LOOKING FORWARD
N wartime the progress of many civilian amenities is suddenly halted, but after the war we may expect to pick up, not where we left off, but far ahead. For scientific invéntion leaps forward in wartime. Perhaps that is partly why so many of us look forward with some optimism to the material conditions which the future may bring to us. We hope for a world in which the use of new materials. will mean a better and fuller life, a world in which it will be far easier and quicker to travel, and so on. How does New Zealand fit into this brave new vision of the future? This question is the basis of the new series of Winter Course talks from 3YA entitled "New Zealand and Current Ideas," which will’ begin on Wednesday next week. The talks will be given by Dr. H. N. Parton and Dr. R. O. Page, both lecturers at Canterbury University College, and the interest will not be purely scientific. Housewives who are forced to manipulate the unwieldy and unsightly wartime saucepans may look forward to hearing Drs. Parton and Page telling them about "Metals and Other Materials of the Future." And since we realise that it is old-fashioned to expect our woollies to come from sheep and our silks from worms, we may expect some interesting predictions from a subsequent talk on "Clothing Materials of. the Future."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 200, 22 April 1943, Page 8
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236LOOKING FORWARD New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 200, 22 April 1943, Page 8
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