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Field Service Attitude
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND. July 6. Some school principals in New Zealand were discouraging boys from applying for American Field Service Scholarships, said the chairman of the service's committee In Auckland (Dr. W. J. D. Minogue) today. Out of 45 pupils going to the United States this year, only 12 or 13 were boys. Dr. Minogue said that some of the more conservative headmasters discouraged the boys by saying that the year in America would set their careers back by 12 months. “Some parents also agree with this,” he said. “I think it is a year well spent, for boys and girls'. They gain a great deal by learning how American families live."
Dr.- Minogue said that subjects not available in New Zealand schools could be studied, in America, and a different outlook was given on subjects the pupils had already taken in New Zealand.
For instance, a boy would get a different impression of history by seeing it through American eyes instead of British.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30487, 8 July 1964, Page 14
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