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Round The World EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS

GREECE: From a Student I am studying economics in the State University College of Economic and Commercial Studies, of Athens, and. I have to take examinations during June. I have to study 'hard on the 10 subjects of our studying, which are the following: Economic Mathematics, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Commercial Law. Social Economy, Applied Political Economy, and Accounting. I like studying economics as well as I like, stamp collecting. I entered the University in October. 1936: and l am to graduate in December, 1939.

Now, something about myself. I am 1.62 metres high, about 63 kilograms in weight, have black hair, brown eyes, etc. I have .graduated Athens College in June, 1936, after living eight years in the splendid place, Psyhico, where Athens College is situated. I like sports, and especially tennis, hand ball, basket ball, and track and field. In. Athens College I was one of the best 100 metre dash runners. My whole life and policy in Athens College is collected in the following passage, taken from the Annual Thesaurus, a book published by the seniors of •Athens College when they are leaving college. . It is Written ' in 1936, a month before my graduation. It reads as follows: “Unobtrusive as he may seem to be, there is a lot to say about Soteriadcs. First ,of all. he is nhe of the best senior athletes—a wonderful runner. He never neglects his practice, and if he does not getthe first place he always has < the ancient Greek spirit to comfort him. In his work he is regular and exact. A good stenographer, ;an excellent typist, and still more a procurer of advertisements for our publications, Soteriades has certainly many business qualities. In this last line he has rendered helpful services to th’e ‘Athenian’ and ‘Thesaurus’ publications as - assistant editor. As. a scout he loses no chance of doing an honest deed and registering it in his scout manual, arid he aims to do so all through his’life.” • , I was also a member of the Peace Club of Athens College, where T entered in March of 1936, and resigned on -the fifteenth day of next June. Besides I like to take part in debates. When I was in the senior class I had two victories against two of the best of my

(Sent by Jessie Mould, Banks Peninsula)

schoolmates. This time I am writing you about my life and policy in Athens College, next time I am going to say something about my life after my graduation from Athens College. SWITZERLAND: From a Schoolgirl I live in Zurich, which is the greatest town in Switzerland, and of which you have surely heard. I go to the German Grammar School, which I shall leave in October, 1939. Apart from German I learn Latin, French, Italian, and English; natural history, physics, chemistry, mathematics, geography, history, drawing, and gymnastics.

I am very fond of the English language, but I have never been to England. Our school lies on a little hill above the town. It contains only girls. Besides, I study the piano, which is one of my favourite occupations. From spring until summer I often go sailing, while in winter I go ski-ing. SOUTH AFRICA: From a Secondary School Teacher There has been a smallpox scare along the Reef, but the vaccination of more than 200,000 .people prevented what might have been a serious epidemic. Many people had a bad time with their injections and had to spend a few days in bed. When you met anyone, you no longer asked “How are you?” but your first remark became “How’s your vaccination?” The Rand Easter Agricultural Show begins to-day and lasts until Easter Monday. It’s one of the finest of its kind, and is always well worth visiting. Hosts, of people come up from, all ; parts - of the country, and the city oilers numerous attractions, . one of the chief being the National Eisteddfod. I usually go to the final meetings, where you hear the best of all the entrants. There is usually some excellent singing, and I like the drama section also. CANADA; From a Farm Girl' In Saskatchewan ! I live on a farm on the prairie, five miles from' Disley. Ours is a little - different, from most prairie farms, because much of bur land is in the Qu’ Appelle Valley. Our main occupation is wheatgrowing, or rather, during these dry years it has been trying to grow wheat Then we grow some oats, mostly; for our stock. Most

farmers keep some livestock—the quantity depending upon how much pasture land they have. We have some cattle —as many as we have been able to gather together since we started farming seven years ago. We keep a few pigs for our summer meat supply, and chickens —just enough to give us a few eggs. You see, these hard years we have just been keeping enough stuff us to keep us going—not trying to branch out at all. Our only commercial .enterprise has been raising turkeys for the Christmas market, but that was not very successful last year because of the coyotes’ raids. There are very few sheep kept in our part of the country. One of your expressions puzzled me a good deal—" Store cattle.” Dad finally enlightened me. He said it is what we call “ranch cattle.” We have some of each. In the summer we milk a few cows and ship cream. Walking is my only recreation; cycling I have never tried, and swimming, of course, is not very popular on the prairies. I like the products of gardening—flowers especially—but there is not much art about a garden here. We prepare the land as well as we know now, sow seeds in the spring, keep the garden free from weeds, and pray for rain. If our prayers are answered we have some vegetables, if not —it is just another disappointment. I do love studying nature in a very amateur way. Just pow the birds are all coming back from their winter homes. Crows were the first to arrive, and hawks, then meadowlarks. Presently the migratory (my own classification) birds began flying over—ducks, turkeys, geese, and whistling swans. Only a few of the ducks stay here, the rest of them fly away to the far north. One year, when there was a lot of water in the valley, hundreds of swans stayed here for two or three weeks. Other small birds here now are blackbirds, robins, golden flickers (a variety of wood-pecker), and grey birds. Then in a couple or three weeks, when the leaves come out on the trees, there will be many more varieties, mostly our songsters. We have a grand opportunity, here in the valley, for studying bird life. Now the crocuses are out, brave little things.

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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22435, 23 June 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)

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Round The World EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22435, 23 June 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)

Round The World EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22435, 23 June 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)