Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - IV. Education and Mental Culture. Introd. by P. E. Lindström - 3. Higher Education. By P. E. Lindström
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
private universities.
415
an ex officio member of the Board. The Board elects annually from among its
members a vice-president and an inspector, which latter is the representative of
the Board. Its accounts are examined by auditors (revisor) appointed one by
Government, one by Vetenskapsakademien, and three by the Stockholm Town
Council.
The teaching staff, both permanent and temporary (förordnad), form
lärarrådet, or Council. The professors of the Council elect from among themselves
a rektor appointed for two years at a time. In the future the Högskola is
intended to comprise four faculties, namely those of History and Philosophy,
Languages, Mathematics and Science, and Law. At present the Högskola
consists of two sections (avdelning), one of Mathematics and Science, one of
Law and Political Science. Besides this, there is a professor of Literature, a
professor of Art, and a professor of the History of Religion.
The Högskola was originally not an examining, but a scientific and teaching
body. It has now obtained the privilege of conferring university degrees within
the faculty of law and to a certain extent, the faculty of philosophy.
In the autumn of 1914 the teaching staff of the Högskola consisted of 21
professors, 5 temporary teachers, 22 docents, and 14 assistants (amanuens). The
salary of most of the professors is 7 500 kronor, with an increment of 600 kronor
for some of them, the lowest salary for a professor being 4 500 kronor; the docents
are as a rule unsalaried, but the assistants have from 1 500 down to 300
kronor. A university teacher who has attained the age of 65, and has held a
university post for at least 30 years, and out of these at least 25 at
Stock-holms Högskola, is entitled to a pension corresponding to 70 % of the salary,
up to 7 000 kronor, he was in receipt of on vacating his post.
The academical year (läsår) begins on the 1st September, and is divided into
two terms (1st Sept. to 15th Dec., and 17th Jan. to 31 May). The professors
are under obligation to hold two public lectures in the week, and to act as
tutors to the students without extra remuneration. Most of them are also
principals of some scientific institution. — In the autumn term of 1914 the
number of students was 620.
Under the direction of teachers at the Högskola and with State grants (3 000
kronor per annum) is edited the international magazine Acta Mathematica, which
contains articles on higher mathematics written in French, English, and German.
The results of scientific research at the Högskola were formerly embodied chiefly
in Meddelanden från Stockholms Högskola, a series of scientific treatises, forming
part of the publications of Vetenskapsakademien.
The funds of Stockholms Högskola were at the end of 1912 aggregate capital
of about 6 720 000 kronor. The Högskola has its own premises.
(B) Göteborgs Högskola (University of Gothenburg) was from the very outset
placed under State control, and its statutes have received Government sanction.
Consequently it has obtained the right of conferring certain university degrees
(1893), also the degree of Doctor (1903).
The Högskola is governed by a Board (styrelse) of nine members subject to
the supervision of the Chancellor, of the universities. Its president is nominated
by Government for a term fixed by Government; four members are elected by
the Gothenburg Town Council, one by the Royal Society of Science and
Literature in Gothenburg, one by the directors of the Gothenburg Museum, and
one by the teaching staffs of the two higher state secondary schools of the
town, all for threes years at a time; the rektor of the Högskola is a member
ex-officio. The Board determines, within the limits of the grants made by the
Town Council, what offices and appointments shall exist at the Högskola,
and what salaries shall be paid. The Board has also the right, after consulting
the lärarråd and selected specialists, to appoint professors, either after previous
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
