TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 198, 3 September 1903, Page 4

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

i 5 very appreciative audierce assembled j ii the Whitn'ey Hall last i;ipht to hear Mr T. H. Jlathison co'ivrt' bis lecure on tha Amn-ican School of Correspondence. His Worship the Mayor (Mr IR. Cock) presided. The lecturer, who ! was frequently Applauded, fpoke of the present diy need of a greater technical educatioc. and showed how iho Am»ri#a<i Skrhcol of C.Wm.p -c-ilence was supplying a mnch- r <!' v:: .it- in giving >;uch ir..-:tructi(>n. It w>3 shown how the American ffriool had jscently become audited v-iHi t?io Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, by which, thtoigl; tho medium of the fesraer, the w:-:k of tlv- letter was cniitd to a!I ;>■ !'s ,f llm -'' "'i-d. Tha courses -ir« co' n-fC'ci with frgmeering (sto-.n?,otricU, civil and mechanical), mchiiecin-o, enrpsr.torirp, plumbing, etc. A number of vie»s were thrown on the tcrflfn showing photos of prominent ed'Katiooi'iisis and inventors, the buil'liO;'-'? of Armour and New Zealand graduates of the American School, A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Cock for presiding. It was announced the Messrs Smart Bros, wonld act as local agents in giving further information.