Professor Defends Examination System
“EXTREME IMPORTANCE” need for university STABILITY <‘rpHERE are some ultra-perfect J- people who do not attach much value to examinations —who actually deprecate their value,” said Professor j Maxwell Walker, chairman of the professorial Board, speaking, at the graduation ceremony of the Auckland University College this afternoon. •However,” he added, “there are still some people who are old-fash-ioned enough to still believe in the examination system.” professor Walker contended that from the point of view of students examinations were of extreme importance. Dealing with the university system „ e nerally he said that a point of prominence today was the necessity for stability in the university system. Constant changes were taking place, with the result that the staff members did not know from one year to another what the regulations were to be. “Some of us would prefer to work even under an inferior system for some years provided that we were not disturbed by constant change,” he declared.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 737, 9 August 1929, Page 11
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162Professor Defends Examination System Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 737, 9 August 1929, Page 11
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