TEACHERS AND THE NAVY LEAGUE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17394, 3 March 1922, Page 6

TEACHERS AND THE NAVY LEAGUE.

A COMPLAINT AND AN^ANS^ Reference was made at'last nift,v' meeting of the Navy League to the &" senco of school teachers from a sjxcaf; meeting, to which 100, of them had,U«: invited. It was stated th&t'&rapdlfci gies had been received. • ;', j Mr J. J. Dougall said he thought tl» ■ teachers were afraid of public" opinion' Mr A. C. Maxwell strongly tc that statement. He huaself hjj', been unable to attend tho meetirip, tot he had apologised. The teaching pto-j fession was not afraid of public opinion I but tihere had been a feeling tHm\ teachers for some time against outefe ' bodies which had tried to use tbo cchoob for' purposes of propaganda. Teachtti were not against the aims and objMt of the Navy League, and there warty body more loyal than they mac- Ifo' Navy T/oague had, unfortunately, tried to uso the schools for propaganda pfposes when other outside bodies vrs» doing the same. This had interrajiW the work of the schools, and. that''wjrwhy the Navy League had suffered.:lts was not that there was a feeling of *V tagonism to the objects of! ,thele»sij? but it had become classed with, bodies—ho could name a dosen—whiti:*' had endeavoured to use At the time of the special meeting, mill of thfl headmasters were" getting Kts| for the"year's work, and tkt.probafcl stopped them from coming, and nolt#ji fear of public opinion. , "'^,* Mr Bwigall said that, nerertW&t there was an impression ttiat tewWts l were afraid to oppose a section, iflft openly preached scditicn..Tho" tisfmained that not one teacher watjf* ent at tho meeting, and that obVo». had apologised. $C\ ' Mr Maxwell said the tcaohe»:W» doing their best to oppose that «!&» of people talked of. There wore; sheep in .every flock, nad they • mis' speedily gettingj r«J of tfibso in ti» teaching profession.,, , , -i, ~- The-subject was'then dropped,"" ■'. 'I-