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The work of the year was distributed as follows : — . Classes taken and distribution of work were as follows : —

Results of University work for this year were as follows : Seven first class, fifty-seven second class, 131 third class. One student obtained the Macandrew Scholarship for Economics. The results of the College work and certificate examination and degree examinations will, of course, not be known till next year. Seven students took first-year's terms, fifteen students took second-year's terms, thirteen sat for first section of B.A. degree, five sat for second section of B A. degree. Of the men students who entered the College since 1913—the year before the war—fifty-six have gone to the front or to cam]). Of these eleven have been killed and many wounded more or less severely. There have been no changes on the staff during the year. Teaching practice has been carried out regularly on the lines indicated in last year's report. The position is generally unsatisfactory in the following ways : — (1.) The Normal School is insufficient to afford practice for all students. (2.) Associated classes are under different controls and methods. (3.) Much of the practice is of the wrong kind and unsuitable for a country-school destination. The whole position —namely, two years only for study and teaching practice, together with unsuitability of practice indicated above —one hopes is only temporary, and a stage towards a future better state of things. I have to express my satisfaction with the garden-work carried out by the Board's agricultural instructor. lam trying to find time to put all students through the garden course whether they take home science or not. Both of these subjects demand at least three hours each a week to be done properly, and it is difficult to find the time. The College course is a very full one, and means for most students an average of about seven hours classes a day with home-work thrown in. The agriculture students last year turned out of the cottage garden 1,23] shrubs and 928 trees, both native and imported kinds, which were distributed to the Board's se-,hools. The students, besieles growing these from cuttings and seeds, have practice in all forms of garden-cultivation, budding and grafting and propagating-work. They get practice in the model cottage-garden alongside their own, and in the Botanical Gardens propagating-house, which is not far away. Some of them take a keen interest in the work ; others, whose tendency of mind is more subjective, do not quite realize what opportunities are offered to them. The year has been a gloomy one. The, weather has been unusually severe, bereavements due to the war have been distressingly frequent, and there has been more sickness than I ever remember among the students. The question eif suitable board bulks largely here. When will the Government realize that if they expect large numbers of girls to spend two years away from home at college they must face the duty of supplying them with decent board and lodging ? The position is becoming increasingly serious as prices increase.

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Name of Class. First-year Second-year Students. Students. Hours per Week. College. 7 and 3 1 5 2 2 and 1 I 3 and 1 2 and 3 1 2 and 3 3 and 4 1 2 and 1 2 1 1 Method Psychology Education Physical drill Vocal music Elocution Drawing Hygiene Physical measurements .. Agriculture Home science Nature-study Handwork Woodwork NeedleworkKind ergarten GO 47 52 16 39 CO 47 57 45 55 59 40 58 40 12 58 18 28 29 46 54 45 13 5 40 English Latin French Education Domestic science II Mental science Mathematics Mechanics Economics History Physics Jurisprudence Constitutional history .. University. 54 11 ..7 7 13 10 17 39 .. | 28 29 ..I 3 '2 1 4 2 I 2 4 ..4 8 1 .. 1 1 3 or 4 or 5 5 or 4 5 or 4 5 4 5 4 3 3 3 5 3 3