TEACHER'S OATH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 April 1922, Page 5

TEACHER'S OATH.

AN OBJECTION RAISED.

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.")

CHB.ISTCHURCH, April 27. A master at the Christchurch Boys' High School, Mr. 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 Mr. Page has ceased to act as a teacher.

Mr. Page wished to add the following proviso to the oath provided by the Education Amendment Act, 1921: "So long as the 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 oath in this amended form, and for the present, at any rate, Mr. Page has ceased to act as a teacher. Mr. Page is a,son of Mrs. Sarah Page, who was formerly a member of the Christ-church City Council and a wellknown figure in the Labour movement in Christchurch.