School Cadets Undesirable
FOLK DANCING WILL NOT DECIDE TATE OF NEW ZEALAND Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 21. Declaring that he could not visualise an invading army deciding the fate ofi New Zealand by contests in folk dancing as taught to boys at present, Mr A. C. Trousdale, chairman of the Howick High School Committee, notified to the Auckland Education Board to-day hu resignation from the committee. Mr Trousdale said that he would much prefer his son to bo taught the rudiments of military drill and rifle practice. His action was the outcome of the Education Department’s policy regarding thb undesirability of establishing cadet corps at public schools. He complained also that the headmaster of the Ho wick School had refused co-operation in the formation of volun-! tary cadet units. The board recorded appreciation ofJ Mr Trousdale’s services.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 8
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