LACK OF INTEREST

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 89, 12 October 1923, Page 2

LACK OF INTEREST

IN W.E.A. CLASSES,

Some interesting remarks upon thp work of the \Vorke.ls' Education Association ivps made at the annual conversazione of students and others interested Hi the, movement, held on Tuesday evening, --j

Professor T. A. Hunter spoke on the aim of the tutorial classes, which is to foster a freedom of thought and expression anu>i>gst the students. Profcliw r Ti f Mtel: associated with the VV.fifcA. since its inception nine years Ago, and he felt that the students of the present classes were not quite so enthusif^tic and keen 03 debating the various subjects presented ag they had been in the past. The idea was current that the tutorial classes were extended ■University lectures, and he considered ll W£?^ to the aims of wie W.fc.A. if this misconception were allowed to grow. Student must encourage each other to discuss freely the subjects dealt with, and must not merely be satisfied with a weekly lecture from their tutor wjthp.it making any personal effort themselves. Written figsnys were welcomed as a very desirable proof of tlie intellectual progress showt, but above all, an open and vi- K°rMr £~'° A T m Wl B sPecisHy desired. -Mr. lodd, an enthusiastic member of the economics and public-speaking classes, replied on behalf of the studt eiite. He sai<j that s ii,ce coming to t7^ eaa"d Om the Homelandf he Hi been surprised at the lack of interest shown in adult evening clones n ° m?«y People etood in complete ignorance of the real meaning of the W.E A' *nd were not as eager as they should be to acquire mental Culture, " The asso fSce" T ™d u^fting the ,h?a£ ? ™W> *nd he thought the students could do a great deal to wifh *i ?!W "P *h« work nex* year with enthusiasm and vim, and to de beir *hat c cfe» tf-cwSi shojld"