“ Because of the fact that it is more readily available in the home and) through the medium of libraries, English literature is probably the greatest cultural force of the subjects of the secondary school curriculum/’ declared Mr N. Matheson, during lus presidential address at the annual meeting today of the Otago branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute. “ Yet,” he said, “ it is degraded and narrowed to an examination subject. Attempts are made to teach the unteachablc. The best in literature is torn to rags and tatters of appreciation! Some day we might see in museums exhibits of literature books pf present day high school rnimWi
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Evening Star, Issue 22974, 3 June 1938, Page 12
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