UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 202, 24 August 1904, Page 4

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

SCHEME ADOPTED. ESTIMATES e OF THE COST. ■ A special meetii - of the tJniversitv College Council *a* held yesterday ti» receive and consider the report of tho sub-committee appointed by the Council at its last meeting (Messrs. G. L. pe«. cocke, W. Coleman, and the Hon. Mi Tole). The meeting was attended by the acting chairman (Mr G. L Pea - cocke). Dr. McDowell, Hon. J. A." Tole Rev. J. H. Simmonds, and Messrs W* Coleman and T. U. Wella. """ The chairman said that in drawing up the report the committee had conlerred with the Professorial Board and representatives of the Graduates' Aseoeiation on the proposals, and they had arrived at a definite policy, which would be presented to the Government if tho Council approved it. The chairman saiil that the committee had been actuated by the desire to increase the association and the intimate relation of the College with the industrial life of the province as far as possible, and the report-aimed' at that object. It would be found that the report asked the Government for no more than would place the College on Lhe same footing as other Colle«»es in the South. ,, ° " The main features of the report jrm published by us yesterday, being the rissult of the deliberations in camera of the sub-committee, with the Professorial Board and the Graduates' Association, As we stated, the committee and thii other bodies arrived at a combined platform with the object of Securing thti best treatment for the College, and 14 was decided to make a definite stftfe. ment of the College's needs in acedfdanen with, the desire expressed by' ; mier that these needs should .ite 'explicitly stated without deliy, '.Jhe effect of the requests made T)y the Council is to place the College on atr leart an equal footing with the Southern Colleges, in particular by t"he establishment and endowment of a School oj Mines. It was resolved to (1) ask tht Government for a giant of £7000 to provid* adequate buildings and efficient equipment in the establishment of the pfimposed School of Mines, and also aisfcattf - toiy grant of £1500 per annotii fov salaries and maintenance in connectioii therewith; (2) with regard to the tjuw* tion of college buildings, a grant of a 4 least £20 000 is asked for the erectidn on a suitable site qf a properly-appoint-ed college, at a cost, say, of £20,000, a grant for which will be required in addition to the grant already mentioned for a School of Mines; (3) that An addition to the present statutory grant of £4000 per annum is urgently iretnuxei to enable the college to appoint professors and lecturers for the teaching oft political science, educational and mental science, all these being subjects prescribed by the New Zealand University Senate in connection "With the B.A. degree, and the committee veerfc of opinion that the statutory annua3 grant should be increased to £5500. The report went on to explain thaS the recommendations "were made in pursuance of the scheme for the general expansion of the College, and in recognition of the general policy of specialise* tion the suggested School of Mines had been given priority. The matter of tb» College building had been included because the housing of the College in such, a dilapidated building so far removed from public observation was prejudicial to the mana of the College, andit was unfair to expect the Council to be content with it when Victoria College was rocpiving a grant of £30.00U for new buildings. The recommendation of the committee with regard W the. increase of the grant by £1500 »• year was in pursuance of the poli<7 « expanding the scope of the College|» meet the demands of the place. IB* committee also considered that «c Council should give its support to W scheme, of the Senate to procure th" PstabHshmenf of residential tion for students. w*ich would becomenecessary in a very short time. The Council discussed +hfi sche T detail, and went into it minutely. JS«»* tnnllv it was decided to c^ oT3e ,.™' as drawn ui>. and chairman w»e ducted to send it to W with a letter «W£«J and explaining the Council's amtatioM.