ADULT EDUCATION
MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND INCREASE OF STUDENTS A reception in honour of Miss F. Street, late principal of Hillcroft Residential College for Working Women, in Surrey. England, who has been spending several weeks in,-Now Zealand, was given by the board and committee members of the Y.W.C.A., in the hostel lounge on Friday afternoon. Tlx-' guests, who included representatives of women's organisations interested in ndult education, were welcomed bv the president of the association, Mrs. M. Rudd.
In speaking on "The Field of Adult Education and Social Work," Miss Street outlined the methods of study at Hillcroft College, which, she said, was a college for adult women workers who felt the need for a wider outlook and who were anxious to make their due contribution to social and civic life, as well as to their homes. A wide choice of studies was offered to the students including 'music, art and handicrafts, natural science, English, history, economics, physical training and religion. In conclusion. Miss Street said that the movement for residential adult education was taking a larger place in thfc life of England generally, and she hoped it would be possible to start the movement in New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23430, 21 August 1939, Page 3
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197ADULT EDUCATION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23430, 21 August 1939, Page 3
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