JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18238, 24 November 1924, Page 8

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

CRITICISMS OF Criticisms, favourable and tafeamiß- I of tho Junior High School amrteat.ilaß' offered at the ceremony of foundation stone of the sew School at Cumberland street, day afternoon, by v»rrciis The matter was first meßticsaA js: J§? . D. G. Sullivan. 31.P., *l» the hope, that such & High soon- be opened in Cl"-risteierc&_ r The Hon. G. W. Russell «& tfaatte did .not agree -with Mr jMfrnafc wfe'; marks in respect «&'jfcpa£Mwijjg; Schcols. Ho was of o£&mt t&*i MggPV money At present being ma&, car B%Sjg& Schools should be devoted tWaWgj;provemont and devetopasfisl. «f meM, primary school system, m feagei wlßg tliose in charge of prigeay^jywjgg would keep on developing "Tnlffiy ll He also hoped that * the S^atpMgr? Board would extend its actititigß^it^^^^ direction of securing a boys could get amongst hw*^'|MHrap and other animals, because lie fled that in the future the sra^Bjnpll of New Ze« landers would Le«ai™^^E iners, and it was therefore djMWM t-o give them the iK-cessary 'With so much secondary" «soHHngg boys were disinclined to take and aimed at a higher <sUhne^Mij|l| girls developed an aversion tc duties and preferred to take or some oilier similar ocstipafem^H^ these reasons he urss 'TPW^MfP Junior High Schools. _ Mr W. Brock, senior iasqp*««[|fiS|; the Canterbury Education that lte was hfcroiigly opposed Russell's views. His onrn twm|. that every boy and giri shocM MJjlmll a chance to go to a teoondary s3mKb> The Dermrtment was only work of' Junior High Seboci «dteߧ|rafand he 'was firmly convinced and girls would be the betJw time they wonld spend &i sbc& sAbwßk Junior High Schools would fceqredsSag? the thing in the country, 1» wmgl and the only trouble vas thM educational authoriiiea tom <m ff*PP in moving in the matter. Bag»#§§p girls would be fiw yearn? eafctsßfie? work in thcfc scikxjlx, aM.- vi -ciKfpf make them better m«n aaet vvMIIKf, With regard to Mr Russell's conoermng a farm, the poutia* that there were- at the prcflcstt t6Bßp» too many boys anxious to fsefr waaLfEfe. the cities «ind there wzs a greafeMßßipi eentnge of boys going from ts* «W»; to the country than from to tho cities. He considered set up such a farm would add ccewkftLl ably to the Board's financial! bilities and yet serve no Mr W. W. JJovratree, bwxlamtw the school, strongly Brock's remarks in respect of High Schools, but Mr H. J chairman of tlie Canterbury EfcdsigM|i Board, supported Mr RnsseD's lWVSMratrespect of the establishment of a