LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE SCHOOL AND PUBLIC QUESTIONS
A PARENT'S PROTEST. Sir,—At one of tho Wellington school a vote of tho scholars was taken on tho subject of prohibition v. continuance. I wish to enter a very strong protest upon this point through your columns. Personally I nra against prohibition as an. unwarrantable attempt to interfere wilh tho personal liberties of a great, mass of people. My son, aged 12, naturally accepts the principles of his father. Ho was tho only ono in tho class who was game to „voto for continuance. Ho was afterwards taunted by another boy with the statement that his father—myself— has been seen drunk. My eon very promptly and very properly gave the other boy a hiding.
But what I want to know is, what authority has a schoolmaster for puttingsuch a highly controversial matter to the vote of the scholars? Is it because the schoolmaster wishes to find out—perhaps as an agent for ono or other of tho parties concerned—what the opinions of tho parents-are? I would also like to know whether tho schoolmaster has tho sanction and approval of the Education Department in his action. I would also like to know whether, m the event of a schoolmaster so exceeding his duties and his province, the Department will taka action to stop this sort of thing? It is easily seen that if the Department condones this sort of thing there will be endless trouble and endless causes of' ill-feeling and 6trifc amongst the pupils of our public schools. I trust steps will be taken to see that such offences against good feeling, gootf taste, and propriety are stopped—l am, etc., TOLERANCE. April 8, 1919.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 171, 14 April 1919, Page 6
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282LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 171, 14 April 1919, Page 6
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