MATRICULATION EXAMINATION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 6 February 1912, Page 2

MATRICULATION EXAMINATION.

Sir,—l think it is only fair to the yciith of llio Dominion, and for the advancement t>l , education generally, (hut a sreatcr improvement should be made as regards the frc(|ii«nc.v of holding the • matriculation examination. In Australia the siiid (.':- luiiiimtion is held. ' hix-niontlily. '.Why should w<;'be so' fur behind the limes? Of late the syllabus has been made >:o dilhcult that the examination might almost he culled a "triennial," and not an "annual" one. U is entirely wrong for any body of men to place a' restriction, which they-themselves ,]j c l Ilo t l mve to endure, upon the future generation. The system of military training umlitho cadet system requires a lot vjf'imr boys' time.. I trust that the University Senate Committee will . «'e. their way clear to hold tlie mtitricirlat'ion oxami'nalion sixmonthly, and ' let it lake effect, say, six months-from,-Dei-oml:;-!-. 5, 1912. liy urging this, 1 am expressing the wir-h .of a large body of influential people.—-I am, etc., 11. .VA'ITtAX. Auckland, February +.