1 624. wednesday, october 19th, 1938. · harvey, mr. p. h. elliott, miss isobel harvey and mr....

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Wednesday, October 19th, 1938 .

The first regular meeting of the Senate of Th e

University of British Columbia for the Session 1938-3 9

was held on Wednesday, October 19th, 1938, at 8 :00 p .m . ,

in the Board and Senate Room .

Present : President L . S . Klinck (in the Chair) ,Dean F . M . Clement, Dean J . N . Finlayson, Dean D .Buchanan, Dr . Blyth eWilliams, Mr . A . H .

Eagles,

Dr .Finlay, Mr .

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Laird, Dr . M . Y .H . N . MacCorkindale ,

Major H . C . Holmes, Mr . A . R . Lord,

Dr . V . L . Denton ,

Mr . William Morgan, Mr . H . T . Logan,

Dr . G . G . Sedgewick ,

Mr . Sherwood Lett, Miss M . L . Bollert, Miss A . B .Jamieson, Mr . P . A . Boving, Mr . John C . Oliver, Dr .Evlyn F . Farris and Mr . J . N . Burnett .

Expressions of regret at their inability to atten d

the meeting were received from Judge Howay, Mr . J . N .

Harvey, Mr . P . H . Elliott, Miss Isobel Harvey and Mr .

Sydney Anderson .

Mr . Finlay )Mr . Boving) That the minutes of the fift h

regular meeting for the Session1937-38, held August 26th, 1938 ,be taken as read, and adopted .

Carrie d

For the information of Senate, a statement o f

registration for the Session 1938-39 was ' presented ,

copies being circulated to members of the Senate . Th e

total number of students enrolled as at October 7th ,

1938, was 2275 .

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For the information of Senate the following repor t

was read setting forth the action taken at a meeting o f

Heads of Departments, called by the President, aad hel d

on September 9th, to study the question of adjustmen t

of time-table made necessary by increased enrolment, -

1. That there be four periods in the morning ,8 :30 to 12 :30 .

2. That the noon period be one hour, 12 :30 t o1 :30, in which absolutely no lectures no rlaboratories shall be held .

3. That there be four afternoon periods, 1 :30 t o5 :30, and no lectures nor laboratories (excep textra-sessional classes) be held after 5 :30 .

4. That in the first instance the present thre emorning periods be moved back (i .e ., earlier )one half hour, and that the Chairmen of th eTime-Table Committees be authorized to mak enecessary adjustments having in mind con-flicts and accommodation .

A letter from the President was read announcing tha t

Dr . W . Ivor Jennings, visiting professor in the Depart-

ment of Economics, Political Science, Commerce and Socio-

logy, would be the speaker for the Autumn Congregation .

Notices of Appointment of Committee s

Appointments by President Kiinek of Standin gCommittees :

Committee on Calenda rMr . F . H . Soward (Chairman )Mr . A . H . FinlayDr . D . G . LairdMr . A . R . Lor dMr . William Morgan

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Press Committe eMr . A . E . Lord (Chairman )Dr . V . L . Dento nMr . A . A . Webster

Committee on Honorary Degree sJudge F . W . Howay (Chairman )Dr . Evlyn F . Farri sDr . G . G . Sedgewic kDean D . BuchananMr . P . A . Bovin g

Committee on Recognition by Institution s

in the British Empir ePresident L . S . Klinc kDean D . BuchananDean F . M . Clemen tDean J . N . Finlayson

Committee on Military Educatio nThe Chancello rThe Dean of Arts and Scienc eThe Dean of Applied Scienc eThe President of the Alma Mater Societ y

The President

) ex-offici oThe Officer Commanding )

Appointments by President Klinck of Represent-atives on University Committees :

On Management of the Gymnasiu mMr . J . C . Olive r

On Public Relation sMr . Sydney Anderson

On Senate Elections, 193 9Dean D . Buchanan, ChairmanDean F . M . Clemen tMr . A . E . Lord

On Affiliation of a Roman Catholic CollegeDean D . Buchanan (Chairman )Dean J . N . FinlaysonMr . P . A . Bovin gMiss A . B . Jamieso nMr . Sherwood Let tDr . G . G . Sedgewic kMr . H . N . MacCorkindale

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Library Committee - Nominations by the Facultie s

Faculty of Arts and Scienc eMr . T . LarsenDr . M . Y . WilliamsDr . Isabel Maclnne s

Faculty of Applied Scienc eMr . A . H . Finlay

Faculty of AgricultureDr . Blythe Eagle s

Dean Buchanan )Mr . Oliver

) That the nominations of th eFaculties be approved .

