BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 9

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

A PLEBISCITE OF PARENTS. XAMKS FROM THE KOLLS. (By Telrprapb.- Specinl t<. tin- '-.star.") (HRISTCHLHCII. thi> day. Resentment i< felt by a number of head teachers of State schools in Canterbury concerning the steps which are. being taken by the New Zealand Bible in School League. with a view to obtaining a national plebiscite on the question of religious exercises jn schools. Backed up by .Ministerial authority the league for some months past has been making its preparations with a view to the result of the plebiscite being known if possible durinp the coining session of Parliament.

With this object in view, representatives of the league aro approaching head tearlier* of the- various schools ami reqtio<tin<r permission io ropy tlie name* and addresses nf the parents of children from the. school registers. In some cases the head teacher* have raised objections to supplying the information, even though the request is supported by authority from the Education Board. In the majority of rases, however, the information is supplied after the full circumstances are explained by the league'* representatives. ".Anv hcadmaster who object* to supplying The information," said the Hon. L. M Nitt promoter of the hill, "is ;„ an tiiifortunato position of heads we win tails you lose. - ' He urged that nothing rouM I* more reasonable than that parents should liave ihc opportunity to sav whether they want religion- u-.u-hin»