Teaching of Girls, Etc.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13034, 30 March 1910, Page 7

Teaching of Girls, Etc.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l shall bfl pleased if you can ; find space in your paper to • record apprpcia-. tion (by one of many readers) of the intelligent and clever article in the supplement of the 26th inst.,- by. a lady contributor on “Babies and teaching of girls at school.” It will bear reading more than once by heads of families. Her description of the incorrect mode of teaching girls is'splendid reading, and should be taken to heart by parents. In my humble opinion girls should be taught separately from the boys, as the girls require a different, syllabus. After proficiency in the three R’s there should be; taught more particularly housekeeping and; maternity knowledge to fit them for the' life-for which they were created, and not tt. make them fit for official or commercial duties* to the detriment, financially, of the male "ssx. As' to the teaching of infants, which subject is now on the tapis, I suggest that the girls be transferred from their present schoolhouse to the new building, when ready, the infants to occupy the vacated school, which would be more central, and they -would not be so likely to get injury from vehicular traffic as if traversing the Avenue and other main streets.—l.am, etc., , A LONG ACRE READER.