Carried

From the Board of Governors

Alterations in Regulations governing theLimitation of Enrolmen t

A communication from the President was received ,

announcing that the Board of Governors, at a meetin g

held on September 7th, 1938, had passed a resolutio n

that limitation be not enforced for the Academic Yea r

1938-39 . Limitation would still stand in the Teache r

Training Course and in Second Year Nursing, but not i n

First Year Arts and Science and Agriculture or Secon d

Year Applied Science .

At a meeting on September 26th, 1938, the Boar d

of Governor's passed a resolution that limitation i n

Second Year Nursing and Health be raised from 20 to 25 .

The communication was received for the informatio n

of Senate .

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Matriculation Scholarship s

The recommendations of the Senate respecting th e

resolving of the tie between Robert Mack Lane and Joh n

Malcolm Russell Margeson, and the awarding of a specia l

scholarship to Albert Desmond Turner, Senior Matric-

ulant, had been approved by the Board of Governors on

August 29th, 1938 .

Re-organization of the Committees on Physica lEducation and on the Management of the Gymnasiu m

A communication from the Board of Governors wa s

received, together with a copy of letters from Dr . G . M .

Shrum relative to a proposed re-organization of th e

Committees on Physical Education, and on the Management

of the Gymnasium . The Board had agreed that thi s

matter be referred to the Faculty Council .

Dean Finlayson )Dr . Sedgewick ) That the matter be referre d

to the Faculty Council .Carrie d

Prizes, Scholarships and Bursarie s

A list of the Autumn Awards of Prizes, Scholarship s

and Bursaries made by the Chairman of Senate on th e

recommendation of the Joint Faculty Committee in con-

formity with the resolution of Senate of December 18th ,

1929, was submitted for the information of Senate .

A report of the Joint Faculty Committee on Prize s

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and Scholarships in reference to the award of Specia l

Bursaries was received for the information of Senate .

The Committee had found itself faced with tota l

requests amounting to $16,128 .00 with only $7,175 .0 0

available . The strictest scrutiny of every case an d

the greatest economy in allotment of money had, there -

fore, been necessary . The attention of Senate was drawn

to the high academic standing of the greater proportio n

of applicants for aid .

The Chairman expressed great appreciation for th e

painstaking and thorough way in which the Committee had

dealt with the distribution of the bursaries .

It was pointed out that the work of the Committe e

involved a personal interview with every one of th e

candidates .

A letter from Dr . D . O . Evans, Head of the Depart-

ment of Modern Languages, was received, announcing tha t

the French Consul for Western Canada had succeeded i n

obtaining for the University the award of a second

French Government Scholarship for this year, and statin g

that the award had been made to Mr . A . E . Carter . Th e

award of two scholarships to The University of British

Columbia in a single year by the French Governmen t

constituted a precedent .

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Dean Buchanan

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That the Secretary be in-

structed to write to th eFrench Consul for WesternCanada expressing th eappreciation of The Univer -sity of British Columbi afor the second Scholarshi pmade available, for Mr .Carter .

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From the Facultie s

A report was received in regard to Supplemental

Examinations, Special Examinations and Re-readings, fo r

the information of Senate .

Candidates for Degrees and Diploma s

Dean Buchanan presented the list of candidates i n

the Faculty of Arts and Science .

Dean Buchanan )Mr . Burnett ) That the degrees of M .A ., B .A .

and B .Com ., as recommended bythe Faculty of Arts an dScience, be conferred uponthose whose names appear i nthe report .

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Dean Finlayson presented the report of the Faculty

of Applied Science .

