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; Mr M. Hewitson, Dis- ; ‘ trict Senior Inspector of ; j Secondary Schools in the ; * South Island, did not ; » dream that he would be ; 5 leaving these ranks when ; * he accepted the presi- ; ' dency of the conference ; i of the Australasian As- ; I sociation of Institutes of » I Inspectors of Schools, ; » now in session in Christ- j * church. ; J This month Mr Hewit- J ‘ son will become Director 5 ; of Secondary Education I ‘ for New Zealand. Al- J ; though skilled in mathe- I ; matics as a navigator- « ; bomber in the famous ; j No. 75 Squadron during J J the Second World War, $ ; his teaching field was J 5 languages. His great in- ; ‘ terest is the continuity of » J education through pri- » » mary. secondary and uni- ; j versity training. ; 1 Mr Hewitson followed » I Mr J. L Hunter as Dis- » J trict Senior Inspector in , 1 Christchurch and again » I follows him to be Direc- « J tor of Secondary Educa- 5 I tion. ;