SOLDIERS' CLASSES ON BOARD SHIP
A DISAPPOINTING EXPERIMENT. Br Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Marflji 7. According to officers who returned by the Port Melbourne no groat success was attained with the educational classes conducted on boa.nl. Lieutenant A. 0,, Ponder, a Rhodes Scholar, of Christchurch, was director. Ho states that the results were very disappointing, mainly owing to the lack of text-books and equipment, and the difficulty of providing class rooms. The instructors were compelled to take classes of some times 200 and even 300 men, and as there were on the vessel not more than two text-books on any one subject it was impossible to make much progress. After the first week the classes were niado optional, and an improvement was noted, but the classes were very popular, especially the commercial classes. ' Many officers interested in tho future of the soldiors complained of the lack of continuity apparent in educational schemes at present conducted, and expressed the opinion that a greater effort would have to bo made to train men along lines to their desires, and more especially with it view to occupations they wero likely to follow after leaving the Army.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 8
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192SOLDIERS' CLASSES ON BOARD SHIP Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 8
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