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BENEFACTIONS. to LIST OF PRINCIPAL BENEFACTIONS MADE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNK SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1853. 1884 SUBSCRIBERS (Sec. G. Vi. RIJHUKN) £851' Shakespeare Scholarship. 1871 HENRY TOLMAN DWIGHT iiOOO Prizes for History and Education. ,„-, ( EDWARD WILSON | 1000 Argus Scholarship in Engineering. '°" 1 LACHLAN MACKINNON; " 1S73 SIR GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN 10O Prize for English Essay. 1873 JOHN HASTIE .... 10,140 General Endowment 1873 GODFREY HOWITT - 1000 Scholarships in Natural Histon. o 187.1 S1K WILLIAM FOSTER STAWELL ooii Scholarship in Engineering. 4. 187S SIR SAMUEL WILSON 30,000 Erection of Wilson Hall. 1888 .IOHN DIXSON WYSELASKIE - 8400 Scholarships 1884 WILLIAM THOMAS MOLLISON 6000 Scholarships in Modern Languages. 1884 SUBSCRIBERS .... 150 Prize for Mathematics in memory of Prof. Wilson. 1887 WILLIAM CHARLES KERNOT • 2000 Scholarships for Physical and Chemical Research, 1887 FRANCIS ORMOND - 20,000 Professorship of Music. 1800 ROBERT DIXSON 10,837 Scholarships in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering. 1890 SUBSCRIBERS - - - . .V217 Ormond Exhibitions in Music. ISflt JAMES GEORGE BEANEY 3900 Scholarships in Surgery and Pathology. 1894 DAVID KAY r>704 Caroline Kay Scholarships. 1897 SIBSCHIBEKS 7;*»" Research Scholarship in Biology in memory of Sir •fumes MacBain. 1902 ROBERT ALEXANDER WRIGHT 1000 Prizes for Music and for Mechanical Engineering. 1902 WILLIAM CHARLES KERNOT- 1000 Metallurgical Laboratory Equipment, BKSEFA CT10XS (Continued). 1U03 JOHN HENRY MACFARLAND - £100 Metallurgical laboratory Equipment. 1903 GRADUATES' FUND - 406 General Expenses. 1903 TEACHING STAFF ItftO General Expenses. including PROKKSSOR SI'KNUKR nioi PK"PKSHOR GHKUOKV - inn PIIOKKSSOII MASSON - - 1IHI 11103 SUKSL'RIKERS Prize in inemorv of Alexander Sutherland. 1903 GEORGE MuARTHUR Library of 2600 Books. 1904-f. SUBSCRIBERS TO UNIVERSITY FUND President—JANRT LADY CLARRR Treasurer—HRNRV BUTLKR Secretary— CIIARLRH BAOR SI'KCIA I. h'OUSDA TIOSS- C MRS. AUBREY BOWEN • •OOO Equipment of Pathological Museum. HENRY BOURNES HIGGINS - 1000 Scholarship for Study of Poetry. DAVID SYME 3000 Prize for Scientific! Research in Austrutii FREDERICK SHEPPARD GRIMWADE 1000 Prize for Technical Chemical Research. > MR. AND MRS. A. E. T. PAYNE AND 400 Exhibition in Veterinary Science. § MR AND MRS. .1. \\. PAYNE ' O SIR HENRY JOHN WRIXON - SOU Exhibition in Agriculture. MEMBERS OF BAR ASSOCIATION 047 John Madden Exhibition in Law. SUBSCRIBERS {Sec... R. J. LARKIMI) Chamber of Commerce Exhibition, and Prizes at insa Commercial Exanri nations DO.\A'l'IO.\S OF 4100 A.MJ UPWARD. ANDREW CARNEGIE 1000 Buildings and Equipment. PROPRIETORS OF "THE ARGUS" 100 NIEL WALTER BLACK - 100 MRS. WALTER BRIDGES 100 JANET LADY CLARKE - 100 SIMON FRASER- 100 SIR SAMUEL GILLOTT - 100 Buildings and Equipment. JOHN GRICE 100 WESLEY R. HALL - 100 ALICE MANIFOLD - loo EDWARD MANIFOLD 100 WILLIAM T. MANIFOLD- 100 VI BENEFACTIONS (Continued). as to DAVID ORME MASSON £100 Buildings and Equipment MELBOURNE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 205 MRS. ALBERT MILLER - 100 MRS. EDWARD MILLER - 100 WALTER BALDWIN SPENCER 100 OEOROE ALEXANDER STEPHEN 100 JOHN TRAILL - 100 WILLIAM WEATHERLY 106 MRS. WILLIAM WEATHERLY 100 OTHER DONATIONS • 1286 1907 MRS. EDITH LANSELL - 1200 George lansell Scholarship in Mining Engineering. 