EDUCATIONAL.
Observer, Rōrahi XI, Putanga 633, 14 Huitanguru 1891, Page 14
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EDUCATIONAL.
From education, as the leading cause, The public character its colour draivs.— Oowper. The City Schools Committee have granted Mr Bobinson.theuse of a room at Wellesley- street School for his drawing classes, which are now open. An interesting communication from the Ohunnan of a Country School Committee, on the > sub eat of The Education Board and School Committees,' has been received, and will be inserted next week. In our advertidnT^m^TMrAlex. G ™f>^ states his views on educational matters, for the further ntmatfon of School Committees Mr^GranVj pobay ought to secure him large support in his candidature f o r the Board of Education. When will the Board of Education see the necessity for giving four weeks' school holidays in February, inatead of January? Cool and wet weather [Prevailed during the vacation just over, and now it is hot and close while the children are pent m school. Teacher of natural history class: 'How many apecies of kangaroo are known to exist ? Bright pupil: 'Two; jes' th' same ez any other kind o' critter-the kangaroo an' the kangarooster. When denouncing the introduction of any fixed scheme of salaries, Mr Theo. Cooper exclaimed : • The Board must keep its hands untied m salary matters. Of course, it must, for any such check may cripple its its usefulness as a ' refuge for the destitute.' Teacher : ' Now, children, here we have the word " Intuition." Who can tell me what it means ?' Phenomenally bright scholar : ' Intuition is that ( faculty of the human mind which enables a person to distinguish at a glance a patent medicine advertisement from a news article,'
