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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES.

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES. ANNUAL MEETING OF GOVERNORS. The annual meeting of the court of governors and of the constituents of the University College Of Wales gas held on Thursday afternoon in the library of the college, Aberystwyth. Captain Yemey, R.N., Rhianva, Anglesey, was voted to the chair, and there were also present Mr Lewis Morris (one of the han. secretaries), Messrs Stephen Ev*ns, London; J. F. Roberts, Man- chester William Williams, her Majesty's in- spect j? of schools; John James, Aberystwith and Rev T. Q. Edwvds, M.A., the principal. Of the townspeople thee were the mayor (Mr John James), Messrs George Green, Richard James, Rev Mr Mcrill, Rev J. H. Davies and others. Mr Henry Richard, M.P., was piesent at the meeting of the council in the morning, but left before the afternoon meeting. TYL-I CONSTITU KNTo' ilEETlNO. The business of the Lu'c,! "L ii-, of the constituents was very brief, and consisted simply of the con- firmation of the minutes of last year's meeting, and the re-election of the governors of the college, whose names ar J published in the last annual re- port. TKE NEW COLLEGE. The chair man then said that before por.eediag with the business of the meeting of governors, he though it right that the council of last year Should congratulate all who were interested in the collage on the cew position in which they stood after having Government countenance and Government support, and a promise of great edu- cational advantages for the Principality in the future (applause). The promises and expectations held out by the Government were being warmly taken tip in all parts, and it was wonderful with what unanimity the inhabitants of various localises contended ♦ hat the new college should I be at their place, anJ their place only, and that theirs was the best site for the college. Xhis rivalry was t^ be deprecated, in some respects, but it was not without it3 advantages. It they were all unselfish in leaving to ofciers the choice of tha site, he did not expect they would be successful in establishing the college at all. The frierdly I rivalry he bad referred to ought to be productive of good efforts, and stit- lip HI t tl hearts of all true Welshmen such enthusiasm in the cause of I education as they had never before experienced (applause). His hope was ,u see .<* far livelier interest excited in the education question in Wales, and that the suggestions of the Depart- mental Committee would, in whole or ia part, be carried out. He hoped to see the time when Welshmen would enjoy edveational advantages equal, if not superior, to those enjoyed by all Other parts of her Majesty's dominions (applause). He did not pretend to know, aor had he any means of knowing, the intentions Of the Government towards that college, but their actions cleanly ind cated that they ) Of the Government towards that college, but their actions cleanly ind cated that they ) "help those who helped themse ves." That was, that if in any place where there A,as a strong desire to have the college that desire was shown by eyervone doing all they could in subscribing funds, I thcio would be sympathy and he'p on the part of those in p>wer However people might hold meetings and make speeches, uilesa money was subscribed, and unless something practical was done, the Government wduld not aelp He did not. ¡ complain of this, for it rather put them up m their mettle lapplai-se; He came fr rc Ivoria Waled, where not mu^h hid been done us yet, nor had it shown the YediHesr to subscript which South Walps had; but tney were wakvup. and he looked for a practical proposal for the establish- ment of a coll, Ilk some squall place, such as I would put large, places to sh !!me. He had great hope of good out of that rivalry, and thought as earnest a spirit of et.terpris-' wuud be developed ¡ in North Wales as in South Vales (applause). They would be wanting in their Inty if thev did not at that meeting express the;r gratitude to the ¡ gentlemen who had bron_»bt mqtt.e t" their aent head by waiting lip-n Mr Mcndella (hear I hear). That deputation was con pr>¡;;ed of mfn of all religions and political purtic«., who bad shown their patriotism by stirring tp tt ° Government in the matter (rvpplarso). TK-y mi: st also feel much indebted to ths G^7ei a: je"t fcr the way in which they h*.d responded ti -^y tV? people of Wales, that they should placed on an equality with other parte of the United Kinglom (loud applause). Now if the boon had been given them in the shape of a cheque he had that morning seen in