CAMP FOR UNEMPLOYED BOYS

Evening Star, Issue 21012, 28 January 1932, Page 2

CAMP FOR UNEMPLOYED BOYS

♦ THE PENROSE EXPERIMENT

[Per Uxitf.d Press Association'.] MASTERTON, January 27. “ Tho Minister of Education (tho Hon. R. Masters) is keenly interested in tho experiment, and is considering what can bo done to give it permanency,” stated Mr T. B. Strong, director of education, after an official visit to the agricultural training camp for unemployed boys at Penrose this morning. Ho was accompanied by tho director of technical education (Mr W. S. La Trobfc) and the chief inspector of schools. The party made a detailed inspection of tho site, and expressed complete satisfaction at the general outlay. Mr Strong addressed tho < boys on the principles of good citizenship. In the afternoon a visit was paid to tho camp by Mr B. Teaglc, president, and four other members of tho Wellington Rotary .Club, Mr Reakes (director of agriculture), Mr J. I. Goldsmith (chairman of the Wellington Unemployment Committee), and Mrs M'Vicar (Wellington Charitable Aid Board). Mr Reakes addressed the lads, expressing appreciation at tho progress in their agricultural training and at the good response to discipline. Tho highest expectations of the camp had been fulfilled, states Mr Greenberg, camp commandant. The camp authorities, ho added, were anxious to place at least fifty-three of the boys, who bad had good experience at milking, fencing, and handling stock. Ho made an earnest appeal to the farmers in the Wairarnpa and other districts to do all they possibly could to employ the boys.