AGAINST MATRICULATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 293, 11 December 1929, Page 6

AGAINST MATRICULATION.

I note "A Brighter Candidate." replying to "Candidate/' states that the "matriculation is. not for the purpose of passing all who snVWH for separating the worthv from the unworthy. In their ideas both these correspondents arc wrong. The matriculation piffle is only an expensive impediment to progress which i used bv the skilled trader to shut out ninety five per cent of the population from enterU '| these paying jobs. Only five per cent of tne population pass the examination, and I reali, think the matriculation is the hallmark of tne "dud" who has such a spineless spirit that Be is content to sit '-swatting- - ' when he ehoui be improving his phvsique- in outdoor sp° during his vouth. The proof of this is easU. seen when'we note that the successful Bi» of the Empire are mostly It is really time the examination was abolto«e in toto and anyone who could pass the y a "™* trade examinations allowed registra i whether he had spoilt his faculties a» originality in his 'teens by wasting m» energies on matriculation or not. Personally always prefer the resourceful fresh and ener getic. non-matriculated boys as apprentices. They seem more efficient. , r _. T HAROLD SCHMIDT.