OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
CASE OF SCHOOLTEACHERS
REAFFIRMATION WANTED
The Auckland Education Board dccided at a meeting to forward n memorandum to teachers in its employ, asking them to reaffirm their oath of allegiance.
Mr W. H. Fortune said there had been a lot of talk lately, and many teachers resented it. Some of them felt there had been a reflection on their loyalty, and probably the board could do something to overcome the difficulty. He knew of a case where a teacher had said that he had had reason to change his mind after taking the oath of allegiance. " If it were true in that case, it might be true in others. He was not referring to Communists or Jehovah's Witnesses.. The board should take stock of the position i.n the interests of all. It should not allow any potential Quislings to be in its employ. He did not cast any aspersions on the teaching profession, but the board should send out a suitable memorandum, so that the teachers could be put right in the eyes of the public. He considered that 99 per cent of the teachers were loyal. Members' Views Mr A. N. Macky <|insidered that the teachers would be quite happy to reaffirm their allegiance. Mr S. B. Sims said that in view of the recent controversy the' first thing the boav.l should do was to "put its house in order." Mr M. Priestley believed the teachers would welcome the* proposal. The secretary, Mr D. W. Dunlop. said the teaphers at the Training College took the oath, last year, and again this year. Mr F. A. S'nell said they had to get to the root cause, as there was something in..the system of education that was upsetting young minds,' and it had to be eradicated. Possibly in some cases half-»baked theories of some kind were upsetting everything learned from childhood . Mr W. I. Bowyer said the question of saluting the school flag had also been raised. It was decided to draw the attention of teachers to the by-law which set out that the school flag had to be saluted on specific days by tea-< chers and pupils.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 281, 10 March 1941, Page 8
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360OATH OF ALLEGIANCE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 281, 10 March 1941, Page 8
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