GERMAN LANGUAGE TEACHING
* Question Raised at Board Meeting Whether a more useful substitute might not be found for the German language in the Technical College’s curriculum was raised by Mr J. J. Hurley at the meeting of the Board of Governors of the college last evening. He noticed in reports on attendances at classes .that eight pupils were attending Latin or German classes, said Mr Hurley. In raising the question Mr Hurley said that as a welltravelled man he had found that a knowledge of other subjects than German was of more use to one. The principal (Dr, D. E. Hansen) said that he could not say offhand how many, if any, were taking German and how many Latin. However, an effort had been made to get a class started in Spanish and no more than two or three pupils could be obtained. Similarly with the Maori language only two could be obtained. “The German language,” Dr. Hansen added with a smile, “is recognised as a good one for q man of science or even for an engineer.” Mr R. Jones: Yes, and one might need a little German to be able to talk to refugees.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23349, 7 June 1941, Page 8
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