EDUCATION SYSTEM

Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 5

EDUCATION SYSTEM

ADVISER MOJr HOME \

/'EVEN A SCOTSMAN AT ? £10,000" ' \i

(By Telegraph.)

'■■ • (Special :to! the "Evening: Post;") ' * DUNEDIN, This Day. ; Speaking ;ia semi-serious", vein but obviously with the "of . being taken-more than half seriously, Mi* H. P. Kidson, Rector of> the Otagi* Boys' High School, stated at the breaiS ing-up ceremony that he would add his small' contribution to the-mass of adi vice that would be given to the new! Minister of Education (the Hon. f£ Fraser) during the next few months! b Mr. Kidson said the Minister should; secure the services of atr adviser froni* the Homeland—a . man with realv weight of authority at the back. o£ him, a man with brains and.vision and not too old. He should secure his ser* [vices for three years, and pay . him' even' £ 10,000 a year. ',J The Mayor (the Rev. E. Cox): Yoli take our breath away. \ji "Even get a Scotsman if you cannot get Englishmen," . continued Mn Kidson, who said he felt that a pretty good Scotsman could be obtained for £10,000 a year. •'. "Let this^man," he continued, "evolve an ideal, a philosophy, and an administration scheme to suit the times and the country for two' years. Let him soak in our1 special circumstances and our special problems, and our potential constitution, and culture. Lay.one prohibition upon him, that he should make no public speeches oh education during that period:' AN UNAPPROACHABLE MAN. 1* "By Order in Council it would, b* made an qffence for'-any' organised bodyrsucliras'the'sc^boTcommittees" associaiiohs,' education •' boards, highJ, schools' boards, and teachers' associa- ■ tions to approach him. He should be left to wander at liberty through the country talking to whom he may wish. Above all he should be guarded from.' deputations. At the end of two years He should formulate his scheme, expounding or defending it if necessary. Then, the people should be told what it would cost to administer."-Mr. Kidsphradded that he felt.sure'the people would'thett: do their utmost to find the mopey. I