“LEARN ALL YOU CAN”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1043, 6 August 1930, Page 1

“LEARN ALL YOU CAN”

LORD BLEDISLOE’S ADVICE TO STUDENTS BRITISH EMPIRE’S FUTURE Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. Tlis Excellency, Lord Bledisloe, accompanied by Lady Bledisloe, visited the Wellington Technical College yesterday and was welcomed by the Board of Governors and the staff. In an address to the students Lord Bledisloe said: “The last thing his Majesty said to me before I left England was: ‘Keep an eye upon the young people who are being trained in the schools of New Zealand and tell them from me that there is no part of the population of New Zealand in whom I am more thoroughly interested, because upon them, upon their training and upon their success in life, will largely depend the future of tho British Empire’.”

The main part of a man’s or a woman’s education took place in after life, but unless the foundation was sound, unless they were instructed how to learn and how to teach themselves and how to take the best advantage of the books ana material lying to their hands in after life they could not become well-educated men and women. “We have won the war, we have yet to demonstrate that the British Empire can win the peace,” said his Excellency, in stressing the value of the individual’s part in building up the greatness of the Empire and its industries. “The future of the British Empire depends very largely upon its technical efficiency as compared with that of other countries and if you really mean to be successful in life and do your part in promoting the prosperity and happiness of New Zealand and the Empire you have got to learn all you can, throwing the whole of your ability and enthusiasm and interest into the work that you have the opportunity to learn here in such an efficient way.”