EDUCATION IN AUCKLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1913, Page 6

EDUCATION IN AUCKLAND.

BIG STRIDES IN THREE TEARS

MR. GARLANDS TERM OF OFFICE.

The chairman oi the Board of Education (Mr <-i. J. (Jaxland) took the opportunity at this morning-'d meetitrg, the last, before the Board elections, at which he ie a candidate, to review the work thai ■imd been covered during his term of office.

It -was two 'and a-h-Jf yeans, Mr GaTland Temarked. since he lirsi had the lionour of presiding -a.t the Board's meeting ac chairman, lie wished to express sincwe gratitude Tor the united sympathy a.nd unstinted support Hia-t the members had given him at all times. It wae, he eaid, hecaueu the members had so loyally worked togetlier for the great cause of eiiilca-tion that in some measure their united eflom had been reflected through htm. During the past three years the Board had accomplished much. Three years ago the grading of teachers was on ite trial. Since then the Board had nrnde fjome valuable io its inspectore, and the Board put the final touch to ite work ai it* last meeting, and would i-hue now find itself in possession of one of th-e moet enlightened methods of promoting its teachere. one •which, he predicted, would be co.pied by oTher Boards in the Dominion.

The Commitlees' Association. Mr Garland sai-d. trad been fonn«d with the avowed object of deetro.ying the Board's method of promotion of its teachers, ami in order to accomplish that object had selected Candida tee. :<t least for the west ward, and had declared its intention to Rapture the seat which he had hud the honour to occupy for the six yenre. It wae just po.-«il>I(- that be should not again have the honour of sitting amongst them. Be that as it may. should he £O do-svn in Uir light he wotlld go down under a full heart "of steam and with all

Referring , t.o the inspectorial stuff, the chairman remarked that it was composed of .fentleinen who posspesod the confidence of the Board, and the great body of "the teachere had declared their preference to accept the opinion of the inspectors in regard to their grading, rather tiran to return to the oM and obsolete methods in vogue prior to 190SAppreciative reference was made to the office staff—secretary's department and firehit.ect'V; department.

The Training College was doing forward work and the principal was to be congratulated upon the class of work carried on and the young people he was equipping each year for the teaching service.

The visit of the "New Zealand" had afforded an important object lesson to the children of the primary schools, and Uio staff. Mr Crowe. Mr Hay, and Mr Mulgan, deserved the best thanks of the Board for the care they had taken of the thousands of children who visited the city at that time.

If more medical men pould be employed muoh suffering and distress amongst the children of the school would be greatly lessw*il. but the fo'ir medical men now attempting to do the work were coping with difficulties that should command the attention of a hundred medical men. The speaker hoped thn.t the Government might ■see its way to engage the necessary number of doctors to undertake the work in every public school in the Dominion.

The splendid work that was bfiinij nildertalcen by the members of t'lie Dentists' Association was referred to with keen appreciation.