THE COST OF EDUCATION.
Sir,—l should like to comment .Li briefly upon the. letter by "8.A." Tuesday's issue*. More than once in a* last six or seven years, -when mattenr lating to the educational world—ing of universities, the matter of eS ations, ete.—have been open for disctat!! in your columns, a the above nom-de-plume appears, uAu, paean is always so very that his style is becoming familiar,llr receive condescending criticism of M Zealand ideas and standards and afojhi very patronising invitation to behotffli glorious example in Great Britain. Ba»! a member of the N.Z.E.1., and h»W confidence in the abUity of Mr. Parkin** I do not attempt to interfere in tiou. I wish merely to state thai (auta the letters B.A. stand for the terpretation commencing with ''Big") correspondent, if still a B.A!, afterd these years, is not able to surmooBl& more difficult test of the higher en* ination then perhaps we are forced # k cept the evidence that a "stiff test" § "reliable test of mental* value." MASrwii.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20969, 4 September 1931, Page 12
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168THE COST OF EDUCATION. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20969, 4 September 1931, Page 12
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