NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY CRITICISED.
During the consideration at the meeting of tbe Auckland Education
Board on Wednesday of the appointment of a delegate to represent the board at the forthcoming general Education Conference to be held in Wellington, the chairman (Mr C. J. Parr) passed some criticism on the University of New Zealand. The University, he said, was., not doing the work for the Democracy which it might do. It was a thing apart from the people, and was not in touch with the Democracy. He hope:! chat some way would be found for making the University a more democratic institution. In America the universities paid far more attention to specialising in certain subjects; here they paid little attention to technical education, andjjlaid too much stress on the arts course, as they did in the Old Country. What did the University here do for agriculture? In Amenca, where a State had no possibilities for agricultural development that New Zealand had, the university of the State would pay special attention to that subject. If we wanted to compete with other countries, we must have the very best, and must have a university education, which would help us to get the best.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9696, 21 January 1910, Page 4
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200NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY CRITICISED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9696, 21 January 1910, Page 4
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