Dean Finlayson )Mr . Finlay

) That the degree of M .A .Sc . b econferred upon those whos enames appear in the report ;and that the degree of B .A .Sc .be conferred upon the threewhose standing is complete .

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Dean Finlayson )Dr . Williams ) That the matter of conferrin g

the degree of B .A .Sc . upo nJ . W . Hoadley - now subject t ohis passing Special Examina-tions - be left in the hands o fthe Chairman of Senate, th eSecretary, and the Dean of th eFaculty of Applied Science .

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Dean Clement presented the report of the Facult y

of Agriculture .

Dean Clement )Dr . Eagles ) That the degree of B .S .A . be con-

ferred upon those whose name sappear in the report .

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Dean Buchanan )Mr . Burnett ) That the Social Service Diplom a

be granted to those whose name sare listed in the report .

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Dean Finlayson )Dr . Williams ) That the diploma in Publi c

Health Nursing be granted t othe two whose names appear inthe report .

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It was agreed that the report on Degrees an d

Diplomas be released to the press .

Christmas Examination Procedur e

Recommendations of the Joint Faculty Committee on

Christmas Examination Procedure had been approved b y

the Faculty of Applied Science and the Faculty of Agri -

culture, but were under consideration by the Faculty of

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Arts and Science together with the whole question of th e

holding of Third and Fourth Year examinations, and the

actual number of days to be taken for the Christma s

Examinations had not been determined .

The Faculties asked that they be given power to ac t

in this matter .

Dean Finlayson )Major Holmes ) That the Faculties be give n

power to act in the matter .Carrie d

Language Requirement s

In regard to the request of the Parent-Teache r

Federation that the foreign language requirement b e

dropped, which had been referred to the Faculties b y

Senate, the Faculties recommended :

"That the request of the Parent-Teache rFederation regarding the foreign languagerequirement be not granted . "

Dean Buchanan )Dean Finlayson) That the recommendation o f

the Faculties be approved .Carrie d

Professional Training of Graduates i nHome Economic s

A report from the Faculties was received relativ e

to a request made by the Provincial Department of Educa-

tion regarding the possibility of students from Britis h

Columbia, who have graduated in Home Economics in th e

University of Manitoba, taking their professional train-

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ing in The University of British Columbia . The Facul-

ties recommended :

"That these students be admitted t othe Teacher Training Course on abasis similar to that applying t oother students . "

Dean Clement

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That the recommendation o f

the Faculties be approved .Carried

High School Curriculum

General Science V .

The course of study for General Science V of th e

High School curriculum was presented, and the question

of the acceptance of this course for students enterin g

the Faculty of Arts and Science and not intending to do

major work in a science in the University or to ente r

the Faculty of Agriculture or the Faculty of Applie d

Science, was considered .

Attention was called to the fact that the revised

courses in Physics and Chemistry for Grade %II had no t

yet been drawn up but would probably be ready in th e

near future .

The following recommendation was presented by th e

Faculties, -

"That we approve, without prejudice, th eprogramme for General Science V for th eyear 1938-39, but that the whole ques-tion of the content of this course b etaken under revision when the special

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courses in Physics and Chemistry fo rGrade EII are being considered . "

Dean Buchanan )Dean Clement ) That the recommendation o f

the Faculties be approved .Carried

Geography II .

The course of study for Geography II of the High

School curriculum was presented, and it was recommended

by the Faculties that the course in Geography II a s

prepared by the Department of Education be accepted fo r

1938-39 .

Dean Clement )Dr . Williams) That the recommendation o f

the Faculties be approved .Carrie d

From the Faculty of Arts and Scienc e

A communication was received stating that provisio n

for the following classes had been made :

Winter Session

Mathematics 15 - Higher AlgebraEconomics 7

- Corporation Economic s

Extra-Sessional Classe s

History 2

- The History of Canad aGovernment 3

- Imperial Problems

Directed Reading Course s

English 2Philosophy 7

- Philosophy of Education .

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Dean Buchanan )Mr . Boving

) That these courses be approved .Carried

From the Faculty of Applied Scienc e

A communication was received from the Faculty of

Applied Science recommending that Geology 4, which had

been transferred from the Fourth to the Fifth Year o f

Geological Engineering - a change that would increas e

the number of lectures in the Fifth Year - be trans-

ferred back to the Fourth Year .

