Summer Conference
| Published date | 01 December 1923 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1923.tb02144.x |
| Date | 01 December 1923 |
The
Jotlrnal
9
of
Public
Administration
Summer
Conference
Welcome
by
the Vice-chancellor
HE
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Dr.
E.
C. Pearce, D.D.,
T
in extending
a
welcome to the conference, said--
The Institute of Public Administration
is
one of those bodies which
one wonders why it did not come into existence before. The more we
can educate public officials the better for us
who
are not public officials.
The great thing that the permanent officials need to learn
is
the true
meaning of the word
“
economy,” and the subject of economics
I
hope
will
be
studied with great care, because
it
is
a
truism to say that economy
is
not in saving money but in spending money in
a
proper manner, and
we are very much concerned in Cambridge about economy in educational
matters.
I
understand that you are very anxious, and rightly anxious, that the
universities should interest themselves in this question of training of
the permanent official, and
I
can quite understand that it is possible for
iiniversitics in large centres
of
population to do this with ease, because
you will agree with me that all special training of this kind must be post
graduate. But
I
would like to say this plainly to you, that if you can
produce to
us
any general scheme which is likely to help you and the
country, the University of Cambridge will be quite ready to consider
it,
but there are difficulties that
I
foresee.
In
reply, Mr.
A.
C. Stewart said-
I
would like to say how grateful we are for the kind words of the
Vice-Chancellor in welcoming us on behalf of the university.
I
do not
know that we shall ever reach the stage of putting up concrete schemes
before the univcrsity, but
I
hope that
in
joint consultation such schemes
may
grow.
I
believe that we have something to give to the universities,
just as the universities have much to eve
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