ADULT EDUCATION.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 189, 11 August 1931, Page 15

ADULT EDUCATION.

W.E.A. Asks Co-operation of N.Z. Artists. (Contributed.) Experiments in adult education are still being made, so that the workers : in country districts may have some of the educational advantages that are , available for workers in ihe cities and towns. For instance, the Dayton Art I Institute of America has inaugurated a scheme whereby art is made available to the public in a similar manner as good looks. If art has any message of worth to the citizens it must be to a wider circle than to the select few lo whom its appeal has been made in the past. Consequently a circulating library of portable pictures under rules similar to those for the loan of books from public libraries is in operation to-day. The Canterbury W.E.A. decided at the beginning of the session to apply a similar scheme in the country districts to this province, the scheme to operate in conjunction with the present travelling library. The co-operation of artists is sought so that their pictures mav be lent for the purpose. This scheme may also assist the artists by widening <>r extending the market where : art is appreciated and where pictures ! may be sold. This will give a stimulu- | to local artists, as well as result in an educational benefit to the residents in the country districts. On Thursday evening last the Internatioi.al .Relations class discussed the

economic penetration of Japan in China i and Manchuria. It was found that Japan had investments in industrial concerns totalling 1.749.000,000 yen. and of this amount 1.462,000,000 yen were invested in Manchuria. On the presentday value of the yen these figures in sterling are £174.000.000 in China and Manchuria, and £146,000,000 in Manchuria. The question of the future is, ” How far will a Chinese Nationalist Government impose protective duties both for the development of her own industrial enterprises and for revenue purposes. If such a policy interfered with the markets of Japan, and her demand for raw materials, what would be the result, seeing that Japan is so dependent on the iron ore. coal and other products of China? The class decided that it would be in the interests of both countries to co-operate, seeing that they have so much in common. The economic interests of both countries will shape a policy of friendliness and mutual support as soon as the animosities created by past wars have been obliterated from the minds of the present generation. A public lecture on Saturday evening. August 15, will be given by Mr L. C Walker on “ The Transport Problem of New Zealand ”. The proposed lecture by Professor Macmillan Brown on •‘Asia and its Peoples" will be given on August 29. Public-speaking Class.—There was an j attendance of forty-two students at this ! clasfc last week. Two new students were I enrolled After a class reading, and a lesson on the special preparation required for a public speaker, a questionbox was arranged. This gave rise to i good deal of amusement, and mom• good impromptu speeches.