A NEW UNIVERSITY.
WEST AUSTEALIAN PROPOSAL. By Toloirraph—Press Association-Copyrißtit. Perth, January 26. "A Bill is before tho West Australian Parliament to provide for the establishment of a University. LABOUR MAN WANTS NO LATIN. (Rcc, Jan. 27, 0.20 a.m.) Perth, January 26. In the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Underwood, a Labour member, in discussing the University Bill, condemned the spending of money in teaching the classics and music. They did not want Latin, and there was nothing in- Plato. ■ University men were always in the rear, and.it-was easier for a porcupine to go- backw;ards through a canvas hose than for a university man to go into politics.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1036, 27 January 1911, Page 5
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105A NEW UNIVERSITY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1036, 27 January 1911, Page 5
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