FINER THINGS ARE NEEDED FOR SCHOOL

Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1947, Page 5

FINER THINGS ARE NEEDED FOR SCHOOL

— Press Association

INSPECTOR PUTS BLAME ON THE PEOPLE ^

ly Telegrapn

NEW PLYMOUTH, March i4. A plea for a greater effort towards the cultural development of children and for the cre'atioh of the rigtit environment at schools during their forniative years, was made by the senior mspector of the Education Department, Alr. D. G. Eall, in a talk at New Ply mouth last night to delegates to the Do .mnion Conference of thfl Federation of ictiool Cohimittees Associatiohs. "It is a shockiiig adihissioh but it is irue that in New Zealand our standard of culture is very low," said Mr. Ball "This is one of th'ose thihgs in whieh Australia can show us a, lead. There the classrooir.s are not cluttered up with "heap overseas p'osters with tattered corners. "Where does the fault lie? It is in ourselves, ' ' he added. ' Let us look at our liomss. Do we se6k a higber cul:ture, finer things, a i'Uller life? I'm afraid too many of us are satisfied with our daily newspaper arid the alni'anac we get from the butcher's shop. Our schools should have proper furnishings, l'noleums 011 the floor and curtains on" the windows. I have been in railvfay waiting robins that were cleaner th'aii sbhie classrooms. They are cleaned ohce a week. The schoolroom is cleaned periiaps once a term. We must get the desired standard of cleanliness."