CAMPAIGN AGAINST WAR.
PRINCIPLES OF THE LEAGUE IN SCHOOLS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, June 1.5. By a unanimous vote the Association of Education Committees decided at Caxton Hall in favour of taking steps towards the inculcation of the principles of the League of Nations in the minds of scholars in all types of schools. This action arose out of a private conference of local education authorities called by the Board of Education on Wednesday last. Sir George Lunn (Newcastle) moved the operative resolution, which empowered the executive to invite representatives of the local authorities and the teachers* organisations to confer as to the best methods for carrying out this work, which he declared was necessary. The people who talked about, war being a necessary factor of civilisation were either mad or bad. The crux of the problem was with the teacher. The subject must not be made a matter of inspection or examination. Re- would prefer the natural saturation of all teaching in all subjects with the principles of the League. National patriotism was not incompatible with the desire for the common weal of all nations. He loved his wife better than any woman on earth, but that did not prevent him being on perfectly good terms with the lady next door.— (Laughter.)
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Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 50
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