COMMENT ON ESSAY
INSPECTOR'S ACTION
QUESTION IN COMMONS
(Received July 31, 10.30 a.m.)
LONDON, July 30.
Maud Mason, a Manchester schoolgirl, has achieved fame through attention being drawn to her Jubilee essay in the House of Commons.
"England is the finest country in the world," she wrote, "because it has a good. King and Queen."
Sir Gerald Hurst (Con.) asked whether disciplinary action had been taken against an inspector who it was alleged had described the essay as "oldfashioned Imperialism."
The President of the Board of Education, Major Stanley, replied that he was satisfied there had been a misunderstanding. "The inspector's words were in the nature of casual comment, and were not intended as a reproof either of the teacher or the child," he said. "The Board of 'Education considers it highly improper for any inspector to discourage love and pride of country."
Regarding the answer as unsatisfactory, Sir Gerald said he would raise Mie matter again.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350731.2.80
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Issue 27, 31 July 1935, Page 9
Word Count
157COMMENT ON ESSAY Evening Post, Issue 27, 31 July 1935, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in