ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2141, 6 May 1914, Page 9

ELECTION OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Sir,—l should like to bring under the notice of householders the fact that printed "tickets" are being distributed containing the names of candidates fot election with w footnote asking householders to note the whole ticket; As n householder and parent and one whe has always taken a keen interest ir sducntional matters. I would dcen it a special favour, sir, if you -will permit me through you widely-read papei to enter an emphatic protest at what is to say the least a most parochial ant unfair-attitude-to adopt b_y those re sponsible for tho issuing of a cliqw ticket. I have one of these tickets ii my possession, issued'f^r" the Xewtowi ftchool Co'mniittfs election on Tbursda'

night next, .and I trust all right-mind-ed and intelligent thinking electors will resent this action and will, after hearing the report and attitude of said eommittoo during its term of office, then vote for representatives whose minds aro not warped, and who resent this kind of slur on their voting intelligence. What chanco has a person outsido the combine? Where does fair play come in? Where does tho secret ballot corno in. A change in tho personnel of commit- , tecs, especially in a city, is very cssen- , tial, as it prevents would-bo selr- , seekers and buttonholo "toadies" with - their satellites occupying tho position for unlimited periods, and is a factor i for fresh effort and progress.—l am, , * °"' A DISGUSTED PARENT.