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THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES. RESIGNATION OF THE CHANCELLOR. CONFERRING OF DEGREES. NOMINATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AS CHANCELLOR. THE WELSH THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES. On Friday the Court of the University of Wales was held at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth under the presidency of Dr Isambard OweD, the senior deputy chancellor there being also present Sir Lewis Morris, jun or depu'y chan- cellor Principal Roberts, vice-chancellor General Sir James Hills-Johnes, hon. treasurer Mr D. E. Jones, warden of the Guild of Graduates; Mr Chas Morgan, clerk of the Guild Mr Ivor James, registrar Principal Reichel, Bangor College Prof. Edward Edwards, Aberystwyth Mr J. E Lloyd, Bangor Messrs Ebeneztr Th3mas, Lianfa;r Caer- einion D. Morgan Lewis, Aberystwyth Llewelyn Edwards, London F. Llewelyn Jones, Holywell A. W. Williams Wynn, Coedyrraei Charles S. Mainwaring, Denbighshire Aaron Davies, Barry Dock W. Sanders, Cardiff; J. Austin Jenkins, Cardiff; E. Anwyl, Aberystwyth; Miss Penman, Pembroke Dock; Messrs A. E. Elliott, Carrliff; 1 William Tegart,y, Banaor Jam-s Gibs,)n, Bargor; R. D. Roberts, Cambridge Annie Rule, Cardiff; A. L. Selby, Cardiff; W. J. Jchniton. Aber- ystwyth J. Mortimer Angus, Aberyst- wyth; T. Roberts, Swansea; John Morgan Jones, CaTdiff J. Trevor Owen, Swansea Owen Owen, Peuarth W. Edwards, Morthyr Tydvil Edgar Jones, Barry Hepkin Morgan, Nea,h J. H. Morris, Tylorstown Dr A. Emrys Jones, Man- chester T. John, Llwynpia T. Marchant Williams, Cardiff J. Gomer Lewis, Swansea D. E. Jones, Edgba-iton T. W. Phillips, Nuwport the Hon George T. Kenyon, Ellesmere T. Wilson Raffan, Newbridge Principal John Rhys, Jesus College, Oxford Philip J. White, Banger F. P. Dodd, Bitenau Featiniog Annie J. Jones, Wrex- ham J. Le Tr< harne, Cardiff; Colonel Pryse Jones, Montgomery, and otherd. MESSAGES. Tne DEPUTY CHANCELLOR announced that the University had sent condolence en the death of tho Empress Dowager of Germany and felicitation to the King on his birthday and their respectful congratulations to the Duke of York on his eleva- tion to the dignity of Prince of Wales. The King, as chancellor, acknowledging the results of the matriculation examination, congratulated all con- cerned on the successful state of affairs, a(iding that his Majesty was much pleased with the progress which the University was evidently making. Hi* Majesty, acknowledging the receipt of the degree list, thought the list very satisfactory and quite approved of it. The Deputy Chancellor added that the Mayor of Aberystwyth and the Town Clerk were present and were desirous of welcoming the Court to Aberystwyth. WELCOME BY THE CORPORATION. The Mayor (Councillor R. J. Jonep) and the Town Clerk (Mr A. J. Hugheg), b o appared in their official robes, having been introduced by Principal Roberts, The MAYOR 9-aid-It is one of the pleasautrst duties that could devolve upon me as chief magis- trate to welcome the Court of the Welsh Univer- sity once again to the ancient town of Aberystwyth. On behalf of my fellow townsmen, I bid you a warm welcome to the borough and liberty within which education, especially higher education, has for well nigh a century bad its home. Here it was that, long before the University College of Wales had its palatial buildings, men and youths were receiving mathematical and nautical instruction by a schoolmaster of high qualifications in his humble home. vVefeel that the highest interests of the Welsh University are those also of the town of Aberyetwyth-a town which Ashley Cooper had official connection with in the early days of our noble Infirmary-where John Keble found food for some of the sweetest hymns of his Christ an year"—where Tennyson Bought its bright blue sea-where the philantrophic Earl of Shaftesbury lived whilst learning the Welsh language of which he became master-and where Prince Lucien Bonaparte found much reil interest in the pursuit of his collection of books of dialects. (Ch-ers.) Whatever the Corporation may do in promoting the prosperity aud advancement of the town a* a watering place of the first rank, it must also do to render the town more and more influential as the centre of education in Wales, for the advancement of one acts and re-acts upon the other. (Hear, hear.) We feel a real pleasure that the first degree of D.Litt conferred by the Welsh University is to-day and in our own town to be given to Chancellor Silvan Evans whose labours in Welsh lexicography is equal to those of the immortal Johnson himself in his Engiish dictionary. (Hear, hear.) May he live long to enjoy the honour bestowed upon him in your congregation to-day. (Cheers.) I bid you, then, welcome to Aberystwyth, feeling that you share with us the intention of keep;ng our town in the front rank of places for education in Great Britain, a place where both men and women students sfcall ever turn for recreation and health when engaged in after days in that stern battle of life, for the proper waging of which the Welsh University shall adequately prepare them. (Ap plause.) University shall adequately prepare them. (Ap plause.) The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR said, on behalf of the University Court, he thanked the Corporation of Aberystwyth for the kindly welcome to the town and to luncheon. That was not the first time the Court had the pleasure of meeting in that ancient and historic town of Aberystwyth. The Court had already held three or four meetings there and if that day they met anything like the cordial wel- come of the past, the members of the Court wou'd go away with feelings of pleasure and gratitude towards Aberystwyth. (Hear, hear.) As the Mayor had reminded the Court, the Corporation welcomed them upon the great historical occasion when the present august occupant of the Throne was installed chancellor of the Welsh University. That was an occasion which would not soon pass from the minds of anyone who was present at it. (Hear, hear ) The Mayor had also alluded to one p-int of great interest which the speaker thought would render that day a somewhat historical occa- sion—the conferring by the University of its highest degree upon the great"-t and most re- nowned literary Welsh scholar—Chancellor Silvan Evans—whose name was inseparably connected with Aberystwyth and with that College ia which he taught for many years. (Applause.) He (the speaner) trusted that that would not be the last time that he, at any rate, would have the pleasure of again attending the Court at Aberystwyth. Aber- ystwyth was the place from whicn, he thought, everyone carried away pleasant recollections and he could testify from personal knowledge of the plea- sant rememberance which the students of the Coll-ge held both the town and College in whieh they were brought up. (Applause) He again thanked the Mayor for the welcome and invited him and the Town Clerk to take their seats in the Court. RESIGNATION OF THE CHANCELLOR. The DKPCTY CHANCELLOR then asked the Cotitt to allow him to interpolate a matter of great im- portance. A letter had been received which would give profound Eorrow and yet profound gratification. It w-s as fOI!Ows Llarlbor,Ugf) House, Pall Mall, 21st November, 1901. Dear Dr Owen,—I im commanded by the King to re- quest you to inform the University of Wilis that I in eonscq\:enc« of his accession to the Throne, h" finds it necessary to resign the office of chan- cellor which he has held with so much satisfae- tion to himself'since 1895. The King has come to this decision with much regret and only after full consideration, but feel that it would not be quite suitable that the Sovereign should remain the chancellor of any university. When I add J that for similar reasons his Majesty has already relinquished the presidency of three institutions in which his special personal inter.t is well known, I feel sure that both you and the other members of the University will fully understand the grounds of his present action. It has given his Majesty sincere pleasure to watch, as he has had the opportunity of doing during the pant five years, the early success of the University and its steady advance to its present position. He has b-en deeply gratified by seeing how fully the foundation of the University by his respected predecessor has been appreciated by the people of Wales and how ready they have been to take advantage of it. He hs observed with satisfac- tion the diligent care with which its business, both academic and general, has been administered by its authorities and officers, the high standard of learning they have reached, and the industry with whicii the students try to attain to it. Not 1 -ast has he been interested in seeing what the University has been doing to encourage the scholarly study of thb Welsh language and to develop the scientific teaching of theology in WateE,. So suspicious a beginning augurs well for the future of the University, and his Majesty trusts still to learn of its continued advance in prosperity and fame. The King desires to ex- press his personal thanks to the officers who have so ably served under him, to congratulate the Court, the Sena!e, the Guild, and the Theological Board upon the results of their work, aud to offer his b'-st wishes to the graduates and the students for their future success in life. His Majesty finally commands me to say that it will aff rd him much pleasure to retain a titular connection with the University, and should it be agreeable to its members, it will give him great satisfaction to "sum- and b ar the honorary title of Proector of the University of Waleg.