Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 10, No. 10. July 16, 1947

Education and Recreation

Education and Recreation

Although the main purpose of the camp is work, ample provision is being made for entertainment, study and recreation. The young people themselves organise lectures and socials, they have their own choir and recitation groups. They sing and read poetry, but at the same time they create the songs and poetry of the Brigade.

Young Czechs at work on reconstruction

Young Czechs at work on reconstruction

Great care is also being devoted to education. Members of the Brigade have a wide range of subjects from which to choose—foreign languages, literature and a great many technical subjects. These courses are led either by Brigade members who have specialised in any of these or by invited specialists from outside the camp.

Trygve-Lie. General Secretary of UNO. dated April 22, 1947 is a new recognizance of the contribution which the democratic youth of the world, united in the WFDY, is making to the cause of Peace.

Trygve-Lie. General Secretary of UNO. dated April 22, 1947 is a new recognizance of the contribution which the democratic youth of the world, united in the WFDY, is making to the cause of Peace.

All the young boys and girls are willing to talk about the Brigade and their own work. I spent some time with them, living in the camp, participating in some voluntary work, attending lectures and socials, and all the time I asked questions and got prompt replies. They explained to me what the Youth Project really is why they are building it and how. In the centre of the colony of fairly small houses there will stand a big ultra-modern block of flats, equipped with all conveniences a restaurant, laundry, day-nursery, cinema, dance and lecture halls, shops and a library. Most of the work is being done by unskilled labour as there is an acute shortage of experienced builders in Czechoslovakia. Evening courses are being organised in masonry as an experiment for training new people. Judging by the enthusiasm with which everybody sets to work there, it should be very successful.