POUCEDITORIAL, 
WEDDING SCIENCE TO INDUSTRY. 
At a recent Conference held in Sydney under the auspices of the 
Director of Education, Mr. Peter Board, C.M.G., to consider the question 
of stimulating the study of science, Dr. R. K. Murphy made the follow- 
ing suggestions :— a3 
To bring about a closer and more efficient co-operation between 
science and industry it will be necessary— 
(1) For the Government to build and equip at the Sydney 
Technical College an industrial chemistry building, fully 
equipped with the most modern appliances; 
(2) To raise the status of the technical colleges in all respects 
to that of the best technical Universities of Europe or 
America, so that- we may turn out men of adequate 
training and, ability to maintain and develop our indus- 
tries to the full utilization of our natural resources ;’ 
(3) To immediately make available sufficient money to equip 
the present industrial laboratory while waiting for the 
permanent buildings for which this equipment would be 
available; ~~ ; 
(4) To bring about a greater co-operation between the employer, 
: employee, and technical colleges to the end that the 
employee may receive, some daylight instruction and be 
rewarded in pay for satisfactory progress in his diploma 
course at the: Technical College; es 
(5) That the education of the boys for preparation to entrance 
‘to a diploma course at the Technical College and 
employment in an industry shall be on as broad lines as 
possible. 
SCIENCE AS APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE. 
At the same Conference, Professor Watt moved the following resolu- 
tions, which were unanimously agreed to :— 
“That this Conference is strongly of opinion that the present is 
a most opportune time for a bold and comprehensive forward policy 
of agricultural education and research, and urges that a Conference 
be convened of representatives of the Agricultural Department, the 
Education Department, the Public Service Board, and the Univer- 
sity of Sydney, to frame such a policy.” © This policy should 
include :— 
(a) Better facilities for -the teaching of agriculture in the 
primary and secondary schools in country districts; 
(b) The raising of the standard of teaching in existing insti- 
tutions by increasing the equipment and the staff; 
(c) Greater encouragement for agricultural teachers and 
research workers by the payment of higher salaries 
more in keeping with the enormous importance of their 
work to the prosperity of the State; ’ 
(d) Attracting in other ways the best young brains of the 
country to. the study of agricultural and cognate 
scientific problems.” 
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