-Believe me, yours very truly, FRANCIS KNOLLYS." The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR added that there could he but one fe. ling and that vas of regret that the King was unable to continue in the office of chan- cellor and yet they would all fully appreciate the reasons which had led to that step. (Hear, hear.) There could also he but one op-nion upon the ex- treme graciou^ness of the act, which was entirely spontaneous on his Majesty's part, in desiring to assume an honorary connection with the Univer- sity. (Cheers.) With re^p-ot to the particular title his Maj-sty had proposed, it was perhaps not widely known, but it was a title which for some four centuries suceessive kings and princes of the royal house of Portugal had borne in connection with the National University of Portugal. If history WAS to be trusted, it was first borne by a celebrated member of the house—Prince Henry the Navigator. (Henr, hear.) That letter (continued the Deputy Chancellor) had only reached him that morning, though he had had the purport of it pre- viously and he thought the best plan would be to consider the terms of a memorial at a later p riod of the meeting and in the meantime to pass the following informal resolution which he and Sir Lewis Morris had drafted The University Court, learning with the deepest regret that the King finds himself unable to continue to hold the office of chancellor of the University, desires to express its most humble and loyal gratitude tc, hi. Majesty for the inestimable services his tenure of office during the past five years has rendered to the University and not less for the most gracious terms of his Majesty's message and for his purpose to assume and bear the title of protector of the University, a proposal which the Court most deeply appreciates and most gratefully accepts." (Applause.) The proposition having been seconded by Sir LEWIS MORRIS, was agreed to unanimously. The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR then said the Court could not discuss without notice the matter of the appointment of a successor to his Majesty. He suggested that the members of the Court should meet privately just before the ordinary adjourn- ment o that the members might speak freely on the subject. From what he gathered on previous occasions, he thought there could be only one wish and that the Court would be pretty unanimous. At a subsequent period a memor al to the King in reply to his Majesty's letter was adopted and it was unanimously agreed to ask the Prince of Wales to allow his nomination for the chancellorship. The nomination paper was signed by all the members of the Court present and the Deputy- Chancellor said no doubt it would be signed by every other member. THE LATE PRINCIPAL OF CARDIFF. On the proposition of the DEPUTY CHANCELLOR, seconded by the vice-Chancellor Principal ROBERTS in an elcquent speech, the following resolution was agreed to in silence, the Court upstanding The Court desires to express its profound sorrow at the death of the late Principal Viriamu Jones, first vice-chancellor of the University, an untimely calamity by which Wales and the University have suffered an irreparable loss. The Court recalls- and its grief is the greater in doing mo-the bold- ness and sagacity with which the late Principal from the first urged on his colleagues and his com- patriots the necessity of associating the three national collegts in a national university, the signal ability which he brought to bear on the task of establishing the University, and the ungrudging devotion with which he gave himself to the work of devloping it. The Court cannot pass by with- out recording in sorrowful remembrance the rare personal qualities which eudeared him to all his felloe-workers and made him a power for good in Wales. In heartfelt sympathy with those who have even deeper reason to mourn, the members of the Court unanimously order this resolution to be forthwith communicated to the widow and relatives of thei-r departed colleague." A like resolution W8 passed with tae family of the late Alderman John Jones-Griffiths. CORRESPONDENCE. In the course of correspondence read by the Registrar, was a letter from Cardiff saying that the Corporation is still prepared to allocate a site of half-an-acfe in the Cathays Park, free of cost, for the purposes of the University offices, sp"cial Parliamentary powers for this purpose having been obtained by the Cardiff Corporation Act, 1898, and that the Corporation will also contribute a sum of £ 6,COO for the erection of the offices on the site in I question, Parliamentary authorization having been specially obtained therefor in the Cardiff Corpora- tion Act of 1894. The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR directed the Registrar to reply expressing the Court's appreciation of the generous offer and saying that it would be con- sidered after due notice. REPORTS Reports on the rewults of examinations were received with expressions of gratification. The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR stated that as the resignation of the King as chancellor had taken effect, the certificates to which the graduates were to receive that day would not be signed by his Majesty. It was decided that the certificates should not be handed over that day, but witheld for the signature of the Chancellor when appointed. The report of the examiners in theology on the work done by candidates for the B.D. examination in 1901 was as follows Gentlemen.—We, as examiners for the B.D. degree in the University of Wales, desire to express to the University Court our satisfaction v, ith the work done by the candi- dates. Of the five examiners, three have been members of the Theological Board from the outset; one has examined from the beginning and can speak therefore comparatively as to the quality of the laat work as compared with the first. The progress is such, both in matter and in form, both attainment aod promise, as to ba fuil of eocaurage- mPD' to all who have the well-being of Wales aud its University at heart. We desire to unite in expresing to the Court our sense of the excellence of the teaching, of the diligence of the candidates, an 1 of the remarkable uniformity of achievement. We are familiar with examinations- heological and (.tht r- in various Universities, and desire to bear spontaneous testimony as to the high standard of excellence reached in the young University and in those Colleges which constitute what we may call itM extramural schools. We send this report-not because we think it desirable to do so as a regular method of procedure—but as a means of assuring the Court, at a time when it is anxious to ascertain the condition and efficiency of the Theological I Colleges, what our experience has been of the sandidatea they have -supplied to the University for bhe degree in divinity. (Signed), S. R. Driver, H. M. Gwatkin, J. Rendel Harris, E. Anwyl, A. M. Fairbairn." On the suggestion of Mr Phillips, Cardiff, the Deputy Chancellor said the earlier issue of matriculation regulations would be considered. TRAVELLING STUDENTSHIP. On the recommendation of the Standing Exe- cutive Committee, the Gilchrist travelling student- ship for 1901-2 was awarded to Mr Daniel Rees, M.A., Ph.D., headmaster of Cardigan County School, on condition of bis obtaining a degree or diploma