SCHOOL ON SATURDAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18275, 16 December 1922, Page 10

SCHOOL ON SATURDAY.

KING'S COLLEGE INNOVATION.

NO "QUEEN-STREET PARADE"

"Some misconception has arisen concerning an innovation that Auckland considers rather startling—l refer to Saturday school," said Mr. C. T. Major, headmaster of King's College, at the prizegiving ceremony last evening. "Probably it is too late in the day to touch on this. The boys have tried it, seen its advantages, and would not willingly retrograde to the old system. Shortly, in school better work is done in the morning than® in the* afternoon. Hence six mornings and four afternoons' is better than five of each. Again, a short break of one day, Sunday, is for school work, better than the ordinary two days' spell, while for games, the two afternoons are preferable to the whole day, half of which was wasted. We now obtain more enjoyment and more • efficiency. For the boarder, there is, of course, no question as to which is the better plan—there is now no aimless wandering about on Saturday morning, no hankering after the Queen Street parade, no trouble arising from idle hours. True, the day boys come to school six days instead of five; but those of them who care for games and exercise have, under tha new plan, far more opportunities of joining with the boarders aud making themselves proficient. . . Personally, I have no misgivings. The new departure is in the best interests of the boys, and now that its novelty has worn off, will commend itself to all."