“We have Die gentleman who has swotted up a nice lot ot l adjectives, and who glories in being an optimist; on Hie other hand, we have the pessimist who says the younger generation is going to xtndcs in a motor-car,” raid ti.o president, Aly. .1. A. (Vilquhoun, :t the annual conference of the Secondary Schools’ Association in Wellington. “To-day,” he added, “we want neither optimism nor pessimism, hut the truth,and one truth that we Can build on is (lint character is still the foundation of an eduenlion system, and that in the spirit of our secondary schools ve ha\c a powerful source in flic* building ot sound character. ‘Guvs is the task and ours tile recompense to instil -into the hearts of men the smallest part of that which shall endure.’ ’’
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16339, 13 May 1927, Page 5
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