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Cramming The Mînd With Facts

Sir James Jeans Ou Faulty Education

The New Naval

Reserve

Further Details Of Membership

When speaking at the luncheon Additional particulars of the meeting of the Nation Institute of new RN. Volunteer Supplementary Industrial Psychology on "Know- 'Reserve, the formation of which ledge Versus Intelligence," Bir was announced by Sir Samuel James Jeans said he had a great Hoare, the First Lord, on October admiration for the work done by 27, are contained in an Admiralty the institute. He was one of those Fleet Order issued on December 12, people who looked forward to a

The object of the reserve is to happler state of society in which maintain in time of peace a list there might be less discontent and of men who are interested in less cause for discontent than there yachting, and similar pursuits and was to-day. A lot could be done who, though indigible through age, by Industrial psychology, and in place of residence, or lack of time that connection he would like to

to join the RNVR, are desirous see the 1,000 young persons to of being earmarked for training whom the Institute had given ad-for....commissions as

executive vice concerning careers in the course of year grow to several mil-

from "Erewhon"

started in an age when there were

AN ADMIRAL'S CRITICISM

The Controller of the Navy, when speaking as a guest at the annual banquet of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, com- plained that the Navy was short of skilled shipwrights, and insisted that it was the duty of the ship- builders to foster that particular. trade, expressing his opinion that they had not done enough, reports the "Shipping World." If Bir Re- ginald Henderson was suggesting that everything possible should now be done by leaders of the in- dustry, he was speaking to the converted. But so far as the pre- sent conditions are concerned, the Admiralty, acting under the orders of successive Governments has been mainly to blame. When a regular flow of naval orders would The age limits are 18 to 39 years have enabled the private finns to keep their staffs together and en- inclusive on enrolment. The

ter apprentices, practically no physical standard is the same as

men-of-war were laid down, The for .N.V.R. executive officers on most promising lads in the ship- entry, except that the standrad of building districts were consequently eyesight may be relaxed to 6/13 under no temptation to enter the members of any other reserve of industry and employers, with de the RN., Army, or RAF Travell-pleted financial resources, had hard

connexion with expenses in interviews or medical examination cannot be repaid. On enrolment members will be affiliated to one of the R.N.V.R. divisions, according to the area in which they reside or desire.

officers in the event of war

6/18 Candidates must not be

struggle to keep their yards oper and their plants efficient; they were consequently unable to offer any inducements comparable to those in other industries, which nourished even during the depres-

Dealing with his subject. Blr James Jeans recounted an im- aginary conversation with a man which the "Erewhontan" pointed out that our educational system failed because, no books and students had to rely on the spoken word for learning and the mind to carry the facts, What we had never changed it we had found to be of use after several centuries of experience was

sion Lord Weir uttered at least the game of bridge. Bridge taught people to make rapid decisions,

one warning that such a complex which was essential in practical

Seniority in the RN.V.R, will be industry as shipbuilding might be life, and which

granted from the date of mobili- | completely wrecked, but his words no amount mathematics would teach. It show-zation, relative seniority between passed unheeded. Direct appeal ed the way to planned action and individual officers depending on was made to the Ministers but

of dake how to estimate odds, which was their

without result. It is little short of what one always had to do in or-

a miracle that the shipyards are diriary life. Courtesy, tact, sports

as well supplied as they are to-day manship, and experience in the

with technical staffs and skilled risk of fallure were other advant-

workers. The Admiralty can e ages to be received from the game

no credit for this. It is the result of the courage and resource-fulness of the leaders of the industry and the patience of investors. In vlew of the official neglect for so many years and of the success with which the industry was carried

of

envolment

In

the RN.VER. Members will be re- moved from the reserve on attain- ing the age of 50, but an extension may be granted in exceptional case at the discretion of the Ad- of bridge. To-day students' cap-miral Commanding Reserves on acity for independent thought and

the recommendation of the com- the ability to select the relevant manding officer of the division. facts of a case were destroyed by the mass of facts the mind had to carry.

