WEEKLY SCHBOL HOLIDAYS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1623, 14 December 1912, Page 5

WEEKLY SCHBOL HOLIDAYS.

; ; .V TEE POLISHSYSTEM. ■ . (By TeWranh.—Proaa Association.) • : ; Auckland, December 13. At Ernf s College breaking-up ceremony yesterday- the principal (Mr. C.'T. Major) snggested that it might .be^possfßle.to follow the lead of the Polish; public schools in; , substituting two half-holidays in. the; : week instead'of one clear Saturday; The ; desirability of the-change,' he said, was •■ ..' evident from many standpoints,-more par- :■' . ticularly in the case of boarded scholars. .•' Next'.year'there .would be 'm'the school ' about 150 day boys and an. almost equal number of boarders. •:■ It was difficult even bow toprovide occupation for even 100 '"" ;' boys on Saturday in the restricted area at '•' thtiYdisposal. '.Mr. Major held that not only, do boys wort better in the mornins, • \, but .that the continuity of:their work ... from oho week 'to another would be im- ■'■■•' proved 1 by .substituting Saturday morning for; Wednesday afternoon, thus securing' a . ' break of only one day: School gam« 9 ■ would also benefit to a great extent, as.- ;.'.'.' qrg4iiised practices could be held on Wed- " ' nesda'y afterhopn. which are impossible on 1 Saturday morning. -• Masters would , have ' to make the only sacrifice, ia having their , , week-ends curtailed, , but for the good of the boys they were prepared to agree to . . the change..., Mr. Major, said he had interviewed the parents, and a great number were in favour of the change. The present erstem would be oontinued next term,, while further inquiries were made, . and he hoped that they would be able to . ' makethe change at the beginning of the . second terra. . . ' ■ Mr. E. K. Mulgan (Chief Inspector of Schools), in. conversation with a "Stnr" . representative, on the subject, said that he thoroughly agreed with Mr. Major in his proposal. The system was being , tried with success in 6Outh«n colleges, ' notably Christ's College (Christohurch). The idea had not been mooted in connection: with the primary schools, but he thought that it was a different matter together, and would bear much' discuss- ■ ing..,',V, '. ..".':• .