AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.

Wairarapa Age, 24 December 1924, Page 5

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.

LOGAN CAMPBELL CHAIR. APPOINTING A PROFESSOR. The first practical step toward the establishment of a school of agriculture for Auckland has been taken by the Council of the Auckland University College. Applications for the position of professor have been invited from overseas countries, the notices having been despatched to Britain, Canada, and the United States of America.

The new professor will be expected to take up his duties on June 1, 1925. The salary is to bo £9OO a year, rising to £lOOO by annual increments of £25. Travelling expenses will be allowed.

The College Council, in making the appointment, will give weight to practical experience and knowledge of dairy science and research, so that the services of the new school may quickly have an influence on the great primaryindustry of the province (says the “Herald”). A special committee of accredited experts in agricultural education in Canada will report to the Auckland College Council on the Canadian applications. A similar arrangement has been made in respect of applications from Britain. It appears to be -certain, continues the “Herald,” that the College Council will not rush into heavy expenditure in acquiring land for the purpose of providing farm practice for students of the school of agriculture; Representative opinion generally favours cc-operation with and through the Government and its Department of Agriculture in providing opportunities for farm practice and experimental work for the agricultural school students at Ruakura experimental farm. There is scope at that excellent instructional station for a further development of its area and service, and it is hoped that Ruaknra and the school of agriculture together will make notable achievement in the agricultural progress of the Auckland district.