He had discussed that state of Future Of Mercantile in the lean years, without and on

affairs with many Americans and they agreed that on the whole what

on't wanted to do was to stimulate the human mind as an intelligent learned machine and not to cramp it down into a kind of storehouse of facts. While he was inclined to think that our brains were as good as those of the Americans their

Marine

Effect Of Large Ships On New Fleets

The Importance of the mercantile

system of education was better marine in time of war was dis- sulted to produce practical men-cussed by Mr. E. H. Watts, vice- the type of men that might be called captains of industry and the men immediately below them who had to think had organizing power and the capacity to make quick decisions.

The trouble with our system was that all through the universities we, stored our men's minds with.

facts and in so doing we took away their elasticity so that when an industry wanted a man who in addition to being a scientist had organizing capacity they found it very hard Indeed to find him..

Move For Prayer Book Revision

chairman of the Shipping Federa- tion, in a paper on "The future of the British mercantile marine" which he read to the Royal Society of Arts. Sir Halford Mackinder,

ping Committee, presided. chairman of the Imperial Ship-

Mr. Watts said that the present cargo section of the British mer- cantile marine was utterly in- adequate for the responsibilities it might be alled upon to shoulder. Although we had only "1,856,357 gross tons less on the registers than we had in 1914, this did not reveal the actual" position. Pas- senger and cargo vessels were taken together, and since pre- War days passenger ships had greatly increased in size; so much so, that these combined figures had disguised the reduction of cargo tonnage. Cargo ships them- selves had also become larger, as owners had been gradually forced out of the small ship trades. Thus, compared with 1914, not only had Sir Thomas Inskip,' Minister for we less carrying capacity, but it the Co-ordination of Defence, was concentrated in many fewer spoke at a meeting at Liverpool | ships... recently in support of a campaign He estimated that in war-time for the approval of a revised Preyer Book, which would be non- contentious and aim at a modern presentation of the Church's mess. age. The Dean of Liverpool Dr. Dwelly) presided.

SIR THOMAS INSKIP AS ADVOCATE

"I hope that this movement will spread up and down the land." sala Sir Thomas, who took a pro- minent part in Parliament in resisting the revised Prayer Book proposed nine years ago.

There were no grounds, he con- tinued, for the suggestion that Parliament, when it refused in 1927 the Prayer Book revision, adopted non-Christian and a доп- spiritual attitude in opposition to the spiritual power or Influence of the Church,

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through various causes, the short- age in our cargo-carrying feet would be approximately 700 ships. This was unquestionably optimistic, and some shipowners would allow 1,000 or even 1,500 as being rearer the figure.

The Drst step in the merchant service organization programme should be the appointment of a Minister of Marine. He should hold Cabinet rank equal to that of the heads of the other defence services. The second step was to secure more ships and regain the ground which had been lost.

the Enabling Act. In a modern The attitude... taken up in the world a Prayyer Book that is 250 Church since that decision had years old needs some adaptation led to a lack of authority and | or modification to bring it into, order. Ho regretted the attitude | line with the habits of the people of some of those who refused to "Quite apart from doctrinal ́ask: Parliament again to leglajate | matters there are many points in for a revised Prayer Book to meet | which "our worship can be altered the changed needs of the age in and improved : without offending which they lived. There had never | anyone.”

been any suggestion " that the The meeting unanimously sdop- Church wantd to depart from the ted a resolution welcoming 4 a standard of Christian faith. The revision of the Prayer Book, under only difference of opinion was as the provisions of the Enabling Act to the interpretation of that Chris- that would compromise uncontro- tian standard. --

| verstal enrichment and would re-

The Bishop of Norwich (D, Fol- lleve the conscientious scruples of lock) said, "T want to be loyal to the clergy"

couragement from the Admiralty, the leaders may feel that they de- serve not censure or even criticism but praise.

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