PAY MORE IF YOU WANT BETTER COLLEGES

Chronicle (Levin), 24 August 1946, Page 3

PAY MORE IF YOU WANT BETTER COLLEGES

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AUCTvLAXU. August 1'-. Tlio view tliat tl.e hiadeqiuile sahmi's adoptod for Univer.sity teaching staffa under the Goverixinont 's new scale, i* the best way to guarantee tlial l"ni•versity Colleges in New Zculand sliaii eontinue to be third-rate colleges, is ex- • rpressed in a lelter forwanled to tne 3'rime Minister following a furlher 'aneetiug of the teaching stafV at Aock 'land T'niversity College. A uuan'nnoiis xesobition was carried thnukmg llie 'Government. for tho additioiial grant 11 'has made for the genoral purposes or Collegp, but a sti'OTiy feeling was px-

I pressed berause salarv increases had ! fallen so far shori of the scale proposed j !iy the Conferenee of Colleges. i The letter seut to the Prime Ministor j draws attention to the fact that the jiiew salarios are in 110 way comparabie | with those offcred by [~ni versities m ' Britain aiul most of the 'other Doiuinj ioits. The letter adds: 'MVe are eonvinced the salarv seale now offered for Protes.sors will not be able to eompete with those offered for readerships and seniur j lectureships at. Iloine and tliat we shall, ; in coiisequenee, be condemning our- . selves to be eonlent with third-rate meh. This is the best way to guarantee 'that Univer.sity Colleges iu New Zeajjaiul eontiuue to be third-rate colleges 4and we groafJy deplore tho prospect,"