TYPICAL CITY SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14691, 27 May 1911, Page 8

TYPICAL CITY SCHOOLS.

VISITED BY THE GOVERNOR.

Loiu> Islington" visited the Newton East and the Devonport schools yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Messrs. C. J. Parr "(lately chairman of the Auckland Board of Education), G. J. Garland (the present chairman), and E. K. Mulgan, chief inspector of schools.

Tho Newton East school was selected as a primary educational institution in a densely-populated area, where the scholars suffer under the disabilities of insufficient playing space. Tho converse condition exists at the Devonport school, where the buildings are placed among pleasant surroundings, with an ample plavinsr ground. At the Newton East school the cadets were drawn up as a guard of honour in the main corridor. The Governor visited each of the classrooms, and addressed the senior scholars in appropriate terms, and he also spoke briefly to tho children in the other classes.

The cadets formed a guard of honour ! at the Devonport school, where His Excellency addressed the children of (lie two upper classes. Lord Islington also presented medals won by pupils of the school in open swimming competitions, and a medal for shooting, won by a boy attending the school. Lord Islington was much interested in the description given by Mr. Mulgan of tho manner in which the educational system followed in tho primary schools of New Zealand has been built tip by those who gained a knowledge of the practical requirements by their own experiences as "teachers in the primary schools. This condition was compared by Mr. Mulgan with tho system followed in England, where, instead of securing tho assistance of those who have been "through lie mill" in tho administration of tho schools, measures have been taken to discourage tho appointment of primary school teachers to inspectorship. It is probable that the Governor will visit the emu era school, which is tho most, recently-established school in the city, and embodies all the modern features of educational facilities in New Zealand.