HEAD MASTERS'ASSOCIATION.
(Per rxiTnn lijsTiss Ar,soeiATCOtt.) WI'IIJ.LWi'ON, March 13. The W'i'lliirjion Public School Headimastfrs" Association iia.< adopted a. rejinn, protesting «ira-hi?t. the im t.o which primary schools have been put for displav purpa.-os. The K'port submits that touchers have been overworked by (he e.\tn t:id;s which have no proper plate in the rijjlif. education of ihe youth, and that some of the duties imposed mi teachers on occasions of demoHs'.vnlwii* me rcpumiant. " As a practical outcome of the Areociation's deliberations it is hoped,'' concludes the report, "thai. !I bo.iie?, Government, t'.dueation Ho;m d , and cnt-.'rtaining commit Ices on public ucro-sion-'. ivill cease making (fanands as a mere matter of course on pupils -,t' public s-.-hnols. TeachCIS should he free to withhold their assistonce as commmends itself to them "or jiot. No woman slioirbe expected at any time to undertake school duties outside the school grounds by way of .spectacular displays."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14472, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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150HEAD MASTERS'ASSOCIATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 14472, 15 March 1909, Page 5
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