A.C.E Talks
[_=T us face it-the A.C.E. talks are, generally speaking, dull. To begin with, the topics they deal with (though undoubtedly necessary) are not those that lend themselves to interesting or stimulating presentation. (Last Friday's talk from 2YA was "Standards for Milk and Bread.) Admittedly it would be difficult to create good, full-blooded, meaty radio fare out of these milk-and-watery ingredients, but I feel something more could be done. For one thing the A.C.E. method of presentation, at any rate in the talks I have heard, have never varied. There has been no consistent attempt to find a substitute for the 15 minutes of impersonal advice or information, whereas it would seem that the necessary facts could be presented equally well in, say, dialogue form, For another, I feel the work of the A.C.E, is hampered by the fog of anonymity which enshrouds its speakers. It is not necessary for every A.C.E. lecturer to be as well known as Aunt Daisy, but the women who write and deliver the talks should be given the credit for them. (The case of Correspondence School teachers would seem to be parallel, and I feel sure the children respond better to a talk on Musical Appreciation’ by Miss Beckway, than to a talk on Musical Appreciation presented by a Member of the Staff of the Correspondence School, Wellington, )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 383, 25 October 1946, Page 22
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225A.C.E Talks New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 383, 25 October 1946, Page 22
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