CAUSE OF EDUCATION

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 10

CAUSE OF EDUCATION

FELLOWSHIP CONFERENCE. BIG EVENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. Arrangements for the forthcoming conference of tho New Education Fellowship in New Zealand are now well advanced. Most of the speakers will arrive at Auckland on July 9, 1937, and leave for Australia on July 27. Some of the visitors, particularly Professor Kandel, of Columbia University, and Mr Lismer, of Toronto Art Gallery, will arrive some weeks ahead of the others to do important work in studying New Zealand conditions or in lecturing on important developments in education. The dates tentatively fixed for the various centres are:— Auckland, July 10 to July 15; Wellington, July 19 to July 23; Christchurch. July 13 to July 17; DUnedin, July 19 to July 22. The visitors will join one of two groups and serve either the. North Island or the South Island. All delegates will assemble in the Capital City, where the Minister of Education and his department will have the opportunity of conferring on matters related to tlleir vital reorganising scheme. Several speakers have had vast experience in' dealing with problems that now confront us. It is anticipated that leave of absence will be granted to all interested teachers and that most schools will be closed on this account during the session. , * A glance at the personnel of the conference should convince one ami all of the quality of the visitors. Never before has such a unique opportunity been offered to New Zealanders or associating with so many distinguished educationists of international reputation. Among them are specialists representing practically every aspect of education. Besides the fourteen or moie delegates will come matiy interested visitors from overseas. Shipping companies are arranging special excursions from England and America to New Zealand and Australia to cater lor those desiring to attend the conferences. • NOTABLE visitors. . The following people are definitely coming:— „ , _ , Dr. Susan Isaacs, head of the Department of Child Development at the University of London Institute of Edll- - who is the authoress of The Nursery Years,” “The Psychological Aspects of Child Developtnoßt, U|; tellectual Growth in Young Children, # Mr E. Salter Dnvies. C.8.E., M.A. (Oxon), who has been Director of Education for Kent since 1918, and is the author of “The Aim of Education, “The Reorganisation of Education in England,” “Education for Industry and Life,” “Technical Education,” etc. Ho is also specially interested in the function of the library in education, prison reform and the Borstal system, the League of Nations and school broadProfessor I. L. Kandel, of the International Institute. Teachers’ College, Columbia University of New York, who is the world’s leading authority on comparative education and the editor of the International Year Books or Education, Studies in Comparative Education, etc. • Mr Arthur Lismer, A.R.C.A.. Educational Supervisor to the Art Gallery at Toronto. Mr Lismer has accomplished extraordinary results in his seven vears at Toronto. Last year at the South African Conference he made Such an impression that the educational authorities there arranged for him to spend the year in organising art education. . Professor Hart, of the University of California, is one of the most outstanding authorities in America on educational administration. Dr. Cyril Norwood, President of St. John’s College, Oxford, who is interested in music ill education, religion and education, and numerous other aspects of education. Professor E. de S. Brunner, of the Teachers’ College, Columbia University, one of the most competent men in the field of rural sociology and agricultural problems. Dr. William Boyd, head ot the Department of Education at the University of Glasgow, and interested in adult education and educational and vocational guidance. , A representative of the English Board of Education will also attend the conference. , , The following people have been invited and will probably attend:—' Mr P. E. Mention, Director of Lducation for Lancashire. Mr Yusuke Tsumuri, a member of the Japanese Parliament and an eminent scholar, who has taken part in a number of international conferences. Dr. Dengler, Director of the AustroAmerican Institute in Vienna, an eminent authority on education in Europe, and a person who has lectured extensively in many countries. Mr Anders Vedel, principal ot one of the chief folk high schools in Denmark. Dr. R. Chairer. an eminent German educationist now on the stuff of the University of London. Dr. Kullnian, Director of the Institute of Intellectual Co-operation under the League of Nations. . At least two of the following will attend:— . T ... , „ Professor Hamlcy, ot the Institute of Education, University of London who has distinguished himself in work ill India and the United States. Rcktor L. Zilliacus, of Finland, one of the leaders in Scandinavian education and the chairman of the New Educational Fellowship. Dr Malherbe, Director of the National Bureau of Education for South Africa. Dr. Malherbe is vitally interested in comparative finance as applied to education. Dr. Harold Rugg, Professor of Education at Teachers’ College, Columbia University, and author of numerous authoritative books on statistics and educational research. Recently he published an important series on American geography, history and culture approached from a new angle. . Rt. Hon. V. S. Sprmivassi Sastri, PC, 0.H., who has represented India in 1921 at the Imperial Conference at the League of Nations Assembly, and is deputed by the Indian Government to visit New Zealand. Australia and Canada on behalf of Indians domiciled in those countries. Mr Sastri is considered one of the most profound critics of the tendencies of modern civilisation.