THAT MAGIC WORD.
PRESTIGE OF “MATRICULATION.”
“I think that if the word ‘matriculation’ were abolished in New Zealand things would be better,” declared Professor Lawson when addressing the Primary Schools Syllabus Committee at Wellington. ■ „ , ~ , ‘‘lt is a magic word, he added, ‘‘around which a great deal of family prestige lingers. If we could get rid of the word and retain the reality we would have a better state of affairs. . . . We are making the mistake that has been made since education has been transferred to books—giving it an academic taint and relying too much upon the written word instead of upon the initiative of the teacher and the pupil.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 9
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109THAT MAGIC WORD. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 9
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