VARSITY STUDENTS BACK FROM AMERICA

Chronicle (Levin), 9 April 1947, Page 2

VARSITY STUDENTS BACK FROM AMERICA

AUCKLAND; April 8. A venture unique in the history of : Universitv lil'e^in New Zealand, was conduded today' when a party of graduates and under-graduates^ from | v'ictoria Univefsity Coliege, Wellington, arrived at Auckland by the Marine i'hoenix after a tour °f United States and Caiiada. During an absence of about three moiiths the students visited J about lti fainous universities in North j America to. examiue student activities, .eaehiirg meth'ads and equipment. Of i .he original pai'fV of 12, three have j emporarrly. rejfiilitied behiud. • The idea of such a tour was first ] vonceived -b/ Alil. A.'.Hall, secretary of j the Biological 1 Society, Wellington, j said Miss Patridia M. ltaJph, leader of the party. When Alr. Hall had been unable to go she had carried on with j the plans. Each student had raised his ; or her cwn. nioney to linance the trip. ' Arraugenieuts for the party had been .nade in Amerjca by the State Depart- 1 uient, New Zealan,d Legation and Eng- j .ish-Speaking Union, and in C'anada by Mrs. Helen Marsh. of the Canadian , Externa] Afl'airs Department. Arriving by tbe Port Hobart at Nor- ; .'olk, Virginia, on Januarv 2a, the | students were entertained by the New Zealand Legation at Washington and ; were accorded a reception at Blairiee j Uouse by the State Department, Miss Ralph said. At. Ottawa they were en- , tertained by the Canadian Extcrnal I Affairs Department and New Zealand] Legation, being taken to their first ice , hockey match by the former Iligh i Commissioner, Iion. D. Wilson. Cominenting on tlie high fees at pri j vate colleges, she said students paid | about 2000 dollars to atteud Yale Uni versity but at the State universities in the west, the fees were comparable j with those in New Zealand. No where • did they see a system where education was free from the primary scliools t(. universities, as it was in New Zealand i The students, who returned were i Misses Ralph, Mary Land, S. Ilott. j Pamela Wilton, Burbara Gibbons, Bettv j Boyes and Mcssrs Jim Land, John Relling and Des s Burley. Misses Audrey Webster and Christine Spencer have i taken temporary positions in Vancouver and Miss Joy Osborn is doing work with the forestry services in | Canada and America.