AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 212, 6 September 1924, Page 14

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES.

ONE FOR EACH ISI.AKJX PLANS Olf THE MINISTER. (By-Telegraph.—Special to ~St»r.") WELLIKUTOS; this day. An indication that he favoured the establishment of one agricultural college in each, island was given by the Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister of Agriculture, -when the House was discussing the estimate* of his Department, when members advocated the claims of their respective districts to hare a college. The Minister refused to be drawn, on the question of site for the North island college, although he indicated hie view t-Jiat in the South the CJovenaoent should content itself with. impro\ing Lincoln College, Canterbury. . In regard to the mk> agricultural colleges mentioned, in Use Budget, he said th« matter had not yet come before Cabinet, but he proposed, ac eooe ac he got tie opportunity, u> discus* it and see what arrangement could be made. Although mention Bed been made of one oar two colleges for the North Island, his own apiakra -was that one would be sufliKsCTrt in the Xorth Island to begin : ■w-rti. (Hear, hear}. Where that college -would be he wu sot going to say at present, Sα agreed, that there sfcookl also be one in the South Island, but, instead of establishing »notber there, lie thought it would be advisable, iron a. financial point at -new. and out of recogoitioa of wbut bad been dooe by those eosmeeted vitK Lincoln Oollege for a. great number of yntra, thai the Government ahcruW step in -under a mutual arrangement with Lincoln College, strengthen that institution, ansl being it ■up to a standard equal to that of the college proposed to lie established in the North Island. (Hear, hear). BotU islands would then be equally equipped, and there would be a college in each island, to "whicii, he thought, they were entitled. "That," continued the Minister, "» what ie at the hack of i»t mind, not to go for two college* but to equip and establish a firat-cJasa one in the North Isiand and strengthenXiueom College in the South Island." Mr. T. M. Wilfoid: Have you deejfed where the agricultural eollegea will be? Mr. Nosworthy; 2ho, we have not yet decided. He. Wllford: Wien-tnia yea^,m»*7 Mr. Jiotiworthyx As aoon «saw« get & before Cabinet. Mr. WQfofid: Iβ Tt-diffieult? Mr. Koeworthy: I tirink it » -rartjaer difficult. When people bequeath: a certain, amount of money to the Government for agricultural" colleges aed tfct amount is not sofficieot it ia not earr to dedde -where to go and how to uliliac the money without finding a. Ist store, and if you put a college ia. -on* pkee you offend people in another. The Minister of Education gMgjrslnl that some thing more tnaa an agricultural coltege system would be needed t* bring agricoltaral edocatkiu wKkmnMi of young fanners vho would *ut att*nd college. This necessity mnst be mt, and it was advisable to broaden our aeeondary technical school corriculum affac* the modeioC acoools in Denmark.