New Zealander Studying Home Science Abroad

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 11

New Zealander Studying Home Science Abroad

SARAH ANN RHODES FELLOW Miss Hazen, Johnson, formerly of Massey College, holder of tho Sarah Ann Rhodes Fellowship from Victoria College, and the holder also of a Carnegie Travelling Fellowship enabling her to study home science extension conditions in the United States and Europe, left New Zealand last July aud spent live months in America. From August to October sho travelled through the Western States of Washington, Montana, Wiscosin, lowa and Illinois, states a London correspondent of January 20. In each State visited she made contact with the Slate Department of Agriculture, who made it possible for her to see the different aspects of home economics extension work being carried out iu rural areas. The work in the American States she found to be very efliicent and more advanced than anything that New Zealand has at the present time. During October and November, Miss Johnson was in Ontario, where she was associated with the Women’s Institute branch of the Department of Agriculture. There she found conditions to be more like New Zealand as regards type of people, sparse population, and moro difficult working conditions. Here, too, the work is carried on through contact with the Women’s Institute movement, an organisation also interested in the New Zealand movement. In December, Miss Johnson visited some of the Eastern States of the United States, including New York State and Washington, and other parts where the work is well established and highly organised. On January 5 she connected with the Berengaria and reached London 10 days ago. Sbe expects to bo in England for several months and possibly will visit the Scandinavian countries. She is particularly interested in seeing Sweden and Denmark. While in England Miss Johnson hopes to learn something of the adult education work being dono by the Ministry of Agriculture and by the Women’s Institute movement. During her travels in tho United States Miss Johnson was fortunate in meeting a number of New Zealanders. These included Dr. Niege Todhuntcr, who is at Ehillumn University, Washington State; Miss Isobel Crowe, who is studying at Ames University, Iowa; Miss Barbara Sleddon, who is taking dietetics at the Michael Rees Hospital, Chicago; Miss Lomu Campbell (Dunedin), who is doing institutional management work at International House, Chicago; Dr. Norman Neale, who is now on the staff of Wisconsin University at Madison; Dr. Sidney Cabot, who is teaching at Simmon’s College, Cambridge, Boston; Miss C. Drummond (lately in London), who is studying in New York City; Miss Nancy Parsons (Christchurch), who also is in New York at International House; and Dr. K. G. Simmers, who is at the Institute of Technocholgy, Cambridge. Miss Johnson finds it very pleasant to make contact with fellow students from the Dominion.