COMPULSORY DRILL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 442, 26 February 1909, Page 7

COMPULSORY DRILL.

. ;.■ ; (81,TE1E0BAPH—PRESS ..ASSOCttTIOHO rU;.. -'• . V ■■■"".;/ \-y Auckland, 25. ; Out of-the 420 boys. at-tiresent attending the Auckland Grammar .'School, no fewer than 335 havo! joined Hlie : Grammar. School Cadet Corps. In reporting this fact'at the meeting ot the Grammar School' Boards today, the headmaster (Mr. , J.' WrTibbs)"sug; gested that' .the Government should ; be 'approached with: a : view, to/compelling those -boys who held junior -and- senior free places to join" the corps. -It^was'their : own laziness which :kept the .bajanco .of:the'-boys out,;.arid he; thought'>that:Jn'view;7of the fact. that, these> .boys/Teceived, tlieir •secondary education free,", they should dosomething for their (country/in- return;'- Mr. , Tibbs i thought that the jumor masters who-acted as instructors should receive special. remunoration for. their 'serrices'. , "On- thp- motion of Mr. C.vJ.''l J arr,iit was decided' to'refer the latter -suggestion: to .the, Finance Committee for ■ favourable . consideration, -i Mr Parr thought that : tho' board should 'coinpei all the boys attending-the school :to' join the cadet corps Unless they brought written advice from their parents, saying , -that the boys in .question had '■•a conscientious aversion to military drill, or discipline of anV kind.- It. was.resolved to.issne instructions accordingly. ~.'. ■ \ .' ', ■■■■".:-. .. ■■■