THE HEADMASTERSHIP.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 141, 17 June 1913, Page 3

THE HEADMASTERSHIP.

[to the editor.]

Sir,—The Marlborough teachers, iind I doubt not at least four mem-

hers of the- Blenheim Borough School

Committee, are indebted to you for Your sub-leader, and also to your correspondent "Observer," for dealin jx with the above subject in the able mariner in which it was placed before the public ir: Saturday's issue. The conviction that an injustice has been done to the Marlborough

tsachers by the Blenheim School Committee has met with the approval of a great many fair-minded people in the education district. The Marlborough Education Board first ; examined the applications, as they i always do, before passing them on to the School Committee. So sure were they that a suitable man' for the position existed among the Marl- | borough teachers that the Board sent | a letter to the School Committee, t asking them to givethe Marlborough i applicants full consideration. Most iof the members of the Education > Board have been sitting on the Board ! many years, and know all there is to know about the qualifications of the | Marlborough teachers. As the out- * come of the knowledge they possessed {'the Board unanimously sent the letter j to the School Committee referred to j .above. It may be well to let the

public know that Messrs J. J. White, jE. H. Penny, F. Birch, W. Jordan. i John Patchett. senr., W. C. Brad- ! dock, C F. A. Whiteford, L. A. White, and Dr Adams, comprise the Blenheim School Committee. Mr .1. J. White is the chairman, and Mr fL. A. White the secretary. Several 'of these gentlemen are new members, and what I wonder is, if their judg- \ ment is us sound as that of the "old | hands" on the Education Board. The \ matter is open to question. Whether 'so or not j do not pretend to say; rumor has it that one member of the School Committee who is also a member of the Education Board supported the selection of Mr Low. I know both men, and appreciate both, and also know that they are both

good teachers; but for the position to be filled I believe that the appointment of the acting-headmaster would have been a wiser choice. I am informed (from the right source) that the voting was: Mr Low 5, Mr Wedde -1. The suggestion of both your correspondent and yourself that the Board should again request the committee to consider between the local and the outside man, is one that should commend itself to the < mind and. sympathy of every fairminded man. I can claim to be unbiased in the matter, and I am not a school teacher, nor a member of the Education Board, my family do not go to the Borough School, and I am not a clergyman. JUSTICE.