with their own standing committees. He would much rather see the word Board retained as originally drafted in the_ resolutions. He should therefore vote against the proposed alteration. Mr Fereday agreed with Mr Yeel as to the inadvisability of the word “committee.” He would move us a further amendment that the word “ Council” bo substituted. Rev. C. Fraser’s amendment was withdrawn, and the word “ Board” having been struck out, the word “Council” was substituted throughout the resolutions, and the clause as amended agreed to. Clause 2, with the sub-sections a, b, c and d, was agreed to. On clause 3 being put, Mr Webb, for Mr Hamilton, moved that the following be substituted for the clause : “That the Professorial Council consist of two members of the Board of Governors, ta be elected annually by the Board of Governors,

and of the Professors, with the addition of one lecturer elected annually by the lecturers.” Dr. Coward seconded the motion, which was put and negatived. The clause, as printed, was then passed. Clause 4 was then put and agreed to. The whole resolution was then carried. PETITION. Rev. C. Eraser presented a petition from the Yen. Archdeacon Dudley and a number of other residents in Rangiora, respecting the charge made for pupils travelling on the Railway to the Girls’ High School. It was pointed out that the fare had been increased from £3 per annum to £22, The petition prayed that the Board would use its influence with the Government to have the fares reduced to the former rate. The petition was received and read. Rev. C. Eraser said he would give notice of motion—“ That the Board of Governors apply to the Government to reduce the fares as requested by the petitioners.” After some discussion, Rev. 0. Fraser moved the suspension of the standing orders, in order that the petition be considered at once. Mr Yeel moved as an amendment —“That the petition be referred to the College committee, with instructions to them to take steps to carry out the object sought to be obtained if possible.” Mr Webb seconded the amendment. After some discussion Mr Yeel withdrew his amendment, and Rev.C.Eraser’s motion for suspension of the standing orders was agreed to. Mr Potts suggested that it would be much better to communicate with the chairman at once by telegram on the subject, and get him to bring his influence to bear on the Government. Mr Mallock quite agreed with this course. Rev. 0. Eraser moved —“ That the Board make application to the Government, through its chairman, for a reduction of fares on the railway lines to pupils attending the Girls’ High School, and also students attending the Canterbury College.” Mr Webb seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr Malet moved—“ That the substance of the petition, and the resolution of the Board, be telegraphed to the chairman at Wellington, with a request that he "will take such steps as lie may deem advisable to secure the object mentioned in the petition.” Mr Yeel seconded the motion, which was agreed to. COLLEGE COMMITTEE. The report of this committee was read as follows : The committee recommends that the sum of <£2o for additional earth for filling and making up College site he granted out of the balance of £lO3 14s fid, viz., £OS 18s of reserve for incidentals on July 10th. The report was adopted. ESTATES COMMITTEE. The report of the committee was road as follows : The committee recommends the Board to grant a transfer of lease of part of reserve 678 and 679 from Messrs Studholme Bros, to W. Morton. The committee informs the Beard that 5000 acres of land selected hy Mr A. Lean, between the rivers Hinds and Ashburton, have been recommended as a reserve for the endowment of the Medical school. The report was agreed to. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. The report of the Committee of the School of Agriculture was read as follows : The committee also recommend the Board to allow Professor Bickerlon a fee not exceeding £lO per lecture, including travelling expenses, for lectures to he delivered at the following places—Waimate, Timam, Ashburton, Lecston, Kaiapoi, or Rangiora. The report was approved. The Board then adjourned.