Joint Meeting- of Sections. 



60— UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. 



Editorial Note. — By special arrangement, a joint meeting of 

 Sections was held on Friday, July 13th, for the purpose of discussing 

 the University question in South Africa. Mr. Sidney J. Je'nnings 

 presided, and there was a representative, although not a very large, 

 attendance. By a special resolution of the Council, the discussion 

 which followed the paper presented by Dr. Lyster Jameson is 

 appended. 



The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, explained how the 

 meeting originated. There had been a proposal for an Inter-Colonial 

 Conference of delegates, to be appointed by the various Governments, 

 to consider the question of University Education, these delegates to 

 be called together by the High Commissioner. Six weeks ago the 

 Johannesburg branch of the Association received word from the 

 Colonial Secretary that it would be impossible to call that Inter- 

 Colonial Conference into being in time to have the meeting in connec- 

 tion with the present Meeting. On that account the Johannesburg 

 branch of the Council felt that it would be to the advantage of the 

 cause of higher education in South Africa if a discussion were 

 initiated under their auspices at this meeting, where several prominent 

 educationalists would be gathered together. Accordingly the Johan- 

 nesburg branch of the Council requested Dr. Lyster Jameson, who 

 was the secretary of the former Conference between the Orange River 

 Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal, to initiate a discussion on the 

 subject of University education in South Africa. He would therefore 

 call upon Professor Lyster Jameson to open the discussion. 



Dr. Lyster Jameson opened the discussion by reading a paper 

 entitled : — 



The University Question in South Africa. 



When the Council of this Association did me the honour to ask 

 me to open this discussion, my first impulse was to beg them to 

 approach some member who had a stronger claim to speak on grounds 

 of local experiences. 



On second thoughts it occurred to me that it might not be alto- 

 gether a disadvantage if the discussion were opened by a member of 

 the Transvaal University College, till lately the Transvaal Technical 

 Institute, the youngest complete Universitv College in South Africa. 



The Transvaal University College, by nature of its geographical 

 position and other factors, is less likely to be seriously and perman- 

 ently affected by any scheme of affiliation, federation or separation, 

 than perhaps any other South African School. Its policy with regard 



