ELOCUTION NEGLECTED
PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, October ll'. The Education Hoard this mornirjt "carried a motion endorsing the opinion of the district inspectors that recitation was neglected, and urging that greater attention bo paid to elocution in schools. In the course _ of a discussion, members spoke pessimistically of the inability of scholars and ex-scholars to speak and write English correctly, and the opinion was expressed that the syllabus devoted 100 much attention to a subject which gave no training for the battle of life.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7929, 12 October 1911, Page 4
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83ELOCUTION NEGLECTED New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7929, 12 October 1911, Page 4
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