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Friday, August 20th, 1943 .

The fifth regular meeting of the Senate of the Univer -

sity of British Columbia for the Session 1942-43 was held

on Friday, August 20th, 1943, at 8 :00 p .m ., in the Board

and Senate Room .

Present : President L . S . Klinek (in the Chair), Dea nF .M . Clement, Dean J .N . Finlayson, Dean D . Buchanan, Dr .J .C . Berry, Dr . H .J . MacLeod, Dr . O .J . Todd, Mr . H .N .MacCorkindale, Mr . F .J . Burd, Mr . J .W . Spencer, Rev . Dr .J .G . Brown, Mr . H .T . Logan, Dr . G .G . Sedgewick, Dean M .Dorothy Mawdsley, Miss Isobel Harvey, Mrs . Sally MurphyCreighton and Mr . Lyle A . Atkinson .

Expressions of regret at their inability to attend th e

meeting were received from Miss Florence Mulloy, Mr . F .A .

Forward, Dr . J .F . Walker, and Dr . C .A .H . Wright .

Dr . Todd )Dr . Berry) That the minutes of the meeting o f

May 11th, 1943, be taken as read, andadopted .

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Notice of Appointment of Committee s

On No .2 Canadian Army University Cours e

Dr . G .G . Sedgewick (Chairman )Dr . H .J . MacLeo dDean F .M . Clemen tMr . Walter H . GageMr . F .A . Forwar d

On Press Release of Examination Result s

Dean F .M . Clement (Chairman )Mr .Mr .Dr .Dr .

A .R .F .J .G .G .A .E .

Lor dBurdSedgewickDal Grauer

From the Board of Governor s

A copy of the Annual Financial Report, Balance Shee t

and Financial Statements for the year ending March 31st ,

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1943, was received .

Dr. Brown

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That the statement be receive d

and filed with the Secretary fo rreference by the members of the.

Senate .Carrie d

Report of the Committee on Lecture and LaboratoryAccommodation and Student Aid

A letter was received from the Board of Governors

stating that, at the meeting held on May 31st, the Board

received the Report of the Senate Committee on Lecture and

Laboratory Accommodation and Student Aid and ordered a cop y

of this report and the resolution of Senate endorsing th e

need for student residences sent to the Honourable th e

Minister of Education with the endorsation of the Board .

Report of the Committee on Intra-mural Sports and Athletic s

A letter was received from the Board of Governors ,

stating that at the meeting on May 31st the Board received

the Report of the Committee on Intra-mural Sports an d

Athletics, as amended and adopted by Senate . On instruc-

tions from the Board a copy of this report was transmitte d

to the Honourable the Minister of Education, together with

a copy of the resolution requesting the establishment of a

Department of Physical Education at the University o f

British Columbia, which the Board received from the B .C .

Branch of the Canadian Physical Education Association at

the meeting on April 26th, 1943 .

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Extra University Entrance Scholarshi p

A letter was received from the Board of Governor s

approving the recommendation of Senate that a University

Entrance Scholarship of $175 .00 from the Special Bursarie s

Fund be awarded to Miss Edith Angove in the event of he r

registering at the University for the Session 1943-44 .

Report of Committee on Compulsory War Work for Under-graduate Wome n

Adopted, including the recommendations containe d

therein with respect to the War Work Plan for 1943-44 .

University Naval Training Divisio n


acknowledging notice of the concurrence of Senate with the

Board's action in respect to the University Naval Training

Division .

University Air Training Corp s

A letter was received from the Board of Governors ,

stating that the Board had approved the agreement between

the Department of National Defence for Air and the Univer-

sity of British Columbia respecting the establishment of a

unit of the University Air Training Corps at the Universit y

of British Columbia . The Board also approved the recommen-

dation of the Committee on Military Education that Dr . J .

Allen Harris be appointed Commanding Officer of the Univer -

sity Air Training Corps .

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Appointment of a Representative of the Women's Athleti cDirectorate to the University Council on Athletics and

Physical Education

A communication was received from the Board o f

Governors stating that at the meeting on May 31st th e

Board approved the recommendation of the University Counci l

on Athletics and Physical Education that the appointment

of a representative of the Women's Athletic Directorate t o

the Council be authorized .

University Graduate Historical Society Book Priz e


reporting that the Board had approved the omission of th e

statement in regard to this prize from the Calendar fo r

1943-44 .

Course in Personnel Administratio n

For the information of Senate a letter was receive d

from the Board of Governors reporting that the Board had

approved of a second course in Training in Personne l

Administration to be offered by the Department of Univer -

sity Extension at the request and under the sponsorshi p

of the Dominion Department of Labour .

