UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 16 April 1912, Page 5

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, April 13. The University .Senate met on Saturday morning to consider the results of the recent degree examinations and other matters. There were present : Sir Robert Stout (Chancellor). Professor J. W. Brown, Mr J. W. Tiblis, Professor J. R. Brown, Prolessor Hight, Mr G. Hogben, Hon. i)r. Collins, Professor R. J. Scott and Mr L. Cohen. ' The Senate decided that the exhibition science scholarship be awarded to Theodore Rigg, of Victoria College, and it was decided to ask the Commissioners to award a scholarship to Percy William Burbridge.

Reports were received from Messrs E. A. Thompson and F. L. Peck, outlining a scheme ior a conservatorium of music. It was decided to forward copies of the reports to the Auckland Univ-ersity College.

The provision that candidates for the .15. A. and L.L.B. degrees must have passed in Latin as for matriculation, was interpreted to mean that the condition only applied to those candidates who have passed matriculation subsequent to the examination in 1910. The degree of Bachelor of Medicine' of Glasgow University was accepted as a student having kept one year's terms for the degree of Bachelor cf Arts.

Candidates who have not completed their engineering preliminary examination may do so at the end of their first academic year. The marks in history for an entrance scholarship, which wore fixed

at 60U at the recent annual meeting of the Senate, were reduced to 575 for this year only.

The hooks 'in history for the B.A. degree for 1913 were prescribed as follows: "Conduct of the Aliens" and "Free Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs," Steele's "Crisis," Bblinghroke's "State of Parties at the Accession of George 1.," Hume's Essays (Routledge's Universal Library tion), part 1, Nos. 2,9, and 12, part 2, Nos. 7, 12, and IG, and the "Additional Essays," No. 3. The following examiners were appointed : Latin (for matriculation), Professor Dettmann; zoology (for matriculation), Professor H. B. Kirk; history (for entrance scholarship), Professor Hight; book-keeping (for agriculture), Mr A. T. Clarke, A.C.A. : veterinary surgery (for agriculture), Mr C. J. Rcakes, M.R.C.V.S. The Hobcn prize was not awarded, no candidate's essay being up to the standard. The amended courses in history for the P.A. degree and senior scholarship will come into force in 1913. 'j v ne following degrees were confirmed : Bachelor of Engineering (electrical), William Leonard Parker; Bachelor of Arts. Agnes Gertrude Stonehaven Merton. The free passes offered by the Orient Steamship Co. annually were awarded, one to Philip Sydney Bridson and the other divided between Theodore lligg and Percy William Burh ridge. The engineering travelling scholarship was awarded to Frederick Noel Hamilton Beamish, of Canterbury College. A graduate (M.A.) admitted ad eu'ndem was given permission to procoed to the degree of Doctor of Literature. It was decided that candidates who have passed in all subjects except on" or two or the first division subjects of the L.L.B. degree must take/three subjects to complete. Certificates of proficiency in tire B.A. standard were awarded to the following: Gladys Astley, in education; Agnes Baird, in history and constitutional history; Walter Balhajn, in French; Alice Bartlett, in history and constitutional history and mental science ; Isabel Best, in botany and mental science; Wither Bigg, in education; James Brown, in history and constitutional ihristory arid education; William Brown* in education; William Burns, in mental science and education; Ormond Burton, in education; George Cockroft, in mental science; William Cox, in economics, mental science and education ; Thomas Cresswell, M.A., in military science; Frank Curd, in pure mathematics and education ; Horace Faweott, in education ; Elizabeth Gawn, in mental science; Alfred Gray, in history and consti-' tutional history; Doris Haggott, .in English and education; William Hall, in pure mathematics; Gilbert Ham'cs, in education ; Arthur Hannah, in economics; Robert Harrison, in economics and education; Rupert Harrison, in economics; Florence Hind, in English, mental science and education; Ruth Hodgson, in economics and cclucation; Abraham Honore, in education; William Joll, in history and constitutional history; William Kay, in economies; Marion Keys, in Latin; Sidney Lorking, in education; .Janet Mackenzie, in mental science and ethical ion; Anna Monstedt, in botany and education ; Frederick Moore, in Latin ; Rupert Moore, in history and constitutional history and education; Francis Murphy, in history and constitutional history ; Daniel McCormick, iii Latin, English, mental science and education ; Thomas McKoiizie, in English ; Margaret McKinnou, in economies; Arnold Parkinson, in English and education ; John Roberts, in French : Fiimest Rowtree, in chemistry ; Thomas Sissons, in education and botany; Percy Skinner, in pure mathematics ; Ellen Smith, in mental science and education ; .lames Soar, in English : George Stubhs, in English, economics and education; Andrew Sullivan, in mental science and education : Ernest Williamson, in pure mathematics, chemistry and physics; A. Wood, i;: Creek.