in education from some university before January 31st, 1902, and had accepted his proposal of the following problem The Teaching of History and Literature in French Schools." It was resolved not to publish the rames of the unsuccess- ful candidates in order not to depreciate their educational position. THE THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES. The Executive Committee invited the attendance of the Rev Principal Fairbairn, D.D., Mansfield College and member of the Theological Board, to make such explanations as might be deemed desir- able in connection with a report on the qualifica- tions of theological colleges presented by the Theo- logical Board. Principal Fairbairn was accordingly present. Professor ANWYL, Aberystwyth, opened tha question of whether the report should not be con- sidered in private, but it was agresd by a large majority to take it in public, and it was also decided that the report, which was marked Private and confidential" should be also pub- lished. The report, which filled twenty-four pages of printed matter and was signed by A. M. Fair- bairn, H. M. Gwatkin, and H. R. Reichel, stated that the Theological Board in 1898 appointed a committee to enquire into the provision for the teaching of theology made by the leading theo- logical colleges in the United Kingdom, including the theological faculties of the English, Irish, and Scotch universities to form some standard of equipment and efficiency which may be applied to the; colleges of Wales and to ascertain what was the actual state or prospective arrangements in those colleges which desired recognition by the Welsh University. According to the Charter of the University, the Board and the colleges had no- thing to do with any scheme of study in theology as a subject qualifying fl-r a degree in the faculty of arts. The Court was to approve a scheme of study, and the examination was to be under the faculty of arts. But so far as the theological colleges or Theological Board were con- serned, they seemed to have no locus standi save in connection with degrees in divinity. The Committee therefore excluded as outside their powers the consideration of theology as an arts subject and confined themselves to, first —the province of the theological colleges secondly, what ought to be their academic func- tion and equipment and, thirdly, what recog- nition they ought to receive from the University. It might be assumed that the work of the theo- logical colleges was intended by the Charter to be post graduate. At any rate, no provision was made in the Charter for the colleges fulfilling any function in connection with undergraduate studies. Nor was theology permitted to be taught in any of the constituent colleges. That did not, how- ever, prevent preparatory studies, like those of the classical and Hebrew tongues, being pursued during the undergraduate course but such sub. jects were regarded as strictly arts subjects quali- fying for the B. A. degree and as such were under the control of the faculty of arts. While the Committee felt that classical studies bore more directly on the field of theology as a whole than even Semetic languages, yet, as regarded both, it was felt that they lay outside the Committee's province and it did not become them to prescribe to another faculty what standard it ought to set up. They, however, expressed the opinion that it would be a mot disastrous thing for theology to be placed under a faculty of arts which had no power to teach it and no special capacity to examine in it. If, then, they assumed that the Theological Board had to do with post-graduate studies, it was evident that its concern with theological colleges could be only so far as they were places where such studies can be pursued. The Charter had room for theological colleges both within and without Wales. If a man be a graduate of the University of Wales, he mr-y study in an approved college either in Wales or outside it but if he be a graduate of any university in the United Kingdom other than that of Wales, he must study in a Welsh theological col- lege. They must therefore apply the same standard to colleges inside and outside Wales. They could not ask more of those without than they asked of those within or less of those within than was asked of those without. If that was so, then let them see what was the provision in those theological colleges out- side Wales which were endowed with an academic equipmf nt. In the theological faculties of the Scotch Universities where the course qualified for the B.D., there were four professors in New College, Edinburgh, belonging to the Free Church of Scotland, seven professors in the Free Church College, Glasgow, five in the Free Church Col- i lege, four, with occasional lectures and five professors and a principal in the United Pres- byteriau College, Edinburgh. In the case of all thosn college.) a prior course in arts wai indis- pensable and each may be said to teach up to the level of the B. D. degree. The Congrega- tional Theological Hall, Edinburgh, had four professors of theology. In Trinity College, Dublin, six professors with fourteen assistants or tutors, and one Donnellan lecturer. In Oxford there were in each case seven professors and a large body of others distributed through all the colleges. As regarded the English Free Churches, strong efforts had been made to aug- ment the professorial staffs. In Mansfield College there were six professors and tutors in theology with lecturers in Manchester College, four stated professors. The Presbyterian College at Cambridge would probably be placed on a similar basis. In New College, London the Biptist College, Regeut's Park, and the Yorkshire United College, four professors were occupied with theology. On the bases of that statement of fact, it seemed as if the Committee would be warranted in making certain stipulations as to the academic recognition of colleges aspiring to teach for the B.D. degree. It would appear to be but just;, as the University has a distinct territorial and national note, that a distinction should b. drawn between colleges inside and outside Wales. Their academic obligations or qualifications ought to be the same, but their academic privileges to be different. (a) As to qualifications It is obvious that no college can be approved and accepted by the Court under Statute XX unless the Court bi satisfied that the College possesses -(i) a curriculum which covers the whole field of study prescribed for the B.D. degree; (ii) such an organizUion of tudie as shall secure an adequate amount of attention to each subject, and exact a sufficient number of terms from each candidate (iii) an adequate staff of properly-qualified professors or tutors. From the facts specified above, it seems that the staff should be not less than four. (b) The special privi- leges to be accorded to colleges in Wales should be directed to the purpose of bringing the theological colleges, as regards their own subjects, into more organic relation with the University :—(i) In the faculty of theology the recognised college ought to have some constituent place, i.e., be entitled to r presentation in a given proportion on the Board of Theology (ii) it ought to have a place in the University calendar. Finally, it may be said that it is to the interest of theological colleges and to the interest of the churches to make and to keep divinity as a post graduate study, for, as the result of extensive inquiries in England, Scotland, and Ireland, it is found that the number of the logical students has risen with the increase in efficiency of the theological institutions and certainly, nothing has more tended to reduce both the number and the quality of students than the attempt, whether by churches or colleges, to cater for men by lowering the standard of what is required of them. As a matter of fact, the churches that have most rigorously enforced a strictly post-graduate study of divinity have found the least difficulty in secur- ing students while those whict. have had most cause to lament the decline in the number and in the ability ef candidates for the ministry are exactly those which have lowered their high claims, intellectual and moral, on the men who offr themselves for the high service of religion, The second portion of the report dealt with Dr Fairbairn and Principal Reichels' visits to the theological colleges of Brecon, Bala-Bangor Iude pendent College, the North Wales Baptist, College nt Bangor; the Presbyterian or Calvinistic Methodist Col