LINCOLN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2556, 11 March 1903, Page 55

LINCOLN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

THE STUDENTS AND THE DIRECTOR

(Fbom Ode Own CoeeesposdejteJ CHRISTCHURCH; March 9. The number of students at Lincoln Agri eultnr*l College) 22 in "all, has Been re- - dnced by 10, eight of ' whom it is alleged ' were requested to<leay& tlie- colltege- by the - director for. ' havimj refused to obey his orders-, while' the other two left in anticipation of receiving- similar notice. The allegations made are that the students have recently Been kept very busy at harvesting;' that it is customary for them to have ar half-holiday on Saturdays; but when, owing to the exigencies of the season, this-half-holiday cannot be givem, it is uaual to. give it on some other afternoon; that last Saturday Jeh& 10 students who have left tEe college when requested to continue wort' during the afternoon refused to do so because the director would not promise them another afternoon's holiday r tnafr the daec . tor told the recalcitrants- they" nrasfi either - work or jro home: and ihai recently the *\ students have been kept ifc work tilb 8- > o'clock at night. The ordinary meeting: of ' the board takes place on Tuesday, when if is anticipated the whole matter will be gone into. Ik is understood that all the students expelled came to Christchurch- today, and that one or two have returned to their homes in other part 3.

Ai a picnic on Wednesday at- Kaiapoi a' waiter had his face cut by the broken glas9 of a lemonade bottle which burst a* M. OnKDacl ifc.