STATE SCHOLARSHIPS.-,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1620, 11 December 1912, Page 7

STATE SCHOLARSHIPS.

.'•'• V ■■*— — 1 -.'': ; , : ''" [AND.DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGES. At' the : last. meeting of the Wellington (Education Board,-.'the': chairman : (Mr. Robert Lee) gave'notke of his intention, to move'the following motion:— ' "That as this Education : Board is', administering. a State seculaT ■ system '.of- education; and as free places and scholarships aTe awarded irrespective of religious'beliefs, and in this educa- , tion-district are now. tenable in, two /Wellington colleges,, one for boys and ' one for girls, and in a technical school and district high schools, mon-sectar- . iaa in their teaching, and wholly or . in part, built and largely maintained by ithe, .State, ,this.Education JJoard would noV';l>e"'jus'tifie(l' J in"" allowing scholarship holders to attend seotar- ', ; ian■ colleges." ■ -'1 ■ ". 'When,the motion was reached on the order p'a'pex;;'Mrr'J : .; 7 G.''"W. Aitken said that, he thought - 'tie discussion should; be 'deferred' owing to tho, small attendance' of memhers present (there were only five members present). '.''"'■ , ; Mr; A;'W. Hogg said was preparel'tb deal' with it straight away. He did.not think that-the national'system of education-.Should' have any connection with.'sectarian, institutions; 'Mtv Aitkoh. said he was also prepared to deal with it, but urged that it should 'be; held over; for discussion by a fuller meeting of theboard; The chairman said he would prefer that it 'should stand over," which course was agreed, to. . . .:..'. ~', .;..-'.. The motion will be discussed at ; -the first ■meeting in the New Year.