TEACHERS’ COLLEGE PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29263, 22 July 1960, Page 16

TEACHERS’ COLLEGE PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Mr George Guy, principal of the Christchurch Teachers’ College, has been awarded a grant of the United States State Department by which he will be the only New Zealander among 25 from other nations to take part in a special seminar in Hawaii. The programme involves 60 days at the University of Hawaii for discussions under the leadership of faculty members of the principles and practices of American education with special reference 'to curriculum development.

After that, members of the seminar will spend 30 days touring educational institutions on the American mainland.

Mr Guy will leave Sydney on August 2 in the Himalaya, to visit the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Japan (studying education briefly) before proceeding to Hawaii.

When the award was announced last evening, Mr Guy said he had had three Fulbright visitors on the staff of the college, and had met many other educationists from the United States. From their work he had a great deal of confidence in modern American

education and would approach his tour with keen interest. Mrs Guy will accompany her husband. She is a university graduate and trained teacher and, as a Christchurch director of .the Y.W.C.A., she will be interested to see activities of the movement in the countries visited. Mr Guy was trained at the Auckland Teachers’ College, and took a bachelor of science degree from Auckland University. Later he took a master of arts degree at the University of Canterbury. After primary teaching in Auckland, he joined the staff of the Timaru Boys’ High School in 1931 and, in 1937 with his wife, was leader of the New Zealand Youth Hostel party of 40 which toured Britain and Europe by bicycle. In 1938 he pioneered the school

section education service of the Canterbury Museum. Mr Guy joined the Christchurch Teachers’ College staff as lecturer in geography in 1941. before three years* war-time service as an officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. For a year in 1946 he was seconded as an inspector of postprimary schools. Returning to the Teachers’ College, Mr Guy was appointed vice-principal in 1947, and in 1954 he was appointed associate principal to organise the introduction of training for post-primary teachers. On the retirement of Mr Duncan Mackay he became principal in 1956.