W.E.A. NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 18650, 3 June 1924, Page 1

W.E.A. NOTES

(Contributed by tho Local Dr .inch.)

Members of country classes or other ■visitors who a-ro interested in the work of tho W.KA. arc cord Lilly invited to visit any of the town classes. Anderson Bay ; and North land arc not meeting this week, but tho folovving are available;—Jtotevn, in Baptist Schoolroom, Taicri road, Monday, (.30 p.m, (subject, ‘ Dreams As the Language ot tho Unconscious.’); Literature Class (dram;:}, 0:1 Tuesday, aP* CM University, 7.1 b p.m. • Economics and lunanciy (Professor Woodthorpcj, at the University, \\ ednosday, 8 p..m,; South. ■ Dunedin, Wesley imp, off Cargill road, Wednesday cvonuig, 7.-15 (general discussion on ‘ Arc Strikes justifiable? ’} ; Women's Uias;;, Friday. 2.50 ;i jn., Y.W.C-A, llonnis. Moray place (Dr ter.s - son ou ‘ A'iontal Jicvelopincut in the Adolescent Girl’). There K also to bo tho opening of the W.E.A. Social Club ou Saturday evening at, 7.50, in tho JI.S.A. Social Hail, Moray [)i.,cc. Writing in the ‘ Highway,' of which she is editor, Mis Barbara Woo ion says; ** Tho real problem. is nut a, sharp critical struggle of W.K.A. against PL-bs, That might be (though it m-maliy isn’t, except to the Plot is folk) exhilarating. Bet what wc all sutler from at present is auESg®, which is quite ilm revrrso of eshilaritigQ and produces, no intern And the Pklsi suffer from this iliseaM,', uw. Wo haven't enough people in (he working class moveincut who are faterc-p :T in educational work of any kind. 'l'ii;»;.'s all. That, how ever, is largely the f ;u:!t cf the ‘ educationalists.’ it is more their fault than that of the workers, whoso chief difficulty is that their bauds ant full enough already in all coascience. And yet it is only tho workers who can put tho matter right. Education! Oh, the that is talked in its name.! Tho word has got its wishywashy. dilettante, no-particuiar-us©4»at-highly-cnltivatrd set of associations from the fact that educational ideals and standards have boon hammered out for centuries past without adequate contact with the liard day-to-day butenes:.; of getting a living. It is only auolhor vicious circle. ‘ Education, ! is of tho wrong kind, because it has been made c.vclurivdy by and far one set of people.. J.fcnt’o other people are not attracted by u.. But when these other people grasp tho Sect iii.it education is what yon make ii, and that education approached by tho workers through their mi L is a \i ry c’i 'ecu story from education approaches bv iho (reiatrroly) leisured—through. Lhoii* leisure—well, then, we: shall begin to itis.kc some progress." The chief method rrarsaod in tutorial ctesses is that of Hie discussion. To be aide to sneak intelligently and not merely discharge liot air. a man needs to read as well. Accordingly Lljc aaeotmLinu a.hns at providing each c.iars v, hh a box of .from 1 forty vo sixty u»as on Pus subjects that it • is studying, us tor a;, that can bo dorm, 'tins veer Jt vlu> books owned by the association wore called e: .some 6uo in all—- <• la-Tiled oil the Wm.., system, and toKsuod to classes on tho choice of the class tutor. Some eleven boxes are now oat, ami brside.s tho Dunedin dosses, boxes have boon sent to ilslwui. Kaitangata, Bal- i clutba, Green island, and Oanmru. This is a type of work that might be extended indefinitely, rv-ivi in advance of classes, , cap'-.:Mailv r iiho country dr.-.t.rir.ls. Hot books are expensive items, and little nionfv is available annually to meet this contingency. So special donations to this cod v.'uuiii* be gladly welcomed, and will be twice blest, as they carry a Government cuboid'.