PROFESSOR CAROSTON'S REMUNERATION.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2514, 15 July 1915, Page 6

PROFESSOR CAROSTON'S REMUNERATION.

Sir,—l am glad, to sco some .protest against this excessive.payment, -.ihe, explanation tended by Mr. Hill, ■as given in your last issue, is as specious as it is fundamentally, unsound.' The period of the arrangements for and the , ■carrying out of the Carnival does not , extend over eight weeks at the outside. "What does Mr. Hill mean by' Stating; ; > that "Professor Cardston has been I witk ,us tkrec months" ? : It 1 should I>Q , remembered that Profesßor Cardston, is : to receive £250, in addition to his hotel expenses, which, .reckoned, at 10s. weekly, makes'a .total, of _£2/0;- : equal to £1750 per annum. _ Surely, "Cui Bono" is not far astray; in saying it is as good' to bo Master of Queen Car. nival Ceremonies as to be Prime Muus- _ ter of the Dominion 1 " As to the statey . mont that the. gentleman has dono,six' months'work in three, arid that ,therefore his remuneration should be considered as at':the rate of £500 per . allium—this is surely a novel,and conveni.; cnt-wa-v of regarding the matter. . ' , The fact .that' the arrangement ,ot : such ceremonies is Professor Cardston s' , specialty does not enter, iuto the" question. Any' man, if he so wishes, .cam style himself "Professor,", and because this gentleman chooses to do so is no reason 'why he should bo paid out otall proportion to his work. A real professor. wW;has. acquired the- dignity as the result of many years' study, is remunerated,; in this country, at a rate seldom more than, half that proposed for Mr. Cardston. If this amount is to be paid to an assistant, one might bo pardoned for asking what is » b °j£ a , "honorarium for Mr. Hill, the chairman of the Patriotic Committee?, •While all will agree that those,who havo'given their, whole time, .to-.-the . : Queen Carnival .work should receive suitable - payment, every, contributor to a fund raised for such a good cause will be indignant to think that his selfdenying contributions _are to _be mu» useiin this niam^^^,^;