634 proceedings of section j 



Reforms and Alterations Suggested. 



1. That the conditions for entrance to the engineering and 

 otlier technical courses be so modified that all undergraduates start 

 with a good foundation in science, and at least one modern foreign 

 language, preferably German. That leaving certificates be accepted 

 m lieu of matriculation from such secondary schools as provide a 

 suitable and sound secondary education. 



2. That the courses of instruction in the non-technical parts of 

 the technical courses, in many cases, should be modified so as to 

 more fully meet the needs of technical students. 



3. That in the technical courses, particularly the engineering 

 courses, more options should be allowed, and more specialization 

 provided for in the latter part of the courses. 



4. Distinct courses should be provided for in — 



(a) Mechanical engineering; (b) electrical engineering; 

 (c) mining engineering; [d) metallurgy, instead of 

 the existing composite courses, where such do not 

 already occur. 



5. The establishment of university courses in (a) architecture; 

 (6) sanitary engineering; (c) naval ai'chitecture and marine engi- 

 neering; (d) specialized courses in civil engineering, be considered 

 in the near future, 



6. That the teaching staffs in the technical branches should be 

 increased as far as possible by the introduction of part-time asso- 

 ciate-professors, each of whom shall be a specialist in some one 

 branch of technology and actually engaged in the practice of his 

 profession, where such are available. 



7. More provision should be made for post-graduate work than 

 is now attempted. This will only be possible if the staffs are en- 

 larged on the lines already suggested. 



In Columbia and other universities which combine the functions 

 of an academic and a technical university all the above suggestions 

 have been in large measure adopted with success, and the work 

 approaches in quality to that of the true technical university. 



II. Technical Colleges and Schools of Mines. 

 The principle of direct State control enables a properly co- 

 ordinated and uniform system to be established throughout the 

 whole State, while unnecessary over-lapping is avoided and the 

 system as a whole can be co-ordinated with the primary and 

 secondary systems. The proposed dual control in Victoria will be 

 found unworkable, and will open the way for constant and ever- 

 increasing friction between the councils and the Education Depart- 

 ment. 