the handm of Mr Stephen Evans, tbdY must I show themselves worthy of that recognition and response from the Government, and do their share of the work (renewed app, susp). That meeting aeei not pass with),, >vu< recognition of the '1 blow which they had all received in the loss of Kir Hugh Owen, who was o-ie of the fw men in the world who acted from pure unselfish motives. lie i was not actuated by selfish aggrandizement, nor even did he desire the a kaowledgoient of his fellow men, but he devoted his life »o the service of his Master, froir pure love of duty, and that it might be said of him at last, "Wei! done, good and faithful servant" (applause). THB KLTOTION OF OFFIFBUS. Mr Lewis Morris having read the minutes of the last meeting of governors on the 21st December,the election of officers for the year ending Oct >b?r, 1883, was proceeded with. The chairman said since Lord Aberdare had been connected with the college, the institution had made great progress. His lordship's name as a wise statesman and geod man of business was to taem a tower of streng h, and gave them a position throughout the country (applause) —The vice-pr" 3pnts of the college were the members of Parliament for Wales, and the donors of £ 500 and upwards. Lord Aberdare having been re-elected p«esident, a question was raised as to Judge B. T. Williams, and it was ruled that he having ceised to be a ernber of Parliament, also ceased to be a vicc-president, but the chairman said it was not necessary to elect anyone in his stead.—Viessrs Stephen Evans and David Davies, M.P., ivere re-elected treasurers, and the former member.-s of the council were re- elected, Mr B. T. Williams being added. The report of the oouucil, with the financial statement, was here taken as read, it being stated that certain gentlemen present were pressed for time. '?RINC.?AL'a REPORT. In ne previous year had I the pleasure of pres- enting 'a more satisfactory report on the state of the college than at the commencement of the present session. Th 3 students are better prepared at entrance, and, -ixmsequently, are much more capable of profiting by the lectures, and carry away with them a larger stock of knowledge. I believe the professors generally feel that less teaching goes to waste than was formerly the case. The same colleges and schools continue to supply 118 with new btvleats and the names of a few other schools may now be added to He list. The Wright Scholarship and the Ardwyn Scholarship Continue to be g" ven by the respective donors. The examinat.on for exhibitions was held at the beginning of tlx*' session (Feptember 13th and the following daysj- The result was satisfactory. The exhibitr as were awarded without hesitation. The session '-xaminatioa at the end of last session was conducted by outside examiners—Professor Wilkins in classics, German, and French; Mr Herotag. III English language, literature, and history Mr Ev.dlcr in natural ecierce Professor Harley in mathematics and ratural philosophy and Professor Radford Thompson in philosophy. All the ex mtiucra, without an exception, expressed themselvo > in terms of commendation, and, what ia worthy of Dpte. awarded every one of the four sessional scholarships competed for-one in classics, one in nature! science, one in mathemat- ics, and one in philosophy. No student entered his name for the English and Modern Languages' Scholarship. In addition to this, it is gratifying to record the success of our students at university examinations. Mr Richard dughea gained a scholarship in mathematics at Clare College, Cambridge, and Mr Owen Edwards took the first place in the first class in English honours at the intermediate examination for the degree of B. k. at the Loudon University. Mr W. E. Parry and Mr T. J. Williams also obtained houours at the same examination, and Mr R. L. Bishop passed. At the intermediate examination for the degree of B.Sc. at the Lon- don University, the first place in the first-cla^s honours in chemistry was obtained by a student I of this college, ihus two of our students were first in honours in their respective examinations, ¡ and both wereiged deserving of the prize of I 140, ttuable for two years. Mr Edwards was pre- dudei by age, but the prize is awarded to Mr I Jones. Other students have passed the matricula- I tion examination in London. The following particulars will be best under- stood when put in statistical formI. (9) Number I of newgtudents, Michaelmas term, 1882, 24; (2) Number of new students, it chaelmas term, 1881, 19 (3) number of students at the beginning of la-t session, 57 (4) number of students at the end of last session, 61; (5) number of students at I present, 