TRAINING FOR CADETS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 4

TRAINING FOR CADETS.

70't' ■ : |^£ ; ' CONFLICTING OPINIONS.^ <Br Telegraph—Press' Association.)'"' 0 Auckland, .Tuns G.' .■ The vahie of'- training applied to' cadetf X. came in for some criticism- at.lbe.Educa-'*.-lion Commission. ■ Mr, Millies, principal of tlio Auckland. Training College, said that the wrt dene by cadets did not apjioal particularly'to him as a form of physical training. ■ "It is a good thing," be' said, "to have . Training College, said that the work don® .consisted of too limcii marching tip and . down in lhi-es and forming fours." ' H.e proceeded to say that once (he'emit work was learnt drill became " tooj-./ much of a mechanical prccess, while fiueh:.';; exercises as were employed were in many ' cases- arrived at without rsny duo regard.:/:; to Hie, special ■ requirements of children:,-;? They'wore for toldicrs, au<i by soldiers, who had 110 knowledgo of chil-.V-. droii's needs and limitations. .." ! ,- Miv Lamb, president of t-ho, Anckhady; 1 Country ■ Teachers' Association, agree ..with' the view put forward by. Mr, I Millies. H« maintained that the • v>»v£ I consisted of something more than march'-.;-.; i iiig and forming fours, for the lads-were'.; subjected to wholesome discipline.:?-.G00d;.; habits were also formed by through-the work, such as neatn?ss,aiid : ,., officienev. .Then tiie boys took part-H11,.., i skirmishing,and were taught to adyimMj-; oven'-.'comitryt and take covcr, 1 ■'All;-;r; yJ"' constituted' an.-excellent tvaimr,?. . . Mr, H'udmun, principal' of- tlio Thames;' High''School, iws of opinion that military training: in connection with cadets. was . apt/; to - overshadow ml good physical'- ■ tTajniivg:'-;''What was wanted iiy Vchpms ■ was a', more natural of/bnil-.iing-.np-. •tlicphvsiqub of the children:' Bo referred:. to the'value'of tcaeliing methods' of deep.;.' breathing and considered that more attention should be paid to gymnastics,--