NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 96, 23 April 1940, Page 8

NEWS OF THE DAY

The "Evening Post."

The "Evening Post" will riot be pub lished on Thursday, Anzac Day.

School Anzac Service,

Disappointment at the small attendances of pupils at Anzac Day services held at the Mount Cook School was expressed in the committee's report presented at the householders' meeting last' night. "The year 1939 saY 73 scholars and 31 others present," stated the report, "There should have been at least, 2QQ scholars present from a roll number of 500. Parents should remember the meaning of Anzac and pay honour where honour is due. One iears in this present day that the child runs the parent to a" very large extent, and it would, perhaps, be better to have the Anzac service on the afternoon preceding Anzac Day when scholars are at school." Examination Fetish. "The abolition of the proficiency examination and the domination of the .curriculum by the examination fetish is proving a distinct forward move in our education system," stated the report presented by the headmaster (Mr. I. F. McDonald) at the meeting of the Mount Cook School householders last night. "We are now at' liberty to give our pupils a wider cultural education," he stated. "I'm Agin You, My Dear." Women present at one of the householders' meetings held last night to elect school committees voted splidly for a recommendation to the new committee proposed by one of their number, and the men present voted jus? as solidly against it. One of the men: who put up his hand against the motion j was sitting alongside his wife, who! just before had voted the other way. When.she turned towards him and observed his hand up, he smiled and quietly said: "I'm agin you, my dear." One of the male supporters sitting nearby quoted: "A house divided against itself cannot stand," and another suggested that the husband loyal to his' sex might find things a little difficult when he got home. Finer Than Glasgow. A letter of congratulation is to be sent from the Wellington Beautifying Society to the directors of the Exhibition Company upon the great success Of gardens and grounds at Rongotai. The gardens, said Mrs. Knox Gilmer, had been admired by thousands of visitors. That success, said Mr. J. Murie, had been made in the face of great difficulties, in poor ground to start with, a late beginning, and a poor season. Mr. F. T. Clere said he considered that the grounds were very much finer that those at the Glasgow Exhibition; they were a credit to all who had had a part in their arrangement and maintenance. Engineering at Technical College.. "One result of holding the conference of the New Zealand Institution of Civil Engineers," said the director of the Wellington Technical College (Mr. R. G. Ridling) in a report to the Board of. Governors last night, "was increased knowledge amongst engineers of the facilities available at the college for training and for assisting in engineering activities. The board s aware that our equipment has ,been made available to Government Departments for research work^Becently also another engineering branch of a public body has asked for our assistance in testing materials they must use. Some business firms know that our equipment and the experience of our instructors are available to them to help in industrial difficulties, but the-more widely this is known.the better it will be for our developing industries," karge Classes. , • j "We still have big classes in rooms that are not large," remarked the chairman (Mr. P. N. Cryer) at the householders' meeting in the Karori School last night. "It is difficult to see.a solution of the problem so long as we have such a large attendance at the school." In the report it was stated that some months ago approval was given by the Education Department for the erection at the school of an additional classroom. That work had not yet commenced, though the number of scholars in the existing classrooms . was still high. It was shown that there were five classes above'standard 2 and in all but one of them the number of scholars ranged from 51 to 54. In all there were fourteen classes, and the average number of ouoils ia each was ljust over 43.