1907 MRS. JESSIE LEGGATT - 1000 Scholarship in Law. 1908 WILLIAM CHARLES KERNOT 200 Research Scholarship In Geology. 1908 SUBSCRIBERS 116 "Equipmen t of Anatomy School- " ol.. H 1908 HERMAN HENRY SCHLAPP 400 Ore-treatment Plant. a 1908 SUBSCRIBERS 171 EC 1909 JAMES STEWART 25,624 Scholarships in and Advancement of Anatomy, J Medicine and Surgery. o 1909 JAMES CUMING • 1,000 Prize for Agricultural Chemistry- ^ 1909 JAMES CUMINO - 1,000 For Veterinary Operating Theatre. o 1909 SUBSCRIBERS 260 Dublin Prize. Z 1910 SUBSCRIBERS 134 Jamieson Prize. J° 1910 OEOROE SWINBURNE. 160 For purchase of Apparatus. 1910 T. EDWARDS - Machinery valued at £206. 1910 N. OUTHRIDQE LTD. Machinery valued at £140. 1910 PEB H. B. SILBERBERO & COY. Machinery valued at £160, donated by F. W. Braun and W. Alnsworth ft Sons. 1911 ALEX. COWAN ft SONS LTD. CROSSLEY BROS. LTD. - 160 Ore-treatment Plant. 1911 NEIL WALTER BLACK 2,065 At disposal ol Faculty of Science. 1911 MRS. M. B. FULTON 060 For Medical Scholarship. 1911 JAMES WILLIAM BARRETT r>00 Department of Anthropology. 1912 WILLIAM HARBISON 2,51X1 Harhison-Iliginbotham Scholarship. MADAME MELBA 1,000 Melba Hall. ORIENT LINE OF ROYAL MAII STE AMERS • Three First-Class Return Passages annually since 1909. 3Umver*Ug of pdbcmrne ANNUAL REPORT, 1911-12 REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY FROM 31ST JULY, 1911. TO 3 1ST JULY, 1912. To His EXCELLENCY, SIK JOHN FULLER, BART., K.C.M.G., GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA. MAT IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, I have the honour, in accordance with Section 27 of the University Act 1890, to submit to your Excellency the following report of the proceedings of the University during the past year :— 1.—INCREASE OF NUMHERS. The increase in the number of students in the last six years is sliown in the following Tuble. in which students of the Conservatorium of Music are not included. The figures include Research Students, who were taken into account in these tables for the first time in 1908 :— Tiking full Taking Xree" Singllllilfjects. Total' 1906 ... 583 ... 202 ... 785 1907 --• 628 ... 25K 880 1908 ... 666 ... 275 ... 941 1909 ... 743 ... 270 ... 1,013 1910 ... 850 ... 268 ... 1,118 1911 ... 885 ... 244 ... 1,129 2.—STUDENTS ATTENDING LECTURES. The following table shows the number of students attending lectures at the University during the year 1911 (including Evening Lectures) :— .40 628 ANNUAL HKPORT, 1911-1912. * ! Schools. A i.i ; c u £x <OV3 H to Arts • 30 20 30 - j - 176 255 112 Education - 77 35 - — i - - Science 15 10 11 j - - 30 Law 42 32 16 16 : - 25 13d Medicine 105 69 05 7i 58 7 370 Dentistry 21 19 If. o - 6 (iT Engineering SO 16 9 10 - 1 Oti Agriculture 11 8 9 - - - 28 Veterinary • 5 8 5 7 2 2 2!l Architecture 2 .i Research - - - - - 28 2S Total - 338 217 100 no 60 244 1129 The number attending Evening Lectures was 81 : the number of women students was 196; the number of Free Students nominated by the Education Department was— For Education, 39 j for Agriculture, 22 j for Mining, 5; for Veterinary Science, 5. 3.—CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC. The corresponding figures for the Conservaturiimi of Music are as follows :— -a Course. Iii is H •s.