EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17125, 21 April 1921, Page 10

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

COLLECTION OF MEMBERS' SUBSCRIPTIONS, . ; (rnT.SH ASSOCIATION TKLXOR.UI.} WELLINGTON, April 20. A;request from the New Zealand Educational Institute that the Board should collect members' subscriptions was considered by "the-. Wellington Education Board to-dtiyv The chairman (Mr Forsyth) said there was no • little irony in the position. One of the Institute's planks '/was;! the abolition of Education Boards; yet the Institute wished the Board to. do this vital part of it's ; work for it. Mr R. McGallum, M.P., said the Board did not pay the teachers' salaries. . The Chairtnan; No, but it can be arranged with the Department! . Mr Grundy remarked that if . the Board collected the subscriptions it 'would bo opten to the suspicion of■ compelling teachers to join the Institute. He moved that the request be declined. The chairman seconded the motion, Btftting that a Bimilar request had previously been made, and rejected by the Board. . Mr London said he saw no objection to collecting the subscriptions on a business basis. # : Mr Moss remarked that it was a wonder that the teachers,. who professed to be so anxious to raise the status of the profession, did not show more loyalty to the Institute than was indicated by the request. The request was declined;