EDUCATION BY TRAVEL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9577, 25 August 1909, Page 3

EDUCATION BY TRAVEL.

An interesting outgrowth of the Rhodes scheme of scholarships is to be found in the details of the movement now begun in England for the establishment of international travelling scholarships. It is an experiment, to extend over three years, at a total cost of £13,5u0, and to be limited during that time to the Universities of the United Kingdom, America, and Canada, bhould the results ba satisfactory, as they appear likely to prove, and funds be obtainable in sufficient amount, the international range of the system will be extended. The arrangements in view will ba controlled by two general committees, one in the United Kingdom and the other jointly acting for the universities in the United States and Canada. It is proposed to provide 28 scholarships, 14 of which will be available for universities in the United Kingdom, 10 for universities in the United States, and four fur universities in Canada. The main purpose is to give selected students o.i either side of the Atlantic, who may be destined for leadership in public life, opportunities for acquiring jit the moßt impressionable period ii' their lives a personal acquaintance with kindred communities. In addition to academic qualifications the j selected candidate should be what is properly known as an "ali-round" man. The selection is to be made on the lines of the Rhcdes scholarships. The main objects or the scheme are: To promote intreest in Imperial, international, aod domestic relations, civic and social problems, and to toster a mutual sympathy and understanding, Imperially and interriationally.Jj among students; and to promote interest in travel as an educational factor among the authorities of universities, with a view to the possibility of some kind of such training being included in tkj regular curricula. In explanation of the scheme, Mr A. F. Shipley, a Cambridge master, who has taken a close interest in it, states that one of the defects of the Rhodes scholarship system is that the scholar benefited exercises little or no subsequent influence on his native university. "He travels," says Mr Shipley, "to England and returns, not, to continue his studies in his own university, but probably, (in thet case or an American), to. use his knowledge in Wall Street. The whole idea of the present scheme, on the other hand, is to bring a larger atmosphere into the native university, either in the United Kingdom or 'on the other side of the Atlantic. The selected students will make the tour between their third and fourth years at college. They will then return and make a report on their travels. And also by spending ar.other year at the university from which they started, they will, consciously or unconsciously, instil new knowledge and new ideas into their associates. They will be a leaven."