STUDENT BOARD
NEXT YEAR’S PROBLEM EFFECT OF CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS The opinion that the demands of centennial visitors to Dunedin will not affect to any great extent the accommodation of students during 1948 was expressed yesterday by Mrs A. C. Laing, who has been appointed lodgings registrar ’ for the University of Otago. Mrs Laing is also accommodation officer for the Centennial Association, a position that should assist her in her new task of finding accommodation for students.
“ Except in two cases,” Mrs Laing told the Daily Times, “ landladies who have been in the habit of giving board to students will continue to do so during the coming year. They intend taking centennial visitors until the university session resumes but they have no intention of letting down student boarders. I do not think that accommodation for students will be adversely affected by the celebrations. In fact, I am hopeful'that they might help students eventually and improve the general standard of board for them.”
Mrs Laing said she was very concerned over the position of married students and those who wished to marry. Most of these were ex-service-men and it seemed deplorable that they were unable to find houses or flats in which to live while they completed their studies. She expressed the hope that people who had flats or rooms available would think of these married students when such accommodation became vacant. The task of finding places for married students would probably be her most difficult one, she added, and any help from the public would be appreciated. Dunedin received a great deal of revenue from the university, Mrs Laing said, and in return it should ensure that accommodation was available for its outside students. Many people had recognised this duty and, without consideration of the monetary side, had already offered accommodation. Mrs Laing added that she intended visiting landladies and students three or four times a year and discussing difficulties that might arise. In this way she felt that many problems might be overcome and better relationships established between landladies and students.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26635, 4 December 1947, Page 4
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341STUDENT BOARD Otago Daily Times, Issue 26635, 4 December 1947, Page 4
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