No .2 Canadian Army University Cours e

Letters under date of June 2nd and 30th, relative t o

the Reports of the Committee on No .2 Canadian Army Univer-

sity Course, and the report of a conference with Colone l

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G .G .D . Kilpatrick, Director of Army Education, were receive d

from the Board of Governors . The Board had approved of the

offering of the No .2 Canadian Army Course at two levels o f

instruction, if necessary .

In FurtherReferenceto the No .2 Canadian ArmyUniversit yArmy Cours e

Reports of the Committee of Senate on entrance require-

ments, courses to be offered and possible credit to b e

granted for the No .2 Canadian Army University Course, ha d

been mailed to the members of Senate . This Committee ha d

been appointed by the Chair with power to act .

At the meeting of the Committee on May 21st th e

following recommendations were approved :

1. The minimum entrance requirement for admission t othe course shall be complete standing (with at leas t60% in Mathematics and in Physics) in Senior Matri-culation or in First Year Arts . In the case o fSenior Matriculation students who have not yet re-ceived the results of their examinations, recommen-dations from their high school principals will b econsidered .

2. Students who complete the cours e

(a) will be allowed to graduate in the Faculty o fAgriculture in not less than two years, pro-vided they make necessary adjustments in courses ;

(b) will be given credit for Second Year Arts ,provided the time allotted to English in theArmy Course (as outlined in the University o fToronto Schedule) be increased to two hours .These students will be excused from the secondcourse in the compulsory language ;

(c) provided they have at least a pass standing inChemistry 1 or Senior Matriculation Chemistry ,will be given credit for Second Year Applie dScience on completion of the required cours ein Chemistry of the Second Year .

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At the meeting on June 14th, the Committee considere d

the request of the military authorities that students wit h

University Entrance standing be admitted to the Army Cours e

and approved the following proposals :

1. That instruction at two different levels be given ,provided an insufficient number of candidates wit hcomplete Senior Matriculation standing is available :

2. That applicants at the junior level be accepte dprovided they have complete University Entranc estanding with at least 601. in each of Physica lSciences and Mathematics :

3. That students who obtain satisfactory standing i nthe Course arranged for the junior level be give nacademic credit by the University as follows :

Fifteen units as from University Entranc etowards the degree in the Faculty of Arts an dScience or the Faculty of Agriculture . Inthe Faculty of Arts and Science the languag erequirement must still be met . Those wh oobtain at least 601, in each of Chemistry ,Physics, and Mathematics shall be admitted t othe Second Year in Applied Science with ful lstanding .

4. That the requirements for applicants at the seniorlevel, and the academic credits given for the senio rcourse, be those adopted at the first meeting ofthe Committee .

Outlines of the No .2 Canadian Army University Cours e

at the Junior and Senior levels, which had been endorsed

by the Faculties, were submitted .

Dr . Sedgewick )Dean Buchanan) That these reports and outlines o f

the Army Course be accepted .Carrie d

In reference to a communication received from Colone l

G .G .D . Kilpatrick, Director of Army Education, through th e

Secretary of the National Conference of Canadian Universi-

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ties, the Faculties, at a joint meeting, approved the pla n

whereby each university would recognize credit granted fo r

work done in the No .2 Canadian Army University Course in

any other of the twelve co-operating universities .

Dean Buchanan )Dr . Sedgewick) That the action of the Facultie s

be approved .Carrie d

The Report of the President for the Academic Yea r

endedAugust 31st, 1942, was received . Copies of th e

report had been circulated to the members of Senate .

Dr . Todd )Mr . Logan) That the report be received and filed .

Carrie d

Speaker for the Autumn Congregatio n

Dean Finlayson

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That the matter of the selectio n

of a speaker for the AutumnCongregation be left to th eChair .

Carried

From the Faculties

CorrespondenceCourses inApplied Science andothe rfields for members of the Armed Force s

With respect to the request of the Chairman of th e

National Committee on Education, Canadian Legion Wa r

Services, Inc ., for information as to the attitude o f

the University of British Columbia on offering corres-

pondence courses in AppliedScience and in other fields ,

and granted credit therefor, the Faculties submitted the

following recommendation :

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"That the request of the Canadian Legion Wa r

Services in reference to credit be approve d

in principle . "

Dean Finlayson )Dean Buchanan ,) That the recommendation of th e

Faculties be approved b ySenate .

