TUTORIAL CLASSES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2721, 16 March 1916, Page 7

TUTORIAL CLASSES

UNIVERSITY LECTURES FOR

WORKERS

• A report was submitted to the Victoria College Council last night by the committee which was set up last year to administer the grant made by the University to tho Workers' Educational Association's tutorial classes.

"Threo classes (states the report) wore recognised by tho committee in 1015:—(1) -Economics (tutor, J. 13. CondlilFe, M.A.), (2) electricity '(tutor, Professor Marsdon), (3) English (tutor, W. Foster, M.A.). The reports of the tutors show that, in spite of many initial difficulties, good work ha 6 been dono. Tho regular attendance and enthusiasm of tho students clearly indicate that there is a demand for teaching of the kind provided by the W.E.A., and when the movement has firmly established itself there is every reason to .believe that it will form a most valuable part of tho education system of New Zealand. Tho main facts concerning the classes may be tabulated as follow ;-r Eco- Elec- Engnomics. trioily. lish. No. of meetings ... L' 4 24 13 No. of students enrolled 37 38 25 Average attendance 37 18 .10 Average number nt ' essays 18 — -17 "During the year some students left the classes because they enlisted or. removed from Wellington. In most cases their places were taken by new students and hence tho numbers enrolled for tha year in economics and electricity nominally exceeded tho number allowed by the regulations. This also niakeß the average attenda-nco appear to he lower than it 'really is. Overtime work at Trentham affected the attendance of some members of the electricity class. The great majority of the students who were able to attend throughout tho year, did so with great regularity, and performed the class work faithfully. In electricity formal essays were not sot, but other written work and practical work in the laboratory were substituted therefor. Many of the books for tho class libraries had to be ordered from England, and were not availablo last year, but will be for the coming session. j.The Municipal Library and , the. Victoria University College Library were used bv students of the classes.

"The whole of the grant made by the University has not been expended, as one of the classes met fo'r the second half of the year only. The grant, however, will' not provide more than three full classes, but there are indications that bodies in other ■ centres in this university district are prepared to make grants to enable classes to bo started in these centres. Any balanco from the university grant will be used to keep these_ classes. Tho'ckss funds all show credit balances."'