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UNIVERSITY AND SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
University of New Zealand. 
Certificate in Anthropology established. 
The Senate of the University of New Zealand at its meeting this year 
adopted the following course for a Certificate in Anthropology :— 
1. Any person, whether an undergraduate or not, may be admitted to an examina¬ 
tion in anthropology as defined below, on satisfying the teachers of the subject that he 
has a fair general education. 
2. The course of study shall occupy one or two years, at the discretion of the 
teachers. 
3. The subjects of examination shall be— 
I. Physical Anthropology (two papers)— 
Zoological: Elementary human anatomy, with special reference to 
osteology ; the physical characters which determine the zoological 
position of man, or with special reference to a general knowledge 
of the Primates ; the elements of anthropometry. 
Palaeontological: Skeletal characters of palaeolithic types of man. 
Ethnological: A general knowledge of the physical characters which 
distinguish the principal races of man. 
II. Cultural Anthropology— 
(a.) Palaeontological: The environment of earliest men and the 
changes in geographical conditions during the period of human 
existence ; the types of implement and of art characteristic of 
each of the races of palaeolithic man. 
Ethnological: The history and present distribution of the races of 
men, and their social and material culture ; the distribution of 
the various arts ; the distribution of the more important types 
of implement and weapon ; the principal varieties of repre¬ 
sentative and decorative art, and their geographical distribution. 
(The subjects mentioned in section (h) are to be considered 
whenever possible with special reference to the Pacific.) 
( b.) Sociological: The comparative study of social phenomena with 
special reference to the earlier history of (1) social organization, 
government, and law, (2) moral ideas and codes, (3) mythology, 
magical and religious practices and beliefs, (4) speech; totem- 
ism, caste, slavery ; customs and ceremonial of birth, child¬ 
hood, adolescence, marriage, and death ; animism, cult of the 
dead, animal and vegetable cults. 
A practical examination is also provided for, and candidates are required 
to produce certificates of attendance at courses (theoretical and practical) 
at an affiliated college. 
A special certificate “ with distinction ” may he granted to a candidate 
who presents evidence of a knowledge of a language of any non-European 
race, “ such as would be needed for the work of interpreter, school-teacher, 
or missionary, or for the publication of texts.” 
New Zealand Institute Science Congress. 
Encouraged by the success of its first series of general meetings, or 
“ science congress,” which was held in Christchurch in February, 1919, 
and fully reported in this Journal (vol. 2, pp. 225-352), the New Zealand 
Institute has announced a similar series of meetings for 1921 (26th to 28th 
