UNIVERSITY SENATE.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1921, Page 5

UNIVERSITY SENATE.

POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Jan. 24. On the motion of Professor Hunter, the New Zealand University Senate decided to-day to ask the business committee to consider what means should be taken to ensure that the business of the University might be carried on during 1921. Professor MacMillan Brown said that, if re-elected he did not intend taking his contemplated trip to the Pacific Islands. He did this that he might carry out his duties. Professor Hunter moved that the post graduate scholarship in Arts be offered every year. He urged that money spent on printing results and a variety of other unnecessary things might be devoted to the establishment of post graduate scholarships to enable students to travel and gain experience outside. Professor MacMillan Brown thought it would be better to spend the money on extra scholarships for secondary schools, to increase their experience and get more good students to the University colleges. He moved that the proposal be referred to the finance committee. Professor Hunter pointed out that post graduate scholarships were not necessarily travelling scholarships. The Senate decided to refer the matter to the finance committee for report. QUESTION OF GEOGRAPHY DIPLOMA. Wellington, Jan. 24. The value and importance of geography in the educational system was urged by Dr. Anderson at the University Senate to-day. He moved that a diploma of geography on the lines of similar diplomas in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London be established, and that the university colleges be recommended to make provision for the necessary teaching. He suggested that the diploma should be open to students, whether members of the university or not, who furnished a certificate that they had reached a standard of education comparable at least with the requirements of the public service entrance examination ana had subsequently attended a sufficient course of instruction in a school of geography of the affiliated college extending over, at least, an academic year. Professor Hight seconded and. Mr. Adams supported. Mr. Von Haast doubted whether it was wise to cover with diplomas subjects already covered by work for degrees. Professor Hunter moved that the proposal htf referred to the Board of Studies. Professor Rankine Brown emphasised the danger of degrees from the establishment of diplomas. Mr. Delamare said that such a diploma was void of educational value. Dr. Anderson’s motion about geography was unanimously referred to the Board of Studies and Professional Board.