MUSICAL EXAMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10723, 22 October 1928, Page 7

MUSICAL EXAMS.

BIG EXPENSE TO ASSOCIATED. - - BOARD, ;

OUTLINED

,- ' (Special- To The Tillies)-. . WELLINGTON,. Set. 20. “The Associated % Board certainly shows -a ptfott bfi the examinations which it conducts in N.Z., .but it is, a •Smd.lt 'profit, arid "if care were not .exorcised tiidro .would be none sat alb,” said Mr. E. O. Cachemaille, secretary to the Associated Board, Koyal Academy of Music, and Ro.yal College of Music. wheft i’ehlying to critictsih of that body to-day. it hud been stated that the Associated Board collected a large sum in fees, that its profits must be fuitTy large and that it should devote. Some of those profits to the furtherance Of musical culture itt the Dominion. . “It mliist be remembered that the examiners which the board sends .to ■N.&. are men- of . position and command large salaries,” said Mr. Cafeiiomaille. ,‘ ’ ‘Their travelling• expenses also are high In addition, owing to the time ofe • the year at which the examinations are held, for the convenience of the teachers, most of our examiners have to rettirn straight to England and it is-, riot, possible for them to visit’ other places. Occasionally they go from here to India, Furthermore, it must bo realised that, even if it conducted its operations In-N.Z. .at a loss the. board would still carry on. Owing tothe establishment of the. local examination system in Australia ,'and. the. consequent campaign by tho Australian Music Board for fees the Associated Board has lost £IOOO a- year on its working in the Commonwealth' for the last ten years. “The local examination system in N.Z. however, is not favored. ..For one thing, it would mean that many teachers would have to-examine their own pupils. Tile present system meaintains a high standard. The alteration might lead to a tendency to cheapen the examination and fget bigger fees. “Finally—and this is not the least important point—even if it made a large 'profit in N.Z. and wished to devote the money to the purpose suggested the Board could not do so. It would be prevented by its charter which lays down the purposes for which its money must be spent.”