LOWER BURSARIES

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 10

LOWER BURSARIES

COMMENT BY PROFESSOR SHELLEY. •" V" DECISION ASSiILED. "At sueha time as this, when, many '' change! we likely and necessary, tip T one thing that should be safeguarded is the -welfare of the human being who is to control affairs in the future," said ® Professor 3, Shelley, of Canterbury College, when addressing a meeting arranged by the Yicar of Avonside, the Bev. O. Fitzgerald, last evening. Members of the congregation and thf unemployed- were present jby invitation. Thpse who are to have charge of affairs present young ,peepl&r-mqst be better equipped than those whq have 0 made a mess of matters in the past. 0 "The Government has felt the t financial condition of the times.' It JwS A considered the Education Department, f has reduced the number of teachers, and g so enlarged the classes, and seen that the children will net be so well £anght. 9 Meanwhile the teachers go on to the 9 street to join the ranks of the unema ployed. ». "Now, for fear that these people 9 should get th£ opportunity of vending r their children to the University tQ-?e----p. eeive higher education, they reduce the e bursaries. This is in spite of the fact i} that what New Zealand wants above all i- is more people who have from 4 higher education. They realise the value of these things in Bussia. 0 ' "There are ways of saving money that y -are advisable. There are others that i- anyone should be prevented from adopttr ing. This act isnotpolicy,it is daqqiIt able nonsense."