MORE SCHOLARSHIPS

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 50, 28 August 1934, Page 5

MORE SCHOLARSHIPS

TECHNICAL STUDENTS' NEED

The need for some assistance for outstanding students in the . remote districts was stressed, in the. report of the art advisory committee discussed at last night's meeting of tho Wellington Technical College Board of Governors. Tho report ■ recommended tho board to communicate with the Education Department, suggesting that it should seriously consider means of giving such assistance. It also noted the fact that no satisfactory art classes are available for students in North Taranaki, and asked whether the Department cannot render any assistance in that district. ■ " ■ '■

"It has been the- pleasure of the art school staff to direct and assist a student of some brilliance who arrived from New Plymouth to take, a throo weeks' course, and because of her uuusual talent I mention her in this report," stated Mr. \V. N. Isaac, head of the art school, in his report. "It seems a great pity that there are no scholarships available in New Zealand which would support so brilliant a student for a reasonable period in one or other of our art schools."

There was altogether too much uniformity in the public schools system, said Mr. T. Forsyth. There should bo subsidies so that a student of ability, wishing to pursue his or her bent, should have the support of the Education Department. "Some system of bursaries should bo adopted,"'remarked Mr. J. Pearco Luke, '' so that pupils may go through with their courses without being worried by financial considerations."

An alternative solution, that other technical schools would in time bo established in country districts, was considered improbable. Mr. R. G. Bidlint;, director of the college, stated that specialists invariably tended to collect in the larger centres. Mr. J. N. Wallace put forward tho suggestion that a voluntary organisation shoula bo formed to approach the Director of Education on the matter of subsidies for outstanding students. Au analogy between tho project and the Rhodes Scholarships was drawn by Mr. T. Forsyth, who stated that the Minister of Education was sympathetic towards flip. idea.

"The bursaries should certainly be increased and diversified," said Mr. Ridling. "At present there is nothing nt all for art."

II; was resolved that the matter of the granting of bursaries should bo submitted to the tlirco other main technical centres for their opinions, and that ii. should be brought up again ul :i Cut hit dale.