SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 210, 24 May 1918, Page 4

SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

LIEUT.-COLONEL SLEEMAN'S WORK PRAISED. By TeleßrapU—l'resa Association. Christchurch, May 23. At the Secondary Schoolteachers' Conference to-day, Mr. ililucr (Waitnki Boys' High School) moved: "That tho' Minister of Defence bo thanked for allowing Liout.-Colonel Sleeman to hold j 'barracks' in various secondary schools j in Now Zealand." Mr. llilner 6poke in { warm praiso of this work which had been j dono by Lieut.-Colonel Sloenian, and said , the country was singularly fortunate in having at its disposal a man of such high attainments. Several members bore testimony to Liout.-Colonel Sleeman's qualifications for tho highly valuable work in which ho was engaged, declaring it to bo impossible to hnd anyone capable of carrying out tho work with greater efficiency. Tho motion was carried unanimously. Tho following resolution was passed: "That, this conference recommends tho University Senate to make Latin optional and not compulsory for the medical examination, thus following tho reform instituted in Britain." Tho following motion of Mr. Bevan Brown (Christclnirch Boys' High School) was lost by 39 votes to 36: "This conference recommends to Senate that a pass in mathematics and Latin as for matriculation be required of those who proceed to a degree in arts, and a similar pass in mathematics aud'science of those who proceed to a B.Sc. degree."