LINCOLN COLLEGE

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17802, 29 August 1929, Page 2

LINCOLN COLLEGE

REQUEST FOR ANNUAL GRANT. THE PREMIER SYMPATHETIC. (By Telegraph.—P'-css Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. In response to a request that the Government should make an annual statutory grant of £3IOO lo Lincoln College, Sir Joseph Ward gave an assurance to-day to a deputation from the Board of Governors, which waited on him and the Ministers of Agriculture and Education, that Cabinet should look upon the matter with a favourable eye. In introducing the deputation, Mr Kyle, M.P., stated that recently four members of the staff had left on account of greater inducements elsewhere.

Mr Buddo, M.P., said it was-a reflection on the education system if Lincoln College could not be maintained efficiently. Mr Denham and Mr C. M. Hewlett stressed the good nature of the work being accomplished by the college, and the value of science to farming. The necessity for trained experts was now- generally recognised. Sir Joseph Ward, in replying, said the case made out was worthy of the utmost consideration. He could not give a definite reply at that stage, as the matter would have to go before Cabinet. lie recognised the extreme value of higher education in connection with the agricultural pursuits of the Dominion. Lincoln College was there to stay, and the deputation could lake 11/ that it would < not be turned down 'by the Government. He knew the position the 'college was in, and something required to be done to give it renewed life.