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Wednesday, February 16th, 1938 .

The third regular meeting of the Senate of Th e

University of British Columbia for the session 1937-3 8

was held on Wednesday, February 16th, 1938, at 8 :0 0

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 . Blythe Eagles, Dr . D . G . Laird, Mr . H . N .MacCorkindale, Major H . C . Holmes, Mr . A . R . Lord ,Mr . William Morgan, Dr . G . G . Sedgewick, Mr . Sherwoo dLett, Miss A . B . Jamieson, The Most Rev . A . U .de Pencier, Mr . Sydney Anderson and Mr . Arnold A .Webster .

Expressions of regret at their inability to atten d

the meeting were received from Mr . Logan, Mr . Soward ,

Mr . Dilworth, Mr . Finlay, Mr . A . E . Lord, Miss Isobe l

Harvey, Mr . Oliver and Mr . Burnett .

Archbishop de Pencier )Dean Buchanan

) That the minutes of th esecond regular meeting o fDecember 15th, 1937, an dof the special meeting o fDecember 29th, 1937, b etaken as read, and adopted .

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Senate Membershi p

Notice was received of the appointment of Mr .

William Morgan, as representative of the High Schoo l

Principals and Assistants . The Chairman welcomed Mr .

Morgan to membership in Senate .

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A letter was received from Dr . J . Roy Sanderson i n

reference to his retirement as a member of the Senate .

Miss Jamieson )Dean Finlayson) That a letter be sent to Dr .

Sanderson in appreciation o fhis faithful work on the Senate .

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The Chairman appointed Mr . William Morgan to tak e

the place of Dr . Sanderson on the Committee on Calendar .

Notice of Appointment of Committee O nCourses for the Summer Session of 193 8

Dean D . Buchanan

(Chairman )Dr . M . Y . WilliamsMr . F . H . SowardMr . H . N . MacCorkindal eMr . A . R . lord

From the Board of Governor s

Travelling expenses of winners of Junior Matric-ulation Scholarships .

This arrangement to be continued for one year .

A letter was received from the Board of Governor s

giving, for the information of Senate, the followin g

resolutions, -

LIMITATION :

RESOLVED, That, beginning with the Session 1938-39 ,the number of First Year students in the Faculty o fArts and Science (including Social Service) and th eFaculty of Agriculture be limited to 450 ; in th eSecond Year of the Course in Applied Science t o120 ; in the Second Year of the Course in Nursin gand Health to 20 ; and in the Teacher Training Cours eto 60 .

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ADMINISTRATION OF LIMITATION :

RESOLVED, That the method of limitation be worke dout by a Committee of five to be nominated by th eFaculties, or by the Deans of the respectiv eFaculties, and to be appointed by the Board . O nthis Committee, Arts and Science should hav ethree members, Applied Science one member an dAgriculture one member .

RESOLVED, That the report of this Committee, whe nadopted by the Board, be administered by a Com-mittee of five to be nominated by the Faculties ,or by the Deans of the respective Faculties an dto be appointed by the Board of Governors . Onthis Committee, Arts and Science should have thre emembers, Applied Science one member and Agricul-ture one member .

TUITION FEES :

RESOLVED, That Tuition Fees be increased a sfollows, effective September 1st, 1938 :

Arts and Science from $125 .00 to $150 .00

Applied Science

" $175 .00 " $200 .0 0

Agriculture

" $125 .00 " $150 .0 0

SocialService

" $125 .00 " $150 .0 0

Nursing and Health " $125 .00 " $150 .0 0

Teacher Training

" $125 .00 " $150 .00, an d

that an increase of approximately twenty per cent .(20%) be made in the fees for Partial students ,for students in Extra-Sessional Classes an dDirected Reading Courses, for Summer Sessionstudents and for students in the Occupationa lCourse .

SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES :

RESOLVED, That, from the estimated increase o f$50,000 .00 in fees, the sum of $10,000 .00 be se taside for Scholarships and Bursaries ; that theJoint Faculty Committee on Prizes and Scholar -ships be asked to make recommendations respecting

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the division of these funds as between Scholar -ships and bursaries ; that the Committee draw u pregulations governing the administration o fthis fund and submit their recommendations t othe Board .

A letter was received from the Board of Governors ,

giving the following as the personnel o f

THE COMMITTEES TO DRAFT REGULATIONS GOVERNINGTHE LIMITATION OF STUDENTS AND TO ADMINISTE R

THE SAME :

Faculty of Arts and Scienc e

Dean D . Buchana nDr . R . H . Clar kDr . W . L . MacDonal d

Faculty of Applied Scienc e

Col . F . A . Wilki n

Faculty of Agricultur e

Dr . A . F . Bars s

Offer of an Essay Prize in the Course i nGovernment 4 from Mr . Nemichi, Consul of Japan .

