(TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 732, 3 February 1910, Page 5

(TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS.

'A PROTEST. (By TelcfraDh —Soccial OorreaDondent.) Christchurch, February 2. : ' _Ina ifcport -presented to tho Education Board it was stated , that a .letter had'..been received from-a Christ-' ' church' '. resident . strongly protesting : against .having a -bond on ..beliali v; of his daughter entering' the . training tcoUego-for; training. He pointed ' out '; w; j that' though tho one . hand ho and. his, . . daughter-wero liable for the observance •v of certain conditions, yet the board Tv'as ireo ' from . any legal obligation to "proi, : nde''suitable'employment, for";his'daugh-. .; ter after she!left the, training college.,; It was agreed to , forward,,to' the. 'Depart- : , toent a .copy, of tho letter. It was' also ■): : r; Vi resolvedthatthe bond ...required •to be : '\:eritered into"actcd. as ; a deterrent: and ;. ■ prevented promising students from L enter-1 ; ;,!£Tmg;ihavCollegej bond'should bo reduced, and a difference {ttado between A- and. B; students; that'.j ■raider the conditions of appointmcilt of taacbern the board was, unable to guar-1 sntae'a student's work after leaving tho college;: sod that;the period.daring which itndeats were seeking engagement should lbs ooanted as part of the prescribed porW of< teaching. ■v - Ml C. A-C. Hardy, M.P.,.said it was' ■ AWSI. known a that a good;,many young - leoplo had; taken advantage of.'the -bene-, . ' -Bis afforded by the training:colleges in p ttingthemsolvßs for; other, professions. • Ho considered the Department had .been . justified in seeking protection for- itsolf ■'y.''by-':;asking .-parents; and 'guardians to enter.into such a bond. He-would point . wit an' anomaly in tho; matter, namely, ; Bud t tho^.teachers.trained'in. the» collego ; rere compelled-to give their' services only .. irhen tho board had employment for thomj * 1

:-yAnother .■ member; said ; the • amount oi! Iho bond was too heavy. It represented .liability for. all .oxjjenses of the .stn- : denf s training,; and, in the., case of a . student', living away- from home the. ex- . v penses! would; amount ,<,to : not less than JEI2O, exclusive of college' fees. The bond . ' involved .an,inndue hardship jin the case. 1 of y-young,;. women :• who. had /decided, to : .'••• leave.', the.:;service in order;,:.to.j get s marwe .asked. to re-' .1 main. in'.Hhe.v-board'si service for' three years after leaving the .training cilleßes,' :v;'-but , the.iboard' gaveViio - guarantee to. find :/He thought; the/time ; ;of should da to. from tho '.time tfheri; th'e ; Students.'.were! willing to take: ap wort.,