Who Should Pay The Professors?

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19154, 21 August 1930, Page 8

Who Should Pay The Professors?

What Others Say

important aspect of the proposed reconstruction of the University has been emphasised by Sir G. Fowlds in his published comments on the Education report. Sir George has rightly protested against the scheme for payment of University salaries by the Government. Such a system would simply bring the University into contempt; for it would deprive the governing bodies of the colleges of any semblance of autonomy, and it would make the professors personally dependent on the Government and therefore liable to political influences of the most degrading and dangerous character. Sir G. Fowlds has quoted the opinion of the late Lord Balfour, who held that Government control of University finance could only have deplorable results.—The “Auckland Star.” Empire Confidence.

statement the Prime Minister made about the conference referred only briefly and superficially to its economic side. It is fair to ask whether he has considered the question more fully than he has indicated, whether he will have practical suggestions to make, whether he will contribute something to the general good, and at the same time keep the interests of New Zealand in the forefront. The time is now too short for a full discussion of the subject, but a brief statement showing the Dominion’s delegation to be prepared in advance for what will undoubtedly be the chief business of the gathering would be reassuring. It would not be well if this country were left behind in the new orientation of conference business.—The “New Zealand Herald.” Said Too Much.

■\ynEN the Unemployment Bill was in its second reading stage in the House of Representatives it was criticised freely from both Reform and Labour benches; but the Labour condemnation was on the whole more drastic and far-reaching. . . . Labour was seeking to show how much more it would do if it had the power. Now it fears that it has overdone the condemnation. It may even have convinced the Government that the Bill is “a miserable Bill” and should be 'dropped. If it is dropped. Labour must accept a large part of the responsibility for its failure to realise that, in the inauguration of a new system of dealing with unemployment, the Government must display a proper degree of caution. Even the Bill as drafted went further than many people deemed it wise to go, but Labour considered and demanded that it should go much further.—The “Evening Post,” Wellington.