Approved .

Procedure in regard to the Election of Chancello rand Members of Senate .

The following resolution of the Board of Governor s

was received :

That the President be empowered to go to th eRegistrar telling him of the feeling of th eBoard of Governors that there is a simple rmethod of voting ; and further that the Boar dwould prefer to have the section of th eUniversity Act dealing with the duties o fSenate sent to members of Convocation .

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Dr . Eagles, on behalf of the Committee on Senat e

Election Procedure, presented a progress report on th e

matter of the action of the Board of Governors, whic h

had been drawn to the attention of the Committee by th e

Secretary of Senate .

The Committee had given serious consideration t o

the possibility of a simpler method of voting, but, i n

view of the nature of the elections and the fact tha t

those entitled to vote are scattered throughout th e

world, could find no method by which the election pro -

cedure could be simplified .

The Committee felt that the plan recommended by

the Board of Governors of having the section of th e

University Act dealing with the duties of Senate sen t

to members of Convocation was probably a better pro-

cedure than sending a resume of the functions of Senat e

prepared by the Registrar as originally suggested by

the Committee .

Dr . Sedgewick )Dr . Eagles

) That the section of the reportdealing with the possibl enecessity for changes in th eUniversity Act be referred t othe University Solicitor .

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Dr . Eagles

)Dean Finlayson) That the report of the Com -

mittee be accepted as aprogress report .

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From the Facultie s

The following recommendation of the Faculties i n

reference to the offer of a scholarship fund by th e

Committee on Hillel Foundation of the B'nai B'rit h

District No . 4, to be known as "The B'nai B'rith Dist-

rict No . 4, Hillel Foundation Scholarship", was received :

An offer has been received from the B'na iB'rith District No . 4 of a grant of $250 .0 0to create a scholarship to be known a s"The B'nai B'rith District No . 4, Hille lFoundation Scholarship" .

It is recommended by the Faculties of Art sand Science and Applied Science (the Facult yof Agriculture has not held a meetin gbecause of lack of a quorum) that th escholarship of $250 .00 be accepted, an dthat the details of the allotment of thi sfund be worked out between the Joint Facult yCommittee on Prizes and Scholarships an dthe local representatives of the donors .

Dr . Sedgewick

)Archbishop de Pencier) That Senate approv e

the acceptance of thi soffer, and the recom-mendation of th eFaculties .

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In connection with the allotment of this fund, a

letter was received from the Joint Faculty Committee o n

Prizes and Scholarships containing the followin g

recommendations, -

(1) That this sum be divided into two equa lscholarships of $125 .00, available t ooutstanding graduate scholars in any o fthe three Faculties,- Arts and Science ,Agriculture and Applied Science .

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(2) That the winner of the Scholarship shal lindicate satisfactory plans for graduat estudy at the University of Britis hColumbia or at any other Universit yapproved by the Joint Faculty Committee .

(3) That only one scholarship be available i nany one Faculty in one year .

Dr . Sedgewick )Mr . Lett ) That the recommendationso f

the Committee with respec tto the distribution of th efund be approved .

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From the Faculty of Arts and Scienc e

The following recommendation in reference to th e

request which had been received from the Guidanc e

Committee of the Senior High Schools for a Course i n

Guidance to be offered in the Summer Session wa s

received, -

That a course equivalent to three units ,without University credit, be offered i nGuidance in the Summer Session provide dan acceptable instructor be obtained - th ecourse to carry credit towards the Academi cCertificate if agreeable to the Provincia lDepartment of Education .

Dean Buchanan )Dean Finlayson) That this recommendatio n

be approved .Carrie d

Increase in the American Woman's Club Bursary

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts an dScience on February 9th notice was receive dfrom the American Woman's Club that the y

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were increasinp the American Woman's Clu bBursary from $125 .00 to $140 .00 .

It is recommended by the Faculty of Art sand Science that the increased gift b eaccepted .

Dean Buchanan

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That the recommendation o f

the Faculty of Arts an dScience be adopted, an dthat a letter of apprecia-tion be sent to the America nWoman's Club .

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Offer of a Bursary of $50 .00 by the Lady Laurier .Club

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts an dScience on February 9th an offer of abursary of $50 .00 for a woman student i nthe Teacher Training Course or in th eThird or Fourth Year of the under-graduat ecourse in Arts, was received from the Lad yLaurier Club .

