THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 305, 28 February 1868, Page 3

THE HIGH SCHOOL.

.> peti'ion to his '""oner the Super- I i i r:rlo t in favor Ci the retention of the Rev. P. imroois as Head Master o! the High v 'chool, Dunedin. is in the In l--3»fsom? local gentlemen, who, we !i"]i e - r. w ill canvass the district for si-▼ •: turos. Our individual sympa bios are in favor of the reverend man, whom wo consider to be r.'i lulv persecuted, and. would tliere frrr a'k all righ mir-ded mm to atMi their signatures to ihe petition, which 's as follows : "To His ITo < r J.Macanprew, Esq., Superintendent of Ctago* h- emorial of the I'ndersigned, resident at t lyde and neighborhood, :'••' nts of Boys-at the High chcol, aLd others, " Hi mbly F.hcwcth—"l. Ihat your memorialist.- learn v.i.h rtgret that a petition is to be presmted to .your Honor, praying for tho removal irom tin Rectorship of the High School of the Kev. F. C. Simmons, M.A., on accouin of opinions expressed in a private letter marly two years ago. "2. That the prohibition of all sec'M'i n ins'ruction is a recognised ai.d ! fendamental principle in the educa hcrii] system of the Province. " 3. That it is ag ted on all sides &at ilr. Silicons Las most carefully

I'adhered-tJO this principle in the performaircfl of his duties as "Rector of the "i°h School; but that, if further I proof of 'his wore required, it is to lie , frmpfl in the various religions creeds J of tlm parents who have placed and ! continue to place their children under ' his care. I "4. Thit Mr. Summons has, in a eoraprrat'vely short time, materially r or it a reputation throughout the Polo y, and that to remove him for no overt ant, but m n re]v on account of opinions accidentally made public, would reflect lasting discredit on the 'Provinc, and produce in the minds of our friens at home a mosterroneous ; dea of the enlightenment and tolera tiop of its peopln. "Your Memorialists therefore respectfully hope that your Honor will not noeode to the prayer of the'petition before referred to, but will discountenance the establishment of a n-oppdent full of danger to principles which form our o-ly security for the prpsorvation of that harmony among rliff°rrnt crrofls so essential to the welfare of the Educational Institutions of the. Province." mmn .j. ....■ ... ... ■ ..'. i. .« ! |