SCIENCE OF EDUCATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13523, 22 August 1907, Page 6

SCIENCE OF EDUCATION.

MR. GEORGE GEORGE TO VISIT'

EUROPE.

Mr. George George, director of technical education, applied for eight months' leave of absence to the Education Board yesterday. He said he wished to go Home in February, to pass through Canada and America, and, after visiting England, to make a tour of Switzerland, Germany, and Denmark, returning in October. He would thus be able to attend three important national congresses in manual, technical and art instruction, and would be. able to get up to date in all matters pertaining thereto. He. had now been here for five and a-half years, during which time matters had progressed very considerably. While, at Home he would be able to make inquiries as to equipment for the new technical college, for a good deal of.the material and machinery necessary could not be - obtained here. He had found that much better work could be got on the spot than by ordering from here, for a firm which, when he was at- Home, had given him perfect satisfaction, had font such stuff out here that he had been obliged to return it at their cost. lb was the usual thing for technical directors at Home, to get- 13 weeks' holiday per year) but. he had not had that amount in all since his arrival. The local heads of the departments were quite willing to undertake the extra work during his absence.- The session would be in working order before he left, and would conclude after his return; no new work would have to be undertaken, and he did not think there would be any hitch. The Chairman (Mr. Bagnall) said Mr. George spoke to him some time ago about the matter, and he (the chairman) thought six months would have been sufficient. Mr. George- remarked that it was a matter for the.Board to decide; at the same time the more experience he obtained the "better it would be for the Board. The Chairman moved that six months' leave, on full pay, be granted. Mr. George would be in constant communication with the Board, and, if necessary, the 'matter could be reconsidered, and the leave extended. • The motion was agreed to.