TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14648, 6 April 1911, Page 6

TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

... m "- MORE MONEY. WANTED. HELP, PROM LOCAL BODIES. NEW SYSTEM OF CONTROL. The value of technical education to the industries of the Dominion has been generally realised, and in Wellington, Christehureh and Duredin, and some of the smaller centres, practical assistance has been given to the work by the various public bodies. Provision was made in the Education Amendment Act, 1908,' for the establishment of associated classes of manual and technical instruction under the management of a board constituted of representatives of the contributing bodies, whose authority to give financial support i to technical education is embodied in the same statute. The Auckland Technical College has, up to the present, been entirely under the control of the Education Board, and with the exception of the donation of £10,000 from the Auckland Savings Bank, and of a few small contributions from local bodies, it has received no financial support from public bodies. In this respect Auckland has stood alone so far as -the large ': cities ii of the Dominion are concerned, and with the object of placing the administration of its technical college on Jin up-to-date basis, the director (Mr. George George) submitted to the Auckland Board of Education at its meeting yesterday, a scheme for -a distribution of the cost among the public bodies of the city. "For the past eight years," said Mr. George, "technical classes in Auckland have been conducted for the most part in mare or less unsuitable "shanties," where the carrying on of higher technical education has been rendered difficult, if not impossible. With the opening'of the new technical college, it is hoped that students and the comraun-ty will realise the advantage of long courses of technical training in the various 'industries, and that higher technical education in Auckland will thus become possible. It is generally, recognised that the more advanced the instruction, .the more costly it is, and if the Auckland Technical College is to rank as a first-claAs institution it is absolutely necessary that its income shall be considerably MgiiKnted, and shall be less j liable to fitK.*ra-tties* than it can possibly i be under the'' pesent condition, where itis derived ;';«at iidy from capitation pay- > ments and JVwa student*' fees." Mr. Gecrgt} proposed that a board of: 30:' managers daawl be constituted, • the Board of 'Fdn 1 »*i <m having three representatives, : mi il e Auckland Savings Bank, by virtue o'i lis. donation, four representatives. Baeieg hit calculations on the capij tal value ■■ of tart ; city, ' : he estimated that j the AncklaSiS C'Sy Council would contriI bute £->30. and yjus be entitled to four | represenltatsMi i., ttfsfin the Auckland Har-I-'boor. Bcmrd, fotMWi which a .„ contribution j 1 of £20J mi.* v 'm expected, would have ; r two. .1 "he « v of other bodies j I were' ei<tinf*t -sd "w n follows:—Auckland A. i and P. .Asi-nKfetion, Chamber of .Commerce,! Provincial ;!n.iJustri<-'l Association, Trades ! '• and'!.'L£s'l!iour'' : 'Couatci*,' and' City and : Sub-,I urban i>minaj.»> Board, £25 each; Mount . Eden: Borongl-, Council, £90; Grey Lynn Cbunc:, £52; Pamell ,f Borough ."■Coiust;..;. £45.;'iiriVonport Borough '. Conn-. cil, £52; Onelonga Borough ' Couitscil, £37 Newmarket Borough Council, £25 ; \ Birkenhead J&orostgh Council, £17; North- • cote Boiovifth Coiaicil, s £9; Remuera Road Board, £73; One tree Hill Road Board, ;£45; l Easbm'-Road" Board, £37; Mount : Roskill Road Beard, £25; Eden Terrace Road Board, £15; Archhill Road Board, '£10.' Birkenhead and Korthoote would have '.%'.'-*b£.nt'representative;' as would also. Eden ;*-Terrace \ and Archhill, and each of the. others would be entitled to a single member on the board. Mr. George estimated that the City Council, the borough councils and the road boards would be able to- obtain the amount of their conri but ions by a rate of one sixty-eighth of a penny in the pound. Under the provisions of ' the Education Act, all contributions "\ made by local authorities for the •purpoiie, of encouraging the formation of, or. incrreiasing- the efficiency of, manual and '. technical classes. are . subsidised .by the ' Gove miaeiit at lite rate' of £ for £. . A'? The dfiairmaa of the Board C. J. Parr) said the administration of ' technical education in the South had been entrusted with marked : success : to such., boards -'of' managers. The Education Board had done as well as it- could far some years past, hot the college, with its roll of over 1400 students, had become too large a concern to -1» managed.by the Board. Its cum-' c ill qui embraced instruction in every ; branch Xof industry, science and ; art, and if the I college ; ; was to ■;' do its* proper" work in the community, it must be brought into closer touch 'with local .bodies, which"" ..would, contribute .to its', funds. '-'/«■ '."..'J'.'" ; -The subject had been considered by the Finance :; Committee, and ■ the Board adopted its recommendation that a sub- . committee consisting Of Messrs. G. Edgec urn be. G, ,T. Garland, G. "W. Murray and; Wallace, with- the director, should interview Ideal bodice regarding the proposal. ■ '' ■:"

*»'. ■ SAVINGS BANK DONATION. CONSIDERATION DEFERRED. ; The principal business set down* for consideration at the monthly meeting of the trustees :of the ; * Auckland Savings Bank yesterday, was the proposal made by '.the* chairman (Mr. J. J. Holland) at the previous; meeting- to donate £10,000 from the bank 'a surplus funds towards the completion- of the • erection of- the Sodden Memorial Technical College. The trustees present were:-The Chairman, the Hon. S. Thome George, M.L.C., the Hon. E. 'Mitcheison, and Messrs. H. Smith, T. ■Peacock. J, H. Upton, C. B. Stone, T* Thompson,"W. S. Cochrane, H. Brett, ,T. Reid, R. Hall, P. M. Mackay, S. J. Nathan, A. E. Devote, J. Jenkin, and A. Clements, The members absent were Mr. A. Kidd. who is now on his way to England, and Mr. J. Edaon; who is at present in Rotorua. v The chairman duly moved the motion, and after discussion, it was decided to defer further consideration of the matter. Although the trustees observe a strict reticence regarding .what occurred, it is understood that applications for grants were received at the meeting from, the Young Men's Christian 'Association, * the Auckland Art Society, and the Elam School of Art.