THE MASSEY COLLEGE.
LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE SCIENTIFIC TRAINING FOR FARMERS. (Feb United Pbess Association.) PALMERSTON N., 4. Speaking at the ceremony this morning of laying the foundation stone of the new building tor the Massey College, Sir George Fowlds {chairman of the college) said he anticipated a, time when there would be grouped round the buildings training colleges for teachers, where they would imbibe an agricultural atmosphere which would better enable them to pass on to children a bias in favour of agricultural pursuits, upon which the prosperity of the country must mainly depend for many years to come. The college would not only give a scientific trainingto, A lar | e number of the future farmers of Iscw Zealand, but it would be expected to provide scientifically-trained men for educational purposes, for experts in the Agricultural Department, and for scientific research. \V hen the present building programme was completed and a commodious hostel provided there would be tho most complete agricultural college in, the British Empire south of the Equator.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20892, 5 December 1929, Page 15
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