RESOLUTION BY P.P.A

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 96, 20 October 1924, Page 6

RESOLUTION BY P.P.A

The following resolution was carried by. the Dominion Executive of the Protestant Political Association, at its last meeting :— , "This executive expresses its regret that the board of the Auckland Grammar School has abandoned the inquiry into the case of Miss Martin and the alleged attempt to proselytise by a teacher under the. jurisdiction of the board, and expresses the opinion that, in accepting Miss Terry's resignation when there were allegations "of at least one other similar case of; proselytising, the board intended to ' burke a public inquiry. A full knowledge of the facts justifies the statement that not only were the pupils - themselves indignant, and. the parents under great anxiety because of the " revelations made, but the teachers of the staff have come under suspicion. The failure of the board to conduct an open inquiry to assure both parents and children, and to clear t t he teachers of suspicion, is therefore highly reprehensible, since it' leaves the reputation of the school under' " a cloud, and the public confidence in the integrity of the school as an unsectanan institution shattered. This executive respectfully urges and demands that the • Minister of Education take action to .clear the State secondary schools and the staffs of suspicion, to re-establish public confidence and to assure parents and children alike that any attempt at proselytising in Stole schools will bo met by severest penalties Further, this executive expresses the strong opinion that the^members of the Auckland Grammar School Hoard should be called upon to resicu as having proved themselves/incompetent .to safeguard the interests and good name of that great school." ' .