71. V. prance exhibitioners, Michael- I mas D T. Jones, Cardigan, and John equal, £ 15 each: (3) D. C. Jones, Talgarry, Liandyasul, £ 15; (4) David Jones, Ardwyn, scholarship, 120; (5; I Joseph Bryan, Miaera, Wrexham. S15. The council desire to express their sense of the great I'^ss experienced by the college and br the cause of Welsh education through the lamented death of btr Hugh Owen, the late treasurer of the C°Th°e' ° <*ie<* at Mentone in November last. the vacancy in the joint treasureship caused by HW Hugh's death was, at the same meeting, filled oy the appointment of Mr Stephen Evans, one of the vice-presidents of the council, from whose rer.t knowledge of business and well-known zeal in the service of the college, the council confi- dently expects the best results. The report then gives a brief aecount of the application to the Education Department respect- ing higher education in Wales, and ooncludes: — The council wish to congratulate the governors, and through th m the Welsh nation, on the great procTess which has thus beei make in the work of supplying what was, uufortunately, wanting in the education of Wales, and to urge upon all who are interested in the matter the necessity of speedy personal effort, and, where necessary, sacrifice, in order that the advantages now well within reach may not be lost by want of promptitude, arising from divided interests, or any other cause. Mr Lewis Morris aaid that he had expressly stipulated that he should not be drawn into making a speech, for many reasons; but he could not refuse the request that he should propose a vote of thanks to the chairman (hear, hear). He should like to say a word or two As to the local feeling which had been referred to, he meant the feeling in favour in certain localities. No doubt a great deal of enthusiasm and a great deal of zeal had been engendered, but it was very desirable that they should get that local feeling entirely distinct from the admixture of selfish considerations which un fortunately must be mixad up with it as it is (applause). He had therefore thought the mat- ter over a good deal, and it seemed that they would nev ,r come to a satisfactory conclusion as to the site of the proposed college unless they had a sort of representative conference of all those interested in tr e matter, and who had a right to speak upon it (hear, hear). He had written a letter to one of the "iouth Wales papers -the South Watts Daily Sews, in which he put forth a scheme for such a conference. That ocheme was of course a crude one, aud without pinning himself to its details, he thought they should have stieh a conference in the immediate future (applause). The site of the ooll^g;■> should be seen to at once, and no more tiuid should be lost in giving the country an op- portunity of recording its verdict (renewed ap- piiiuse). Mr J. F. Roberts said the report of the council waq the most cheering report which had been pre- sented 1 or ten years past (applause). The students wf-ro 25 per cent, more numerous now than last year, and he did not know any better mark of pro- gress than that (hear, hear). If the Government helped th «se who helped themselves, the position of Abercstwyth College was certaiu. They ho\d beeu helping theaaselves for ten years past, and striving with all their might to establish that col- lege. He denied that that college had been a rail'ire (cheers). It had been a great success, not- withstanding very great difficulties. It was out of the question for Aberystwyth to be left out whea the site of the North Wales College w'\g fixed He was an Anglesey man, but after the trouble they had taken he said, Let well alone." He had spoken to a great many gentlemen from North Wales, and the majority of them said that Aber- ,1;" "h should be the place for the college for >rtn Wales (loud applause). If their college had b' ftn established in any other part of Wales he did think there would have been more student than they had at Aberystwyth. He hoped their Aber- ystwyth friends would bestir themselves. The corporation was likely to become rich, and ought to uo something towards completing that building, a;ter the manner of t; e Nottingham Corporate which bad speut £ 100 000 upon a college £ 10.000 I would complete that building, and he hoped the cornofiition had sufficient spirit to take the matter up, aud if they had not the powers now, they ought to r,ht iin them, as could most easily be done (ap. piauso) Mr Stephen Evans said they met under novel and peculiar circumstances, in that, after all their stirring, the Government bad giran them a grant. That grant was conditional, and for a limited period, the Goveiament