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Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
Contents
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Contents
| Foreword | 7 |
| Introduction | 9 |
| Chapter 1: The college is founded | 11 |
| The University of New Zealand and Victoria College – the foundation professors – classes begin – the Old Clay Patch – a building at last | |
| Chapter 2: War and peace | 30 |
| The university reform movement – the von Zedlitz affair – the quest for special schools – the growth of departments – academic reform – silver jubilee | |
| Chapter 3: The Hunter years | 50 |
| The 1930s – academic freedom – fresh faces – political science – social science – the sciences divide – music – research and publication – the rise of the lecturers | |
| Chapter 4: Wayfarers together | 76 |
| The students – corporate life – the Students' Society – sport – the arts – hostels – capping – a hotbed of sedition? | |
| Chapter 5: The whole ramshackle machine | 100 |
| A new principal – independence gained – a royal commission – postwar boom – the Palmerston North branch – the growth of administration – hard times, the 1970s and 1980s – democratisation – academic reform | page 6 |
| Chapter 6: Cribbed, cabined and confined | 128 |
| The site expanded – postwar building boom – the Reynolds–Culliford plan – concrete blocks – the Hunter saga, part one – tower blocks – the precinct project – the Hunter saga, part two – the Polhill plan | |
| Chapter 7: Mites and earthquakes | 158 |
| Big science – trouble in the faculty – physics – earth sciences – Antarctica – botany and zoology – chemistry – mathematics – computing | |
| Chapter 8: Hits and misses | 187 |
| Engineering – architecture – a medical school – nursing – Asian studies – Pacific studies – the English Language Institute – criminology – industrial relations – university extension – a survey research centre | |
| Chapter 9: Wisdom and gold | 211 |
| Economics – accountancy – business administration – commerce and administration – policy studies – the law school | |
| Chapter 10: Soft science and hard art | 242 |
| Psychology – anthropology – sociology – political science – education – geography – philosophy – religious studies – history | |
| Chapter 11: The creative edge | 278 |
| English – modern languages – classics – linguistics – drama studies – librarianship – art history – the art collection – music – an arts centre? | |
| Chapter 12: Weirdie beardie layabouts | 311 |
| A student union building – the conservative years – the decline of sport – welfare services – flats and halls – fashion – politics – the demise of capping – the rise of culture | |
| Chapter 13: The truth is out there | 352 |
| The Hawke report – restructuring – 1990s – ‘refocussing Victoria’ – gaudeamus igitur | |
| Appendices | 381 |
| Chancellors, vice chancellors and registrars – Student numbers | |
| Notes | 383 |
| Bibliography | 416 |
| Index | 421 |