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Southland Times, Issue 3580, 11 December 1879, Page 2

I The twb cbhrSfes J oi J lci4tH nlc I&6tu'res to be delivered this month hi Invercai gilL— one," bnXMreriiist^byProfessorTßlack, arid, another, on^Botahy, by Mr Thomson;— srs the outcome r! p|;/a of tact, energy and "persistency on the part of vai-ious individuals^ap^puyic bodies. We believe that the initiation of the scheme is due to* Mr HcGregorp of the .Invercargill IMstriGt--High-^hool,»and : ~tha^.i^to^^ shape "and completeness under the auspices of the Southland HiMcH of the Educational Institute of ,Otago; It As ceTtainlyj creditabl^ to-that bbdjr that it should hay^ made an effort voluntarily tq raise the staras and qualifications' Of tteeh c c Sbri'thland teachers, an4)it, is tq.be .con^ratulatedon^the success bt c^i^dea.y6r/;. Ajt sising ; j !3^'.-&pSrft_:P?-ftnd -fePnvfappeared beforfti; 'theii^ucatiqnj]Boardi7see}angT~lst,itthafr *be a}onrse7shonld.ibejnindeß > the'-Board's-pafrona^er 2ndp7that7^ ; move- : ' Obtain- '"chea^'iTailway ticfete _or. teachers atten<Jjn!^4 ith^^'bbursib '^ 3rd, that it sK6Md s -§olic f iy the Inspec-tor-General, -after. exsunination ; H to accept _ atferi^arice 7 ; al^ thje' tt %cthres as qg_ai4fyils_g] ;f or> a-.certlficale^n^^enqe^- and^ last' to arrange with school committees to? gire facilities- forr -JtboH attendance of teachers. I ItJisfheedless to' sa^ thafcthe Board gave its hearty sympathy and cooper£ftibrij! arid I " it- did-so 'the^reßult that all the objeptP"of-the Institute have bebhjw^thevbrid secured; :i ; orilyfh^ch . ! thit threateried'tb. bcciit yvsk iiv conriebtiorif ; with thV-raflw^^cle^ r see" bri what grounds "the Government i should haye 4emurredr.to7'«9nce_4e.-tp..;|ite I iteachers of Soutiiland-a-privilege "that had already in simil fir 7 circumstances been granted to their brethren- of Otago. But dbrinif. 'tliey certainly 'didj l'atid '4he' idiffi-7 culty, whatever it -was, was only got oyer i ' by'tlre* jbirit 5 ' r ihtei''ce's^idtt i bf 'the' members '- f jf b? fHataura;and InvercaTgill^ 7fi£r 3ha'nk| 1 ; ah l d "^F #<jiri. -reader^- are I familiar with iW ff}ai;yfslpi circumlocution* by which the teacher wi(l7 at. last discover that* 1 his railway ticket the lectures has cost liini a guinea. ~ Batit is with the sue cess^'andno^ witS'the obstacles, of the i amiri^eineriisf;:f ibsX X\m . : wish , - to ; - con r cem ourselves;: 74n;o'»gst: : . )^9. f^Ctora., in^.'bririging/.'mat^s, -ito. sjenr ; preseut r pj)si.tionVwe : wishtb.nQte.PPnßp.iciio,uslythe kindness and enthusiasmjofr th§ lecturers themselves. These gentlemen bave entered 1 irito^he"' project ; with lingular; beartinessy and to both the labor 'is- a labor of love. For neither will there; be any fee, nor any reward beyond r that;"'bf "j spreading^, know-' ledge bt his favorite science, tHat Li the teachers in the firs^plac^ arid after thejn the ,ge.ueraV public, will shbw by their attendauGb" "thlt "tliey appreciate I this effort, .to .place 7S,cienjtsi'.77teaching within tlieir easy * reach. Fof ' the t^nae, and pre Yrt»to/.we fare tohaye the.-pnyilgge^ conferred on us of a University town Let :us show ourselves*worthy.df these, and by •and by they may take -larger dimensions and be mbreTfrequehtiy ehjbyedV f 7