"JUNIOR CADETS"
FAVOURS RESTORATION. The Hon. C. A. C. Hardy moved at yesterday's sitting of the Legislativo Council:—"That it would be in the best interests of the Dominion if the Government would re-establish the Cadet system that obtained in our national schools before 1912."
Mr. Hardy contended that tho discipline and esprit'do corps of tJio schools were materially improved by the old Junior Cadet system. The tine record of Burnham School ho attributed to that system. Even the uniform, ho believed, had a good', influence upon boys in the primary schols. He did not favour militarism, but he advocated preparedness. Tho Hon. G. J. Garland 6P.conded tho motion. Tho Hon. G. M. Thomson wetted tho abolition of the old system. 11.0 considered that it had afforded valuable opportunities for junior masters in particulav to get into humim touch with tho boys. It had been valuable also aa a means of inculcating discipline. Tho Hon. J. B. Gow also supported the- motion. . . The Hon. D, T. Fleming held that tho old system achieved bettor results in the schools than did the physical training schimo tiiat superseded it. The . Hon. W. Earnshaw favoured the motion. Ho pointed to military preparatioJis Unit are being made liy tho great nations to-day, and ho anticipated that there in a few years be another great struggle lilso the recent war. An endeavour should be made to build up the physique of tho nation so that it might be vqual to the demands of.any future war. ; ''Tho Ijoyrt want the old sypteni to bo restored, and tho teachers also want it." said the Hon; A. F. Hawke. Tho Hons. J. Grimniond, T. JlacGibbon, H. L. Michel, and G. Jones Bpoko m (support of the motion. • Sir Francis Bell said' that as a member of tho Government that had done away with the Junior Cadot lyslein ho could hardly be «pccted to declare in favour of tho motion, though be sympathised with a good deal of what had been 6aid. . , ~ ■ Tho motion was carried on tho vou.es without dissent.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 23, 22 October 1919, Page 2
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341"JUNIOR CADETS" Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 23, 22 October 1919, Page 2
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