NRS-18316 | Examination book [Wagga Agricultural College]

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This series is comprised of one volume entitled "Examination Marks". The volume was begun by the Wagga Experiment Farm in 1948 and continued to be used by the Wagga Agricultural College from 1949 onwards.

The volume contains information relating to students’ exam results and provides columns to record the examination marks received by each student. Each examination mark was given out of one hundred. Also recorded are the total marks for each student per subject, and the student’s overall placing in the class. For a number of years, remarks by lecturers on each student’s performance and attitude were recorded in this volume.

Wagga Experiment Farm students in 1948 sat examinations in the following subjects: Principals of Agriculture, Practical Agriculture, Livestock, Chemistry, Botany, Business Principals, Entomology, and Mechanics. The students were also marked overall in diligence and aptitude in both their classroom work and farm work.

Wagga Agricultural College students sat a varying number of examinations between 1949 and 1954. Some of the subjects included were: Principals of Agriculture, Livestock, Botany, Entomology, Practical Agriculture, Chemistry, Soil Physics, Business Principals, Meteorology, Mechanics, Book Keeping, Economic Geography, “Surveying and B.C.”, Sheep Husbandry, Wool Classing, Veterinary Science, Bacteriology, Engineering, Dairying, Orcharding, and Public Relations.

This volume also includes a list of each first year student’s personal information in 1949 and 1950. Details such as their home address, date of birth, marital status, religion, military service, previous schooling, previous work experience, future plans, hobbies, club participation and their mode of transport are all recorded.