TEACHERS AND POLITICS
Restrictions on Speech are Criticised. In what he described as his “ swan song,” Mr 11. F. Penlington, addressing a meeting of over 200 primary school teachers last night, deplored the restrictions which were placed on teachers in regard to expressing their views on political matters. Quoting a report of a meeting of the Otago Education Board, in which the National Expenditure Commission was criticised, Mr Penlington said that it must be glorious to “ be outside the profession when you can say what you feel.” His final words to teachers were: “Be strong and resolute. See the way, and, having seen it, go to the goal.” At a later stage in the meeting, it was suggested, amid applause, that Mr Penlington, after his retirement, should give his services to teachers by entering Parliament.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 376, 18 March 1932, Page 9
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