WINTER SCHOOL.

Grey River Argus, 18 May 1922, Page 8

WINTER SCHOOL.

PROCEEDINGS AT HOKITIKA. At Hokitika on 'Fuesday the Winter School lectures were well attended, mid proved very interesting. At the Town Hall, the W.L.A. tutor, Air 11. Belshaw, dealt with Economics in Dairying mid at Si. Andrew’s Hail, Professor Shelley lectured to the school teachers on ‘‘Education.” The genera! lecture at the Town Hall at JI o'clock was on the ‘‘Economic Out- , look’’ by I’iofessor C’ondliffe. It was ; mi ilbiiniiu.l ing review of the world | situation in general mid that of the i Dominion in particular. .Much that was said had its political bearing as ; governing national Finance, amt the I whole address w,-s most instructive. | When the school visited Kokatahi a very inst ruet ive lecture on the points 1 of a dairy- cow was given by Aln.jor I Stafford, M.R.U.V.S. Tomorrow night j j'r Teichohnann lectures on the scenery ' of West land, and he is probably an . authority thereon second to none in the I ' country. The school yesterday had a lecture' ; on the feeding of rnileh cows by Air I .1. B. Garnett, B.Sr. (Agriculture). Professor Shelli'y lectured to teachers, on •’Modern ’J'endencies in Education.’’ Air N. P. Neat, B.Ag., lectured on ‘‘The Practice and Science of Agricult u re.' ’ The school’s programme to-day is as follows:—9.3o a.m. to J 0.30 a.m., J’armers, ‘•.Pasture Grasses,” lecture by Al r N. P. Neil. B.Ag.; teachers, “Modern Tendencies in Education,’’ Professor J. Shelley. ’’ 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., lecture, “ Scion I i tic Principles of Stockbreeding, ” Mr J. Stafford, ALR.U.V.S. 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 pan., class discussions. 2 pan., vis<t Arahura, .judging of field crops, demonst ration with cattle, by Mr .1. Stafford, ALR.U.V.S. 7.30 pan., illustrated lecture, ‘‘Shakespeare in the Theatre,’’ Professor .1. Shelley.