Dean Finlayson )Dr . Williams ) That the recommendation o f

the Faculty of Applied Scienc ebe approved .

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From the Faculty of Agriculture

The following recommendation from the Faculty of

Agriculture was received :

"That in the course of study for th eSecond Year, Biology 2 be added t othe list of Electives "A" .

Dean Clement )Mr . Boving ) That the recommendation of th e

Faculty be approved .Carrie d

Dean Clement presented a statement in regard t o

instruction in Agriculture 1, and pointed out that ,

owing to the large registration and the consequent over -

crowding in this class, it was impossible to give effi-

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cient laboratory instruction and hence the work woul d

have to be carried on mainly by lecture-demonstrations .

The statement was received for the information o f

Senate . Senate noted that the requirements of the

Calendar in regard to the laboratory work in Agricultur e

1 were not being fulfilled, this being due to the lac k

of accommodation .

Constitution of a new Department of Commerc e

A communication from the Board of Governors wa s

received, requesting the Senate to create out of th e

existing Department of Economics, Political Science ,

Commerce and Sociology, a separate Department to b e

designated the Department of Commerce or such othe r

designation as the Senate may determine .

Mr . Boving )Dean Clement) That a Committee be appointe d

by the Chair to study the matte rand to report to the Senate atthe next meeting .

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Reports of Committee s

On Honorary Degree s

Dr . Farris, on behalf of the Committee on Honorar y

Degrees, presented the following report :

" The Committee respectfully recommends tha tif such a course be found acceptable, upon th eoccasion of their Majesties' visit to Vancouve rin the Spring of 1939, the Senate of The Uni-versity of British Columbia confer upon His

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Most Excellent Majesty George the Sixth bythe Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland ,and the British Dominions beyond the Seas ,King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor o fIndia, and upon Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ,the degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa . "

Dr . Farris

)Dr . Sedgewick) That the report of the

Committee on HonoraryDegrees be adopted .

Carried

Dr . Sedgewick )Dr . Farris

) That the Committee on HonoraryDegrees be empowered to carryon correspondence with th eDepartment of State at Ottawarelative to the acceptabilit yof the proposal ; and to mak esuch other enquiries as ar esuitable to the occasion .

Carried

On Procedure in regard to the Electio nof Chancellor and Members of Senate :

On behalf of the Committee, Dr . Eagles presente d

a report . The proposed changes in the University Ac t

which had been prepared by the University Solicitor were

read .

Dr . Eagles )Dr . Farris) That the report of the Committe e

be approved .

The question was asked as to whether or not th e

proposed amendments to the University Act would be mad e

in time to become operative for the next Senate Elec-

tions in 1939 .

In Amendment :

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Mr . Lett

)Mr . A . R . Lord) That the report of the Com -

mittee be received, tha tcopies of the report be cir-culated to all members o fSenate, and that an adjournedmeeting of the Senate b earranged for the considerationof the report .

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Dr . Sedgewick )Dr . Eagles

) That an adjourned meeting b eheld on Wednesday, October 26th .

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It was agreed that an effort should be made t o

have the proposed amendments, if approved by Senate ,

passed at the coming session of the Legislature .

On Senate Elections, 193 9

It was agreed that this item be laid on the table

to be taken up at the adjourned meeting of the Senate .

On Preparation of Report on Award o fPrizes and Scholarship s

behalf of the Committee, Dr . Eagles presented

a report of progress .

On General Science V and Health and Physica lEducation as Matriculation Subject s

Dean Buchanan reported on behalf of the Committee .

The Committee had not been called upon to meet, and th e

matter of General Science V had already been dealt with . Pages 633 -

The matter of Health and Physical Education would com e

before a later meeting of the Senate . It was agreed

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that the Committee be discharged .

A letter from the Secretary-Treasurer of th e

Canadian Bar Association, expressing appreciation fo r

the contribution made by the University to the succes s

of the Annual Meeting of the Association through th e

holding of a Special Congregation, was read and ordere d

filed .

The meeting adjourned .

Secretary .

Chairman .

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