CANTERBURY COLLEGE

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20490, 8 March 1932, Page 13

CANTERBURY COLLEGE

_4_ — DECREASED NUMBER OF ENROLMENTS. Yesterday was the last day - for the payment of fees at Canterbury University College without the' imposition of the late penalty of fire shillings a subject. Towards 4 o'clock, when the Registrar's office closed, a long queue of students stretched from, the counter out into the' street and along to the corner; and the staff were kept b.usy long after the closing time receiving the lecture fees of the dozens • of students already within the doors when they shut. . l't was stated at the Registrar's office that fees had never been so slow coming in, and that yesterday's last-minute rush was unprecedented. Apparently it is another sign of the harder times which are being experienced this year. The decrease in enrolments also probably is a result of this, for so far only about 900 students have enrolled at Canterbury College, as against 970 at the corresponding time last year. Of these there are between 150 and 200 who have not yet paid their fees, and most of these will have the fine imposed. Enrolments of "freshers" this year are about 160, a very considerable decrease from last year's numbers, for in all there were about 350 new enrolments last season, most of which were in the first ten days, corresponding to the period ended yesterday.