TEACHERS' ALLEGIANCE OATH
A CJfcUtISTCHUKCH OBJECTOR. A?KS FOR A PROVISO. (Sy. Telegraph.—-Tress Association.) CIHRIISTCdiUROH, Thursday. A master at the Christchurch Boys' High School. a\. W. Page, has refused to I take the oath of allegiance required of | all teachers unless he is allowed to j amplify it with a conscience clause. Inconsequence Page has ceased to act as ! a teacher. | Page wished to add the following proviso to the oath provided iby the Education Amendment Act, 1921: —"So long las the above undertaking continues not to conflict with what 1 consider my duty to God." | The Canterbury College authorities, who control the Boys' High School, declined to take responsibility for accepting ; the oath in this amended form, and for the present at any rate Page has ceased to act as a teacher. Page is a son of Mrs. Sarah Page, who was formerly a member of the Christchurch City Council and a well-known figure in the Labour movement in Christchurch.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1922, Page 7
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