WELLINGTON ADULT SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1077, 16 March 1911, Page 6

WELLINGTON ADULT SCHOOLS.

■ r— .. A PEESENTATION. 'Adill? sTV mcct , in f,°/ th ° Wellington Adult.School was held Inst night in the Primitive Methodist schoolroom, Webb Street, and was preceded, by. a tea. Mr. Herbert Confer, . of Sunderlnnd. Infiland, an active worker for maily year '' in tie adult-school niovement, presided and in the course of a short addreW "d lie was very desirous that neoplo should understand what the Adult Schook especially ,n then- modern developments, really stood for. He tmoted opinions on lie movement from Sir Oliver Lodg" Jin .7. JJamsay Macdonald; Mr -Wil Crooks and other, well-known men It appealed to all types of men, from some of the ablest in the land to the lowest neer-dc-wel ■ Mr. Corder also touched nrielly on the education aspects of the movement, and remarked that he would Jike to have a chance of discussin" it with atheists, Labour leaders, and University students. • ■ . ■ , The Hon. C. M. Luke, M.L.C. referred to visits which he paid to ndult schools during his sojourn in England a few years ago. He had been very much impressed by the movement in England nnd ho noticed with particular approval its undenominational character' a fid its catholicity. On behalf of members of the schooi and other friends, Miss Elizabeth D. Eutter who is about to leave., for England, was presented with a handsome New Zealandmade woollen rug. Miss Eutter was one of the founders of the school, and has for eome time been if.s president. The presentation was made by Mrs. Jfacgregor Mbs Butter feelingly expressed her thanks, and, in a short address, spoke of i-he desirahleness of looking on the hrisrht side of things—in adult school work, as well as in other things. Tho meoting sent a message of sympathy to Mr. J. Eigg, one of the leaders of the school, who is laid aside by sickness. ■Those 'present were invited to attend Hie school, which meets in tho Druids' Htll'.on Sunday mornings. T)iirinK tho meetinz songs were sung by Mi.Mcs Embury,'' Yearly, nnd Tforothy Gillivcr. and Mr. Mavall, and recitations were given by Miss Eutter and. Mr. Feltham.-. ■ . . . 1