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2. AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Education. Members of Council. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council —The Hon. Sir George Fowlds, Kt., C.B.E. ; H. R. Jenkins, Esq.; C. Rhodes, Esq. Appointed by the Professorial Board — Professor P. W. Burbidge, M.Sc., B.A.(Res.)Cantab.; Professor M. Walker, M.A., B.Com. Elected by members of the Legislature —H. Horton, Esq.; S. I. Crookes, Esq., M.1.E.E., M.N.Z.Soc.C.E.; E. H. Northcroft, Esq., D.S.O. Elected by Graduates —H. J. D. Mahon, Esq., 8.A.; Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., M.Ch., E.R.C.S.; Dr. H. Ranston, M.A., Litt.D. ; T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A. Appointed by the Auckland City Council —G. W. Hutchison, Esq. Appointed by the Auckland Education Board —A. Burns, Esq. jßegistrar—M. R. O'Shea, Esq., B.Com. Staff. Professors. —Classics —A. C. Paterson, M.A. English—C. W. Egerton, M.A. Mathematics—H. W. Segar, M.A. Modern Languages —M. Walker, M.A., B.Com. Chemistry —F. P. Worley, M.A., D.Sc., D.1.C., E.C.S. Physics—P. W. Burbidge, M.Sc., B.A. Economics—H. Belshaw, M.A., Ph.D. History—J. P. Grossmann, M.A. Law—-R. M. Algie, LL.M. Philosophy—W. Anderson, M.A. Architecture —C. R. Knight, M.A., B.Arch., A.R.1.8.A., A.N.Z.I.A. Education —A. B. Pitt, M.A., PH.D. Music—W. E. Thomas, Mus.Doc. Engineering— S. E. Lamb, B.Sc., A.R.C.Sc., A.M.1.M.E., M.N.Z.Soc.C.E. Geology—J. A. Bartrum, M.Sc., A.O.S.M. Lecturers, twenty-two.

REPORT. In pursuance of the provisions of the Auckland University College Act, 1882, the Council has the honour to make the following report for the year 1931 : — Council. —The vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. J. F. Hosking was filled by the election of Mr. H. Horton by the members of the General Assembly resident in the Provincial District of Auckland. The Professorial Board was represented by Professor Anderson and Professor Walker. Staff.— Owing to the Government decision to place the Dominion School of Forestry at Christchurch,' the Council has lost the services of Professor Corbin, who had carried out the duties of the Chair of Forestry since the inception of the School in 1925. Professor Algie, Professor of Law, and Professor Paterson, Professor of Classics, were absent during the year on Sabbatical leave. An honour to a me'mber of the staff was the appointment of Mr. T. L. Lancaster, acting-head of the Botany and Biology Department, as a Fellow of the Linnean Society. Students. —For the fourth year in succession the College gained a Rhodes Scholarship, this being awarded to Mr. J. M. Bertram." He will specialize in English and modern languages at Oxford. It is with great regret that we report of the death of a promising young law student, Mr. J. W. Stanton, who was lost during an expedition on Mount Ruapehu. Workers' Educational Association.—During 1931 there were nine classes in the city with a membership of 965, and three half-courses with a membership of sixty. The Box scheme has grown to twenty-nine groups, and is proving of great assistance to the country members. A full-time class has been organized in the Waikato with twenty members, and five shorter courses with one hundred members. The grand total of membership of classes is 1,755. In the city there were four lunch-time groups at factories and thirty-four public lectures. Arrangements were made for the broadcasting of twelve lectures, and two listening-in groups were formed in connection with this. Workers' Educational Association Bursars.—Mr. A. C. Marshall has completed his B.Arch. degree, his thesis being on the " Theory of Architectural Design." Another bursar, Mr. J. 0. Shearer, has returned from a year's work in Cambridge under a Laura Spelman Scholarship. On his return he was appointed tutor-organizer in the Waikato. As in all other educational movements the Association is very much hampered in its extension by lack of finance.

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