PROFESSOR IL IL KIRK
MEMORIAL AT VICTORIA COLLEGE SUGGESTIONS BY MINISTER OF EDUCATION. WORK FOR NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. A suggestion that the Centennial year should not be -allowed to close without New Zealand talent being set to work to preserve for future generations the likeness of living leaders of the Maori race, with whom the Pakeha was proud' to share the name of NewZealander, was made by the Minister of Education (Mr. Mason) before he unveiled a memorial plaque to Professor H. B. Kirk. Professor of Biology, at Victoria College, in the new biology block. Mr. Mason said he questioned whether New Zealanders sufficiently appreciated and encouraged their own artists and he thought their talent should be put to greater use than at present, particularly in painting and sculpture. These remarks arose from the facts the both (he plaque and the tablet were the work of Now Zealanders. Professor Kirk was appointed Professor of Biology in 1903 and the plaque is in recognition of the splendid work he has dene as the first Professor - in ouilding rip this branch of science ai Victoria College and records the grati-' (tide, affection and esteem of students of the 37 years during which Professor Kirk has taught many persons now holding eminent positions in the world of science
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1940, Page 6
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