ege at Bala, the English Presby- terian College at Carmarthen, the C.M. Collage at Trevecca, and the Baptist College at Cardiff to ascertain what is the ac'ual state or prospective arrangements in those colleges. The visitors had not visited St David's College, La.mp"ter, but were not without hope of being able to report concern- ing it before long. Before dealing in detail with the colleg-s visited, the visitors expressed their sense of the courtesy with which they have everywhere been received, the fulness of the infor- mation given, the judicious character of the sug- gestions offered, and the readiness shown by all the colleges and their officers to help forward the work of organization and to bring themselves into line with the new developments. in University educa- tion. The visitors also took that opportunity of stating how deeply they have been impressed with the work which, under great disadvantages and f fte* apparently insuperable difficulties, these colleges have accomplished. They gladly recognize the eminent services which they have rendered- through the education of the ministry-t.) the churches of Wales, and to the thought and culture of the Welsh people and they desire to record their belief that, by entering into federal relations with each other and with University, these colleges may achieve a distinction they h&ve not yet known aud a usefulness they have never antici- patea. It is in the hope that the e high oric', s may be served that this report is now presented. The report falls naturally into two parts (a) An account of the colleges visited and (b) suggestions to. wards their organization in order to a better relation to the University and tawards a more regulated relation of the University to them. In conclusion, the visitors made two remarks- first, it is matter for regret that so many colleges feel the question of time to be a serious difficulty. The Scottish churches have not found seven years as a minimum and eight years as an average too long a period of preparation for students for their ministry and what the Scottish churches have accomplished, the Welsh churches, especially with the new advantages of intermediate and higher education, ought to be both able and willing to secure for the men they hope to be their religious teachers in the next generation. Secondly, the desire to use the university colleges for all literary purposes is common and real. This has received expression in two things (1) the removal of certain colleges to centres like Bangor and Cardiff, where their men can attend professorial lecturers in the University, and (2) the large provision by special scholarships and otherwise made by colleges situated elsewhere, like Bala, Trevecca, and Brecon, to en- able their men to study in the constituent colleges. In dealing with (1) the conditions of approval and recognition; (2) definition and distinction of col leges as regards these conditions and (3) the privileges which approval and recognition ought to confer, the Committee feel that it would be some what inconvenient to draw up at this stage a list of those colleges that ought to be excluded and those that may be included. They will not, indeed, when the occasion has arisen, hesitate to propose such a list; but at present they prefer to specify the conditions of approval and recognition, and thus to allow to the -institutions concerned opportunity for reflection and equipment. In stating these conditions, they are guided by what seem to them principles boch of justice and cf academic policy. Justice requires them to con- sider the honour and dignity of the University, the good of the theological colleges, the claims of the special studies for which they exist, and he efforts and the achievements of those collfg a which have undergone the labours and made the sacrifices needed to satisfy the demands made by the studies required for the theological degrees. Academic policy makes it necessary to consider the future as well as the present, the changes which the new education—elementary, intermedi- ate, and higher—is introducing into the mind and outlook of Wales and therefore the kind of men and the quality of the learning on which th« University is to be asked to set its seal. The Charter and the statutes have combined to fix one point: the Committee must concern itself with colleges rather than with teachers. But it is obvious that their estimate of the colleges will depend upon their estimate of the teachers and thus it will be necessary to consider the teachers that constitute the college, as well as the studies and the students for which the college exists. A theological college is defined in the Statutes of the University as 'an institution approved and accepted by the Court where instruction is pro- vided for candidates for theological degrees in all the subjects required by the University for such degrees.' Standing Order VIII. gives a li-t of colleges which may be accepted and approved, but in the preamble to the list, it is expressly stated that these colleges are to be accepted and approved only provided 'they shall give instruc- tion in all the subjects required for the theological degrees of the University'; instruction, it is implied, in such a form and of such a quality as the University shall consider academically ade- quate. The conditions which follow alike from the Statute and the Standing Order seem to be these—(a) In order to adequate instruction, there must be an adequate staff, and adequate must here be understood to apply both to the number and the capability of the teachers. In the former report, the number suggeste I was four. The Committee see no reason to change thi,4 number, especially as colleges already exist which have com- plied with the condition, and so set a standard the University must be the first scrupulously to regard. It is also only fair that the University regard the academic status of the teachers, if no' as a eign of competence, at least as the wit- ness to a given capacity. To insist upon four teachers as a minimum involves no departure from the principle expressed in the statutes, that the teaching staff may exist either singly, i.e., as the staff of a single college, or in combina- tion with one or more similar and similarly- approved institutions'; (b) the instruction to be adequate must also be in all the subjects required for the degree—less cannot be required. This does not, indeed, fix an upward limit, for such a limit cannor, in the nature of things be set. But it does fix a downward limit. It would indeed be absurd to recognise a college which did not make provision for the subjects which re defined as necessary to the degree (a) The instruction must be given to qualified candidates;; that is, graduates either of the University of Wales or of some other known and recognized University. This means that a college which for any reason is unable to secure and retain such candidates is ipso fact spxcluded. The candi dates are indeed as necessary as the staff, while their qualities can be more easily defined and ought to be as rigorously enforced. In order to the teaching of theology there must ba competent learners as well as qualified teachers, and if colleges are to be approved by the University, then only those which possess the men the University has approved are able to give the necessary instruction. The college that fails to fulfil all or any of these conditions should forfeit its claim to recognition. This means that the list imu"t be open for revision from time to time, thai t must be ag pogtible to rf-mcve as inscribe the name of a college, and that must be done as occasion may demand (2), as the organization must be gradual and as provision has to be made both for the addition and the removal of Jcollegea from the academic or theological body, it seems necessary to indicate how these conditions may be applied to the existing situation. (%), The Committee propose that colleges should be divided into two classes-the approved and recognized. Approved colleges will have the right to send in candidates for tne B. D. examinations; but only approved and recognized colleges will have the corporaio rights and privileges belonging to the academic system here proposed (b), the approved class will comprehend those colleg-s which are so equipped and organised as to b-3 capable of giving sufficient instruction in all the subjects required for the degree but the approved and recognized class will comprehend these colleges which are not only capable of preparing but