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3. VICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. Visitor. —The Hon. the Minister of Education. Members of Council. Chairman.—P. Levi, M.A. Appointed by Governor-General in Council. —I). M. Stout, M.D., D.5.0., 0.8. E., F.R.C.S., and T. Forsyth, Esq. Elected by Court of Convocation —P. Levi, M.A. ; The Hon. Mr. Justice H. H. Ostler, LL.B. ; S. Eichelbaum, M.A., LL.B. ; and H. E. O'Leary, LL.B., K.C. Elected by teachers in primary schools—H. A. Parkinson, M.A. ; E. L. Combs, M.A. Elected by members of Education Boards —The Hon. W. H. Mclntyre, M.L.C.; and J. A. Valentine, B.A. Appointed by Wellington City Council —H. A. R. Huggins. Elected by teachers in secondary schools and technical high schools —T. R. Cresswell, M.A. Elected by governing bodies of secondary schools —W. H. P. Barber. Elected by the Professorial Board —T. A. Hunter, M.A., M.Sc.; J. Ranking Brown, M.A., Hon.Litt.D., F.N.Z.I.A. Staff. Professors. — Classics —J. Rankine Brown, M.A. (St. Andrews and Oxford), Hon.LL.D. (St. Andrews), F.N.Z.I.A. (Chairman, Professorial Board). English—H. Mackenzie, M.A. (St. Andrews). Modern Languages— E. J. Boyd-Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. (N.Z.), B.A. (Camb.), (Dean of Arts Faculty). Philosophy—T. A. Hunter, M.A., M.Sc. (N.Z.). History—E. L. W. Wood, B.A. (Sydney), M.A. (Oxon.). Economics —B. E. Murphy, M.A., LL.B., B.Com. (N.Z.), F.E.S., F.S.S. (Dean of Commerce Faculty). Education —W. H. Gould, M.A. (N.Z.), Mathematics —E. E. Miles, M.A. (N.Z.), M.A. (Oxon.), Dip.Ed. Biology—H. B. Kirk, M.A. (N.Z.), F.R.S.N.Z. Physics—D. C. H. Florance, M.A., M.Sc. (N.Z.). Chemistry—P. W. Robertson, M.A., M.Sc. (N.Z.), M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Leipzig), (Dean of Science Faculty). Geology—C. A. Cotton, D.Sc. (N.Z.), A.0.5.M., F.G.S., F.R.S.N.Z. Law —J. Adamson, M.A., LL.B. (Edin.), (Dean of Law Faculty) ; J. Williams, LL.M. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Cantab.l. Registrar —G. G. S. Robison, M.A. (N.Z.). Librarian—H. G. Miller, M.A. (N.Z.). Lecturers, twelve. REPORT. (EXTRACTS.) The Victoria University College Council presents the following report for the year 1935 : — Students and Classes. —The number of students attending the classes in 1935 was 75]. The Work of the College : The Staff. —Miss Ellis, who for some years was assistant to the Professor of History, resigned her position as from the end of 1935, and the Council appointed Dr. J. C. Beaglehole as full-time Lecturer and Assistant to the Professor of History in her place. The reopening of the Wellington Teachers' Training College in 1936 was responsible for a large increase in the number of students attending the classes in Education, and the Council appointed Mr. A. E. Campbell, who was formerly part-time Assistant, as full-time Lecturer and Assistant to the Professor of Education. The Library. —The year has been an important one in the history of the library. The second year's grant (5,000 dollars) from the Carnegie Corporation has been received and expended ; the Council has received notice of two valuable bequests to the library, one from the late A. R. Atkinson, Esq., of the estimated value of £3,000, the other from the late A. .D. Crawford, Esq., of £2,000 ; some 1,200 books have been bequeathed to the library by the late Mr. Atkinson. Additional accommodation has been provided for over 10,000 volumes. Two new reading-rooms have been opened. Workers' Educational Association. —During 1935 the work of the Association was carried on largely as a result of a grant received from the Carnegie Corporation, together with a grant received from the National Endowment Fund. Finances, however, did not permit the appointment of a full-time Tutor-Organizer, and the work outside Wellington was carried on by means of Discussion Courses and the Box Courses hired from Canterbury College. Dr. J. G Beaglehole was again in charge of the Discussion Courses, and he was able to visit most of the sixteen groups. Twenty-five groups used the Box material. Twelve series of lectures were given in Wellington and its suburbs. With the change in Government the Association fully expects that at least a portion of its former grant will be restored, and that next year it will be able to appoint a Tutor-Organizer as well as to extend its work in the city and suburbs. Accommodation. —The Council would again stress the serious position that has arisen owing to the lack of accommodation in the College. The rapid growth of the library, due in great measure to the generous benefaction of the Carnegie Corporation, has resulted in a serious shortage of accommodation. This applies both to class-rooms and to private rooms for Professors and Lecturers. Towards the end of last year negotiations were in progress with the Government with regard to the erection of a new biology block and a new administration block. The Council would urge that funds for the immediate erection of these two blocks be granted.

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