A GIRL’S RELIGION.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 October 1924, Page 8

A GIRL’S RELIGION.

R.P.A. RESOLUTION. The following resolution was carried by the Dominion Executive of the Protestant Political Association at its last meeting :—> “Tide; executive expresses its regret that the hoard, of the Auckland Grammar School had abandoned the inquiry into the case of Miss Martin and the alleged attempt to proselytise by a teacher under the jurisdiction of the board, and expresses the opinion that, in accepting Miss Terry’s resignation when there were allegations of at least one other similar oa,sc of proselytising, the board intended to burke a .public inquiry. A full knowledge of the facts justifies, the statement that not only were the pupils themselves indignant and the parents under great anxiety because of the revelations made,, but the teachers of the staff have come under suspicion. The failure of the board to conduct an open inquiry to assure both parents and children, and to clear the teachers of suspicion, is therefore highly reprehensible, since it leaves the reputation of the school under a cloud, and the public confidence in the integrity of the school as an unsectarian institution shattered. This executive respectfully urges and demands that the Minister of Education take action to clear the State secondary schools and the staffs of suspicion, to reestablish public confidence and to assure parents and children alike that any attempt at proselytising in State schools will be met by severest penalties. Further, this executive expresses the strong opinion that the I members of the Auckland Grammar School Board should be called upon, to resign as having proved themselves incompetent to safeguard the interests and good name of that great school.'