OPENED WITH LORD’S PRAYER
ACTION OF EDUCATION BOARD OF OTAGO (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, October 17. The Otago Education Board this morning opened proceedings with the Lord’s Prayer. The chairman, Mr James Wallace, said education boards and school committees were much closer in touch with public opinion in this matter than the Education Department and the Government. It was ridiculous that the Education Act should continue to say that instruction must be of a secular character when the public wanted otherwise. The board hoped head teachers, when the schools did not open with devotional exercises, would adopt the board’s recommendation and note the instruction that the school day should be commenced with the Lord’s Prayer. Members agreed with the chairman.
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Southland Times, Issue 24260, 18 October 1940, Page 6
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120OPENED WITH LORD’S PRAYER Southland Times, Issue 24260, 18 October 1940, Page 6
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