Back to the Mat.
“Some people declare that it. is not the least use educating young Maoris, as they invariably go back to the mat,” said Miss Kinross, principal of the Turakina Maori .Girls' College at yesterday’s session of the Presbyterian General Assembly. “Now, what is meant by this term ’back to the mat’?” asked Miss Kinross. “If it means that the young men and maidens sometimes go back home, and do their part in picking the corn and potatoes, is that a matter for sneering? Far worse would it be if boys and girls were educated to such an extent that they would be too proud to do honest toil on the home farm.” High tributes to the valuable work Miss Kinross was doing at the college were paid by the Revs. J. Hay and .1 A. Asher.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 216, 9 June 1931, Page 11
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