THE MAUNGANUI, PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE.
Sir,-I notice with approval that the three or four hundred men of the Victory Parade party on the Maunganui were to have the services of three Y.M.C.A. secretaries, a chaplain, and a representative of A.E.W.S. I cannot help thinking of one winter’s. day, late in 1919, when the same boat left Liverpool carrying some 1300 returning troops; and I, with the exalted rank of temporary sergeant, was in charge of and sole tutor for educational activities, filled the post of Y.M.C.A. secretary, and also acted as chaplain throughout the voyage, there being no other. Incidentally in health I was C3; but we managed quite a lot in one way or another, with voluntary assistance. We have certainly. advanced since then in our ideas of welfare, presumably through our Labour Government. So I am encouraged to look ahead and see another advance. In all seriousness I propose that on her next voyage after the return from the Victory Parade, the Maunganui be set aside as a travelling university, be filled with a lot of the
wonderful young 18 year olds graduating from high school-of both sexes of course-whom the University colleges cannot take; and that she be sent around the world, with an adequate tutorial staff and library. Surely if we can find the money for the Victory Parade, with a big daily bill for pay, we can also find it for a travelling university, costing much less, as the students would not be on pay, but merely need pocket-money, nor would they need elaborate equipment. And the boat will be there all ready for the job. The Swedes, I notice, have recently sent a similar ship to England: why should not New Zealand follow suit, if she cannot this time lead the world? I commend this scheme to the Minister of er and gladly offer my services,
JOHN
JOHNSON
(Lower Hutt).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 359, 10 May 1946, Page 5
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317THE MAUNGANUI, PRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE. New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 359, 10 May 1946, Page 5
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