EDUCATIONALIST'S TOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22003, 9 January 1935, Page 6

EDUCATIONALIST'S TOUR

[IMPRESSIONS FROM ABROAD

APPOINTMENT IN AUSTRALIA

[by tklegbaph —PRESB association] "WELLINGTON, Tuesday

After touring the world since "August Mr. A. K. Anderson, for 14 years headmaster of St. Andrew's College, Christchurch, arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Maunganui from San Francisco on his way to' Sydney, where he will take over his appointment as headmaster of Scots College.

Mr. Anderson said Palestine to-day was a place of marked contrasts. For example, ho saw the ancient way ot harvesting still being used and yet, a'mile or two on, could be seen modern tractors and electric-power lines. There was plenty of 6videncß of business. A large number of colonies had been established, but these were still in the experimental stage. The most modern town in Palestine was Tel Aviv, which was settled by Jews from West Haifa. It was the terminus of one of the pipe lines belonging to the Irak Petroleum Company. Some hundreds of thousands of pounds were being spent in developing a harbour there. There was no doubt that the British were doing plenty of work in developing Palestine. Evidence of their hand was everywhere. Mr. Anderson spoke of the feeling of very great respect and pride one had toward Britain after visiting the Homeland and seeing its institutions. He thought that New Zealand, if they had to copy other countries, should copy Britain rather than the United States. Britain had so much maturity and so many hundreds of years of experience behind her. The Armistice Dayservice in London was a gathering which impressed him greatly. '1 here must have been at least a quarter of a million people in Whitehall and the adjoining streets. The ceremony was unforgettable because of its dignity and impr<!ssiveness and it brought home very vitally what the war meant to Great Britain.

Over three weeks were spent by Mr. Anderson in the United States. Ho travelled by motor coach, which ho found was the best May to see the country. When he left San Francisco he had covered 5500 miles by coach. He said he thought California was a "land of milk and honey." The soil was extraordinarily fertile and there was a vast amount of growth. "I found the American people most hospitable and very courteous indeed," said Mr. Anderson. "I found also in America a great deal of admiration for Britain for the way in which she is handling her internal affairs and the way in which she is emerging from the economic crisis. I found nobody more critical of America than the Americans themselves, ana that is a very healthy sign."