EDUCATION CONTROL

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24825, 23 February 1944, Page 3

EDUCATION CONTROL

A TASK FOR COMMISSIONS

ALL SECTIONS REPRESENTED SYDNEY, Feb. 19 "Education can never again be handed over to a single Church or group of Churches for sole control," said the Bishop of Armidale, Dr. J. S. MoyeSj in an address on Education and Sociology, in Sydney.

"Neither should it be in the care of departmental experts narrowly concerned more with the technique of teaching than seized with a broad and deep view of life," Dr. Moves continued. "The day should come when commissions representative of teaching, social science, religion and vocational study should control education, working together." Dr. M oyes ; whose lecture was the first of a series covering "Christianity, Education and Society" organised by the Christian Social Order Movement, said that the generation of which he was a member was irreligious because of the manner of education over the last 40 years. It was free education in which the vital spark of youth was not challenged by religion, and so_ young people rebelled emotionallv against religion as unrelated to the world in which they were growing up. The sociological idea was that education was an integration of the whole of life. To-day it was realised that everything that was taught had its impact on character, and some realised that religious education was the basis of the whole.

"Herein lies a tremendous challenge to the Churches," said Dr. Moyes. SIMPLER FORM NEEDED ADMINISTRATION OF ARMY PRAISE FOR BRITISH SYSTEM CANBERRA, Feb. It). Replacement of the present Army administrative methods in Australia with a simpler form of control similar to the British system was suggested by Sir Earle Page during the debate in the Federal House of Representatives on the war situation. Sir Earle said that the existing organisation disorganised strategy, duplicated administrative staffs, interfered with relationships with other Government departments,, caused the slow reaction of the Army in response to the Government's declared policy, and delayed the facing up to the inevitable demobilisation of the huge army garrisoning Australia.

It also wasted manpower and impeded or paralysed other national efforts essential to ultimate victory. Under it the Army had become the master of the nation, not its servant.

Sir Enrle added that the British Government system placed various essential activities in truer perspective. The Ministry of Defence controlled policy and broad strategy. This ensured proper cooperation of the three services in conjunction with the full use of tho civil powers and resources of tho nation. "ROOT OUT FASCISM" AIM OF BRITISH LABOUR DETROIT, Jan. 27 A British war worker touring tho United States, Mr. Patrick J. Carey, recently told a meeting of Congress of Industrial Organisations and American Federation of Labour representatives that "when the big invasion begins Labour has a spiritual and moral obligation to our boys. We must give them what they need, if wo fail labour will stand indicted." Mr. Carey said British Labour would align itself behind a world-wide drive against Fascism niter the fall of Hitler. He added: "This is a war against Kascism wherever it is. Wo must root it out from all corners of llie world, and to that end tho British Labour is dedicated."

Mr. James 11. Ward, British aircraft worker, in the first account of his inspection of California aircraft and small parts plants, said he was chiefly impressed by tho track system used for final assembly of aircraft and the large number of small parts manufactured by the moulding process. PRISONERS OF WAR NEUTRAL INTERNMENT IDEA LONDON, Feb. 10 The diplomatic correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says that Count Bernadotte, vice-chairman of the Swedish lied Cross, is in London to discuss the possibilities of another exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war between Britain and Germany. It is understood that if direct repatriation of prisoners is not possiblo ho will suggest that prisoners should.be removed from both countries for internment. in suitable conditions in Sweden.

Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Fden, answering a question iu the House of Commons on the reason for the hold-up of the exchange of 1000 civilian internees between the Far Fast and the British Commonwealth, said it would not be in the interests of interned civilians or prisoners of war to discuss publicly the exchange negotiations being carried on, The Government was anxious to reach agreement as had been done in the earlier exohango.