Commerce Faculty Evening

A meeting of commerce students was held Thursday evening, 8th March. Full-time students were welcomed first. Mr Thanangadan, president of the club, reminded his audience that they had more time for club activities than their part-time colleagues. He hoped that they would play a full part in university and club life.

Professor Holmes Followed the President and Welcomed the Growing Tendency Towards Fulltime Study in the Commerce Faculty.

The meeting then moved to the Science Lecture Theatre, where the few part-timers in attendance were waiting. Mr Thanangadan introduced two films shown by the I.C.T. entitled "Time to Think" and "The American Certified Public Accountant."

Both of these films were useful to commerce students although the first became tedious in its attention to the technical details of modern computers.

Mr Allan, of I.C.T., answered questions from the floor and it was interesting to find that there are two such computers in New Zealand although the minimum cost is £30,000.

Professor Holmes again spoke, emphasising the rapid growth of the Commerce Faculty. He quoted some interesting statistics:

Enrolments.

	1960	1961
Arts	1203	1239
Science	763	796
Law	336	329
Commerce	711	840

However, as an economist, Prof. Holmes certified that his faculty is not over-producing as there are many opportunities for commerce graduates in modern society.

Mr Rodger welcomed all the students and guaranteed that his team of 36 members would be ready at all times to assist accountancy students, and proposed a vote of thanks to the president.

The evening should prove very useful to all students and those who did not attend missed a valuable opportunity to meet their staff and fellow students.

—G.R.H./K.W.I.