A BUSINESS

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 14, 3 July 1900, Page 4

A BUSINESS

Although Mi£ Chaibbjarlains lately had his haud&Teryfi all j Imperial, enterprises of one-] and another, heßas fotitfd\ thtf< devote a good deal of/attentidl an undertaking that is pro! even dearer to his heart 7 ,tbanl peaceful settlement ofSoQth iCI This is no less than, the estab^ ment and endowment' of a uni| in Birmingham. '- The rßoheme] not originate . with .-the - Cos Secretary, but he has ~ .taken j| with such enthusiasm, Itjat hj practially made it .his o tvu, | idea is to endow, Birmingham^ a - -first-class modem ~ soiel college, modelled on CorneUl other colleges- at . Boston 'H Montreal. In Jfovein'oer 1^ small committee, including! Chamberlain* brother and! brother-in-law, visited Aijj and made a careful Biamiuati|| the colleges and universities ill United State 3 and " Carnegie, whose inieresfc inn enterprise was erpregsecl hym of £50,000 for carrying it oufc^ ibe v members of'thef comg letters of introduction "M enabled them to, obtain,, all inf ormation-;4iiey _ re4uiir©d. xetarned con rinced that the g| of - education pales aed iril American Unlversi ties, ofii there is no, parallel in^ ihe Country, might, without impj modifications, b&adaiirably atjl to British requirements. M will, be a* course of comif| eduqation which 'ought to ; "1| immense benefit to the stude|| oontemplatei following a b^ oareer. The leading idea, tiM ig th« establishment^ of a ttiM college, in wbiohVtwiU . be\tl science in WaT applicall industry. "With that objeo| will be established chairs of ml metallurgy, r jT ?©pgiif(BBring,^ applied ohemiatry. The cos^] buildings and plaijt ■ I» ' Bstimij £ls^Ci6ot andf'^Jijdst ofp fcetj'afioe will " beY J £10,Cf6b"a yeac^Jht fctuden| be charged fees amounting J per annum, which,, on an el qf 200 ' pupils,'-^ will majS university ' "ee]f-supporfcingl| even if the revenue should J fall- somewhat below Jha prof present - expectations, thej Midland* capit.al ; WjDuld gladl| up .the deficiency. ' Birmi Has. already received - many tj from'Mr Chamberlain, boti private and his public capai^l there is \ probably^ none^ citizens who would apprecia^ than a university 'to comml their own achievements _0 commercial world.' . . ,\M