CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL.
OPENED AT OXFORD. GREAT INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCE. [Pe<- Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Sir Jas. Parr, Minister of Education, had a very busy day yesterday, when, in adidtion to receiving several deputations, he opened the new consolidated school at Oxford, which he described as the most interesting experiment ever tried in Canterbury. In the course of his address, Sir James said ho took an educational and sentimental interest in Oxford, for his parents had done their courting and had married there. He believed the consolidated school was a true solution of the problem of rural education. The real community spirit was fostered at such' schools and the intellectual Influence upon the whole district was great. The main difficulty in connection with consolidated schools was that of transport, which was costly. In tho present instance, it was £750 per annum. The existing roll was 2SO. Instruction in handicrafts would be provided and ho was sure that after the school had been going for a year, requests would" come for similar Institutions from all over Canterbury. Mrs. A. E. Cooper presented the Minister with a key of the school, which was then formally declared open.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2713, 22 June 1925, Page 7
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194CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL. Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2713, 22 June 1925, Page 7
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