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MILITARY CAMPS OF
VALUE
Bearing on Education
The vice-chancellor of the Mel
bourne University (Mr. Medley)!
after a tour of the military camps
around- the Darwin area, stated
mat ne was nigniy impressed oy
the- benefits which might be con
ferred upon the adolescent by a
period of residence In a camp,
not necessarily in military ser
vice, but learning lessons in com
mon life that such an environ
ment involved.
Regarding- -the present scholar
ship system, Mr. Medley said the
.Commonwealth . subsidy, would
open the door to the university
much wider than ever before,
enabling men and women of .ave
rage ability to become students.
. Mr. Medley, commenting 'on a
recent report ' from London on
-the past- war university training
recommending a -year's approved
national or international service
before -entry into the university,
said that at the average age of-
entry the student was too imma
ture to benefit fully by what the
university had to offer. He could
not see how the suggestion could
be a practicable. proposition unless
universal . compulsory training
were introduced.
A great modernisation would
have to -take - place to cope with
what to come. But 'any such
improvements meant not only
money but also the- real public"
demand for what theriiniversitv.
had to offer.
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