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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 2, No. 10. June 14, 1939

Your Souls Good

Your Souls Good.

Consider seriously whether, slightly for the good of your mind and vastly for the good of your soul, you should not find time to join a W.E.A. class in the midst of "more serious" studies: And then whether, fired out of the [unclear: flurnace] a complete Babu B.A. (Failed or otherwise), you should not form or Join where you live and work a W.E.A. Discussion Group for your own and others' good.

The Wellington Association has these Tutorial Classes functioning at present:—Recent Developments in English, American and Continental Drama: The Development of the English Novel: The Psychology of Personality: Economics—New Truths or Old Fallacies; How Your Government Works: European Democracies in Crisis: The Background of Political Thinking: Current History; The Place of Art in the Life of Mankind (All these at the Trades Hall, Vivian Street), and Life and Labour Since the Industrial Revolution (Dr. Sutch at Petone) and Musical Appreciation (Wednesday evenings at Victoria College).

Lecture-note Courses for small Discussion Groups in suburban and country areas are available in Economic Problems in a Changing World: Economic Problems in Changing N.Z.: The Co-operative Movement; The Labour Movement in N.Z.; Farming Problems: The Farmer in the N.Z. Economy: Plan or No Plan: Understanding Human Nature: Man's Place in Nature: N.Z. To-day and To-morrow; Language and Society: The Pacific Area and Its Problems; International Issues; Life Under Bolshevism and Fascism; and Child Psychology.

W.E.A. moans, of course. Workers' Educational Association. Its control lies with its own council of Trade Union and similar representatives or the one hand, while on the other its lecturers must be men of University Staff standing.