having wisely acted upon the recommendation of men well qualified to advse, namely, the Education Commissioners. There was little doubt that the Cardiff people would succeed in getting the South Wales College fixed there. He was glad it was so, for they had subscribed a very large sum of money, but he should not be so ry to see another college in Glamorgan- shire. There was very much doubt whether their North Wales friends were sufficiently unitei to obtain a college. A great many localities were acting for themselves, but it would be rri 'st diffi cult t,; get them together, and no one locality was strong enough to subscribe the thirty thousand thp 8' *kich would surely be required to meet hear\COn^^ons Government grant (hear, verv h j e Abarystwith College had been striving »nt. nl I*n<* fkey owed the prospect of a Govern- „lh Vhot s&tirely to the work done in connection v<o »hlf» tr,°r applause). He might not T. native of he happened to be h,,TVHd-to w.nnt. had hfen established m any M ive been~»fCept Glamorganshire—it wouid O 'i^anshire a 8UCCe88 88 ifc bad been. Ca^ £ Ground 7or ^ntre of Wa1e8' and the r0' ciu^tmggT stndonts (applause). At their couucil tebaat ^mng they took steps to S've tnat ^ol^d 3°r?*ghlv fair trial before entertaining the ideaof gnr,ng it Th bad b exceedingly careful of money hitSerto «d whS they would not spend th. frant lavi.hly ceTtain thiugb were necessary to make the colK a 8uc ces. They were g?ing t°.^f'e ^wp additional pro- fessors, and offer ai* ^f^^jijions, in Janu- ary next. The next twelve months would move whether he was rigbt 01 wrong in bilieving that Wales would ultimateiy rejoice at possessing Aberystwith College 83 aa a college in the North and South (applauBC), Captain Verney having ;y^caterr to catch a train,he was succeeded of mt-i. h .Roberts, who called upon the mavor. His Worship said that an enthusiastic meeting of the inhabitant?, held at short notice on Monday evening, had appointed a deputation to wait upon the college council that day, but through some I misunderstanding they had not arrive i m time for the meeting. It was, however, proposed to hold a public meeting at Aberystwith to consider the matter, and devise means for helping the college in every possible way. Mr John James was pleased with the suggestion that the corporation should help. He calculated some X4000 to S5000 Iwere expended annually in the town in connection with that college, and at 10 per cent. this would mean a profit of about 1500. They eught to take a threepenny rate every six months towards finishing the college buildings,ard he did not think the ratepayers would grumble. They would much rather do that than let the college leave the town. There was not a town in North Wales which would subscribe sufficient money to baild a college (hear, hear), for some L50,000 or LCO,000 would be needed. Mr George Green said that there were sufficient1 enthusiasm and money in the town to complete; the college (applause). The principal, who was called upon by the chairman, said it was the duty of the professorial staft to be neutral on the question as to the site, but he might repeat a remark made to him that morning by a gentleman from North Wales, who said that wbile Bangor contended it was the best place, and Carnarvon protested it was much superior-while Denbigh said there was no place like the asylum (laughter), and Rhyl claimed pre-eminence, all agreed that, after themselves, Aberystwith was the next place suitable (loud applause). He was satisfied with the college council at last (Oh). He had often gone to them with large demands for money and there was none, but that morning he actually had to cheque their treasurer, and the treasurer had gained his point (hear, hear). They were going to offer £ 50 in scholarships and five exhibitions of Lio each at Christmas. They were not gomg to have two additional professors exactly, but two lecturers. The college was on its trial, and if they did as well as last year they would pass the trial successfully. They had beaten Mason's College, Birmingham, and Owen's College, Manchepter, and every other college which com- peted, for two of their men had been first in the first class—one in English and one in chernistry- at Loudon University (loud applause). Mr W. Williams, her Majesty's inspector of schools, trusted they would Dot fail as a nation to meet the terms offered by the Government, for it rested with them whether Wales was to benefit by the splendid offer. He hoped they would work harmoniously for the establishment of the college. This concluded the proceedings, and the meet. ing broke up.

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