> St Degree ot Mus. Bac. 1 — 4 5 Diploma in Music • 24 15 10 49 Other Students - — - 37 Total - - 91 Of these 11 wens men and SO women students. ANNUAL HKPORT, 1911-1912. 629 4.—ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS. The number of candidates for degrees of Bachelor and for Diplomas who presented themselves and who passed their respective Annual Examinations in the'past Academic Year is shown in the following table:— First I Second Third Fourth Year. Year. Year. Year. Totals. Schools. t •o •8 1 S i 9 S a. ai. £ a. 0. Arts • 34 30 18 17 29 86 70 Education 76 65 47 30 123 95 Science 12 8 11 7 10 8 33 23 Law 34 30 32 26 16 11 90 S2 Dentistry 21 17 20 19 17 16 «7 61 Engineering | 27 22 15 10 9 01 51 Architecture 2 I o Agriculture ' 11 10 _8 1 8 8 1 — 27 26 Music - - j 12 7 12 9 13 9 j - 25 M'eterinarv , 3 8 8 6 5 j 8 29 26 "Fifth Year-Presented 2, Passed 2. The following are the corresponding figures of the Divi sional Examinations in the Medical Course on account of the year 1911, and the first following supplementary ex amination :— MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. DIVISION I. DIVISION II. DIVISION III. Total. 1 •d 1 55 s S Oi i V •s c t v. or. £ % i 3. a. X £U at. X « "~ 104 | 56 65 55 65 57 234 lt>7 .40/ 630 ANNUAL REPORT, 1911-1912. 5.—DEGREKS CONFERRED. The number of degrees conferred and diplomas and licenses granted during the year 1911-12, including admis sions ad eundem gradum, is given below :— Bachelor of Arts - - - '-31 Bachelor of Science - - -13 Bachelor of Laws - - - - 15 Bachelor of Medicine - - - 57 Bachelor of Surgery - - - 50 Bachelor of Civil Engineering - 10 Bachelor of Mining Engineering - 3 Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering 1 Bachelor of Music - - - . A' Bachelor of Dental Surgery - - 9 Bachelor of Agricultural Science - 1 Bachelor of Veterinary Science - 3 Master of Arts - - - - 17 Master of Science .... 3 Master of Laws .... 3 Master of Surgery 2 Master of Civil Engineering - - 1 Doctor of Science .... 2 Doctor of Medicine - - - - 15 Diploma in Music ... 3 Diploma of Education - - - 33 License in Veterinary Science - 8 6.—PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. The following table shows the number of candidates who presented themselves for and who passed the Primary Examination in 1912 and the Junior and Senior Public and Commercial Examinations of November, 1911, and the Junior and Senior Public and Junior Commercial of February,. 1912, and the percentage of passes in each case : ANNUAL REPORT, 1911-1912. 631 Examinations. -eg 3 Primary 170 | 65 38.2 Junior Public InOl : 661 42.3 Junior Commercial 43 | 11 26.5 270-2 Senior Public 331 163 48.8 Senior Commercial Junior Public (February) 476 2SS 60.5 Junior Commercial (February) 12 8 06.6 Senior Public (February) 108 60 01.1 7.—PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS IN MUSIC. The number of candidates who entered for and passed the Examinations in Music conducted by the University Music Examination Board during the year 1911-12 was as follows:— Kntered. Passed. September, 1911 - - 1063 - 1022 May, 1912 - - - 41H - 261 Total 19S1 1283 8.—COUNCIL. Sir John Madden, G.C.M.G., and Dr. J. H. MacFar land have been re-elected Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor respectively. Sir Thomas a'Beckett having served on the Council for upwards of 25 years, did not seek re-election on the ex- 632 ANNUAL REPORT, 19111913.