"The Seafarer" is the journal of the Seafarers' Education Service, Selwyn House, Endsleigh Street, London W.C.1 which operates the "College of the Sea." In a special broadcast for sailors last February the Organizing Secretary said:
The debt to seamen is long overdue, and we believe the time has come when they should have the very best. We are not alone in thinking this. The finest scholars and teachers in the country believe so also, and more than that—they are ready to help us to bring to you in the way in which you need it and can use it, the best about everything...If you are interested in astronomy, the recent Astronomer Royal is ready to help you; in music, a former Principal of ihe Royal College; in languages, Whether ancient or modern, university professors and headmasters The fees are nominal, and "in any case not one of you will be refused help, whatever it is, if you cannot afford to pay fees." The magazine itself is bright and informative. In this April—June number are published the two winning essays in the Anglo-Norwegian Seafarers' Essay Competition—a competition for ratings on Norwegian and British foreign-going ships, in which a prize of £5 was provided by the Norwegian Seafarers' Education Service for the best British essay, and a similar prize by the British for the best Norwegian. The subject is "Why I Chose a Sea Career." The prize-winning essay in the Officers' Essay Competition is also published—"If You Were Restricted to Three Books, Would You Choose—and Why winner showing a distinct sense of humour. The list of competitions and scholarships at the end of the magazine is most interesting and the prizes are worth having. Book re-lews are a strong feature, and among the articles are "The Health and, Insurance Act and Seamen"
(broadcast), "Sea-Birds of the Falkland Islands," "Famous Ports: Melbourne." The "What it was Like" series describes the Port of London before the docks were made, and "The Truth About It—My Lucky Year" is an account by Mr. J. H. Nicholson, the Principal of University College, Hull, of the year in which he was selected to go round the world with an Albert Kahn travelling scholarship. The magazine is published quarterly at sixpence.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.