OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
CHRISTCHURCH MASTER WANTS AN AMENDMENT. (Per Press Association.) . . Christchurch, April 27. A master at the Christchurch Boys’ High School (A. W. Page) has refused to take the oath of allegiance required of all teachers, unless he is allowed to amplify it with a conscience clause. In consequence, Page has ceased to act as a teacher. Page wished to add the following proviso to the oath provided by the ! Education Amendment Act, 1922: “So long as tho above undertaking continues not to conflict with what I consider my duty to God.” The Canterbury College authorities, who control the Boys’ High School, declined to take the responsibility for accepting the oatli in this amended form, and for the present, at any rate, Page has ceased to act as teacher. Page is a son of Mrs Sarah Page, who was formerly a member of the Christchurch City Council, and a well-known figure in the Labour movement in Christchurch.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4575, 28 April 1922, Page 4
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