It is recommended by the Faculty of Art sand Science that the offer of this bursar ybe accepted .

Dean Buchanan )Dean Finlayson) That the recommendation o f

the Faculty of Arts an dScience be approved, and tha ta letter of thanks be sent t othe Lady Laurier Club .

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Reports of Committee s

The Committee on Courses for the Summer Session o f

1938, which had been given power to act, reported tha t

the courses for the Summer Session 1938 had been approved ,

and that the Announcement would be ready for distributio n

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within a few days .

On Calendar - Matriculation Requirements for 193 9

Report of the Committee on Calenda r

In regard to the Matriculation Requirement sfor 1939, no changes from the requirements fo r1938 had been proposed by the Faculties or by th eHeads of the Departments concerned, except change sin two text-books--one in French and one in German .

The following suggestions, however, have bee nreceived from Dr . Willis, Superintendent o fEducation, -

"1 . Social Studies (History) : All schools hav ebeen working on the new course in Socia lStudies and students in Grade XII next yea rwill be ready to take the new course, Socia lStudies V, beginning next September . T oavoid the necessity of holding two examina-tions in June, 1939, I would ask Dr . Sage t oagree to this change .

2. Geography : As Grade XI pupils have bee nstudying the revised course on Geography Iin the High Schools this year and a revise dcourse for Geography II, Grade XII, will b ecompleted at the end of June, 1938, I recom-mend that a statement be added to the presentrequirements for Matriculation in Geograph ythat if the revised course is ready an dapproved by the Council of Public Instructionand the Senate of the University it may b esubstituted for the old course in Geography ,Grade XII .

3. General Science : Students who are taking th eold course in Science in Grade XI will, o fcourse, proceed to the present course in Chem-istry and Physics, etc ., in Grade XII but anote should be added that General Science V(High School) taken in 1938-39 will be accepte das meeting the requirements in Science fo rgeneral admission to the University . Thos estudents who intend to enter the Faculty o fApplied Science, the Faculty of Agriculture,

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or to take any Science major in the Facult yof Arts and Science will be required to mee tthe old requirements in June and August ,1939 .

4. French : Students of Grade XII may continu ewith the old course but in my opinion a nalternative course, French III, as found i nBulletin I, Senior High School Programme ,should be accepted for next year .

5. One examination paper of two or two and ahalf hours in French on the old or new cours eshould suffice in Junior Matriculation an dalso one paper of, say, three hours in Senio rMatriculation French . The examinations fo r1939 whether on the old course or the ne wshould be based on the principles outline don Page 400 of Bulletin I referred to above .Similarly for Latin, Mathematics and possiblyEnglish in both Junior and Senior Matricula-tion . Our examinations now extend over to olong a period in June and cause the regula rschool work to be broken into early in th emonth . "

The Faculties of Arts and Science and Applie dScience (the Faculty of Agriculture has not hel da meeting because of lack of a quorum) hav erecommended, -

1. That the question of the content of the course sin the different subjects be left to the Head sof the Departments concerned .

2. That the suggestions in regard to the number o fpapers in a subject and the length of time pe rpaper be laid on the table .

Dean Buchanan )Dean Clement ) That the recommendation s

be approved .Carrie d

Joint Faculty Committee on Prizes and Scholarship s

A letter to the President from the I .O .D .E . in ref-

erence to the terms of award of the Scott Memorial

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Scholarship, was read, in which the views of th e

Committee appointed by the organization to consider th e

matter were expressed, -

"That it might be unnecessary to change th eterms as printed in the Calendar, on th edefinite understanding, however, that th eaward actually be made to a white student .

It is the opinion of the Committee tha tsince the award is now made - not on th ebasis of the highest marks, but for 'Genera lProficiency', our wishes could be carrie dout without offence to anyone .

In the event that no suitable white studentapplied in any year, the award could b edeferred . "

In this connection a letter from the Joint Facult y

Committee on Prizes and Scholarships was read in whic h

it was stated that the Committee had come to the unanim -

ous conclusion "that the University should recognize a s

a policy the necessity of publishing in detail all th e

terms of award of scholarships or bursaries that ar e

available for our students . There should be no pro -

visional considerations held as unpublished 'under -

standings'" . It was pointed out that the Scott Memoria l

Scholarship is not applied for . It is awarded to th e

student who wins it by the results of his work at th e

University .

Dean Buchanan )Dean Finlayson) .That the conclusion reached b y

the Committee on Prizes an dScholarships be approved .

