PICTURE SHOWS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14024, 3 July 1913, Page 2

PICTURE SHOWS.

j TH 111 li MIH'CATIOXAL VALUE. | An interesting debate took place . oil 1 Monday evening a; Matnieson .Street Chi*- ! jx'i. o*i the "i-.d ucatjonal Value oflHelU; o Shows”. .'tvssis Hugh AHaji, fi. H.-.1, ( . Artnr.r, I'. I‘urae.i, H. M. Ujris- - ni them an being of; |nrt K 1 value. _ Alley ueprecj*ifcd many pictures of little or no valuti, opd Mint tual oecn.-mmu-iy pictures wereahpWfl ;n;tt in the interests of morality bllgftt noi to be shown. - The negative poauJoa v.n.s ati.y taken by Mratin it. Jiiehard»/.)l. tjroves, ami \\. M. Vbyce. Whilst adftdt-to-g tnat picture shown had name uligtil educational va.ue tney fe.t tiiat it *a» mine supposed Ilian leal. More infomo'ion, i.e., iducat oiiat information, could ),e got by studying a text Look or even a magazine arti.-.e on a subject, and even me sinail educational va.-..e reeiited ivaa galin'd at a tremendous sacrifice of tima and hea.tli. Indeed, said Ur Hiciiaraa, it was i l.e to lad: atiout going to taCso i-aees ior education; tney ical.y Went for amusement. Jt had lieen said tnat it they were to Inin the pictures because occasionally t key got n bad one, they must ban books, but they could choose their books, whereas they could not choose t.’ieir pictures. 'flio debate was veiy well carried through and the Kev. k. H. Iladford, who acted as judge, complimented the teams on their matter, and’their maimer,- Th'J idtirmative side had secured 287 marks, the negative 100, but as there were (ux. speeches delivered on the aHimi a tier side uud only three on'the negative, the latter were at a disadvantage and lost by about du points. ' Mr Herbert Grinstead acted as chairmen, and in closing the debate, expressed tie Literary Society's thanks to Mr. Uadiordjor acting as judge and congratulated the debaters o.i tuo’r behaviour and also in the very able way _ they had presented their arguments. It was nard.y u subject upon which a direct negative could by taken, hut he was strongly ox opinion that their educational value had been greatly over-estimated. .V hearty vote of thanks vraa proposed to Air Iladford and Air Grinslcad, respectively by Mr Allan, seconded by Mr. Voyce, and carried with acclamation. The Kev. Iladford responded, and the meeting closed with tin Benediction.