MONEY FOR EDUCATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 82

MONEY FOR EDUCATION.

THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT. ALCKLAND, Fobru-ry 27. “ When Mr Andrew Carnegie died he left 10,0C0,000do! for educational purposes in- the British dominions, and so far Canada has had the largest share; but there is no reason why other British dominions should not have more,’’ I Dr James E. Russell, late Dean of the reachers’ College at Columbia University, New York, who arrived on th? Niagara to-day. Di Russel] is described as the leading educationist of the United States of America. The purpose of his visit to New Zealand and Australia is to make inquiries concerning the Carnegie endowment and to bring greetings and messages of goodwill from the Carnegie Corporation. to which organisation he has acted in an advisory capacity for several years. Dr Russeil is making a general survey of the Carnegie fund as it applies to countries outside the United States. He will be in the Dominion for three or four weeks, and will go on to Australia, and later to South Africa. While here he will with local educationists, and in Wellington will have an interview with the Minister of Education (Mr R A Wright). “ It is true that the Carnegie money which has been spent in New Zealand has been used mainlv for libraries, but there is no rearon why it should not be vsed for other educational purposes,” said Dr Russell in the course of an interview.