DR. BEEBY’S POST
SUPPORT FOR NEW APPOINTMENT
“UNESCO VITAL FOR PEACE ” (P.A.) WANGANUI, February 24. “I was disappointed at the attitude adopted by some boards in regard to the appointment of the Director of Education in New Zealand (Dr. C. E. Beeby) as assistant-Director-General of UNESCO,” said the chairman of the Wanganui Education Board (Mr W. B. Tennent) of Palmerston North, at a meeting of the hoard to-day. Mr Tennent said that at the present time. UNESCO was vital in the interests of peace. Millions of children in Europe had suffered because of the war. and unless something was done to restore order educationally, the future would be discouraging. While not agreeing with everything Dr. Beeby had done in the educational field, Mr Tennent said he would support the appointment, and moved that the board congratulate Dr. Beeby and also Mr A. F. McMurtrie. who had been appointed acting-Director of Education.
The motion was seconded by Mr E. R. Hodge, and carried. Mr McMurtrie was formerly a chief inspector in Wanganuu
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25427, 25 February 1948, Page 6
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