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THE REV. DYFNALLT OWEN. "Wales is beginning to regain her lost self- respect." "Rationalisation of industry may well mean the creation of an iron civilization." "Kipling is the bard of imperial Britain. Hedd Wyn, who died on the battlefield, sang of peace not of the sword." "To live and to develop, Welsh civilization must resist with all its strength the insidious Teutonic conception of might." "The conquering Norman left his mark in frowning castles-the Celt, in the song of his harp. The castles to-day are in ruins, but the harp still sings melodiously." "The tradition of Wales is one of peace, except where within her borders those things which she cherishes most are being attacked." "The industrial barons of the iron age of civili- zation must not be permitted to rule Wales and crush her individuality, any more than those Teu- tonic barons of the Norman conquest.' "We must go back to what is fundamental in Welsh culture-the idea of chivalry." MR. PERCY PLAYER. The Welsh School of Social Service ought to be better known. It should become more and more a meeting place for all people concerned with the future welfare of our land." We cannot allow our basic industry-that of agriculture-to fall into decay." MR. H. JONES DAVIES. The Carmarthenshire farmer has shown how co-operation, on the purchasing side, can be made an unqualified success." Hitherto co-operative selling societies have failed in Wales because the market is close at hand and the Welsh farmer dearly loves to drive what he considers to be a bargain." "Loyalty is essential to co-operative market- ing. I believe in the coercion of a non-co- operating minority." MR. J. J. BORTHWICK. Wales has established the first chair of agri- cultural economics in Great Britain." Marketing must be co-ordinated with produc- tion. One is no good without the other." MR. Tom LEWIS. "Markets are controlled by urban people and this is not always fair to the farmer. Co- operative marketing is a necessary development in Wales, but we must remember that it is a method, not a panacea." "Selling the best stock instead of breeding from it is a policy fatal to Welsh farmers." "The Welsh farmer looks too much to others to do for him what he can, and best of all, do for himself." "The lack of accurate and up-to-date informa- tion as to prices leaves the average Welsh farmer at the mercy of the huckster and the higgler." "The salvation of Welsh farming lies in educa- tion, co-operative and centralized buying and marketing, the improvement, grading and stand- ardization of products, the study of public tastes, the improvement and cheapening of transport, central co-operative abattoirs, the greater use of scientific advice, and further enabling legisla- tion." "The Welsh farmer even yet is inadequately as- sisted in the matter of credit. This is essential in an industry subject to such seasonal fluctuations." "The politician is no longer trusted by the Welsh farmer, who sees in him a fairy godmother who has proved ineffective. MR. JACOB JONES. "It will be fitting for the Welsh School of Social Service to review next year the fifty years of Welsh education which have elapsed since the establishment of university and intermediate education in Wales." "Have we in Wales a Welsh tradition in edu- cation, if so, what is it?" "How can we relate harmoniously a national svstem of education with those wider interna- tional ideals so necessary to the peace and pros- perity of the world?" PROF. ERNEST Hughes. "The native tradition of education in Wales is that education is for all people of all ages." "The circulating schools of Griffith Jones were open to adults, and the Sunday schools which fol- lowed them were essentiallv adult schools. In this thev contrast with the English Charity Sun- dav Schools which were established for children." "No Welsh Sunday School teacher was ever paid a salarv. They were paid in England in the early days." "Adult education finds a kindly soil in Wales -it is supremely a Welsh conception of educa- tion." "Welsh educational values are spiritual, not mercenary. They stand for culture, not material success." This first-hand and comparative treatment of a question is a method which we hope will be again utilized bv the school in relation to another coun- try. It is in keeping with the growing Welsh tradition of education in world citizenship and is symbolic of the closer contacts which modern means of communication and modern education can give.