RURAL SCHOOL COURSE.
NOT ALTOGETHER POPULAR
(Press Association.)
PAIHATUA, May 7.
According to statements made by the headmaster of the Pahiatua District High School, at a meeting of householders, the secondary department is not very popular, and is therefore losing its designed utility. The headmaster said it was claimed whe_i the course was introduced that children living in dairying districts wouM want to increase their knowledge of dairying, the same as those living in mining districts would want to knowmore about mining, and so on. This was very pretty in theory, but he declared that, the whole of the children of the local class hated the Sight of a cow. lie had inquired from the class how many were going on the land, and not a solitary one replied. He contended that the rural course was not a suitable one. The syllabus was drawn up in Wellington, and teachers had no power to alter it. A motion was passed urging the remedying of defects, and committees throughout the Wellington district have been circularised on the matter.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19150508.2.13
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 8 May 1915, Page 2
Word Count
176RURAL SCHOOL COURSE. Northern Advocate, 8 May 1915, Page 2
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in