NEW COLLEGE OF SCIENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 11 September 1909, Page 4

NEW COLLEGE OF SCIENCE.

ItING INAUGURATE*? A QREA? COMPLETION OF PfiINCE CONSORT'S WORK.. The King attended iv ecvomouy i*i | Kensington yesterday, laying the ! foundation stone of the Imperial • College of Science and Technology on land noxt to the Royal College of . Music, says a Loudon paper. j The buildings will complete the ' scheme initiated half a century ago by the Princo Consort,- atr whose instance the svjrphis ' pjrocijeds- -0^" tjho Groat Exhibition" i of t ' I 4^lvei'i3' ip- < vested in land between Kensington ' Core and Cromwell-road, tp " be used as sites for buildings' devoted to the purposes oi science and ajj. tk the new buildings,* which hayf** bpijri .de-. signed by Sir Aston' Wefyb, H.'A., the mining, metallurgical, geological, and engineering departnieiits ef jhjj Ipiperial College of Soignee wil} Ije ac- • comraodated, j The King and Queen, with thej , Prince and Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria, were rcceivod by Lord Crewe, who is chairman of the govorning body, at the entrance of the ~sect!oli ?f- -he ..YistMiß . Band AJ^JJ-f Museum, and conducted tS 5' nld'wjUiJe iiO. typ jf Jfo yf phg new . buildings. Tlie' procession included the Vice-Chancel}o'r and principal pf the University of Jjon<[yif, f|ig'|-|i!*i**-man of tho L.C.C'., f".nd representatives of various edupatipmi} bodies; in London. " ; "fc*" *"• PRINCE CONSORT'S INSPIBA-! TION, Lord Crewe read -an address from the staff of the college, in which it was stated that tho college, founded by royaJ charter on stu July, 190/, represented a most effective develop ment of the great movement towards scientific and technical education which arose out of the exhibition of j 1851. It could not bo forgotten its j inspiration was largely owing to the King's father. At a timo when small regard was paid to scientific and artistic instruction the wise foresight of the Prince Consort anticipated what was now universally re cognised as one of the prime needs of- their nationa} lifg.' It was the earnest hope of the governing bpdy that the Imperial College anight justify its titje tp (ic tho centre of tho mpst advanced teaching and research in seionee in its practical Bide for the Empire. A HIGH STATUS. The King, in the course of his reply, said: — . . The concentration of various associated colleges into ono institution, which was effected by .our ordor iu Council of July, 1907, has always . seemed to me to bo an admirable ; scheimp for the furtherance of scientific instniotion, . .wjiich my dear father had so much at heart;, hnd tho names which appeared in tho first list of tho members of the Governing Body wero sufficient in themselves to give the college a very high status ' in tho educational world. Tho purposes of the college, as > stated in the Charter, are to givo thc | highest specialised instruction, and j to provide the fullest equipment for ' advanced teaching and research in • various branches of science, especi- ' ally in its' "ip'ic-atipn tp industry. In recent years thp snprqi-rip importance •■ of higher scientific edupatiori has, I am happy to say. been fully rrcognis cd iu England; and ns time gors on I feel more and more eonviiicod that fhe prosperity, even thn very safety ,ind existence, of our country depend on tho quality of tho scientific nn-1 technical training of those who arr io guide aud control our industries The rapid growth of knowledge makes it necessary for the tcachor of- any branch of applied science tn lib a specialist of a' high order, ifn-1 thc most accomplisod specialist canriot impart the fu'l advantage of his knowledge without that complete provision of apparatus for ]re9earch and instruction wbieb tbis college will supply. The college has already giv^n admii'ablo results, and wo may well 'ook for a steady increase in the' number of studonts and in thc effi'•ienoy of thp instruction provided. LAYING THE STONE. Sir Julius Weruhe-r hondod-to the King papers and coins to bo planed in the glass bottle, which Sir Melvill Beaehcroft deposited in an opening in tho stone. The KiDg then took from tho architect a silver trowel, aDd, aficr I spreading mortar on tho Ptopp, tap- ( pod and levelled the stone with a j silver mallet, and pronounced it •well and truly laid." -\ The choir of Westminster Abbey I then sang the hymn, "Tho spacious' .' Brmament on high,'' and after thu Arcbt»ij}J?fji) of Cnntei^urv had- offav. sd a prayer, tho Kir's*- anil tyikoi) 'a-J; fiartod. ' ..--"'I