SALVATION OF WORLD

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 137, 6 March 1941, Page 6

SALVATION OF WORLD

Future Seen In Hands Of The Young

AMERICAN PROFESSOR’S OPINION

“It is with the young that the salvation of the world lies,” said Professor Theodore Sizer, professor of the history of art at Yale University, who in an interview on his arrival at Wellington yesterday advocated the exchange of students between the United States and New Zealand. He said that the Roman Catholic Church and the Nazi party in Germany, though as far removed as the poles in their outlook, best exemplified the doctrine of concentration on young people. The Nazis, for instance, cared nothing about the older generations. ' • He believed the exchange of students to be far more important than that of professors, though the exchange of the latter was the cheaper proposition. There were many things being done in the United States, which were more applicable to New Zealand, than there were in Europe. Both the United States and New Zealand were young countries with similar problems, and could learn from each other. In architecture, for instance, there had ‘been many advances in the United States which were suitable for application to New Zealand conditions. When students could see their own country through the eyes of another it assisted them in arriving at a balanced perspective. He <was all for closer working between the English-speaking peoples. The war was interfering with the pursuance of studies by .New Zealand and Australian students in England, and it appeared an opportune time to seek the exchange of United States and Dominions’ students. He would certainly discuss the matter on his return to the United States. Professor Sizer is in New Zealand at the invitation of the Museum and Art Galleries Association and under the auspices of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He has just visited Australia on a like invitation. There he acted as adviser for the exhibition of Australian art to be sent to the United States by the Commonwealth Government The Carnegie Corporation is underwriting the exhibition in the United States. Professor Sizer spent a month in Australia and was to be a fortnight in New Zealand, but a week’s delay in the departure of the flying boat will cut short his stay in the Dominion, and he will not be able to visit Christchurch, Dunedin and Nelson, as was planned. Professor Sizer was welcomed at Wellington by Professor Sir Thomas Hunter, president of the Council for Educational Research, Professor Gould, council secretary, and Mr. A. E. Campbell, council director. Mr. H. C. McQueen, research officer of the council, will accompany Professor Sizer during his stay in Wellington.