have actually prepared a sufficient number of men for a sum ent period (c), approved colleges shall be qualified to become recognized colleges when they have for three successive years sent up qualified candidates approved and recognised colleges that fail for three successive years to send up candidates shall lose their right to recognition. (c), Theological colleges outside Wales many be- long to the approved class, but only colleges in Wales can belong to the approved and recognizid (b), the privileges In the earlier report the privilged specified were two-(I), In the faculty of theology the recognized college ought to have tome constituent place, i.e., be entitled to repre- sentation in a given proportion on the Board of Theology. (2) It ought to have a place in the University calendar. The Committee desire now, as the result of their investigation and of fuller consideration of the whole subject, to recommend the development and more accurate definition of the privileges thus proposed to be conferred (1) As to the constituent place to be assigned to the recognized colleges :—(a) Approved and recognized colleges, and no others, shall be represented on the Theological Board. This would involve the amendment of Statute XXI. § 2. (b) Professors and tutors of all the approved and recognized colleges shall be authorized to form themselvei into a faculty or academic body with specific rights and defined duties. These shall include the right (1) to appoint a dean of the faculty of theology (2) to make suggestions or recommeuda- tions concerning studies and examinations to the Theological Boaid and (3) it were much to bj de- sired if it should be found to be practicable,that the right to representation on the University Court should aUo be given. (c) The duties of the dean shall be to represent the faculty on academic occa- sions or in public functions to receive on its behalf all correspondence and to answer any inquiries ad- dressed to it and to act as the medium of com- munication between the faculty and the University. The Committee does not recommend that the ap- pointmer,t snould be permanent. (2) As to their place in the University calendar :—(a) That the unmeaot the approved and recognized Colleges shall be published iu it (b) that the names of the profcssors or tutors shall also appear as constitut- ing the theological faiulty (c) that the students who are reading for the B.D. should appear under the head of their respective colleges as students of tha University. The Committee believe that privileges of thid order, guarded by conditions such as they have indicated, would result in the organiza- tion of a faculty of theology that would, alike as regards the number ot teachers and the quality ot the students and the range of studies, occupy a foremost p!ace amoog the universities of Great Britain. A table attached to the report gm-s the following staffs of the several colleges :-Bala) 5 Treiecca, 4; Brecon, 3 with a lecturer in Church history Bala-Bangor, 3; Cardiff, 3 Bangor Baptist, 3 and Carmarthen, 3. Principal FAIRBAIRN was then asked to address the Court and, as tar as he could be heard, was understood to say that the Committee had been called in to advise how to get theology intro- duced as an academic subj-ct in the University. It was thought that theology should be a post- graduate su ect rather than part of the B.A. degree. Colleges had thercforl-, to be recognized aHd it was only possible to recognize colleges efficiently equipped in a two-fold sense. Firstly, !t was necessary to consider the number and character of the teachers secondly, it was neces- sary to consider the organization and range of theological studies and he might add, though that belonged to a later stage, it was also neces- sary to consider the number or men they had ob- tained to take the examination those who went in for the theological degree. It was rightly felt that enquiry should be made outside Wales into institutions which made provision for education in that matter. The Committee laid down as the result of their enquiries that every theological college in or outside Wales recognized as competent to teach should have at least four teachers. The Committee also recommended that divinity should belong to a third of the studies and therefore that the degree should be possible only to men who had taken a degree in arts in the University of Wales or in some recognized university outside Wales. The Committee, dealing with the theology colleges in Wales and their relation to the University, recommended that the colleges of Wales should not be less thoroughly equipped than those outside Wales and must be recognized and that the recognized colleges without must be measured by fitness to teach the range of studies accessary for the B.D. degree. That involved a visition of the theological colleges. It was also necessary to have some distinct and definite principle in order to classify them. The colleges could be only accepted on conditions. The Committee said there were colleges so equipped and organized that they could be approved and recognized. They were to have four teachers in theology, certain organization in studies to satisfy the demands of the Board, and they should supply a certain number of graduated members as would give them the hope of con- tributing to the list while contributing to the work required by the faculty. In the list of approved colleges, on the other hand, less was to be ex- pected in one way equally in another. An ap- proved college must have either in itself or by some system of combination as many teachers as the Board or the University required ani so be entitled to send up any members they had for examination. Until the numbar of members sent up came to a definite number for a defini:e number of years, the College was only to hold the rank of approved and not to occupy the position of ap- proved and recognized. What, then, was to be the respective functions ? Approved colleges would be allowed to send their members for the B. D degree, but approved and recognized colleges would have certain other and further functions. They would be authorized to form themselves collectively 808 teachers in the theological faculty That was a perfectly fair field. The university colleges had their senate. If they had men to recognize, then they should have the credit of recognition in some specific way and that theologi- cal faculty seemed to meet the situation. If they had theological degrees, they must have theo- logical faculties. They should also have the power to elect a dean of theology to be the medium of communication between the university and the colleges. The faculty should likewise be entitled to representation in the University Court. Be- cause Wales owed so much to theology and to her theological colleges, the University must recog- nizi theology and be just to the kind of theology it was prepared to recognize. (Cheers.) The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR having thanked Prin- cipal Fairbairn for his address, Professor ANWYL said there were many points to be considered ann suggested adjournment of the debate and was sup- ported by Sir Lewis Morris. Principal FAIRBAIRN though; the questions of principle only should be discussed. If the Court confined their conclusions to question of principle, matters of detail could easily be left. He should like to ask, for example, if Sir Lewis Morris ad- vised adjournment on statement of principle or organization or matters of fact ? Sir LEWIS MORRIS replied that he referred to facts, not that he contradicted the statements. He doubted whether the matter could be properly dis- cussed without a little consideration. Principal FAIRBAIRN did not know that questions of fact could concern that Court in any specific way. The statements had been made on the personal in- vestigation of certain individuals who must bo held responsible for them and must be held to blame if the facts were not as stated. The matter, how- ever, which came before the Court was whether there were any principles for giving such a scheme of organization as was suggested in the report. The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR SAid that was not the first occasion on which the principles had been discussed. They had been before the Court on two or three separate occasions. It would therefore be desirable to have a general expression of opinion. Sir LEWIS MORRIS did not wi,h to rekindle the old spirit which he hoped was now dead. There were, he was afraid, expressions