School Journal Lapses From Culture
NEW PLYMOUTH, August 17. . CauStic critieism of the English used in the School Journal, was voicecl at the monthly meeting of the Taranaki Education Board at New Plymouth today, when it was deeided to lodge a strong1 protest with the Education Department at the "low standard of literature" employed. Slang and poor grammatieal construetion were condemned in terms that included the deseription ' ' sordid. ' ' Loose English and ' ' ordinary common slang," were not the type of reading to be placed before children, said Miss Vera Curtis, former headmistress, who introduced the subject. What, she asked, would board members say, if, as parents, they found their children employing such language at* home? The children would reply "but we read it in the School journal. " To support her view Miss Curtis 1 quoted at random from an artiele en- { titled "Our Street" in the Journal »issued by the Department for July. After criticising the type of language used and the drawings associated with it, Miss Curtis said that in the circumstances it must be very difficult indeed for teachers who were trying to raise the standard of culture among their pupils. 4
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 August 1949, Page 2
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