Report of the Senate on the amended draft charter : together with communications from affiliated colleges, from graduates, and from other individuals, relating to the same / University of London.

  • University of London. Senate.
Date:
1857
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    REPORT OP THE SENATE ON THE AMENDED DRAFT CHARTER. The Senate of the University of London, after carefully con- sidering the Draft of a new Charter forwarded to them by the Secretary of State, have resolved to recommend, among other modifications of the existing Charters, a discontinuance of the restriction which confines admissibility to examination for the Degree of B.A. to the Students of Institutions specially ap- pointed and named beforehand. They have accordingly intro- duced into the Draft-Charter the Clause numbered 36, which provides that they may admit to examination as Candidates for that Degree, on conditions hereafter to be determined. Students not presenting certificates from any such Institution. Before transmitting this recommendation to the Secretary of State, the Senate allowed a month to elapse for receiving such representations as any of the Colleges or Institutions, Pro- fessors, Graduates, Students, or other parties might desire to address to them on the proposed change. Various representa- tions have accordingly been made or forwarded to them. Of the 38 Institutions, specially authorized to issue such certificates, 18, comprehending the most considerable, have addressed Memorials to the Senate, disapproving of the alter- ation. The President of the College at Thurles approves of the change. The 19 other Institutions have expressed no opinion. The Professors also of King’s College, London, have trans- mitted a communication to the Senate, deprecating the change. The Professors of University College, London, have addressed the Council of their own College, setting forth the grounds of their opinion, adverse to Clause 36, in an elaborate Report. At a meeting of Graduates, convened for the purpose of discussing the question. Resolutions, protesting against the pro- posed alteration, were adopted by a majority of 84 to 37. Me- morials from the Graduates who composed this majority, and from nearly 450 other Graduates who, though not present at the meeting, agree with that majority, are now before the Se- nate. These documents embody the reasons of the Memorial- ists in support of their opinion. Professor Foster, of University College, in a letter to the Registrar of the University, agree- ing to a great extent in the views of these Memorialists, sug- gests a modification of Clause 36.