THE FURNISHED MIND
The need for furnishing tho mind as part of the proper equipment of the body was referred to by the Minister of Education (Sir James Parr), while speaking ''in lighter vein" at the annual breaking%p ceremony at Napier Girls' High School. " Whnt I want t > impress^pon the girls of this school," he said, "is that they should go out with a mind and body furnished to enable them to play their part worthily in the new world which .lies ground them, so that they shall worthily fulfil their duties as members of our Island State in whatever position in life it has pleased God to call them. You may have heard the story of Eichard Brinsley Sheridan, the English playwright, writer, and member of Parliament. His son appeared to bo poorly equipped for the battle of life. I believe he stood for I'arliament, and was rejected even for that position. (Laughter.) He approached his father conscious of his I'uilurc, and suggested that a placard should be.fixed to his back with the jiotice 'To Let. 1 Sheridan looked at him and said, 'Yes, and below it .write "unfurnished".' As I have said, I trust that every girl in New SWlfjiifl schools, public or private,-will leave school 'furnished' to play her part in the world and find a joy in doing it."
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 151, 23 December 1925, Page 6
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223THE FURNISHED MIND Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 151, 23 December 1925, Page 6
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