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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 19, No. 1. March 2, 1955

New Act May Mark Stage In Development Of University Colleges

New Act May Mark Stage In Development Of University Colleges

The new Curriculum Committee Act, giving University colleges de facto power to become separate colleges, would probably be the final stage in the long process of the colleges becoming autonomous, suggested the Vice-Chancellor of the University of New Zealand; Dr A. G. Currie, in an address to the students congress at Curious Cove.

The trend, said Dr Currie, was for the colleges to become unitary universities in fact and in name. The real need was for the University to act as a focus in Wellington for financial and building needs and for contact with the Government. There was no need for the University to be an examining body, as the colleges already performed this function.

There was no need for the University to control course prescriptions—professors at the colleges were the best-qualified to do that. The proper place for the supervision of studies was the colleges.

Dr Currie considered that university college buildings in New Zealand were 30 years out of date. Every college library had a good supply of books but the buildings containing them were nothing short of calamitous, he said.