VALUES, CHIEFLY CASH

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30739, 1 May 1965, Page 14

VALUES, CHIEFLY CASH

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" . . that healthy and vigorously growing universities aro vital to rapid economic growth and social progress is now generally accepted throughout the world. Perhaps this is the time to measure our acceptance of it, to consider what sort of universities the community needs and what the community is prepared to pay for.” —Dr. Arthur Beacham, vice-chancellor of Otago University, in his annual report. I speak for the whole Community. I’m specially qualified. I’m in the Community’s Confidence. I’m on the Community’s Side. The Community, Dr. Beacham, Has authorised Me to say A Word on the Sort of University For Which it’s willing to pay. It’s the Sort of University Where None of the Students fail, Where only the Best (respectably dressed) Are found within the Pale. The Community wants its Money’s Worth In B.A.’s LI. B.’s Out on the Street, you Non-elite! You don’t deserve Degrees. But the Sort of University The Community says it wants, Must cater for All, it’s Liberty Hall Where Everyone gets his Chance. Not for the pampered Specialist, The intellectual Snob But the Honest Plodder Give him a Break, A Diploma, and a Job! The Sort of University That’s a Sort of Supermarket All on the Shelf, you can serve Yourself, You can bring the Car, and park it Your professional Bread and Butter, Your cultural Sauce and Spices, • Save your Shilling on Sandwich-filling ' OUR UNBEATABLE PRICES. It’s the Sort of University That shows its Profit yearly. The Investors earn their Cash Return, The Balance-sheet shows clearly, A new Sort of University That’s never existed Yet! It’s asking a Lot, but isn’t This what The Community hopes to get?