W.E.A. SUMMER SCHOOL.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19198, 3 January 1928, Page 6

W.E.A. SUMMER SCHOOL.

At tho morning session on Friday, Mr H. G. MiJlor held the attention of everybody with his account of early contacts between the whiteman and the Maori in the Dominion. Tho other lecturer was Mr Lloyd lloss, who epoke on the problems offered by labour conditions among tho natives of South Africa. At the early morning psychology class, Dr. Boeby and Professor Shelley put students through a number of hearing tests. A new feature is a class in English folk dances, under the leadership of Miss Forguson. a visitor from Great Britain. Other students are practising the play, "Loyalties, *' for a, public reading, under the supervision of Protossor Shelley. The afternoon being too wet for an excursion, games were indulged in indoors. In the evening, Professor Shelley read Eugene O'Neill's play, "All God's Chillun Got Wings," a study in the education of the negro; and the evening concluded with competitions and a mock trial scene, in which several of tho chief figures in camp were arraigned on dire charges. On Saturday morning, after the usual psychology and folk dancing classes. Mr H. G. Miller" continued his Maori studies, telling how the life of tho Maori was modified by various Acts of Government, dealing especially with the Treaty of Waitangi, and the introduction of the Constitution in 1852—two things in violent contradiction. Following, Professor Shelley went into the question of the present state of our knowledge regarding differences of culture on the one hand, and differences of mentality on the other, with special reference to native peoples socalled. In tho afternoon a trip was organised to visit the power-house at Lake Coleridge, Messrs Carr and Jessop assisting with the loan of cars, In the evening, Professor Shelley read the play translated from, the French "Dr. Knott," 'and the nsual evening concert was held, at which a number of local residents kindly assisted. On Sunday the ordinary programme was set aside. A party essayed a mountain climb, and twelve succeeded in reaching the top of Mt. Hutt, 71 SO feet. Others attended the services of the local churches, Mr W. Nash preaching in All Saints' Church in the evening, at which service also Professor Shelley read the lessons. The latter also read. » religious play by Mrs E. Thompson at a 9.30 a.m. session. The day concluded with a most enjoyable concert in the Parish Hall, to which 3fr S. Smith contributed a number of excellent records of "Messiah."