ENGLISH AND NEW ZEALAND GIRLS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 120, 6 February 1923, Page 2

ENGLISH AND NEW ZEALAND GIRLS

A COMPARISON. One of the guests at the seventh annual speech day of tho Northampton Girls’ School (England), of which Miss Taylor, formerly of New Zealand, is lady principal, was Sir James Allen, New Zealand High Commissioner in London. With him came Lady Allen. In tho course of a talk to the girls, Sir James Allen told them that ho never thought of the part New Zealand played in the war without his thoughts reverting to the Maori race, who camo to their help then and on many other times in times of trial (states the Northampton “Daily Echo”). Maori girls were not quite the same colour as English girls, but they weic not black. They werre a very nice colour, and many of them were very handsome. There were schools in New Zealand just like this one, and the Maori girls were educated along with the white girls, their being no distinctions or differences between them. Ono aspect of the relations of New Zealand and the Dominions towards English educational institutions was of intense interest to_ him. It was the fact that teachers in New Zealand were extremely anxious to learn something of the outside world. They realised the limitations of teaching in New Zealand alone, without possibilities of experience of the older world. Teachers here also realised their limitation, and so there had been arranged an interchange of teachers between the Dominions and tho Mother Country. At the present time there were several New Zealand teachers on exchange with tho London County Council, two or three in Bodford College, two m Pans, and one or more in Canada. He had tried to find out the difference between the New Zealand girl and tho English girl, and ho had come to the conclusion that the former was more self-dependent, and had her mind centred on the practical side of life. On tho other hand, tho English o-iri probably had her ideal set on a higher fitsvndard. In New Zealand tnejr had a University course in domestic science, having realised that tho work of p cook or a maid in the homo was worthy for anybody to do. (Applause.) If English girls wore unable to got a Bachelor of Science Degree in h£ nl ° science they would bo behind Zealand. There, they looked on the home as tho basis of their Jives. Lot theca establish the standard of the Iwme as high as possible. It’ wou ? keep men out of many temptations if they could_.be attracted to their, homes. u *You have more women in this country than mon,” he added. u We have more men than women. I am not inviting you all to come out because you might 'bo disappointed—(laughter)— but I want you to realise that if any of you do go out as exchanged teachers or in any other way you will receive 'the /very heartiest welcome.” (Applause.) At the instance of Aiderman Campion the girls unanimously agreed to ask Sir James Allen to give a message of love and friendship from them to any secondary school in TTcw Zealand with which he might come in contact.

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