PESSIMISTIC.
THE'PRESENT GENERATION> : AND .' • THE PIONEERS.... ..;■ •.'-'; Vr- ■■'. (By. Telegraph.—Press.■ Aesopiatioii.) . Timaru/' J: Mr.- Goodall, in his presidential '.- ad-V dress to .the Institute day, spc-l:e pessimistically of the' present generation compared with, : thev pioneers. Physically au"d 'intellectually they, suffered, from laziness, partly due.'to 1 a. 'ikinderclimate, and partly to defective home inHueiices. Manners had. greatly, deterior-; ated, also . courtesy was;.at a: discount, and reverence and obedience were'lacking. Other teachers criticised the: address adversely. .'.-'.■ ..■;■'. '••'■■. ''•':."■> '';■ ' A leading member discussihg Education Bill No. 2 yesterday said.. several: new provisions wore made for the good,;;of education. A blot is the provision that compulsory attendance at technical or' continuation schools is to depend !on the ; will of school committees, many of whom; wore indifferent. ■'' ..■..::.;
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 4
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118PESSIMISTIC. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 4
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