CARNEGIE GRANTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 90, 17 April 1929, Page 10

CARNEGIE GRANTS.

"SERIOUS REFLECTIONS."

OTAGO COUNCIL'S REGRET

HOW MISUNDERSTANDING AROSE

(By Telegraph.— Own Correspondent.)

DL NF.DIN. Tue>dav

j Kef-oning to tlio statement re port oil to have lieen made by the president of jthe Auckland Cniversit y College, Sir Ccorge Fow ld>. suggesting that thi> council and that of lanterbury Coll-go had gone behind the backs of the two • ollegcs i„ tin- North Island in applying for a »rant from the Carnegie Corporation. this eouneil endorses the statement] [published on its behalf by the vice-clia n • I etllor and regrets that the Hon. Sir Ceo. Fow Ids should, without the slightest jnt ilieat ion. have made sueh rr flections upon the honour of the two southern colleges." This was the motion placed before a meeting of tli!> Otago University Council to-dav bv the Chancellor. Hon." T. K. Si,lev. Reason foi* the Delay. Mr. Si,ley expressed surpri-e that Sii George Fow his had committed hitn-elf to such a statement, lie said that the ropiest for a libraries grant had been agreed to by the four colleges and a communication had been forwarded to i lie t a riiegk- Corporation last October.] 1 1 he matter of a grant for turner-it v xten-ion had been held over in order to permit the various colleges to formula! hemes. 1 lit- delay so tar as (Hago and » anterbury were concerned was entirelv hie to the. fact that these two coll.Goliad been unable to come to an agreement. Canterbury had suggested a con>erence and the 'registrar had a.tualU ,M Christchurch to -ee the Canter bury ( ollege officers on the matter Sir t.>orge Fowl,ls had apparently n-umed that the delay was due to the fact that the southern colleges were in the meantime making separate representations to the Carnegie Corporation. Such a statement as that made by Sir lie... Fow Idwas not ealenla t:-<l to promote that -piritj which every well-wisher of these in-ii j (utions, including Sir «»"eorge himself, would desire to seo maintained. '

Mr. Studholrce's Status. Sir Ju.iii.r- All.-li said l:o believe.] thai —«>iiit- grant I<-r the libraries would 111 ;i lit* 1m till'. re-pective college- lit l 1 1'"'Ho cuiild ii..t -ay <1.-ti.■'> . H"wev.v. !:.• did know ilia:' there w i- every jvw-i----biliiy of a grant from tlu- t ariiegk'Cor[••"ration i'i.r e\t.i:-:.!i wo: k in rural ■1i - * li.t ~ from i he bcui'iiorg tlnyear !'-'•"■ii all< 1 ii won'.! i.o-- !'H a-uo l" r a lousier period. won;.! like to rnalo' it very .1, ar :ha t Mi. "f! inline h;ol n-t u"ii" i" the < .i. roL . ral .oa in an einl'avoio- i,, j; regarding i>* ■:rant -. Mr. Stialhoin, 1m 1 «''t to the con o-aT ..11 ..•»« in*'*' live. Ho li'a.l •_■. no the- ■ al tion of the chairman ol the nv-'ei- ; lie eor j iora ti. m. who had l:iu> t' 1 -o a- he knew lie wa- 1 rav threil- i America ail.l it wa- -idee,-.. a \enient importnir' \ 1" fll '' :li-ell-s ill'- on -ii. • - i':e N"" '/eaiai" I ~ni ver-it y was diaii'.u w/h in re;::ir'l !i. lira in-. The tint', ion m:'- v.am aaai- > •