ALWAYS READY TO GIVE

Evening Star, Issue 22442, 12 September 1936, Page 4

ALWAYS READY TO GIVE

TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR SHELLEY Professor James Shelley, whose resignation from the chair of education was accepted with regret by the Canf terbury College Council last week, is a man who is not greatly _ concerned oyer 'the-so-called sordid things of life ■ —money, for example (says the Christchurch ‘ Star-Sun f ). Remarks made by the chairman of the council, Mr '■ C. T. Aschman, Mr G. J. Smith, and • : Dr J. Hight, the rector, revealed l a side, to Professor Shelley’s nature that - • may not be generally known. , In these very complimentary re- : marks it was suggested that quite a large proportion or his salary, has al- ; ways been spent on the college. He has always been ready to give tangible ; assistance 1 to students in circumstances. When any ; assistance has been given to him he . has, always made a point of seeing that the assistants were adequately recompensed, but he himself has always been reluctant to receive any extra payment. “ He is going to an important post with a very much larger salary,'but I doubt if he will be any better off,” Mr Aschman said. It was also mentioned that Professor' Shelley came to New Zealand in a spirit of adventure to see what could be done with education in a young country. He had certainly left the imprint on education in New Zealand. He had been a stimulus to all who had come into contact with him. The speakers all expressed their confidence that a better man could not have been found for the post of Director of Broadcasting.