EDUCATION OF GIRLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16925, 10 August 1918, Page 8

EDUCATION OF GIRLS.

"The Education of the Modern Girl." was the subject of a lecture given by Mm' B. Butler, headmistress of the Auckland Girls' Grammar School, in the Epson Presbyterian Church on • Thursday even' ing. Miss Butler laid great stress on the responsibility of parents with regard >tii; the education of their children. Continual systematic effort was ■ necessary and the education of a child should kj begun when the child was very young, Habits and tendencies which later irai might present a serious aspect could then be checked. The difficulties which the primary schools teacher had to encounter were discouraging.' Education, n the true aenso, • was practically impossible in a class of 80, 90, or 100 children. It f»ffl therefore, necessary for parent* to supplement the efforts of the teacher. In this connexion, Miss Butler made a plea for compulsory, homework. ' Time spent, in doing lessons at Lome, . she said, was of immense value, as it represented original and voluntary effort on the part of . the girl. It might be perfectly true that some of the subjects taught would be a little value in after life, but parents should not, on this account, discountenance the study of such subjects. Character could better be developed at homo, and if girls were made to feel: that • they .'had responsibilities :in- the home circle they would appreciate it more. - <£•