UPPER HUTT TECHNICAL

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 5

UPPER HUTT TECHNICAL

A ■nymerously attended meeting was l-eld at Upper H«tt- oa for the purpose of prompijng the farm'a.tiaii of a brtnch of the 1 Petone Technical »3nool. IJic cjiair was oocupiftd by Mr. (..rag, chairman of the local school committee, wise introduced the chief speaker of the evening, 3lr, T 51 iSVjt-f-or<] M.P., M.r. Wilfard gave (Kirtiiajlars pi the technical school wej-k new Wiiig cfone in this ponji.ection, in various parts of the ffm-ld. The system of instrtiction was so tlwreiigh and so varie<l thai students who lia6 taken advantage of it bad held their own in a.il. departtneats, aiiti many had sectjred substantial salaries. Kr.AVilford gave full details of the proposed cinsj'es, tittes of attMKtitnCß, aiid tire fees pftyablo. He stressed the absalttte nesf-ssity of girls tliomSelves for dWestic duties, especially in rocprd to wo-ki-tig; arid sewing.. He deplored the fact that large rfonsliers of women GB.torwl upa-n the. spousibiiities of married Wo without the first esscmtfels of <lo»ostio traimiiß, While granting the *a-!ue of.ta«truttion iu shorthand and typewriting, which were two of the most eagerly swrtghi for subjects, h« thought young' men nad girfs should iskij up tlie mo-re UReful trade cicpartiiients of technical eduoation. The U-ppor Hiitt liraneliof the school was being started as a means o£ saving students tho .necessity of a ten miles'.railway joirrney.ki Intone. Til? address w.is teartHy apptaded. T!w> chairman amwuiKed tliftt tfi« school work would commence o.a Jloii<}ay nest. A telegram was rett'lved front Mi'. Lynskoy, director of the l'«tmio Teefanical School, siating his inability to attend the public Bieeting, It was stnted tiifit -Mr. Lynsbey Jiftd renderoit valuable lielp in the presoiit mortine-iit. as also h ? ,<l Sir. Kodsers ami Mr. M'E\-«dy. Mr. Rolieitson m-aved ft kenrty vote .of thentss to Mr. Wilford for His «ueonr;iu;i]tg address, ah<l this was carried by acclamation..