in the report in the matter of theology which possibly might revive that spirit. He had listened to the Pi-iucipal with gr at interest and read the report with great de- ligot He recollected the time when It was thought absolutely impossible to have a faculty of theology in connection with the University but he now tnought Principal Fairbairn had shown that it was not only necessary that an attempt should be made, but had been made with great success. Principal FAIRBAIRN asked to be allowed to simply state that there was not a siogle theological statement in the report on which any persons could difLr. There were questions of organization and there were questions of the actual eta re of things that concerned the several colleges. What the visitors had to do was to state what they found, and they were stated in the most tender and careful way. If they were mistaken, and the visitors were perfectly liable to error, then they were open to question, but they had not made a theological statement from first to last. Nothing could sur- pass the admiration he and his colleague felt for the colleges when they recognized the difficulties under which they worked and the wonderful things they accoplished by most inadequate means. They also found evidence of a strong desire to comply with the demands of the University. (Hear, hear ) Professor ANWYL said the colleges were iapidly ripening in the direction indicated and might be put back by the"putication of the report. Priucipal REICHEL thought if the report was not published the public would think that a faculty of theology was a pioun aspiration and not a feasible scheme. Their visu» to the colleges had convinced him and Principal Fairbairn that the idea was realizable and in one case their suggestions had been realized. v\ nen he and Ur rairbairu had setn one college it was felt they should see them all and get a conception of alt the organization for theological teaching which existed and as he went around his eyes were more aud more opened to the possibilities before the University in that direction. The colleges also displayed a high academic spirit to meet the demands and, though the Court had not adopted the report, the colleges had done S3. (Hear, hear.) They recognized the University as their best friend and he believed that to keep back anything would be anything but kindness to the colleges. Mr TOM JOHN said the churches desired the truth. The beat thing they could do for Wales was to fay what was expected of it. The Court then approved of the principle of the report and requested the Standing Executive Committee to submit a draft of the modifications in the statutes and standing orders necessary to carry it out. On the recommendation of the Theological Board, Didsbury Theological College was recog- nized as a place where candidates who are mem- bers of the University of Wates may qualify for a degree in theology. MORE FUNDS WANTED. The Standing Executive Committee was in- structed to prepare and furnish the Treasury an estimate of the expenditure of the University for the yt-ar 1902-3. The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR said the University could not expect an increased grant from the Treasury nor increased revenuo from an increased number of candidates for examination. It was therefore intended to' incrt-ase the examination fee by twenty-five per cent, which though not meaning more than 7s 6d to each candidate, would result in an increased revenue of E250 a year which would enable the Court to do what the Senate required, meet a deficit in the curront year's working, and meet additional expeuseR occasioned by the appointment of an organizer of degree examinations. The Court then adjjurned for the Mayor's luncheon and for the conferring of degrees. THE MAYOR'S LUNCHEON. The members of the Court then adjourned to the Hotel Cambria where, with members of the Corporation and others, they sat down to luncheon. The Mayor (Councillor R. J. JONES) presided and, aft-r luncheon, gave the toast of the "King and Royal Family," which was drunk with great fervour, Alderman PETER JONES, proposing the toast of the University of Wales, thought there was an appropriateness in the meeting at Aberyntwyth, where the first and historical gathering had been held and where, on the second occasion, the de- gree had been conferred on Dr T. C. Edwards, who did more for higher education in -Vales than any other man, aud who served the College io the most critical period of its history. He did not know unything so creditable to the Uni- versity as the honorary degrees that had been conferred. (Hear, hear.) It had not beer, very lavish in that direction, it was true-(i)e:ir, hear)-but the Hat would bear comparison with the list of any institution in the world. It included the illustrious stateman Gladstone, the learned Lord Herschell, the astute Earl Spencer, and the Princess of Wales. (Applause.) He was pleased to see the Court there that day and to bear testi- mony to the excellent relationship between town and gown. (Hear, hear.) As a Corporation, that of Aberystwyth was rather a weak oue in com- parison with that of large and important centres of population—("No, no ")-but the little the Cor- poration of Aberystwyth had been able to do it had done in right good spirit, (Cheers.) It had presented the site for the Ho-tel and contemplated giving the necessary accommodation for an aquarium or' biological department in connection with sea fisheries—(cheers)—so as far as the Corporation was concerned it had done all it possibly could do to co-operate with the College. (Cheers.) And if they would allow him with bated breath to say it, if the Court required a site for the University offices, he was sure the Corporaticn would do all it possibly could in that direction. (Laughter and appla use.) Though Aberystwyth might not be in the wealthiest pait of Walas, stiii if they wanted a university ia the Welshiest part of Wales they could not have a better place than Aberystwyth. (Cheers.) Dr ISAMBARD OWEN, whose name was coupled with the toast, said it could not but be a matter of the deepest gratification to everyone connected with the University to see the solid Buccess it had managed to achieve during the short time since its establishment. It was six years when the University Court held its first regular meeting in the Library of the College and yet how much had been done in the interval which had since elapsed. He thought he was not claiming too much when he said that the University had established for itself a distinguished and honour- able name amongst the universities of the world, whilst some of their graduates had already embarked upon useful and most promising careers in scientific research. (Cheers.) It was inter- esting to reflect how much of the history of the University had been enacted at Aberystwyth. It was in Aberystwyth that the first regular meet- ing of the Court was held. It was in Aberystwyth that the installation of the Chancellor took place. It was in Aberystwyth that the honorary degree was conferred upon Principal T. C. Edwards and it was in Aberystwyth that the honorary degree of the University would be received by the equally- distinguished Welshman, the doyen of Welsh scholars, Chancellor Silvan Evans. (Applause.) He was much interested in what the Mayor said that morning about the visit of Prince Lucien Bonaparte to Aberystwyth. That admiration was mutual. He knew Prince Lucien well during the hter years of his life and many a time in conversa- tion did he revert to his visit to Aberystwyth and always with pleasure and interest. (Cheers.) He was always glad to hear of anything that was going on at Aberystwyth, and it was only a few years ago that he (the speaker) had the pleasure of conveying to the College on behalf of his widow a little cabinet of books which the Prince prized-his own copies of the Scriptures in various languages, all beautifully bound. (Applause.) There was much more he should like to say to that company did time permit, and he could not forget that nme \-as briefer in Aberystwyth than anywhere else,for they had it on the best authority that a fortnight at Aberystwyth was equal to a month at any other place. (Laughter and cheers.) Principal ROBERTS, proposing the prosperity of The Town and Corporation of Aberystwyth," said that during the time he had had the honour of be ing connected with the development of the College he had abundant opportunity of becoming acquainted with the zal of the town and Corpora- tion in