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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 March 1927, Page 13

Latin lias .been eliminated entirely frini t'lie curriculum in some of the ssoomlary schools, and in others the study of "the classics is pursued in the higher forms only. Is this change the cause of poor compositions in the annual competitions for essay prizes through New Zealand? queries an Auckland journal. There has been such a lowering of the .standard as to arouse severe comment from members of the New Zealand University Council. Professor J. Macmillan Brown, the Chancellor, said at the senate meeting last week that lie regretted the modern tendency, and considered the classics had an important influence upon the art of expression. Certain it is that hoys love to refer to Alma. Mater and the various inhabit ant s of the underworld in their original literary productions. The effect, far from being ludicrous, is often inspiring to the vout-hful imagination, and doubtless has an idealistic influence upon a boy’s character. A SYDNEY PICNIC. A well-known business man of Wellington, prior to attending a large picnic in Sydney recently, says he took the precaution beforehand of rubbing ample Q-tol on his hands, face and neck. As a result, he was not at all worried by the mosquitoes and flies which incessantly attacked all the other folk. —Advt.