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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 19, No. 10. September 10, 1955

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Fears that the University would be regarded more and more as an advanced technical or vocational training school, were expressed at the Senate's annual meeting last month.

Sir David Smith pointed out that the population of the country is rapidly increasing, and that this fact alone, under existing international conditions, involved an increasing demand for technical services.

"But strangely enough, said Sir David, "through the fear of universal death from the use of thermo-nuclear bombs, the prospect of a long-continued peace for mankind, undisturbed by any major war seems to be rising above the horizon and that prospect will invite able men to multiply their plans to produce useful commodities through scientific processes.

"In consequence, Government and private business will make increasing demands upon the University for graduates and for holders of diplomas or certificates in some branch of applied science. As a further consequence, unless we are on our guard, specialised and limited studies will be unduly valued and the University will come to be more and more regarded as only an advanced technical or vocational training school.

"That view is widely held here already and there have been many complaints in the University world, both here and overseas, that most University students have no Idea of the breadth of outlook which a University should provide, and that, today, they look upon the University only as a place which will train them for a profession or for some technical skill."