THE PUBLIC PLATFORM
.HAVE TEACHER EIGHT TO USE Has a school teacher a right to take fhe public platform on educational au - 'ieots 9 The question arose at last felling's meeting of the Educational InslitW Mv. Webb said that ha did not think a teacher had a moral right (even if he bad a legal right) to go on the pnblic platform and abuse his masters. Teachers could weak through thoir organi»a----"I contend," said Mr. W. H. Foster, "that as a citizen of ■ havo every right to go on the plattoi m and discuss matters which I am conversant with connected with the education system. * I don't think anyone has »i right to talco tho platform to abuse anyone else—that is for politicians-but ns a oitizen I havo a. right to 6peak about things I should know about. T would not like it to go out. ivom this room that teachers have not this vight. If they havo not, ono .or tvo ot' us have been doijip-wrong in the past"
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19171017.2.56
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 19, 17 October 1917, Page 7
Word Count
170THE PUBLIC PLATFORM Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 19, 17 October 1917, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in