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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH

Sir-It would be ungrateful of anyone connected with the University to quarrel with Dr. McMeekan when, as he says in his recent letter, his main contention is that the University should be better supplied with funds for research. It is better to be known by one’s deeds than one’s words, and I had not intended in any way-to suggest that the work of Dr. McMeekan and his associates at Ruakura lacked depth, ates, or quantity, all of which are manifestly’ present. Nor could my aan Ge fairly taken as advocating "that any man has the right to expect his fellows to maintain him permanently in relative comfort and security (without) reasonable service in return." My view on this point was simply that the lesson to be read from the history of science was clearly that it pays handsomely to regard the completely unfettered investigation of freely chosen topics as reasonable service. I suspect, as a matter of fact, that Dr. McMeekan is not really the grim inquisitor he would have us believe, since in so strongly supporting the case for an increase in funds for University research he must know that these will often be used for investigations which fall outside ‘the fold within which he would, if we believed him. confine supported research. ~- In short, let us have our Ruakuras and our All Souls and recognise the peculiar contributions which each may have to offer the world of today.

S. N.

SLATER

(Wellington).

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.I whakaputaina aunoatia ēnei kuputuhi tuhinga, e kitea ai pea ētahi hapa i roto. Tirohia te whārangi katoa kia kitea te āhuatanga taketake o te tuhinga.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 795, 15 October 1954, Page 5

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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 795, 15 October 1954, Page 5

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 795, 15 October 1954, Page 5

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