IMPERIAL EDUCATION.
NEED TO INTEREST ADULTS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, May 29. The Imperial Education Conference at Wembley discussed the education of the adult. Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, former Minister for Education, paid a tribute to the workers* education movement, which had established living contact between the mind of the industrial democracy 'and the forward movement of thought in the universities. During the war three million soldiers attended education classes, which was the biggest educational experiment in history. Dr. Albert Mansbrdge urged the necessity of interesting adults in the Empire. Not long ago to mention the Empire at a Labour meeting, whether of students or politicians, was to court trouble. Dr. Mansbridge advocated a chair of Imperial Studies at every university and university college. The secretaries of the Carnegie Trust and Education Settlement Association emphasised the cultural value of imperial studies.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1924, Page 5
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