JUBILEE ESSAY
COMMENT BY AN INSPECTOR.
QUESTION RAISED IN COMMONS.
“A MISUNDERSTANDING.”
(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.)
LONDON, July 30.
Maud Mason, a Manchester schoolgirl, has achieved fame through attention having been drawn to her Jubilee essay in the House of Commons. She wrote: “England is the finest. country in the world, because it has a good King and Queen.” Colonel Sir G. B. Hurst (Conservative, Moss (Side divisipn of Manchester) asked whether disciplinary action would be taken against the inspector who allegedly described the essay as old-fashioned and Imperialistic. The President of the Board of Education (Mr Oliver Stanley) replied that he was satisfied there had been a misunderstanding. The words were in the nature of casual comment and were not intended as a reproof of either the teacher or the child. The Board of Education would consider it highly improper for any inspector to discourage love and pride of country. Colonel Hurst, regarding the an»sw£r to he .unsatisfactory, said he would raise the matter again.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 246, 31 July 1935, Page 5
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