AUTOMATION

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27913, 9 March 1956, Page 3

AUTOMATION

Sir, —Automation in the United States functions in railway yards, motor works, and refineries. Is it not possible in our new land to avoid some cumbersome habits of industry and, by employing qualified scientific investigators, anticipate the benefits and use of the newest methods? Planning and preparation will avoid complications in future. The right use of land, preservation of amenities and health, education for fuller appreciation of leisure, are studies worthy of adult stature by mankind. With her advantages wisely used, and the use of machinery, which is not intended to free man for distress, boredom, or unemployment. New Zealand may become a leading model country, in wider fields than social security.— Yours, etc., CHRISTCHURCH SITUATION. March 8. 1956.

CO EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS Sir, —We take our boys and girls at an age when nature, for her own biological ends, sees to it that their sensual perceptions are at their highest and their curiosity at its liveliest. We then make them sit together, talk to getber, work together; and if they obey the calls of their own hot blood they are “moral delinquents.” In these conditions they are expected to study, but how can poor Jack pay attention to his sums with Jill’s soft hand at the next desk and the scent of her hair in his nostrils?—Yours, etc., SCHOOL TEACHER. March 8, 1956.