ARCHER, ISITT AND A DENIAL.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 20, 30 July 1920, Page 8

ARCHER, ISITT AND A DENIAL.

In opposition to the Rev. J. K. Archer's appointment as economics tutuor under thr 1 Canterbiiry College Board of Governors, 1 Mr L. M. Isitt, M.P., remarked that Mr 1 Archer had held a similar position in ln- j vercargill and had there .exhibited a mi fest bias and propangandist style, i It Archer has written to the "Lyklta I Times" in reply to Mr Isitt's attack .gffl- j erally, and in his letter he says: M* j Isitt's statement concerning Invercargill I is news to me. Since the previous meeh | in,g of the board he has, I presume, fos- j sicked out some malconterrt willing to fur- ] nish him with a growl. If Mr Issit cares | to consult the back numbers of the tio J Invercargill newspapers, neither of whio | stands f®r Labour propaganda, he will ^ | covcr firstly, that they both thought i j worth while to report the whole of j 24 lectures on economics, and seconayil that when I came north they Pu j lished complimentary remarks which j made concerning my work as a lecturer. J The above paragraph appeared in tl>J -j local papers. Mr Archer lectur 0 | economics to the Workers' Educ^ Association, an institution whic Isitt knows nothing about. He seems v j much afraid that econofflic j may be expounded which are not I with his own views, which hav | moulded in shape by a long P° ' j j career which has been reprodnd" ^ 1 nothing. Our representative in e | ed the officials of the W.E.A. in 111 ^ 1 gill, and a number of students ^^^ -I ceived instruction from him. T en ^ ^ | ous decision was that Mr Arcier ^1 ideal tutor, clear, explicit, andj 1 no tendency to adopt extreme "The Digger" would like to kn ^ j Mr Isitt got his information, » ^ rt j vide more cvidence than Mr si ^ | garding Mr Archer's control oi economic class. — Editor.