TEACHING MANNERS
ATTENTION TO CHILDREN,
Referring to tho teaching of- manners, the Minister of Education (the H0n.,0. J. Parr) had a word or two to say yeSterday at the opening of a new school at MoiTinsville. Addressing the. parents and school children, the '' Minister said that somo complaints had, reached him,-that school children misbehaved in j-ho railway trains on the way to school. He hopod these complaints were not true. They, however, gave him tho opportunity of say. ing that an essential part of every child's upbringing was that ib should learn good manners. He wouM like tosee more boys got up in crowded tramcars or trains and give their seats tp ladies. Children Bhould always show rospeqt to their, elders. "Were we lacking in this respect?" asked ,theMinister. He was afraid so. It was the duty 'of the parents 'primarily to fea.cn their children to observe ■ the little courtesies of life that really meant a great deal. Chivalry to the gentler sex should be inculcated, Where the i parents failed, he hoped that the teachers would rub in tho lesson occasionally.'After all there was very much an tho old saying : "Manners makyth men." Tho Minister added that his remarks.were address«d tp girl* m well •• to boy*. •
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 11, 13 July 1921, Page 8
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207TEACHING MANNERS Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 11, 13 July 1921, Page 8
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