EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 135, 10 June 1925, Page 11

EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS.

AT DTJNEDTN EXHIBITION. QUESTION OF COST. Financial assistance in fitting up the Court of Education in connection with the forthcoming New Zealand and South Seas International ■ Exhibition at Dunedin, towards the end of the present year, was requested of the ordinary meeting of the Board of Managers of the Technical College last evening, when Mr. H. S. W. King presided. The executive of the court advised that it had been found necessary to.make an appeal to aU educational bodies throughout the Dominion for assistance in setting up the display. The Exhibition Company had granted free of cost an area of approximately 24,800 square feet of floor space for the court and the exhibitors, the educational bodies-of the Dominion, were responsibl&for the provision of funds for the staging of the exhibits. The court, it was stated, was a national one and was entirely representative of the education system of the country. In accepting the position of president, the Minister of Education had expressed the hope that teachers and educational bodies generally would support the executive in making the display one of the finest at the Exhibition. It had been estimated that the sum of £3000 would be required. Of that amount, £1780 had already been donated by various bodies, leaving the sum of £1220 still to be subscribed.

The letter also stated that the Education Department would defray expenses of cartage, steamer freights, etc. Thus, the only expenses to be met by the educational authorities would be those for the preparation and packing of the exhibits. The director (Mr. G. J. Park) £»id that the educational court was of vital interest to the college, and stressed the benefit derived by contributing to the display, which would give the public the opportunity of examining and forming an opinion of the work done in the technical schools in New Zealand.

Mr. A. Burt supported the director's contentions and mentioned that the Exhibition was going to be an exceedingly large concern. The motor display court alone would cover almost as much ground as that occupied by the entire courts at the Auckland Exhibition. The display of educational exhibits would be of a high order and the college wanted to be represented. Mr. J. Purtell strongly opposed the suggestion to give financial assistance, and said that the college was doing its full share in the matter by providing the exhibits. He did not see how the local college would benefit from the display in Dunedin. In support of his argument he moved that educational work be sent to the Exhibition, but that the appeal for financial assistance be refused.

The motion lapsed for want of a seconder, and Mr. 0. Mcßrine then proposed that the sum of £50 be sent. An amendment was then moved that the sum be £25. On a show of hands, the amendment was adopted.