TEACHERS AND THE WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4953, 21 August 1918, Page 5

TEACHERS AND THE WAR.

EDUCATION BOARD’S „ DECISION 1 TO APPEAL. \

In connection with the above subject, Mr G. McKay, at the Hawke’s Bay Education Board meeting moved (1) that the standing resolution, namely, that teachers be appealed for on their merits be rescinded; (2) that in future all teachers be appealed for; (3) that Messrs Pearce (Petane) and Neilson (Meanee) he appealed for. , Correspondence in connection herewith was received' from the two latter school comiiiittees asking that their be appealed for i in< ~ from the Department to the effect that the Council of Education recommends appealing for teachers called Mr McKay, in speaking to the resolution pointed out that if teachers were appealed for on their merits, each time the case camo u;> the merits would be pulled to pieces. Whether the teacher should go oi not, should be decided by the Appeal Board. The reason they should be annealed for is on account of tim shortage of teachers. There should be on no account a loss to the cm ren. Each teacher should b© appealed for by the Board and the onus then rests with the Appeal ,” n Mr Grant, m seconding the motion, endorsed these remarks. , . j 0 Mr Wildish strenuously opposed tl e motion, because 1,0 oonsidwed ,t contrary to the interests of the com munit, to appeal for £ was essential that all their bit in the crisis. Ihe men mi two children were now going to-the i “ »« they would vva. l jt O,e men with three children. Ihe Boaid should turn down this step oy one other boaid ha pnehers he Sered there would ho plenty rt education 5 put than appeal for teachers. worried The first motion was cainea. Sneaking to the second one, m no call upon us to © essential to rJ 2 chi,<3ren sl, Tlr <! G^r P SVpPortiu g it. -aid teachers should have been exempted bv the Government right from xne It W e had to consider the futuVe because it was the nation wit! the highest education that would be the most efficient. {n Mr Tli om son, also speaking in favour, said that up to the end of 1916 650 male teachers, equal to onethii d of the whole male teaching staff had gone to the must now be infinitely _ brinnlect of our education could ©ring about nothing but a collapse and national ruin—there was nothing more important than education. Messrs Bull and Venables, in giving their support, said without teaciirm resources, the endea if Sed men with therefore justified in .ppealme for t] 't- SMudv 8 ; who was in strong epw VUm he did not behove the thereof be produced nil AmencfUi pnper "Idol, doted hnf up t^WU. MS ’e'?s fw wes elese on 11.000 teachers had fallen in this war and their places been taken by women. Mr Wildish: You are going to stem the single men of 20 veais and fSe the married men with children teachers did not have to go to the front because they were teachers. After further discussion the motions were carried by seven votes to three, the minority comprising Messrs Soundy, Oates and V lldish.