connection with education. The College was a tniot rrposed by the \V"lsh nation to tli, care of the inhabitants of Aberystwyth (Hear, hear.) They had cherished the College during the viciesitudfs of the pasc and had supplied agreat part of the ability which had gone to the advancement of the institution and he was sure they would ail agree that the results of their work during the pant three years on behalf of the College had been to produce in the minds and hearts of the Welsh people a feeling (,f regard and -flection. (Cheers.) Indeed it c HJld hardly he other .vise of a tovvii situ- ated in Cardigan-hiie. He was glad to h..ar that morning reunrks concerning the tradition of scholarship that had obtained for generations in the town of Aberystwyth. The town was sur- rounded by villages which in their way were hi-torical. The town and villages had given to Wales Lewis Edwards the distinguished honorary graduate whom the University wouid honour that afternoon the distinguished Principal of Jesua College and Dr R. D. Roberts of Cambridge. (Cheers.) In looking forward to the future, then, it was one of the main sources of strengih upon which the College relied that it hod as fallow- workers and supporters tbe citizens of Aberyst- wyth, a town which though not large in population was prominent in its faith in education and in the conviction that education was at the foundation of its hopes. (Cheers.) Ihe MAYOR, acknowledging the toast, at-sured the company that the Corporation was fuly alive to the interests of the College and would do what- ever was possible to help it forward. (Cheers.) As Alderman Jones said, the Corporation contemplated providing a site for a biological department and when Aldermau Jones said that it might be taken for granted that the whole Town Council stated it. (Laughter.) The interests of the town and of the College w- re identical and inseparable. One acted and reacted upon the other, and he hoped their co-operation would result in making Aberystwyth the centre of education in Wales. (Cheers.) The company then separated. THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES. At three o'clock n congregation was held in the Royal Pier Pavilion for the conferring of degrees. The fine interior of the Pavilion had been suitably arranged for the purpose by Professor Marshall and others and presented a very pretty appearance. At the far end of the Pavilion were graded seats for the College Choir under the conductorship of Mr D. Jenkins, Mus. Bac., with a stall for the College Orchestra. The centre of the Pavilion was roped off At the head of it was a dais for the ac- commodation of the Deputy Chancellor and other officers of the Court, and around the sides seats were provided for members of the University Court and of tbe University Senate vhile outside were provided seats and standing room for graduates and undergraduates, their parents and friends many of whom came from long distances. Vacant spaces were filled in with palms and foliage plants and pleasant colour waa lent to the scene by the varied-coloured hcods worn by the official* of the University and by the graduates of the Universities. It is a pleasure to be able to record that the conduct of the students was excellent. They cheered the graduates with praiseworthy impartiality as they came up from Cardiff, Bangor, and Aberystwyth for their hoods. Principal Roberts as vice-chancellor admitted the graduates, who were presented by Professor Angus for Aberystwyth Principal Reichel for Bangor, and Professor Burrows for Cardiff; Deputy Chancellor Isambard Owen saluted them on behalf of the University and Mr D. E. Jones as warden of the Guild of Graduates saluted them on behalf of the Guild. The ceremony of admittance was conducted in Latin. During the ceremony the Chuir sang several pieces with pleasurable effect. The degrees were conferred according to the following list, there buiug forty-seven graduates from Aberystwyth thirty-seven from Cardiff; and twenty-five from Bangor To receive the degree of B.A., with first class honours :—Amy Maud Bodkin, Amy Violet Burgess, William Samtiet Davies, Edward Edwards. Robert Thomas Jenkins, Claudia Morgan, Isabella Scott, Griffith Price Williams, Aherytwyth John Daniel Lewis, John Henry Squire, Cardiff. To receive the degree of B.A., with second class honours — Dorothy Gertrude Biresford-Wood, J"hn Sidney Davies, David Thomas Davieq, Evan Derry Evans, John Edward Hughes, Edward Jones, Ernest Pearson Jones (in absentia), Frederick George Charlton Sidloway, B.Sc., David Williams, William John Williams, Aberystwyth Jane Davies, William Griffith, William Archibald Davies, Alice Ellen Griffish, Owen Robert Hughes, Bangor Emily Morgan, Herbert Morgan, Gwilym Rees, Andrew Stephenson, George Owen Williams. Cardiff. To receive the degree of B.A., with third class honours :-Ethel Mary Harris, Richard William Jones, Mary Parry, Alice Sweaney, John David Williams, George Arthur Wood, Aberyst- wyth John Lloyd Davies, Samuel Griffith Joues, Edward Owen, John Pritchard, Richard Thomas, Bangor Thomas William Davies, William Davies, David Jones, Joseph Jones, Evan Morgan, Florence Whitaker, Cardiff. To receive the degree of B.A. :—David Davies, John Erans, Mary Isabella Fotheringham, Annie Lewi, Kenneth William Murray Middleton, Edith Morris, Annie May Sharpl-s, Mary Thomas, Margaret Ethel Watkin, Aberystwyth Ella Maria Duell Edmonds, Mary Jane Hughes, Bangor Frederic James Askew, Aberystwyth and Cardiff Mary Davies, Cardiff Jessie Lilian Evans, Ernest Augustine Hugh.s, Aberystwyth and Cardiff Mary Jones, Myfauwy Rowlands, Curdiff Arthur Hallett Russell, Aber- ystwyth and Cardiff Ruth Sheard, Cardiff. To receive (in absentia) the degree of Doctor in litteris honoris causa :—The Rev Chancellor Daniel Sdvan Evans, B.D. orator, Principal Rhys, D Litt presentor, Professor Anwyl. M.A. To receive the degree of B.Sc., with first class houours :—Herbert John Fleure, Owen Thomas ..Jones, Kenworthy James Thompson, Aberystwyth John Griffith Jone«, Alice Emily Smith, Bangor. To receive the degree of B.Sc., with second class honours :—Ivor Thomas, Aberystwyth Thomas Owen Pierce, Richard Cadwaladr Roberts, Wm. Ellis Wilbams, Bangor Howell Davies, Cardiff. To receive the degree of B.Sc with third class 1 onours :—Wm John Griffith, Richard Moseley Kinsey, Bangor. To receive the degree of B.Sc. :— Leonard Charles Dice, Evan Dalton Griffiths, Ethel Mary Lightfoot, Benjamin Morgan, Aber- ystwyth William Ash, George Neville. Blacksbaw, Llewelyn Wynne Jones, John Lloyd Roberts, Bangor Ellen Mary D'Auvergne, Evan Llewelyn Davies, Maelgwyn Glendower George, James Jones, John Lewis, Thomas Lewis, Annie Campbell iMeEactiran, Florence Einily Mary Morgan, J.hn Morgan, David Protheroe, Richard Kenneth Shepherd, David Walters, Cardiff. To receive the degree of M.A. :—Thomas Benjamin Davis, B.A., Morgan Jones, B.A., Cardiff Robert Siiyn Roberts, B.A.. Bangor John Wells Wilkiuson, B.A., Aberystwyth. RESUMPIION OF IHE COURT. The members of the Court reassembled in the College Library after the congregation and con- tinued their sitting; uutil after nine o'clock at night. THE SENATE'S REPORT. On the recommendation of the Senate, Mr Herbert J. Fleure, who had br-eo a student of Aber- ysr.wth College from 1897 to 1901, was selected out of eight candidates ;for the University fellowship, the Senate having been impressed with the high qualifications of the candidates as a uhole. The discussions on the report of the Senate were purely academic and were only interesting to the general public as showing a desire to require and maintain a high standard for the degrees. A division, in this respect, occurred over a reo m- meadation by the Senate with regard to regulations for the degree of D.Sc. when an amendment moved by Dr D. Roberts seconded by Mr D. E. Jones, was carried referring the regulations back to the Senate for further con; sideration. The amendment as carried read-" In view of the importance of establishing a high standard for the degree of doctor in science and of affording the fullest opportunities to graduates who in later life make distinguished contributions to the advancement of knowledge in subjects other than those in which they were examined in the examine* tion for the degree of B.A., the proposed regulft" tions for the D.Sc. be referred back to the Senate for further consideration and that the Court suggests that the regulations be modelled as far as possible on the plan of the regulations for the degree of doctor in the