TE AUTE TRUST COMMISSION.
WELLINGTON, May 31 The Te Aute Trust Commission sat >' hero, to day, and took the evidence of Messrs J. H. Pope, ex-Inspector of Native Schools, and G. Hogben Inspeotor-General of Mr Pope gave his opinion that although in the initial stages of study there might be an advantage with children of Europeans, due to what might be termed ancestral aptitude, yet when the stiffness, so to speak, wore off there was no difference between the Maori and European. It had become apparent to witness and others that not every Maori boy was fitted to become a successful University man. Technical and manual instruction should be giten. Mr Hogben said that one did not blame the Te Aute College authorities for being behind the times, since the whole system of education had ohanged in the last twenty-live years, and it would probably change wholly again during the next twentyJjHve years. The time had come when there should be a radical change at Te Aute. There should be no attempt rnado to "put new wine into old bottles."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8153, 1 June 1906, Page 5
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180TE AUTE TRUST COMMISSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8153, 1 June 1906, Page 5
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