ADVANCED EDUCATION.
CHIEF .SCHOOL OF THE EMPIRE
United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 5. - The Glial report of the Departmental Committee of the Royal College of Science recommends the estabUahment of a group of associated -college* of science and technology, where the &3ghe*t specialised instruction can be given, and the fallen* equipment provided, for the most advanced training in research, thus becoming the chief technical schools in the Empire. The gmup will include a Social College of Science, a Royal School of Mine*, a Central Technical College, arid new departments to be established at South Kensington. The CommfeMoncr* of the 1851 Exhibition aie willing to grant the unoccupied portion *»f their eslaSc. «jj<i Uie <Jovcrumeat offer She buildings a? South Ken»in£i<tn. tvbnrli will be used a* a College of Scicwv". with an annual grant of £20.000. and the County Council will probably give a, s>ianlar annual contribution. The co-operation of the UniverciJv <4 London. a»<l »b« Council of the City .»n<l Gutfd? Itfiiinte has bten practical! v <tccnrcd. Mr \V«jh.-.cr Beit's gift of £KO.OOO ».« himlMc <«■» the building.*-, and initial ».<|uipinent. A governing Ivmlv of Jorty j* m.-onimem!!c<L one-fourth J" be (t«vcninie»t nominee*.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12897, 7 February 1906, Page 5
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193ADVANCED EDUCATION. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12897, 7 February 1906, Page 5
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