schools tend to select one or two courses in which they specialize and in which they aim to set the highest standards. At Te Aute College, for instance, the courses are professional and Agricultural, at St. Joseph's professional and commercial. It is felt that where the roll is only slightly over 100, two courses is all that can be economically aimed at and this is clearly a sound plan. Statistics show that pupils at Maori mission boarding colleges are far more likely to reach Form V than Maori pupils at public post-primary schools, (who are mainly day students), and that boarders are also far less likely to stop at Form III. There are many reasons why this should be so; one head teacher at a boarding school gave as his experience that boarders have better facilities for study, a better working spirit, and fewer disruptive influences than day children and suggested this might explain their better progress. If there is any truth in this, it is a crucial task for parents to overcome this difficulty as much as possible. Traditionally, the products of the Maori mission colleges have been leaders in their communities. That was of course before many Maoris went to the public high schools, and it will be interesting to see whether secular, schools will produce an increasing number of the Maori leaders of the future.

HATO HOHEPA St. joseph's maori girls' college was founded in 1867 by Euphrasie Barbier, Mother Mary of the Heart of Jesus. She left behind her a book of instructions to her Sisters on the training of youth. Her programme of study (according to the 1950 school magazine) included not only a sound knowledge of the three R's and the ordinary subjects, but also languages, music and singing—especially choir work—cooking, laundry work, nursing and needle work. Artistic training was not neglected. These instructions have been the basis of the school's 87 years of teaching. I was fortunate enough to be allowed to listen to the choir, and it was a wonderful experience. As I write this, I still remember the fullness and melody of those well-trained voices regrettably hidden from a wider public. The new block of classrooms and dormitories completed earlier this year makes the school second to none in amenities, and the cooking and sewing rooms are real models. Few house-wives would be shamed by the perfect, almost A group of St. Joseph's College girls, photographed after meeting the selection committee which considers admissions to Training College. Most of them were accepted. (PHOTOGRAPH—JOHN ASHTON).