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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 —George Grey Campbell, Esq.; A. H. Johnstone, Esq., 8.A., LL.B.; Hon. Sir James Parr, K.C.M.G. Appointed by the Professorial Board —Professor A. B. Pitt, M.A., Ph.D.; Professor Maxwell Walker, M.A., B.Com. Elected by members of the Legislature—H. Horton, Esq., 8.A.; 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., B.A. ; Kenneth Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., M.Ch., F.R.C.S., E.R.A.C.S.; W. H. Cocker, Esq., 8.A., LL.B. ; T. U. Wells, Esq., M.A. Appointed by the Auckland City Council —G. W. Hutchison, Esq. Appointed by the Auckland Education Board—Hon. Archibald Burns, M.L.C. Registrar.—M. R. O'Shea, Esq., B.Com. Staff. Professors. —Classics —C. G. Cooper, M.A. English—W. A. Sewell, 8.A., B.Lit. Modern Languages—Maxwell Walker, M.A., B.Com. Mathematics —Henry George Forder, B.A. Chemistry—P. P. Worley, M.A., M.Se., D.Sc., D.I.C. Physics—P. W. Burbidge, M.Sc., 8.A., Res. Botany—(Lecturer-in-charge) T. L. Lancaster, M.Sc., P.L.S. Zoology—(Lecturer-in-charge) W. R. McGregor, B.Se. History—James Rutherford, M.A., Ph.D. Economics — H. Belshaw, M.A., Ph.D., F.S.S. Law —R. M. Algie, LL.M. Philosophy—William Anderson, M.A. Music—(Head of Department) H. Hollinrake, M.A., Mus.Bach. Education —A. B. Pitt, M.A., Ph.D. Architecture —C. R. Knight, M.A., B.Arch., A.R.1.8.A., A.N.Z.I.A. Engineering—S. E. Lamb, B.Sc., A.R.C.Sc.(Lond.), A.M.1.M.E., M.N.Z.Soc.C.E. Geology—J. A. Bartrum, M.Sc.A.O.S.M., E.N.Z.lnst., E.G.S. Lecturers, 30.

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 1934 : — Council. —The only change on the Council has been the appointment by the Governor-General in Council of Mr. G. Grey Campbell in the place of Mr. H. R. Jenkins (resigned). Mention should be made of the loss to the College in the death of Sir George Eowlds. Although he had retired from the Council after the Jubilee in 1933, his interest in the College continued, and his loss is a very real one. Staff. —The four new professors in Classics, English, Mathematics, and History arrived in time for the opening session. Their advent, with their awareness of conditions overseas, has accentuated the limitations imposed here by inadequate finance. In the Department of Economics Mr. H. D. Dickinson, of Leeds University, took the place of Mr. H. R. Rodwell, who had exchanged with him for the year. Through the temporary closing of the Training College, the Chairs of English and Geology were assisted this year by the services of Mr. Shaw and Mr. Laws, and in Music Mr. Hollinrake also has rendered similar valuable service. In both English and Music the innovation of a general lecture every week, free to all students, has been a definite success, and it is hoped to extend this work to other departments. Finance. —The College has, during the past few years, used up its liquid reserves in maintaining the standard of teaching. Accordingly, the amount to be made available in Government grants in the immediate future will effect the work of the College to a marked degree. Library. —Accessions for this year number 3,100 volumes, which include some 1,200 of classics and Old Testament studies bequeathed by Professor A. C. Paterson. An important donation made this year is the Art Teaching Set, which was generously presented by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The set is designed as reference and illustrative material for those teaching or lecturing in Art. It consists of some 200 volumes (many of them extremely valuable works), and of 2,000 mounted reprints of pictures and photographic studies of architecture and sculpture. Workers' Educational Association. —Statistics for country centres are not ali to hand, but, using a conservative estimate where necessary, enrolments have totalled 1,349 as against 1,675 last year. Of these, approximately 45 per cent, are in city classes, and 55 per cent, in the country. There has been an appreciable increase in the use of Workers' Educational Association facilities by the unemployed, some of the best students coming from this quarter. The library, of over 4,000 carefully chosen books, is taking an increasingly important place in both town and country. The broadcasting of two talks per week from IYA has continued, but present staffing and finance do not permit the adequate handling of this important service, especially at the listening end. The general financial position, though relieved by generous grants from the Carnegie Corporation, cannot but cause anxiety until the Government can be persuaded to accept the responsibility which the Carnegie grants imply.

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