A RETURNED PROFESSOR.

Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 52

A RETURNED PROFESSOR.

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AUCKLAND, February 20. Professor F. D. Brown, of the Ancldamf University' College, reformed: to- Auckland by tha Manuka, on. Sunday evening, after a sojowrn of IE- months in tih& Otd World. The. Professor first js«n* to Genoa*, where : very cold weather wa« experiences, and . la4er-iie proceeded to N.£ee> staying in *ha Riviera for "few» moatihs-. During via sfcay in Sfce. he witnessed the great festival of the year, tihe owbotbl. While in TflmgW™* Professes Brown attended the Imperial. Ednmjfcion*l Conference.. "A grea/t deal o£ thabuflineaß there, he sard, "referred to- primary education. . A matter wfek>h seemed to- me to be of great importance was the exchange of acfeoofimasters between different pent* of . iUxe Empire, and this met with « very full discussion, daring which- at was pointed out that, though there were great practical ; diffiouMiee m the- way, if a successful' scheme for exchange- could be evolved it would be one of the best possible means of eonsolidaitinff tjhe Empire, fib fa* as I am concerned 1 , 1 think it would be an admirable plan, lite diificwllfcies lie in we - esfeense involved in transporting teachers from one- quarter of the globe to another, i and also va the difference ra the sessions m England and. these southern countries. A i teacher leaving Enarkad at the end of the session tbexe and earning to New Zea- '■ land would break in mpon the middle of the session here; and" vice versa. If, for example, a- master in the Grammar School hera were to- e*jh*ntfe for a. year or two veers w-ibh -an Tj>gfeA - master tfte _ anvatKtage&to be gathered are very obvious, and jtr was eventfuaay agreed fta* ateps should be taken to forward^ such exchanges whenever possible. tfc must l»e P^wnJ.o evecybodyr that if* tinaw masters » schools here were to «ft. BaaSS fcr a yea* or two ! and take up- simdkr' wort there, ttieur places > beiu,? takea jpelWlKle by EbeW* masters, a area-fe d«ai would be done to broaden tdueation in the -reapectwesdicolfc/ ■ . The qii<&t*on: of the transfer" of university , students from one eritvetsity to another was cJao discussed, b«* the views expressed fry those representing- the large uniwrsifciea , were, so divjaga that nobbing practical was * of the- most noticeable things m England and the Continent," the Professor said/ " is the extent to which motor traction is used. In. addition to the* very general use of motor omnibuses and cabs, quite a number of trades have thrown aside their horses for motor propelled vehicles. For example the brewers bowses, at one time a conspicuous object in London streets anrt all over England, have now been replaced by motor wagjjoae, and the delivery of beer to private housos and elsewhere is made by these modern vehicles, which ape also being' used extensively by builders, contractors, coal and ice merchants., etc. Professor Brown referred to- the prosperity and progress of Germany. "No ©ho who has not travelled in Germany of recent years," he said, "can form, any idea of the enormous extension of prosperity of this 1 nation, and the manufacturing capacity of the country. German towns which 1 knew 25- yean ago*' as small and vmimptotant places have become great manufaotaring cities, wall laid out wfth fine broad streets. The western provinces are ' dotted with great manufacturing i establishments. Thirty . years ago there .were few, or none at att. " - :n France, however, there has not been . i the same progressiveness noticeable, and ;tfaa towns of the interior are very much. . ■ the same as I knew them many years ago, s 1 comparatively little ■■ change having take* * plaice. \ ' "In the Old World wiretes* telegraphy* is becoming; very popular! The steamer by ; , which I 'tcaveHed across -le- fidUajut ««» up for sending messages- for me! con- | veaience- Qf paaeengera, Man; 'tejegraphedl ]Jpj thi» maaxes, and reserved rooms in the , Dutch hotels from the middle of~th« North ! Sea. Th» ordinary chatge i» two franca !tt«Sd) f Th^Jrteamei I «anobb on tb» B^mo

journey was also fitted with the apparatus. South of Suez we failed to get any reply to our attempts to communicate with other vessels. "