SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18705, 3 August 1932, Page 9

SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS.

BOOTH. ANNIVERSARY. THE GREAT ENGLISH TRADITION. The Archbishop of York distributed the prizes at the Speech Day at Sevenoaks Sohool, on the 500th anniversary ■of its foundation (says a London paper). He declared:— “You should be particularly conscious of the great educational tradi'tion which is one of the most precious possessions of this country. We have In England the fullest and wholesomest education of any tcountry, though we think so little about It. (. • “The Scots are always telling us how well educated they are,” Dr. jTemple continued, “but I- don’t believe their tradition has so full a sup- . : ply of all the elements that really mat * ter as the English tradition. I am K iperfectly certain that the German tradition, great as It is, Is very defective In oompai-lson. “The great tradition in Ehglish education Is that, fundamentally, what matters is the school itself, rather jthan the lessons given In its dlassjrooms. The real issue is the kind of person it turns out, and whether or not he is a good member of society, i "This school was once known as a grammar school, which meant a place (where attention was given to literature. Now much time is given to instruction in natural sciences, and (whereas education was formerly overjWeighted on the literary side, we are now faced with the opposite danger. fThe scientific outlook tends to make ipeople unable to enter into the most important things In life, for scientists want, everything defined in precise terms.”