UNIVERSITY SENATE.
EXAMINATION HOURS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Jan. 24. The University Senate to-day discussed the motion that the entrance examinations committee consider whether two hours, instead of three as at present, should be the time allowed for examination papers in- the matriculation examination. Professor Hight said the present threehour papers threw too much work on the candidates and examiners. It was advisable to select candidates on shorter and easier papers. The number of candidates had become so large and the difficulty and expense in securing halls so great that some new method to lessen the work involved was essential. Mr. Tibbs considered the proposal would be hard on the candidates who had no practice of examinations. Professor Hunter considered the present matriculation papers too rigid altogether, too long and crammed with unnecessary details. A lot o£ questions now set were absurd and their complexity was no test of the child mind. Sir Robert Stout considered if they lowered the time they would have to reduce the work. It would be injurious to the child to remove the choice of questions. The motion was carried.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1922, Page 7
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185UNIVERSITY SENATE. Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1922, Page 7
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