FORESTRY TR[?] IN ROTO[?]

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5306, 20 January 1947, Page 4

FORESTRY TR[?] IN ROTO[?]

fp.ress Assn.-

GRANTING 0F1 UNIVERSITY J MAJORUY 0K|

—By TelenrajM

CH'CHUHcl A request that thel of New .Zealand shJ the proposed foresil centre at Rotorua ai degrees was madej Entrican, director J Forest Service, ivli peared before thel Christchurch . The I referred to the exel mittee for-inquiry J The Chancellor, Mr.i said it was an inipJ which wari'anted the 1 consideration. . i Mr. -Entrican tracedi of the "State Forest Sl development. He said 9 need for a training sd apparent, professors ati colleges were approacli in Christchurch was 1 siasrn shown. LateiJ College Councils ■vverej Auckland and CanteiSI some instruction, but « inadequate. Only ai the necessary knowleJ given. 1

Training Plan Fonl M'eanwhile, there ™ need for trained staff.l sion caused upsets anil period of dissension J discriminations, by nij sional officers were claiJ a monopoly of adraiaia 1 In 1939, with his secil formulated a plan til clerical, .general and I divisions of his staff at J ing centre, with the tfi struct them. The scm cognised hy the Publiei missioner as the lnosti and efficient in the Ptl "Forestry is an artj science, and that is tfhl training should he inl vironment," Mr. EntrJ "A school separatedi versity centre would m advantages, hut these 1 weighed by the adJ forest centre." 1 Mr J. H. E. Schrodi trican had suggestedtii sity colleges had not* in forestry training, M College had framedpJ in a measure anticipftl now being- macle hytSfM partment. M

Why was the untjl prcached as soon astil versity co-operation tfi it? ] Why had the Uriivcsj approached at any sH the scheme had heen cJ published? I Why had several o£;'J been published that tkl would recognise the coa lomas or degrees of 3 centre? These questia tinent, because some oil trainees might well ij false impression that f j proval was certain. Recognition Claial Mr Entrican repliedfj was purely a depaihsj "scheme. It was not fosi beg'in a proper ccuKecj University was now c4 bring the proposed sclsj .supervision and to m and- examinations so ta degrees could be grantfl trainees, j Concerning a nevcJ that the University uj the degrees of the schj deny knowledge of sudl being issued from his d?i express the belief thail his department had only suppose that peo?| sionally misreported. I Mr. W. Machin askedj ment would revise the ti the sehool's board of I allow the University j majority, if it wastoa To this Mr. Entrican sa