The Young Idea
HE title of the 4ZB session, "Brains Trust Junior," is somewhat of a misnomer, since the four young people who take part are scarcely capable of prolonged discussion of any subject, and the questions asked are usually of a definite nature, requiring facts for answers, and not imagination or supposition. The differences in alertness, general knowledge, initiative, and whatever else is required to make a good performer in such a session, are plainly obvious here; while some of the performers grope for answers, or appear remarkably hazy as to the information required, there is at 5
least one who not only knows all the answers, but gives his replies in a busi-ness-like manner which. argues well for his prospects in laterelife. However, let no adult laugh at the amazing information given out in these sessions, such as the suggestions that Captain Scott’s ship was the "Terra Firma," or that the City of Christchurch was founded by the Canterbury Pilgrims; few of us» could perform as naturally or with as few mistakes as these youngsters, were we suddenly confronted with a microphone and some abstruse enquiry about the nature and number of a sheep’s teeth.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 308, 18 May 1945, Page 14
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