SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 663, 15 May 1929, Page 11

SECONDARY SCHOOLS

CONFERENCE OF ASSISTANTS Press Association WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The conference of the Secondary Schools Assistants’ Association opened to-day. The presidential address was given by Mr. H. E. Smith, who dealt with the training of secondary school teachers to make them more fit for the many difficulties with which they were beset. He emphasised that it was necessary to regain parental confidence, without which success was almost impossible, and also what was by no means less important, to present a united front in attempting to combat the spirit of materialism and irresponsibility which at present seemed to pervade the whole world. The following officers were elected: President, Mr. G. V. Morris; vicepresident, Miss K. V. Edgerley; executive, Messrs. J. A. Colquhoun, C. R. Jones, O. J. Begg, W. M. Stewart, P. Martin-Smith and G. J. McNaught; secretary and treasurer, Mr. A. S. Farquhar; auditor, Mr. W. Alexander. Mr. Morice was elected a vice-presi-dent of the Secondary Schools’ Association, and Miss Edgerley and Messrs. Colquhoun and J. G. Mackay were elected members of the council.