(The second article of the series in which Doug Waite describes the work of the Summer School for Asian students held in January and February of this year.)

The School sought to achieve its aims through lectures, tutorials and social functions. Tutorial classes were graded according to proficiency in English, and they were taken charge of by senior and graduate students chosen on intelligence, experience and ability in dealing with the questions likely to puzzle overseas students.

The summer School for Asian Students poses on the lawn at Victoria.

The classes met in the mornings, and the afternoons were occupied with sporting activities organised by Victoria's Physical Education Instructor, Mr Landreth, and with personal interviews of students by their instructors. On Thursdays visits were made to various places such as the City Milk Department, a dairy farm, the Railway Workshops and the Supreme Court. Sometimes the whole school attended, at other times the individual tutorial classes made the trip. In the evenings activities centred around addresses by members of the University staff on topics of particular interest to Asian students. Highlights among these addresses were "Education's Task," 'To be or not to be a Foreigner," and "New Zealand women." These were followed by informal discussion in which it was hoped that students would gain confidence in expressing themselves and in using English to do this. Matters not covered in discussion could and did provide material for tutorial discussions. However, the main emphasis in tutorials was on English language structure.