faculty of arts or letters. WELSH HISTORY. Principal REICHEL in reply to questions why no questions were set on the history of Wales at the last two matriculation examinations, said there had been an outcry against their difficulty. The schools did not seem to be in a position to teach Welsh history. THE UNIVERSITY OFFICES. Votes of thanks to various bodies and people who had rendered services having been accorded) the Court proceeded to decide upon the next place of meeting. The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR said he had had placed in his hand the nomination of the Prince of Wales as chancellor of the Univer.,ity silIed by evcryol", present. Time was required to ascertain whether his Royal Highness would accept the position an to obtain the names of nUwr governors and be suggested that certain officers of the Court should be empowered to convene the next meeting. This having been agreed to, the question of the future situation of the University offices was IS' cussed. Some members were in favour of leaving the matter alone, while others thought it desirabl0 to face the business and settle it once for all. The DEPUTY CHANCELLOR pointed out that tbe five years during which it was decided to locate the offices at Brecon would expire next May. Itw°u^ therefore be competent for any member to place it notice on the agenda re-opening the matter. e would therefore, he thought, be advisable for the Court to decide at that meeting to re-open the matter next May, so that nobody would be talttP unawares. It was then agreed to put the subject of the location nf the University offices on the agenda for khe May meeting and the Court rose.

ABE ft Y 1ST W YTH. RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL, MONDAY, 25TH. Presen t: Mr James Jones, presirJing, the Rev John Davies and Mr E. Ceulanamaesmawr; Messrs William wiiiiarol, Cvvmrheidol Thomas Jenkins, CyfoethybreDi0' John Jones, Llaubadarn Upper; David Dav'eS| Lla»fihangfel Lower Daniel Jones, Llang^y^' yfon Wid.am Davji-gand Daniel Morris, Ll,,11 liar Evan Lewi', L'an Haminiog Joseph Parl/l Melindwr; T. H. Jones, Parcel Canol; 3° ( Roberts, TJcbayndri- Lewis R. Lewis, Lower; Hugh Hughe?, clerk; E. assistant clerk J. Hughes, inap ctor, and tb surveyors. THE DRINK BILL.. ,es The CUrk said hM had been making enquir, t with re gird to the bill for drink supplied to men :0 Borth and it appeared that it was customary to give them something of the kind when the Woto was of that nasty and difficult nature.-SOoia members thought tbe men should have been extra wages and others that they should have given hot tea.-Tlie Clerk said in any case cil drink was ordered by an official of the C^°., and it was but fair that it should be paid for.'jfl it appeared that the money would have to be tb by Borth, the matter was referred to the Bor Parochial Committee. THE TYCAM FOOTBRIDGE. A Mr John Jones stated that no UD1 j meeting of the parish councils had been called to consider the bill for the construct of the Tycam fobridge.—The Clerk said Jenkins, the clerk of both parish councils, him sometimes^ promising to call a joint m^l^l He had now received a letter from the Cvvnirhel. a Parish Council forwarding a c ieque for one- « of the cost of building the Tycam footbridgepe1 thanking the Council for doing the work. the alfiD stated that they did not know what dO Llaubadarn Upper Parish Council intended to iob in the matter.—Mr John Jones said his paeý were not unwilling to pay their share, but • J were wsiting for the joint meeting to be Clio lit They had not yet had the matter before theB1 all. The parish was not to be blamed. THE BORTH DRAIN AGAIN.. T,JT A letter was read from CJI Feilden stating the wooden duct had again been blocked up p sand aod asking that the Inspector should 860 the matter.—The Inspector was instructed to the matter right and he said that he had alre given instructions to have it seen to. PENLLWYN AND OTHER WATER SUPPLIES- jgll A letter was read from the Melindwr Council asking whether the water supply scb for Penllwyn would include Dolpandy and geiffordd.—The Chairman also read a letter y. the inhabitants of Blaengeiffordd saying that had a plentiful supply of pure water.—Mr J'sid Jones 53-id according to what the inhabitants -oa there was a sufficient supply there. The q'Ienti r, was whether it was pure.—Mr John Edward"be veyor, said the water was quite PUre t Chairman Does it hold out in the summer ? C is the question.—The Surveyor (evasively) any rate, they had to live on it last summer. fej3 had nothing else. (Laughter.)—The Clei"^ jd an extract from the Medical Officer's which he stated that Pentregeiffordd should -QS supply of pure water from tho Plynlymon The Chairman There you are. Of course, 0 body can say that he has a plentiful supplY¡\. We get too much water jusu at preseot.- bettf cuasion followed as to whether it would be to get the water from Plynlymon or from a j source.—Mr T. H. Jones proposed that aeons'^ he appointed to meet a committee appoiote tert both parish councils to discuss the whole f and that was agreed to. LLANFARIAN WATER SOPPLY. ptf'A A letter from Llanbadarn Croyddin Issa Council stating that it was unanimously 9. r Ish a meeting of the Council held on November when eight out of nine members weie presep t,ij' to make a *pecial water district of Llanfar^TC h to put the expense on the whole arish Clerk said there was also a requisition^ by i-even ratepayers to the effect that the tff. should make Pentrebont a special district "iA charge all rents aud rates of water to district,—The Chairman said that the .UGLFL wanted the water brought down to theif and when the other parishioners heard thg,t. JO were not willing to bear the cost.-The F-e" the Davies moved that a special rate be made d to, consumers.—Mr Willam Morris seconde proposition and it was agreed to. THE LLANBADARN PRIVATE WELLS- ]|9 The Clerk said that two of the private {0^ Llannadarn, on being analysed, had prove unfit for drinking purpotea.—Authority the Inspector to oider the wells to be MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. J,JL, The Medical Officer (Dr James) wrote» .j F date October 26th, thanking the P iucreasiug his saLry at their last meetiDe'^ppf would endeavoiir to coutinue to merit thelf^ ciation and confidence. He had to rep0' 0te^ cases of enteric fever bad occurred a6 fe(^ Salfm, and Taliesin, and also a case of sc*:x 'v *t Pantydderwen. At Panteg there was f <«' adjoining the d we/ling-house which was a 0 Tbe water supply of Salem village was D°, factory. There were two wells, both 0 t (r were liable to be polluted. The hotton* well was muddy. Samples of the water s»nt for analysis. At Taliesin the entf^g t occurred near and opposite the spot re&ejl drainage was bad. There was also a rnaD^er efgt too close to that house. The scarlet was probably imported. Writing on 23rd, Dr James ssid th»t fince hi9 Pj Vp report enteric fever had broken out t paudy and Penllwyn. It was possible jfi case was imported from a previous case at it gwrda, but there was sufficient ca"50 Dolpandy itself, some of the houses being wi'.hout wat^r troughings, and a fit eighty being supplied by one small well p was told waa not sufficient for one summer timeand wa^, moreover,liable to C j.0 J tion. Most of the inhabitants admitted not enough pure wa^r, but one old la J f opinion that there vras plenty of d\*r Qfi and pointe i to a water course passing w; Is. Vol feet of the house, spying how clear > j. making further inspection, he found of fifty yards further up the left the CODqD n10cb bll or five privies were emptied into it. p^nolf the purity of the "dwrgloew," which V P m used to wash milk cans and eating uteDtfered j tjje pandy and the 'neighbouring house9 s^u scarcity of pure water, ar,d he suggeS"ejyDll'^lJf« inhabitants of this place as well aS of and Pentregeiffordd should have a sUP^ai0-eeft unpolluted water from the Plynlymon <) matters referred to in this repor jp3pec previously considered, and after the report had been read, the Council rose.

llanafaN. wrt'S Mr R'ses Lewis, who is reputed to d|f.^0' oldest Calvinistic Methodist in I^00 Or 0* Sunday. He was a native of Llaua shire, and had been in London for j1" :ye8te was buried at KensalGreen on Tburs y d/qftJ

THE DEAF HEAR.—No 460 of The of 626, Chi,wick H'gh-road. 5 land, contains a description of '1 wj,ich for Deafne&s and Head Noises vfhiyue S8g carried out at the patient's borne, ffd' ijr0 to be a certain cure. This nu ree io any deaf person sencticg tothe Edi-or.