RURAL INSTRUCTION CLASSES

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 8

RURAL INSTRUCTION CLASSES

MASTERTON SOEE. WZti 5/ .'Cider'; ,tha :^ 'made by: the; Education I3qard, tho -rural'instrnc- •• :.v j'-: bon coufeea m the Wairarapa: havo -been takenVaway:Si6m?ths(conttol: of tte h<ad-' K-; r ' ; =';;Qastersap£;-the'^di^reirt^district , lii&liv lschools,' i'and : piaced/under - the' chk'rg'e... of ; ■ C>pavtts/thp,'specially-ap Jointed. ' v V:-V .agricultural uustructor. : The change does. :// •/ Riot 1 , meet'-with' approval in Masterton. lt /•/•'•••. accepted .with mingled feelings ■ elsewhere,'' for the Wairarapa schools have r*.rw ' always (been keen 'and entnusiastic. about •'/.. - their >• school:-' gardens,, 'but ,-eicept' ■ in- ! this jWK!ioiie:ica^^thihgs : jliavd'vworlied a ; schooli- igarden of l largo "area;; .which vis;■ always •v?4v:l(rtHtf'«#i!Bi«id labqur'bestbwcd on it by- the(teachers and-children;-. Mr.-W.'.H. JackS^v^wnjNthe en-; <■■■-.■ thusiastJiu. tho work,-- and the• school, lol'?ri:i^-.- ." L l»C'i!'«jfi.te;ii:by the;,.'-.substantial' jSffi : '' which r cbnies^.ipvrT.ery';' y?ar, from'. f£v?./; j ttio, Town.; lands ; Triist,Plenty 'of money; //--:' lias been';available' for tho' garden,' and 8?/:/;/lifc has:been well and-wisely spent'./K: : : V,.; : .; //-Neither: the .'committee nor J the ■ • head- \ p8;->jmasfer"otpeatSto^be: : over the 'control ofthogarden mt- ;|}te an: outside.' instrii ctor,' -responsible • only • r';-:i"#!tofthe^board.;Some corfespohdenpe 'has. : - Itaken-placo with the Education. Board' on ij^3^:4theipoihti:;^d;-it.is?^ted.: ; that v.'; ; .■.!tß^e^iJig^"dispi^Kion■^hiay^■;^esult , at. next commit--other i thai/as-the of;'moral'instruc-v S'-.i": iion: is-::eiclusivcly"" , for vsecondarj' 'school; SS?-?'pupils/-'tho''cluldreii.. iri ' tho, primary -.i:r glides :/at /the "-school will bo debarred - ironi'participating in .the garden work in. £//:t havft:;beeh - taught to take a s&T7S«^Wj ! -'is;?^^d«l!:te ; .raa;'inttosst'; i o|,. J l ., l the child ten 'of-poorer'parents -who, do sMfiii' not take the secondary courses. •'••;•".'-' ... - : -.--Whatever -tho: board may have to, eay. •'.'-. . ion this- phase' of : thequestion/,there/is ' |not,-6o far. 'as can bo. gathered,-. much iprospect of: an exoaption being. made. ■ ■ ■