W.E.A. LECTURES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 64, 16 March 1944, Page 2

W.E.A. LECTURES

PROGRAMME FOR YEAR A number of interesting courses appealing to a wide variety of interests is provided in the programme of the W.E.A. classes which commence their session for the winter months on Monday, April 17.

The musical appreciation class is in the hands of Mr. Owen Jensen, and consists in a study of the form and texture of music from folksong and simple instrumental pieces to opera and the symphony coupled with a study of the circumstances that produced the music. The literature class under Miss J. I. Hetherington, M.A., is studying English literature over the last 50 years, with particular attention to the period since 1930. The economics course, under Professor H. Belshaw, promises to be a most interesting and useful one, dealing as it docs with the problems connected with reconstruction and rehabilitation.

A study of the Maori race, under Miss O. L. G. Adams, M.Sc, should prove of absorbing interest, and give a necessary background of knowledge to all those who are interested in Maori affairs. A course of lectures and practical demonstrations on Maori arts and crafts will be given by Mr. H. Toka. The chairmanship and public speaking class will be conducted by Mr. W. G. Swabey, and lectures on modern art will be given by Miss May Smith. Other features of the year's programme will be the study of the life and times of Lucretius and Horace by Professor C. G. Cooper and Miss Shirley Smith, the English language and literature by Mr. D. YV. Faigan, international affairs by Mr. W. T. G. Airey, M.A., and youth and the present world by Mr. A. B. Thompson, M.A. The suburbs are being provided for by special classes.