TRAINING COLLEGE AND DENTAL SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 165, 6 April 1908, Page 8

TRAINING COLLEGE AND DENTAL SCHOOL.

I CEREMONIES AT DUNEDIN. [ ' SPEECHES BY THE PRIME MINISTER \ AND OTHERS. ■ ; ffc/,:-:-'' : .(BT/TELEaBAPH—PRESS/ASSOCIATION.). j'. -. ' . v Dunedin, April 4. The foundation-stone of;.the new training t.y /;• college, .on. the. sito of tho!; present. Union. |. . ' Street school was laid by Sir Joseph Ward f-, tins afoornoon, in the prescnco of a largo. •; and representative gathering, included in fi- . which was the Hon. G. Fowlds (Minister for [.. • Education). <. ' ■ f.;..; ' ... i ' In' the course of his remarks before laying ■,-'-;/. tho' foundation-stone, tho Prime Minister ■ siiid : that■/ the total ..amount 'granted' - for building the college, was £8650. In '1896 .the; ~ total'number'of. pupils in the training col•V: : . lege3 in .the. Dominion was 161, of .which >v;': ■•".'/• Dunedin's proportion was 79, while at pre- ; sent ;tho.total number was 300, of, whom 80 i^'V.V'-';\w'oroVmDunedin Collogo.'. The /total'allow-' ;//.. -.'■■■ since? to students in the-four colleges.in the v -'Dmiiftion ; was v £10,923, . and, .in addition, V £2199 • was ' 'paid by thb : Government on behalf; of. students for' University fees. Three .i::- 1 : thousand; pounds . was. paid annuully by the • ;•: iQoverniaont • for the salaries' of teachcrs in ] training colleges. -.V; 'v' , The Eon. G. Fowlds.- said; the 'movement ok; for .'.reorganisation of' training colleges lin ;'•}/■'the four. University ceritrcs- was tho greatest ■ ; fiducational'improvement" taken' iip in New Z/.'uland'for many years. Tho'claim made ::■/■/,; / upon; Ja ' teacher in ;modern days was very much 1 greater than it had - been in the < old v;.:days,,and proper equipment was' most ne'ces-. Bury'. ..In. the last few" years'-'many increases /'.V,///hail ..been, mado: iii. salaries of teachers./'and " {r/hilo some might'need nttention; he; fcolicved #;i i /would : be found, generally' speaking, that. V . 'ho pay "of/New : Zealand : tcachers'. was. equal /' :<o',that 'of ;,teachers : in"'other parts- of the . ' rorid. There.wore new 61 nialo teachcrs and ,102" female teachcrs 'in' training, . and; in . ,pi J i 6: of the'-cry 'that' young men were- net . ; ' Kitcring the prbfessi6a,'ho thought the above, proportion very reasonable. --. THE TEETH. At 'the .conclusion of tho abci-e; ceremony, thb Ministers proceeded to tho denial school • i : "i (a'recent adjunct to the University), which . v;as officially.'opened by Mr. Fowlds.: Speeches ! . Y.'ci9 delivered bv Mr. Fowlds, Sir J. G. ';J, 'Allen,' M.P. (Vice-chancellor ;;,v b?/tho -University');' Dr. Pickerill: (director, of. •.!: school);-'and Mr. T. K. Sidey, M.P. . . ;; ;.The local /speakers- paid \a' tributo -to tho , ' ..Gbyeriliueht ; for : 'tho -generous-/assistance, '.rondoreel in .connection with the. establish-: n-.ent of the school,' and; all referred in- terms of.' praise; to Mr. Sidey's' energy and . en-: .thYisiasrir m connection with the scheme. ;'•;•/ ,V .. : ; Dr. Pickerill stated that since, the/ school ■ . ..-was''opened -m July last 'ovcr 1100 dental v ;/operations!-.: had : beeii performed on 453 .V."/ : ,. patients.; ;At present/ there wero oyer 100| :.; ,/'. patients:on the booksj and this he regarded . .; as the 1 : weak spct, : inasmxich - as-'it showed: : . ; .:tho : ;dpmand .was ''greater'-than, the' present facilities. 'Ho also siid/that when "ho came : .. to,New,,Zealand he'expected : t6'iirid ; niatters' v. '. in connection' with the people's - teeth..'fairly . \ ..bad, but ho wasv .not / preparetl/jfor 1 the' ; ,- nctu'olity,'-'namely, 'that'conditions :in Duu- • .' ; ;:edin: wero . worse than-in England,' and he. 1 had no reason to behsvo Dunedin was worse ■■:;■/■/• th-in other-'parts of the Dominion. . • Allen, Sidey^/Armstrong,: an.l Dr. ' . Pickcrill- advocatcd. bringing,.the equipment : i .of i .the , scho6l.:.thoro'ughly up to" date, thus' 1 - : placing it on a lovel with the leading dental 1 Echopls in 'the Old. World, and America. ' . i