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Admission and Courses of demobilized men and wome n

The following resolution adopted by the Faculties in

reference to men and women demobilized from the arme d

forces was received :

"That, in respect to entrance requirements andcourse, special consideration be given t oreturned men and women who enter the Universit yunder the Post-Discharge Re-Establishment Order ,P .C . 7633 . "

Dean Buchanan )Dean Finlayson) That this recommendation b e

approved .Carrie d

From the Faculty of Arts and Scienc e

Results of the Examinations of the Summer Session

Dean Buchanan presented the list of candidates re -

commended for the degree of Bachelor of Arts by th e

Faculty of Arts and Science and a statistical summary o f

the examination results .

Dean Buchanan )Dr . Sedgewick) That Senate approve the recommenda -

tion of the Faculty of Arts andScience that the degree of B .A . b econferred upon the candidates whos enames are listed in the report .

Carried

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Scholarship Award s

Dean Buchanan presented the report on the Scholar -

ship Awards for the Summer Session .

Dean Buchanan )Dr . Todd

) That the report be adopted .Carried

A recommendation was received from the Faculty o f

Arts and Science that Mrs . Marjorie E . Ritchie be granted

credit for work taken in Oregon State College to complet e

the requirements for the degree of B .A .

Dean Buchanan )Dr . Sedgewick) That the degree of B .A . b e

conferred upon Mrs . Marjori eE . Ritchie .

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Home Economics - Cours e

The following outline of the first two years of a

"Course Leading to a Degree in Home Economics", a s

approved by the Faculty of Arts and Science, wa s

received, together with details of the individual courses :

First and Second Year s

Courses must be chosen in conformity with th efollowing requirements . Details of courses may befound in the Calendar for 1943-44 under the variou sdepartments except for those outlined in thi sbulletin .

(1) Requiredcourse 24 unit s

(a) English 1 in the First Year 3 units(b) Chemistry 1 in the First Year 3

"(c) Chemistry C (prerequisite : Chemistry 1)3

"(d) Biology 1 3

"(e) Physics C or Physics 1 3

"(f) Home Economics A (First term)

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have credit in Home Economics (A)II Ior Home Economics (CC)III o requivalent .

(g) Home Economics B (Second term) 1i unit sRequired only if the student does no thave credit in Home Economics (B)II Ior Home Economics (CC)III orequivalent .

(h) Home Economics 1 (First term)

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(i) Home Economics 2 (Second term) 1(j) Home Economics 3 (First term)

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"Prerequisite : Home Economics Bor equivalent .

(k) Home Economics 4 (Second term)

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"Prerequisite : Home Economics 1 .

(2) Three courses from the following :

Agriculture 1, Bacteriology 1, Botany 1(a) ,Commerce 5, Economics 1 or Economics 2 ,English 2 or English 3 &4, Geography 1 ,History 1 or History 2 or History 3 ,Language : Beginners', 1, 2 (Maximum - 6 units) ,Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2 or Mathematics 3 ,Philosophy 1, Psychology 1, Sociology 1 ,Zoology 1 9 units

Dean Buchanan )Dean Mawdsley) That the course as outline d

be approved .Carrie d

Home Economics - Degre e

In reference to the question of the degree to b e

granted upon the completion of the course in Home

Economics :

Dean Finlayson

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That a Committee be appointe d

by the Chair to bring in arecommendation as to th edegree to be granted inHome Economics .

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Spanish - Course and Regulation s

The following outline of a Beginners' Course i n

Spanish to be given in the Session 1943-44, as approved

by the Faculty of Arts and Science, was received ; thi s

course to be given credit on the same basis as beginners '

courses in other foreign languages :

Spanish Beginners' Course : Grammar, composition ,translation, conversation .

Texts : House and Mapes, Essentials of Spanish, Ginn ;Hills, Spanish Tales, Holt ; Oteyza, El DiabloBlanco, Macmillan ; Alarcon, Novelas Cortas ,Ginn .

Four hours a week

3 units .

Dean Buchanan )Dr . Sedgewick) That this course be approved .

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Zoology 1 and 2, Canadian Legion Educational Service sCorrespondence Courses

A communication was received from the Faculty of Art s

and Science recommending that outlines of correspondenc e

courses in Zoology 1 and Zoology 2 to be offered t o

members of the Armed Forces through the Canadian Legio n

War Services, Inc ., be approved .

