ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 7

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.

A GENEROUS OFFER! > <'• [by TEtEGKAPII.—rREBS ASSOCIATION ]j' ; Auckland, Ootobor-19. ■ ' Tho.'Anglican Bishop of Auckland (Dr. ' Neligari)' announced at a missionary meeting last night'.that a gentleman, who did hot ' wish his riamo: disclosed; had promised £500 towards enlargement of St. John's College conditionally; threo others giviug similar 1 ' ' amount;, . ( . t .. ' . St. John's Collego does not belong exclusively tho dioceso of Auckland, but was intended by its 'foundor (Bishop 6. A. : Selwyn) to providoui .training for candidates v for Holy Orders sont frojn all tho New Zoa- . land, dioceses, ■ 1 Roferriiig to tho I'atteson Wing as the first . instalment; of .a residential Collego in connection with St.. John's, Bishop Neligan said .in his address to the Auckland' Synod on . Friday The present scheme involves an expenditure of somo £0000. If this generation' erects the l'attoson Wing, succoeding .'generations'will'completo the Collego. 'Thero can bo no matter of doubt that the want of 'a residential Collego is felt by men at the '. University to-day. The v,'ant will bo felt in ( increasing measure as the years go by. Tho presentscheme is designed to meet this want 1 'in. the way most bonelicial to tho mon of this •'; c6untry: ' the unconscious inlluenco of ro- ' ligious and historic surroundings: The posi- ' tion now is simply this : Dofinito proposals aro laid beforo the public; thoy havo boon in- ! quired into by professional and business mon; '• these men approve, of .tho proposals, and assert their belief that tho proposals will ha ■ of .far-reaching benefit to this^country; many of those professional and business men have ■ evidenced their belief by .financial assistance, 'All that is wanted now is: 'a strong pull, a ' lone; pull, a, pull altogether.' , Thou wo shall ' pull tho | grand old Collego, ontrusted to our : care by the men of old, out of the miro and mud of controversy and criticism on to tho .. good solid road of educational progress formed by godly tradition."