VICTORIA COLLEGE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 411, 21 January 1909, Page 6

VICTORIA COLLEGE

THE EXTENSIONS SCHEME. ! A TEMPORARY SET-BACK. The Victoria College Council has received an unexpected set-back,, its scheme for extending the' work of the college. It will be remembered that not long'ago the Govern-' ment. increased the. annual gSant to the col- '.. lege/and that:steps', taken to arrange for the appointment of additional lecturers and extending of the syl-' labus. The,arrival of,the,~,#dditious to 'the teaching staff will, of. coursejipfean additional classrooms, and, it is this eventually was mentioned to the when the previous negotiations increases m the' grant were in progrdss, nand tacitly ' acknowledged. So far, all wast easy, and mn £ r delightful sailing. ,Njew would be built—the plan's were/idrawn, sub-; nutted, and approved, in facWMd the-roll: humber would continue; to grow. 'Bjit-Jall these' visions were shattered, by the feeding of. a : letter at the council meeting last ,BightA- a il Ii W nr tte rr b ? t i lo ' Ins pector4enefal of. Schools (Mr. Hogbeii), in which it was stated, ; with that.tlie Governmentiwould'not '-'' be able; to accede,, for' the present,, to the - request of the council for'a grant of";£3000 .- to the- college. ' '-•■' ' iy. i i+r-''a t ma - n x ex P laille <J the ciroumsta'ncei' ■" adding that he.bad-always. thought that the Government understooil the . position, and was prepared to find'the money, j"j s passes would be very much ■■■• ™w' At T - Ma si nnit y ; "suggestedVihaKi'ii'.. , new of _the urgency of the matted ifr.mighV be well for the council to arrange, for,-a' loan, at, say, 4 percent. ■■;■':) ■-.■-•: \y ■•.•,'.'■■ ): JI F; C. Wilson was in favonr' : of postponing : . - consideration until the end of tKeTfifiarreial' ' year when they would- see where'they exactly stood. The, Government had ..W 1 .-■'.'. fairly jrenerous m the past. It .was.ciirioua'" tliat the accommodation requirements' had' ; actually arisen out of the generosity, Government., He did not think they'.should'"•' bother _the Government- until June at any- "' rate. There were rooms-at the college whiolr '-■■' could be used at a pinch. He was: averse - . to borrowing. If they borrowed, where"'. would the interest come from? It was like ' : the man who borrowed £10 and-later, from',' the same lender, borrowed an additional £2 ' . wherewith to pay interest. ■" -. v v Mr. Maginnrty •; That is good-finance, isn't ■ ltr 1 (Laughter.) Mr. Wilson: Yes—but;not' for.the othei fellow. ■■■■■ '.-• ' . ■■■

./ Mr - Msigmarty-s'aid tnat the necessity "for the additions must have been quite obvious' to the Government, when those negotiation! were ui progress. He would not proceed witt the idea of directly borrowing the money,' X wold'movey-. instead; that the matter be allowed to come up for discussion 'at'tk<. next meeting of the councils. Mr.. R. M'Calhim scouted the idea bl generosity on the part of the Government,which had done no more for the college than that: institution deserved.' The .present rie-: cessity for additional accommodation .was the' natural outcome of the development' and growth of the college. They must haveithaf additional. accommodation—there should' be no talk of.^generosity,i.;.■•. . y..';■?.•;, - Mr. Maginnity, however, stood Ma 'ground, ■' The deferring- of the question, would;be: a! wise decision)-and at the council's next ing they would have in -their midst a Cabinet •- Minister (Hon. A. W. Hogg) who would nodoubt be: able to explain more clearly the.' financial aspect.. ■,-..•-.;■ .:■....,:-. The motion was then seconded and carried.-