AN EXPLANATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 7 June 1924, Page 13

AN EXPLANATION.

Sir, —Will you kindly grant me space in your valuable paper io correct a grave mis-statement, conveying an unwarranted reflection oil our educational system; appearing in your condenscn report of last night’s report of tho meeting of the Timaru Wamcn s Citizen's Association. Speaking of tho necessity for a reduction in tho size ol classes in our schools, I. am committed to tho statement that they often number J rum HO to !00. What I really said was that “theoretically classes were limited to about 40, hut wo knon that they woro often larger.” J. purposely refrained from stating a limit. : Formerly as an Inspector of Schools, it was rny duty to report at once on an unduly large class, and personally I cannot recall n. single instance of a class approximating 100 pupils. M* j reference to harassing regulations did not refer to rural schools, hut to regulations dealing with tho appointment of teachers, by the use of the grading scheme as a rigid appointments’ scheme, and of the recent regulation curtailing information as to merit of our individual teachers. I am glad to avail myself of this opportunity to congratulate you on your admirable and persistent advocacy of the claims of education. —1 am, etc., THOMAS HUGHES. Geraldine, May 6.