SIR GEORGE FOWLDS
MEMORIAL AT MASSEY COLLEGE APOSTLE OF HUMAN PROGRESS TPeb United Press Association) PALMBRSTON N., June 11. " Those who have been connected with the college since its foundation all agree that in our first chairman (Sir George Fowlds) we had a most stimulating example. I doubt if in this or any other country there lived one who had a deeper respect for human values, a keener interest in the public welfare, and a more ardent enthusiasm for human progress than he whom to-day it is our duty and our pleasure to honour." This was the tribute .paid by Professor Hunter, vice-chancellor of the University of New Zealand, to the memory of Sir George Fowlds, when unveiling at Massey College a memorial to Sir George, who was the first chairman of the College Council, and who occupied that position until his death.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22905, 12 June 1936, Page 14
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