DRUDGE NO LONGER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 2

DRUDGE NO LONGER.

At- tlm opening of ii'o new North Sydney High School for Girls the Minister of Education "(Mr. Canniehael) spoke about the reiijarkable cl.iaiijSo that had taken 'place iiith'o Education DepiirtTnunt during the last few .year's. "The fact that this is the first linildinjj erected in the Stiito for the higher education •of public school girls," he I said, "makes it necessary for mo to say ; i it word, about ihii-ediicatioM' of ftirls, ! in any organisation of public ednca- | tioii tii© jWnt to be kept in view is ! the necessity of' provid-iufi different | kinds of- educatta# j toi;ft4 ilic! needs. of' i the persons. tq'-be> eihicoted;• and • s»V i (iiiil eeiisidM'ati.bn has, therefore,, been' j pivcii to 'the. cdtiratioiial needs of ■ the j I jsirls ;attandiaejf,the-vnihlie.., schools. • At | ttjo.prinUfv scjliodl urovision-is fnad-o i for tjvo teachiiig.oi; needlework .in. all i classes " froin seeVSnd-clnss' upwards, | jwhilo throughout iho country, tho ! wives of.toaclicrs tfthe a very special j interest i.i'i giving the bash, girls' whatever training i? pfissiblein other tj<*. j nif'siJc arts. At the beginning of 'last ; year domestic superior public schools j were introdiieed, at which u;irJs may re* j. deivo .a training iii everything relating,' !to home Management. One of the most striking development# of the pi'asciit aire is the entrance of women into every field of occupation. Sho is now holdinn her own in commerce, art, literatures and science, 'llie calling of woman is something more than to be the .cook, nurse, or dressmaker of her home, for above this material side of u wo-1 man's life she has a right equally _with men to 'share in the refilled and intellectual enibynjents of life. Especially is she oailctl upon to be the tun! companion : of man. When she marries she must bo able to enter into her husband's interests, and she mupt hare interests of her own, that will lift, her above the position of a household drudge. It, is necessary; therefore, ui. tin; education of fiirls, to guard a.eamst what might be called 'lop-si'ded-ness.' "—"Sydney MtWiimg Hovalu." >