CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15112, 30 October 1914, Page 10

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

GRANT FOR BUILDING? j AY ANTED. i ' DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. j (SKCUL TO ,: TrtE TRESS." : ) i WELLINGTON,. October 2l\ I A deputation from the Canterbury j College Hoard of Governors Intorvicw]od tho Minister of Education to-day ; -.vlth -a view 01 getting a grant- tor , buildings. I Mr J. C. Adams (chairman) said that out oi' nearly £ .-?,C0O spout on ihe Col- ! lofe buildings, iho total Cover nn. en* -grants came to only HIS.OOO. Ho em-Iph.ii-iscd the noee.-sity lor goiny ou ! with their building scheme a- t-'C-on as ! possible. Especially was it s.eee*,saVy to I make bett'.-r provision tor phy.>ics. Sir :E. Uuthortord. while recently in Chii*?tI church, had stroked im.- point. Ho sugfester) a -rant ot i-19,(K»D-iSCOO a I year until tho scheme was completed i ia sis years. I Messrs Opie and Maion (Registrar} j spoko in su'pnort ol' wnai 3ir -Vciams ! had <-tat.Vl. Iliey emphasised tho need i for .instance, and of promptI anec. , ! Afr G. W. llasse!!. M.P.. spoKo o. 'the difioivntiation that, was being made 'in regard to Auckland. Wellington. ; and Ouigo. as compared with Christ>church. It seemed, to him that Canter- ! bury was being ponah.-ed. be-.-aus*.-, in ' tho'early days "the founders of the pro- ! vinco established endowments. Tho j others wore getting considerable ..rants, I but Canterbury was aiways told that- it j had endowments. Canterbury should hi j placed in the same position as tho '' others, and then they would havo their .. endowments to extend their work, ar.d !so be the first college in New Zealand. I Mr L. M. Lsitt saiu ho war, in syuiI pathy with tho deputation, and apolo- ■ L'ised for tile absence or Mr Witty. Ho ! agreed with what Mr l.usseH had said. ' Mr Davoy said ho did not object to . he grants to other colleges—the more i they got the belter—hut Canterbury i should receive equal treatment, with i the other col'ogcs.' | The Hon. Janus Allen, in reply, said ! j as they all knew, he tcok a wry ;ireat interest iv tho College, nnd chaired to ! it ;is fnr o« ho con 1 -!. Ho thoucbt. j however, that' Messrs Hu*ssell anil Isitt j ''ad nor. been c/uito fair when' they j stale! r'uir. it was being lienalised hej r-Tu.'o of the endowments nrovided by ! tho e-->'-lv sel'-'o'-s. F« f.Mi- A'len't vaiued j very hichlv the Tvo'-k done l>v the early I «ettiors for educirion in Otago, and ! Crtutcvhnrv, but thero was no penalising. The endowments lifd not been tour-hod in any way. The North Island colleges, however, were in a very different position from those in the South, because, in their case, no provision had boon mado in the early days for endowments : therefore, to state that because they helped those two colleges in the North- Island, it was not fair to say that Canterbury was being penalised. It was absolutely tne duty of tho Stato to make provision for those colleges now. seeing that no provision had been made before a-- hi the case of -..o others, and that had been done, though really only to a very modest decree. Canterbury College got from its endowments £!.208 per annum, which was more than Auckland and Victoria Col-'er-es got together, and Canterbury was not a larger college than Victoria. In oddi-ion, Canterbury had a grant of £2000 a year for specialising in engineering, aud in connexion with manual and'technical education another £502, givine total revenues of close upon £12,000 a year. It was tho richest college of the lot. Otago came close to it in regard to revenue, but it had four special schools tD run—medical and mining (which wero costly), domestic science (which Christchurch might have had\ and the dental school. ' What Otago was getting under the Bill amount to just about as much as Canterbury College's revenue. He wished .to point out that there was nothing new in these grants in tho Bill, except that, instead of asking Parliament to vote them annually, he was asking Parliament to make them statutory. This would put tho Collego finances' upon a more secure basis. The Canterbury and Otago revenues were approximately £12,U0u a year: Auckland and Victoria £9000 a year. Surely, therefore, they could not say that they were penalising Canterbury in connexion with this matter. Tho deputation would se6 that annual grants for buildings could not bo.pui; in a statutory .vote; it would have to como out of the Public Works Fund. If thero was no revenue available, he could uofc put. it into.the Bill. Mr Allen added that thero was a provision in tho Bill for subsidising grants, gifts, etc. In this matter the Otago people had set a very good example. They had put their hands in their po-rrkets and had subscribed, a great, deal for buildings. There were, no doubt, many well'to-do people in Canterbury, and this provision mig.it. induct- thv.n to do something to assist a-i in C-Titerhnry that r!i«\v ■d! valued very hi'ih'y. In regard to .1 '.-•"d ; ns for r.-'v-'-'s if mean*: would • "-nir, lie would he willing to help, ile "••she?: to «nv. however, that in the •"•irt.-r of hnihii'iE.*, An "Kind was un-••v-vtiona.-.y worse off than any of the Mr T.-.itt: They are a wealthy coni- _ Mr .Yon: "I am nor, nrenarcd to say ■ •"*. Ti-ov ,i« r-q wpa-fhv a*-- CV.n.ev'■n:*r. ' Jl<. 0,-h]od tM* he --.s VO'V ■■■orrv, "ideed. in resne-**. t-> ..VucVh-nd >- - J . :, is wp^'«.'ding -viihont ..*, -»..f>- n { tv, n College sit-e and hvikii-iga Ixinz ilxerl up.