TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18539, 27 April 1922, Page 2

TECHNICAL COLLEGE

MEETING OF MANAGERS.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Managers of King Edward Technical College was hfeld yesterday. Mr T. Scott presided over a full attendance, and welcomed Mr J. T. Paul, who has succeeded the late Mr Breen on the board. , Mr J. Wallace moved that the request of j the New Zealand Alliance for nermission ! to circulate a pamphlet dealing with alcohol 1 and its effects be declined. He stated that i neither the Otago nor the Canterbury Edui cation Board would grant permission to the j alliance.—Mr W. H. Steele moved an i amendment that permission be granted subject to the deletion of a certain paragraph.— ; The amendment was defeated and the motion carried. ] The director reported that the evening\ ! classes were now in full operation, with, ! in most subjects, an increase upon last year’s attendance. The number of students enroiled for commercial law, for woolclassi ing, and for music and singing being below I the tninimum required, the classes for these ; subjects were not continued. In classes for ; several other subjects the attendance was . barely sufficient to justify the continuance ; of separate classes, that was, if the restric- ! tions imposed by the department were ! rigorously enforced. Mr Ellis, the master for the Arts and Crafts Department of the ; School of Art, had entered upon his duties. ' Classes had been opened this week by him in subjects most in demand by inquiring . intending students, and it was already. evident that his energy and ability would ; lead to a 'wider demand for instruction in i the various craft subjects which he was ! undertaking. . In order that the term holiI days might agree, as far as possible, with those of the high schools and primary schools, the college would close on May il9 and reopen on' June 6. These dates were not quite suitable for the special university classes, which would require to be continued for a week after the other classes i were closed. j EUROPEAN RELIEF WORK. Miss f Constance Grant, who is visiting Dunedin for the purpose of organising relief for the starving students of Central Europe, addressed the board with a view to the. inclusion of the college in the scheme under which pupils and students are being asked to contribute a small sum weekly to the relief fund. Miss Grant described the conditions in Europe on\ lines previoiisly re-' ported, describing how the students of Europe are continuing their studies, though starving; scantily clothed, and sometimes homeless. She stated that the world-wide movement for their relief' had a backing of the imperial War Relief Committees, the American workers, and Dr Nansen, and it had received the approval of the New Zealand Senate. The matter was considered in committee. It v.-as decided to inform Miss Grant that the college was concentrating on the Save the Children Fund, but that the board had no objection to her addressing the pupils, the understanding being that the pupils should not be asked to contribute weekly' • to the Students’ Relief Fund. SCHOOL OF ART. Mr J. H. Wilkinson moved the adoption of the School of Art Commitee’s report, which stated that members had decided that a certain amount of renovation and possibly alteration would be required, but it was. tacitly agreed that nothing further should be done until the arrival of the recently appointed head of the school. The committee would then be in a position to make a definite statement regarding the building, and also the additional equipment required. Mr Wilkinson said he thought the appointment of Mr F. V. Ellis as crafts master was a very wise and satisfactory one. and he had not the slightest doubt that the school had a successful future before it. In reply to the Mayor, he said the new head should “J'riye in six* weeks or two months. The report was adopted. Mr Ellis, who was introduced to the board, remarked, in answer to a question, that the standard of work at the school was at present very low, and it would mean a good deal of work to pull it together again. There were several things way of equipment and material. ’ v;