WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20412, 5 December 1931, Page 16

WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

OCCUPATIONS OF y STUDENTS. "Figure*. indicate, '* a report submitted to the latest meeting of the Canterbury District Council of the . "Workers' Educational Association seta out, "that the manual workers com- . pries more than half the number of men : students and housewiveg more than half the women students;. They a{so indicate that the classes attract all walks of life." TJie figures referred to deal with the occupations of students attending 68 ■ of the Association's classes, and are ; ae 'foliowa:—Men; Manual - workers 263, office workers SB. salesmen , and shop »s- ---. sistants 86, teachers 28, ■ students 6, professional 33, miscellaneous 19, not. recorded 17; total 499. Women: Home duties' 465,' office workers 101, saleswomen 43, manual workers 12, nurse# 53, teacher? 115, students 8, professional 24, miscellaneous- 18, not recorded 48, total 882. ■ • ... OlMsea Organised. '■ > 1 The total number of classes organised this year, apart from those of. the car scheme, was 62, but as three classes began late in the year, statistics ar* compiled only for 59, of which ware tutorial classes and £8 bo* scheme, study circles, In addition to these classes, the travelling tutor, with his library, organised nine classes and distributed books in 13 additional dis» , "triijts. He also visited five box scheme (Btudy circles, and k books to 486 borrowers in 26 different • localities. \ • t . The distribution of, these throughout the Canterbury and Westland provinces is as follows-Cbrist-church, 12 tutorial classes and two study oircles: Tiznaru, three tutorial classes and three study oircles; Ashburton, three study circles; Waimate, Rangiora. New Brighton, and Kaiapoi, a tutorial class e?ich; Oxford, a tutorial class and drama circle ; WestJandV six study circles; The '** A studv circles and the classes organised- : bv tbe travelline tutor were all organ-, ised in the mrsl areas, The. total number of - classes and. tutors is as follows Twenty-one, tutorial classes, wit| i(XH students • 33 stwrtv circles, witb students; nine Bt"dv r ; -oles with a travelling tutor. 301 students! 13 places for library i service oilv. 170 students; making a i ; tot«l of students; ■■>.■ i N«ce«!*ity for Adult Bducatlon. i | The report, which was submitted by | the secretary, Mr George Manning, | sets out that in these times of changing' toontanic and social conditions adult education is an imperative necessity. 'Tbe power of adaptation" of individuals to these changing conditions is determined, bye their mental power and' their appreciation of the new forces* entering into social life. The Govern- • megt si r -Id therefore not permit the . movement in adult education to perish For lack of financial support, but rather jt should realise that its best productive investment of oapital is afc; investment in adult education." t- r The report and balance-sheet adopted, and the secretary was coEapli--t inted op' the report. ■ ' * 'A vote of nnpreejation^ancj thanks W accorded the tutors for cericronsly ■ their services without the' : of »nv remuneration. • yW- S.* Sehofield. the vice-nresident,