EDUCATIONAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 6 April 1908, Page 5

EDUCATIONAL.

NEW TRAINING AND DENTAL COLLEGE.

ATTACHED TO DUNEDIN UNIVERSITY,

tphEBS Association .J DUNEDIN, April 6.

The foundation stone of the new , H&aining college on the site of the preUnion street school was laid by Sir Joseph Ward on Saturday, In the course of his remarks the Prime Minister said- .that in ,1896 the total pupils in the training colleges in the Dominion was 161, of which Dunedin's proportion was 79, while at present the total number was 300, of whom 80 were in the Dunedin College. The Hon. Mr Fowlds ( said that the movement for reorganisation .of training colleges in the four university centres was the greatest educational improvement taken up in New Zealand for many years. The claim made upon teachers in modern days was so very much greater than it had been in the old days, and proper equipment ,w4s most necessary, tn the last' few years many increases had been made in the kalaries of teachers, and while some might need attention, he believed it would be found, generally , spe^akingj that the pay of the New.Zealand-teach-ers was equal to that' of teachers «in other parts of the world. There were 61 male teachers and 292 female teachers in training, and, in spite of the cry that young men were not entering the profession, he thought the above proportion a very reasonable one. 'At the conclusion of the ceremony the Ministers proceeded to the dental school (a, recent adjunct to the, TJnJv.ersity), which was officially opened "by Mr Fowlds. A number of speeches were made. Dr Piekerill (director of /the. /school) stated that since the school was' opened in July last over 1100 dental operations had been performed on 483 patients. At present there were over 100 patients on the books, and this. V as re f garded as a weak spot, inasmuch as it showed the demand was greater than the present facilities. He also said -when he came to New Zealand he expected to find matters in connection with the people's teeth fairly bad, but -was not prepared for the actuality, fj namely, that conditions in Dunedin * were worse than in England} apd' he nad no reason to believe Dunedin was worse than other parts of, the D,omin-

ion. Messrs Allen, Sidey, Armstrong and Dr Pickerill advocated bringing the equipment of the school thoroughly up 1» date, thus placing it on a level with the leading dental schools in the Old "World and America.

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