SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 26 February 1914, Page 6

SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

■Sir,—jfa t-ln-s ■ meraifflg's .issue theeliairman of iU.Wetliiigtoi.i Edoeatieii mam, in refefisig b> the.ease of a boy who had won a- selidlat'shrjft from St. Patrick's College, is reported to lia-vc said at a meeting' of ■ the bisard yesterday! "It pa happened .that St. Patrick's College .had .ah' attendance ef loss than 200,; a lid, Boys fro.ni this school competed wifcl! .pupils fami small p:riMai"y.. schools ih.fhe eoiiatrj;.. This dM not seiim d.tflte right." The chai.rniii..n fiotild, have added that in t3ie present hixtarite t,]ie/hoy ■iii woul(l have svori ti.'seholafship in'eojtipetiWbu #itli.q.a'mli<!-ate.s : ..froi}i larger as .lie vva-s second in the \VolKii^ti>n. district. A iiicinliiVr of the bca.i;d js reiiprtetl to have s/i.itt in ■other, parts, of New. Zca.) jnd these, scholarships, are allotted to' be. Ijelil. its Chiireh of England schools. This is per-' fectly .true,. aiid lie eeiiid have- added that they are, ajld.wed. to., bo Wld! 'in Catholic sciioQls'b.v tije'Nortli 6-fti-} , ,. Gfoy, W-aftga-mriy and Ta-ranato 3ikJuoatioi.i Boards. Why ivot, thin, β-lso; I a-stc, by ttb WelliJigtdn Board? .1 tiiiiile it ivill br-neV's for many of yop'r . reaßore'to learn frorn JXr. Fte'riiihg-'tliat Christ's College and Waiiga-hui (Si'llege are mow Stat© selioohv in'.csastly - tfe sui-iift way as.the other socoisda-ry sdwols of the .Dominion. It would botntercst--ing t<3 know when and to what, exteiit: fcltp. eliangs \vas iniido, bosatiso until quite 4*eceH%. they wcM distinctly cleX 1.10-minntional schools. In the-.Deed of Foimdaibn of .CSiri.st's College it is sbielared tliat.fto collego w'ais- founded for tlie propagaiion of tfo iflost holy CJiriS' tiatt religion', as it is now professed- and tauglit by tliie tlnifed OhiiTcl) of ls.ni?* fend and Ireland. It ivwild be Jiitofe.stirig- .to. lotqw - Whether a .new Deeti,'of Foundation has 'been dra.wii up, with. the-above de.cferat-ian attired or..eiiiitted. -."A-c'flordnig'le -flio -cQliefe-.prqspo:!?-tiis . fctmre- is a- sljert n-ior-ni-tig service in.the Clia-pol ai B>3D o'clock on, all week diiys, rfloriHUg schpel opens. fjaily, and cn Satardii.V closes ivith.praj.ers, rind the tours© of -studies nicJiides.divintt.y. At. the Wan.gaiiui Ogljege,.- <>f whieh ilie. : Ki.K-hbft of Wellington- is tlie clifcf true- ■! tee,' all.tlie b»y-6 tnust attend the CliajX , ! services on -Vi'cdjjosSajß and Fridays., UH.lcss .the parmits object oiv-rojig-ioas grounds, α-fid religious instr.nct.i6n is psv.cn,in ea'rli fortti every w;ee'fc by the chaplain al«l henctrHasier! Hiive ail rt' li.gimis services aiui instructions and pra-V.oW lieen a-bolish'erf. iii' tli'eso t*o cqlkges? If not, tew eaii.it be. said ilmt they ate now State school-.! in exactly < ■the same way ■&i the othot seeendafy soltdots of the D-dminie-u ?—1 alii-j flte., ' . ■ ■ D. KENNEDY. February So, '