BRAINS EXPORTED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 94, 7 May 1937, Page 4

BRAINS EXPORTED

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Appreciation of Valtic Not Evident USE Of HIGHER TRAINING

(By TdiCeranh-

AUCKLAND, Lftst Night. «Wc in New ZesHand expdrt otit be«t butter, lamb and fraini We exptfft our butter and lamb because ot th4 prices they fetch find our brains ti#cause We do not know their value. This statement was made by Mr Jutius Hogben in addressiug a luncheon gathering df the Auckland Cfeditmec's Club. The presideSt# Mf Ernest Aldridge, presided. ' 1 This is & Weakiiess thst can be overcome by the citizen making the uniVerSity his own," Mr Hogben added. There were two extreme views, oue based on SAmuel Btitlet's stktembnf that ' ' fortunately, imiversity education, is as expensive as it is ifselesB," and ihe other that ihe business illan had only one code, standard and aim— iuoney, Probably the' truth lay between these two extremes. "We Want a democfacy of leSffiihg and not an autocracy," the speaker Continued. The univefSity ifi N#W Zealand was not a place for the gons oi the rich and the Clergy and nobody Olse, but was a place wiiere d-JO'rs Wer# Open to everybody. The pace df soCial progrCSs mUst ti a iaige extent b# goV* Crned by using in an appropfifcte w^y the talent that Was avkilabie* Thi# kiid been realised, in particular, by the late Dr. T. W. LCys and Si Getfrge Fowlds, who had been proud, anxious fifid willifig to give their time §M eefvic'os to furthef the university in Auckland. It wa% to the university that profeasions looked f'ot trained mefi and experts. The duty of the univ#rsity was to teach people to thinki University professors themselves WCfC studefita and invited interchange of ideas §id Welcomed flat contradietioas df theif Own views. The uUiverSity Stttdejit ot to-day — girl and boy— was w4rthy of the community'S interest and • encouragement. The yonng people of to-day s W6re as mdfal as his day And took a greater intefest ifi CUffefit affaifs. Mr Hogben, in stating that Auckland did itot have a Government House worthy Of the city, Siiggested that another Government House might be built aiid the present site used for an extenSiOn of the university, by Way 6f a residential hospital, playing grdufids and so on. Captain Hobson had regarded the Govefnident House slte fis a temporary uSe only. "The university is of value to the commuhity and the Community is of value to the university," concluded the Speaker. "Let us make use of our university and make the ifisfitntion dne that wd as a city shall be proud Of." A hearty yote of thanks was accdrded Mr' Hogben for his address. Wfiidh Was entitled, "What's t.the tJsO of a University?"