UNIVERSITY COMMISSION

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1925, Page 7

UNIVERSITY COMMISSION

PROFESSOR STRONG’S VIEWS, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, July 20. The University Commission thi. morning heard Professor Strong, dean of the home science faculty. She stated, that a better high school preparation was necessary. Matriculation did not carry the girls to a standard at which'students normally began to work for a degree, so that the home science course had to include elementary teaching, properly belonging to ft secondary school. In order to provide for the development of an extension of the teaching ft full-time lecturer was required, assisted by a part-time expert. The staff also required supplementing for teachers’ training by an assistant for th» supervision of practice teaching. A new hostel was needed, with individual rooms for 70 to 100 students. A dean of women should be appointed to attend to the welfare of all women students. The first aim of the school was to train teachers. At present they were unable to supply those required. In reply to Mr. Tate, witness said that most of tiiose who had gone through the degree course had had bursaries. Mr. Tate suggested that instead of more money being asked for bursaries it should be spent in providing more teachers and in the development ol the faculty.