Word: australia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believe that the most efficient method of university teaching is obtained by the lecture system, supplemented by tutorial work" Professor J. V. Portus, of the University of Sydney, Australia, told a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "In Australian universities" he added, "we rely largely upon the lecture system, however, because of lack of sufficient funds to provide a large faculty...
...combination of the state university that is founds particularly in the western United States, and of the private endowed university of the eastern states is the form of organization of the educational institutions of Australia, Professor Portus indicated, and added, "Each of the six provinces of Australia has a university partially supported by the Government, and partially endowed, with the control of the university vested entirely in the hands of a governing board composed of Alumni, ther faculty, and of the Government...
...widely studied subjects in the graduate work, although law and engineering receive wide attention. A tendency towards specialization and toward the taking of more practical subjects is also seen at the University of Sydney, Professor. Portus pointed out. This inclination, which is found in many English-speaking countries, in Australia is partly the result of the fact that the Government has appropriated funds for the creation of a number of professorships in applied subjects...
Contrasting the English and Australian methods of study, Professor Portus declared that honors men prepared at Oxford are probably more capable than those who studied in Australia, while students are better prepared by class work at the colonial universities
...Union is the mouthpiece of student opinion in England, and considers problems relating to university life at annual congresses to which 500 representatives are sent from almost every university in the British Isles. Similar unions have been formed in the Dominions, notably Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, patterned upon and promoted by, the English Union...