Dean Buchanan

)Mr . MacCorkindale) That this recommendation b e

approved .Carried

Substitution of History 12 for History 15, Session 1943-4 4

The Faculty of Arts and Science recommended that, i n

accordance with the request of the Department of History ,

History 12 be substituted for History 15 for the Session

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Dean Buchanan )Dr . Sedgewick) That this recommendation b e

approved .Carried

Directed Reading Courses, 1943-44

The following resolution adopted by the Faculty o f

Arts and Science was received :

"That the courses approved by Senate o nFebruary 17th, 1943, as correspondenc ecourses for members of the Armed Forces ,be made available as Directed Readin gCourses for the Session 1943-44 . "

Dean Buchanan )Dr . Todd

) That this recommendation b eapproved .

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Report of Committee on Press Release of ExaminationResult s

Dean Clement, Chairman, presented the report of th e

Committee on Press Release of Examination Results . The

Committee recommended :

"That the marks be released twice for th eevening papers - that is, once for each o fDaily Province and Vancouver Sun to once fo rthe News-Herald, and that since the News -Herald received the results first this yea r(1943) for the next two years the results b ereleased for publication first in the eveningpapers . "

Dean Clement )Mr . Burd

) That the report of the Committe ebe adopted .

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The Report of the Department of University Extensio n

on the EducationalProgramme for BritishColumbia Fishermen

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covering the period June 15th, 1942, to March 31st, 1943 ,

which had been circulated to the members of Senate, was

received for information .

Award ofUniversityEntrance Scholarship s

Letters were received from the Secretary of the High

School and University Matriculation Board of Examiners re -

questing that two additional University Entrance Scholar -

ships be granted to provide for students of equal standin g

in Districts 2 and 7 .

Dean Buchanan

)Mr. MacCorkindale) That these requests for tw o

additional scholarships b eapproved by Senate and forwardedto the Board of Governors .

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A letter was received from Dean F . M . Clement regardin g

Donald Fergusson, whose case was discussed in Senate i n

May, 1942 . The Dean stated that Mr . Fergusson had graduate d

in October, 1942, and had volunteered for Active Servic e

with the Canadian Army .

A letter was received from the Secretary of the Univer-

sity Council on Athletics and Physical Education, trans-

mitting the following resolution :

"That it be recommended to the Board of Governor sand to Senate, that the appointment of a Repre-sentative of the Women's Athletic Directorat eto the University Council on Athletics an dPhysical Education be authorized . "

Dean Mawdsley )Mrs . Creighton) That the recommendation of th e

Council be approved . Carried

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A letter was received from Dr . G . M . Weir, Acting-

Director of Training, Department of Pensions and Nationa l

Health, requesting information as to the effect of different

systems of organization on the maximum student enrolment o f

the University of British Columbia .

Dean Clement )Dr. MacLeod ) That this communication be referre d

to the Faculties and later to ajoint meeting of the Faculties .

Carried

A letter was received from Dean D . S . Ellis, Represen-

tative of the Universities on the Wartime Bureau of Techni-

cal Personnel, through the Secretary of the Nationa l

Conference of Canadian Universities, submitting certai n

suggestions with regard to :

(a) the Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel and theAdvisory Board thereof, an d

(b) Military Training during the academic year fo rEngineering and Science students .

Dean Clement )Dean Buchanan) That the part of the communicatio n

dealing with the Wartime Bureau o fTechnical Personnel be referred tothe Faculties .

Carried

Dean Buchanan )Dean Clement ) That, in view of the statement o f

the Director of National Selectiv eService at the National Conferenc eof Canadian Universities onJanuary 9th, 1943, regardin gmilitary training in the Universi-ties, that Senate go on record a sin favour of continuing militarytraining as in effect at the Univer -sity of British Columbia during th eSession 1942-43 .

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The Chairman stated that difficulty was being experi-

enced both by the Registrar and the Dean of Women in secur-

ing adequate accommodation for out-of-town students .

Dean Mawdsley reported on the present situation wit h

respect to the women students .

Dean Clement )Mr . Logan

) That the whole question of livin gaccommodation for out-of-town student sbe referred to a Committee to b eappointed by the Chair .

The following members of Senate were appointed to thi s

Committee :

Dean D . BuchananDean FinlaysonDean Clemen tDean Mawdsle yMrs . Sally Murphy Creighton .

The Chairman read a letter which he had received fro m

Dr . Sidney Smith, President of the National Conference o f

Canadian Universities, regarding a meeting of the Conferenc e

to be held on August 30th in Ottawa, to discuss the propose d

revisions in the Government regulations in regard t o

mobilization of students .

The Secretary was requested to express to Principa l

Elliott the deep regret of the members of Senate on learn-

ing of his present illness and their best wishes for a

speedy recovery .

The meeting adjourned .~~caisei~ G.3Gvo-wC_

Secretary .

Chairman .

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