AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1922, Page 13

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

MF.l'.i'lN'O OF CO.\niTTTKK. At Mil* meeting of tlie executive of tlie Ain-kbiiiil Ao-i-i.-ultii-ra.l Educational . C.iniuiltto' y-e-»:f*nl:!,v afternoon, Mr. K. j D. Mel.euiinn p: -csediii'g. an intimiation I was received frr*ni the (nivernnr-1 (b'oneral (Admiral VUeomnit .Iclliooo) j fiiat lie would Ik* ple*a-.\l I) accept tlie piif of (lie 00-n:.mi'too. It was I re.-olvod to protect live d r ei'si-on i "f the Drrcn-iT-fViioT.Tl Oif An-rifiiltii'i-e taut Mr. \. W. (iron, tbe offlcor in! e'l.iraf of -t'iu' Ru-akura farm, should nulj ,be'i>me a inetn' l -oi- cf th.' committee j pprditi-pf Hie (lovornmont's decision on: I'll*.* auction of tin* o-t.ibl.i-li'nwnt of a] farm sdho* 1 !. in wiliieli the committee was j specially intrrestcil. | Tn a memorandumi f-ho Minister ol*| Actien:!tlire* (lion. W. Xe:-wor!hy) j dated that the last-men't.ioni'd subject j was roc; ivitig careful consideration. A largo mimlirr of county councils.! horo'iuh coun-ils an-,1 A. nnd P. Asso- ' ciationis wrote supporting the proip-r-':* 1 : to (-.-.t-Ahlih tV farm' school. Tbe | Prin'-r* Mini-ter. Sir Frederic Lang ami' otlieirs a'.-o !n't imnted tiliat 't'liov woitild ■Ax.- the in-ift-r rboir support. ' j A t-iti.-i ' 1 f(U'-.n:;t!o- wa* elected to inVTvV'v.- -A.;? trust •?■- of the •»*fa.fi> cf! tlie late Dr. I.ogan <. ainp'nell regarding hi- l r ,,p !: . ' A A large iui.ml(T of roiprp^ouifi-livca of! !o-a! 1., dies in the province wore eip-"i-.-d m tiho M««. tnirpt'hpr with; Mp«t«. .T, W. Boynton, S.M., and flut-ha, Mackenzie. M.P., and (lie principal of the Training Culleicp. Mr. 11. G. Cnus-his. A -pport of (Iho proposed policy of Ci.- p-'imvitiii-p was rceivcl frn-u s."«;ib-eomm'vlS-p, and it was .leci b-.l that V"? | r<v-r-rt 1-c cir-'ib-ri-ivl anion-*- member-*] nnd earfu'ly eoiu-'idered l-\- the In til j ,-i-v-i-t : g"*t;on coipimi; trp. in con jiinri.-n*n j wit.'i the .prop a!ran -X coniTni-ttro. hef«"iTo| beina 'published, and a Is*, that th<-=e '. commit to-'-s ■s'bnnM report to Ci-> jrene'*:!'! rxr-.irtive eon jrAoe next F-iliy at 10 a.m. The rerort as pro-civli-fl sot f-it tin p-oliey wi'.ib •"• miAr: l-o adopt" 1 :! to-n-"-b tho e-t:!^']'-'■-r;*i7-! cf a. farm so'-.0-ol and 'an a'grioultural ed'e^e. r-ONTKNTn ATIOX TPOX RUAKX'RA FAItM SCHOOL. When db-our.sin.g the propos-al that nrt agrfieiil'turafl colOem* be est-aM ij-Ci-rtl' in t'ho Auckland di'-'tTict. <:U"* cunim''''loe decided that all elTV.rts he concentrated on founding the nrcup-cspj fn-mi school -at Riualcurß. In this connection, Professor Burhidje said lip did not want ti see tli? propn-"il Aari.'uitural CoI'V-ap become too academical. There wasj aV.vays flip dancer that ths Riiakura farm s-cliool when e.-tabK-'hed woiiW ' beenimp till'? preiftipa'l in-:itiition, awl tire colle-tre a phi-p -that woivKl n-ot keep , in touch with the fanning eommumity. It ints p.eisenliil th-iit the c-nllcip slinilld he closely associntpd with the farmers. Tlvp success «f i!ho American and Caiia-di-au .inT!cultuTa! <-o!leges* lay in tlie t-lmt a very close with the practical agriculturists. Mr. F. Clifton said ho l-elifvwl t-Tra't ev<-ntua.Hy the coHose teaohcrs -would! come ifrom tihe R-nakura sc-howl. The-re' was an 'iiK-l-in-ation to go l/eyond "os.~ihilitics. Thr counmit'tee woaild do well to lay liits-elf out to obtain a ffoo-.l ermi- . mcn.(*pmpnt far tilie piroptused ainri-eulturail scfliCTol at Ruakura. Tlie cWinr.an ('Mr. E. D. Mc-Tjeniian ) said- ho was in entire a;rre r Tr.ent with the J au-sprcstiion that t-he openiini? of t'lie RifelviiTa fami s<-Qioo! wo-u.ld ]irecede othor good results. Mr. CHfton moved,| and it wais deei':lod, Vimi the ccmmittPe i should oonceTi-trato its ofTomt-s towar.ls tlie ostnhl'isn-mont of the RuakiiTa farm school, above ail other objects. Hon. Gpcmgo Fowlds remarked that it was p'loai-ing to note Hint the University CVritajra Council was in ■r.-nrpat'hy wi-t'li the propi-al to inaujruratc a. course of a-rri'iiiltiiniil science nt tlie t'ni\-t-rsit.v, 'S : .nr-e siiich a coun.-'-* n.iuM greatK- a«.**st in tlie initiation of an agricultural college at an eiirly date. " Messrs. Carr-RoUeit, E. Ila'l'l, F. H. I OmVl.agha.n. F- Clifton, and K. O. 5L-Le-nnian were aippointwl a d^nutation to wait upon Hit University CVloTe Council with reference to tlio proposal to ill- ] auguraite a eoun-e of ngrieukniT'll I science at tlhc Cirivorsiitv , ; i