EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1462, 10 June 1912, Page 4

EDUCATION.

"'v-;;-i^f/■ Auckland, ''V{ii;jioyn\, .Commission Jon & Kducatiofl .•'■Miss/'fillttiicliit- Uutlevdioadmistross-feof, iiw^WkiiMi(i ; .Gir]s' ; .Gramiiii!r .School, kid; ■th<it/.iiievo: j\:a^' :i i fi'l'ciit')iced foiCth«:Correr) /latigji cdiica* in eacli'J JM;oy[iiccV6li6ulil ; niei!t and discuss methods;.; S(i; a't,:to;'i!<!t some uniformity; ■ f Sllflj. coil-.; ;?iid6rai; ; that;yl;! ivas.javiiiistukoUliat girls: ;{slii)iild;;J^VtnutOit:'d)y/' , wiilu , dc!ichcrs; , :vlu; : :uddilipn'H6*Ui<viactthat;a man lacked, li of a girl's.' h-er an advantage- ot. r.wliichjsho; was; not.nlow'to.avail'' herself;: "lioysiandsgirls'in primary schools should-;lM)-scparftled:-aSvtlii'y:HWcroft.-iu- secondary; isclipols.iand girisHauglitvonly-by^voDieu^

aSifVaiui-of. School Gardens—Nil;;3!; S v;'-''-headmaster ;o{'>•'s«s Hoys'.Grammar.-iSchool, suggest-*--; ed-a?-'sysOem"-.of d main''secondary "bchool;.*-*-'witli'subsidiary."schools.-The- latter 6»ouMv,' receivo.-.jiniior iroc-placo pupils, aud.:tha'.o.,. ?maiiriic)iool should recoive.tho seniors. As';,-: ' ■ increased,- subsidiary*.?; Schools could main schools.'-"- Edu- : ;VJ ; ~catioii: : ;i)oards ,shonl(l:'bo;rcljeycd- of thoi:/. '..?u!>ervisio)i of. technical Education, and ott':■.■;■.■■ the.board to"attend to this matter experts''£■ ,'ehouUl- rv..' ! - ; '...,'-;-?i agricultural instruction,"/: itho: witness as an old gardener taid that'V ■ ho': had no faith in book-taught : cultiya- ;-J; ■tion.'v;:llis idea of.school gardens was that,;,-;-a:pleasant hobby, for . those.,; r scholars'who' could not take part in'school ~-;■: 'Bames.;i.Thcir value .to the,agricaltural;^ communit) - was nil, and tho ground I-1m much better taken up...by fives eourts.rf.. 'ctc;«;If ; : tho Govornmoufthad a desiroi.toft.: .'benefit agriculture' and horticulture-.' inp •rurali'districts, tho best way to do it would .:-,: ■:l>e. to subsidise the soci«ties which ar---j ranged, exhibitions in these branches..;; ; Mr.-.iTibbs thought that it was possible ■:.< Uhat; nature etudy. could lx? undertaken ar:a; ~too early an. Dgc.j ■■ '■'■";£%~ v^ ; -i-"i%l

&£;'s■: Why, No. Home-work Now?.:W4;iJi ■-■Dealing with the question of ■primary; ■§;"' 'education in its relation to- secondary;,/; 'education, and where it failed, ,'he saw H that he fourd that, in very few primary schools, was there any home-work.,. Tin ..v : .;i boy who did home-work improved mora. .-;:;' 'rapidly than the .boy who ilid'not. Iffy; was a pitv that!.it had.;; henv dropped,-,-.;■,:; ■and'were there a recurrence l ..to; iv ho.yy ■was sum that there would bo upmarket ? ;' : '. ; advance in the standard of boys' Hon, and a more general interest,taken.;!j in that education' by the boys' parents.*,;"' ooms headmasters had said that.classes;.',.--■ were bo big that it would be impossible,'?-': to supervise all the home-worK, but there ;\rere a number of subjects, poetry, 'which could -i-be most advantageously £g. studied at howe.- Home-work would exer- .;■;;:, cise a ualutarv moral influence on the *~ bov's life. Bors would not run about ,-;.* the' streets, and' it would also enable tho ■;/;-. greatest possible" amount of good to be ■■:;;■ obtained from our very liberal system v.. i of education. Manual and technical tram- _,w ing should, from his point of view, :M. ;: - - left'to continuation classes. -'*?'"''". ■. It seemed to Win that there was ; too.. much "running about" in connection witli.primary education.. To have hobbies, nko/v----swimming, ■ gardening, and woodwork,/;" during school'hours,, would-tend to uiafce, a .boy unsettled.. ;. . ifft";^;''^'

i-\'--l'i '-. -i A. Plea for latin. ; : s%-''V\ ■■■■ Air "Tiljbs made a strong plea-for, tha-, 'retention" of-Latin, which, ho regarded.;, us standing to the literary side as 'mattes did to fhs scientific side. If.;one: were made' a special subject,- theiis-tlie; other should also be made> a special .sub-;, icct also. He was net in favour otaw.ug. awav altogether with examinations, wnich, were a "lonic," and enabled P»J»»3»»A. teaclier to know where they *«• Jf? .W '.in favour of scholarships, and they' .ro ; fchoiars^andi several witnesses'Mha/ fevamiwkh'Sand, at, the present j rate., ot 'nronres!, the commission' will not" get ■awaV- from.. Auckland beforo 'inwday;.-