REPETITION
Sir,-Is it Field-Marshal Lord. Montgomery’s infectious. example that. has impregnated our 2YA staff with this passion for repetition? Or are they merely expressing opposition to -the N.E.F.’s educational ideals and reiterating their belief in learning by rote and the efficacy of constant dripping? If the latter is the case may we ask what useful purpose is served by giving us from 2YA two servings of Snatched From Her Lover's Arms or The corm of Gerald Mummery in_ the Olde Tim Time Apestss ‘at a mere fortnight’s . "Chast sessions with lie Chester on successive Mondays, and
identical doses of Call Yourself a Detective on two different Wednesdays. Since the last of these disturbing examples was postscripted with an apology from the announcer it looks as though this practice is not the outcome of a fixed conviction on the part of the staff in the value of repetition for its own sake. For this we are thankful, since it looks as though we may be spared a third inundation, But we would almost rather be the victims of a principle, no matter how misguidedly held, than be forced to believe that our announcers are not keen followers of the sessions they them-
‘selves present.
M.
BULLOCK
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 428, 5 September 1947, Page 5
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206REPETITION New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 428, 5 September 1947, Page 5
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