TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 668, 19 November 1909, Page 5

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

; AN ENDOWMENT FKOM THE CITT V ■ ■ . /. •■■. ■ -. . ' 'ASKED. FOE; ■>/.;; ;; ;; v^- ! ;! .A deputation ,from the Industrial Assoei*' & tion waited upon tho City Council last oven-'■,:.<' ing, and; asked that the city should give fnr«'>;4 ther assistance to technical - education. in ;: theii city. ■ ,■ ■ .'■ ..■'..■;. -■■••• ''"; ■■■A' , ;- Councillor Luke, who introduced'the detmia-'i'; tion, stated -that: the Industrial Association ''■{:'■ thought.it desirable that : the-council should . Ihand over the Mercer Street.Technical School.'"■',& site as au. endowment for . technical educor : > ■' tion, together with tho .'.John Street site, on v?; 5 which a now school was to be erected. '■"•.;■• '$■'■''.?■ Mr. Bull, president, of the association, : marked on the crowded state of the olas? ;'f' rooms a at tho Technical . School and' adverse .'r; conditions.under which .tho. work' was being. :•'£■;; carried out. Technical education had quite ; ;?i outgrown the present building.- Tho depute.'; tion asked that the. Mercer.; Street' 6ite, should"::;; be handed over as,an endowment to the Tech* "■ "■ nical Education.Board,'arid also that.th&Johs v Street. site be handed over to enable a, i new v school to be erected thore. By' doing, what was ';." asked, the council -jrould >■ not. only ' be bene«: ■ •■■';•!'■ fiting Wellington, but .would be doing • 6om(>V-i'>~| tiling.of national importance. ...... >;.;,•.»;:;■: • Mr. D. Robertson' supported ■ Mr.■ 'Ball; and' r S-: thought councillors should be glad to to do something for the 'rising; generation.AiK They had the opportunity-now, and could,/? well afford to meet the needs of the Technical:•:/; Board. The council would simply, be giving v\ one of its refuso places, which would; be turned' VSi. into the site of a beautiful building, which/vv would, enable our boye and girls 4 to held their ';'■■■■■■} own,,and bring them to the front :Go,whew :--,f! yera like, technical education "> was : . being K-$ .boomed, and wo should do our part in'TOel-:"-': lington. ■'-.•■ .■-..■.''. .'. ■■■: ... .'■•.;• •.-. .-.;■ .r ;? . ■■■■■■rj.'.-f-Councillor Trevor thought tho. council !ia,'Vv* already giving. .£13,400 towards technical; , !edn-viV cation, had done fairly well; and , he wished ;;" to know whether tho deputation recognised* ' f this.''-' . - ■: ■• :■■■.-■::■,-■; " '.-'.' '.•.•:.'■'; ■• :>V-;;f;";' The Mayor promised that the request would 'nil "receive attention. '■'..' ..■.■■:-., ■ ..■.■.,':.A'- "] .'/?'