TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIIII, Issue 12287, 22 April 1897, Page 2

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

TO.THB IjpiTOß.

: Sib,— On December 23rd last' 1 wrote you .-dvocatirigi. an' enlargement iof tbe T<?ohriioal- School ahd. ah. extension of the scope of that institution.' I am gla. to see a progressive move is being made, ahd hope that it is the first, of many steps yet te- be taken to keep up to the standard of progress that is beiDg maintained in other place- in this colony. . It may interest some ; of your readers to know that iii: Duriedin "the enrolment of pupils at the Technical Sohool this session haß exoeeded all expectations. The numbers entered for the various classes fcljready exceed 650; and -provision has had to.B made to appoint extra'teachers. The necessity -for^. increased accommodation ia greatly felt, and the efforts of the committee -tjo-provide for so-many pupils-deserve the support of the community. The Minister for Education is believed to be a Rtrong friend of the movement extending the scope and effioienoy of the' Technioal schools ; oL .the. colony,"— vids " Evening Star," of the 10th inst. See also the Post ef the, 9th inst. ".That a University for 'technical education' would in the opinion of the, Minister for' Lands' bs of muob more use to' the youth of Wellington than a University where the doad languages wore .taught." The necessity for inoraased interest being taken ju thjs matter' by the community is becoming more ahd mora apparent every day. and those communities wbioh da not'attaoh much importance b) .technical education will romain £tagnant hnd unprogres'sive, anting as a drag ijpoti: the growing * f the colony,' Congratul itln'ff Wangahui on the progress already in ide -and having a strong desire to see that progress accelerated, I wonld litre, to see suoh an infusion of energy in this institution, that Wanganui might bs an object lesson to the colony by making as creditable a provision for. the mind as she has so nobly mado for the body.— l am, ko,,' Pboob.sb.