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Dean Finlayson

)Archbishop de Pencier) That the matter o f

communicating the de-cision of the Senat eto the I .O .D .E . b eleft to the Chair .

Carrie d

On Public Relation s

A memorandum on the question of "Publicity for th e

Work of the University", which had been referred to th e

Committee on Public Relations, was received . In th e

memorandum the Committee reviewed briefly the valuabl e

extension work carried on by members of the Faculty, an d

stated that the students had adopted as a program fo r

this year the improvement of the relations between th e

University and the public . The Committee expressed th e

opinion that, as far as possible, only publicity wor k

of an indirect character should be undertaken by th e

Department of University Extension or other organiza-

tions within the University . It was felt that, in th e

case of the University, indirect publicity was much more

effective than any direct form of advertising . It wa s

suggested that the Director of University Extensio n

should formulate some practical plan whereby the serv-

ices of men and women of the Senate, the Board of

Governors and the Alumni, who are well qualified i n

certain highly specialized fields of knowledge and wh o

might be willing from time to time to assist in the

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extension work of the University, might be used more

fully by the University .

Dean Finlayson )Miss Jamieson ) That the report be receive d

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On Honorary Degree s

Dr . Sedgewick, on behalf of the Committee o n

Honorary Degrees, presented a report recommending tha t

the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa )

be conferred at the Spring Congregation upon, -

Professor Henry Rushton Fairclough, M .A .(Toronto), Ph .D . (Johns Hopkins), D .Litt .(Toronto) .

Mrs . Helen Gregory MacGill, B .A ., M .A . ,Mus .Bac . (Toronto), Judge of the Juvenil eCourt of Vancouver .

Dr . Sedgewick

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That Senate adopt the re -

commendation that th edegree of LL .D . (Honori sCausa) be conferred upo nProfessor Henry Rushto nFairclough .

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Dr . Sedgewick

)Archbishop de Pencier) That Senate approv e

the recommendation thatthe degree of LL .D .(Honoris Causa) be con-ferred upon Judge Hele nGregory MacGill .

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Communications relative to the time of the propose d

visit of His Excellency, the Governor General of Canad a

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to Vancouver, and the time at which the Honorary Degre e

might be conferred upon him, were received from Colone l

J . P . Mackenzie and Dr . Farris .

Dr . Sedgewick )Mr . Lett

) That further arrangements wit hrespect to this matter be lef tin the hands of the Chair .

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From the Department of University Extensio n

Report of Director Robert England, August, 1937 .

(Mimeographed copies had been mailed to all member s

of Senate .)

Dean Finlayson )Major Holmes ) That the report be receive d

and filed .Carried

Outline of activities for this term . (Bulletin No .4 )

(Printed copies had been mailed to all members o f

Senate . )

This bulletin was received for the information o f

Senate .

A letter was received from Lieutenant-Colonel G . M .

Shrum, Officer Commanding U .B .C . Contingent C .O .T .C . ,

calling attention to the fact that The University o f

British Columbia was not included in the list of recog-

nized Universities in the "Regulations under whic h

Commissions in the Regular Army may be Obtained by

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University Candidates" . It was suggested that as thi s

was a handicap to University of British Columbi a

students wishing to take out commissions in the Regula r

Army, application for recognition be made to The Wa r

Office .

Major Holmes )Mr . Lett

) That the matter be referred t othe Standing Committee on Recog -nition by Institutions in th eBritish Empire, with power t oact .

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*RomanA request was received from the/Catholic Archbisho p

and Bishops of British Columbia for the affiliation of a

* Romancollege for/Catholic students .

Dr . Sedgewick )Mr . Lett

) That a committee be appointed ,with power to consult th eUniversity Solicitor, to con-sider the request and to repor tto the Senate .

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Mr . Lett called attention to the success of "Ope n

House" Day and paid tribute to all those responsibl e

for organizing and carrying out the plan .

Mr . Lett

)Miss Jamieson) That a letter of appreciatio n

be sent to the Chairman o fthe "Open House" Committee .

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Reference was made to the death of Dr . Frank P .

Patterson, former member of the Senate and of the Boar d

of Governors .

Archbishop de Pencier )Dean Buchanan

) That a letter be sen tto Mrs . Patterson ex -pressing the apprecia-tion of the Senate o fthe life and work o fDr . Patterson, an dconveying to her th esympathy of the member sof Senate .

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The members of Senate stood in silent tribute t o

the memory of Dr . Patterson .

The meeting adjourned .

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