NELSON COLLEGE

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1931, Page 2

NELSON COLLEGE

GOVERNORS' AND MINISTER. <By Telegraph —Per Press Association) NELSON, August 31'. Hon. H. Atmore, Minister of Education, has sent a rely to the Nelson College Governors, who passed a resolution requesting the Minister to submit to the Council of Governors i'or consideration any new regulations' drawn in pursuance of Section 38 of the Finance Act No. 2, for the control of Nelson College, before such regulations are gazetted. Hie Minister. said» that Orders-m-Council were neces sary in coping with the complex functions of the State. Experience showed thate tlie field could not be regulated by formal acts of Parliament, and that the machinery of Parliamentary emetine lit was not suited for detailed administrative purposes, He had frequently initiated the co-opera-tion of teachers and governing bodies, and had emphasised his willingness to cons’der any recommendations. The Minister stated: “1 shall be pleased to receive any suggestions from the Boards and Committees cf the Dominion, Wifi) the clear understanding thflt the Clovefhiiihnt must have the right of final decision; but, to submit regulations to the present Council, which will be superseded ill a few .weeks’ time by a new .Board representing both the technical and academic interests, would be inadvisable. The unification of the controling authorities and the amalgamation of schools are most progressive steps and great benefit will accrue to the girls and boys of the district and those who come from other portions of the Dominion. A /S a consequence, I am sure that all portions of the people will combine and help the Council to make the schools even greater successes in the future than they have been in the past.”