ASTRONOMY IN SCHOOLS
Affiliated with the New Zealand Astronomical Society are several secondary, schools which have their astronomical clubs, members of which take a keen interest in astronomy, -states the annual report of the society. These are the Wellington' College, Ashburton High School, and the Southland Boys' High School. The Ashburton school possesses a six-inch reflector. At "Wellington College- a finely-equipped observatory with a five-inch Zeiss refractor is available for, the students. "This," tcinarks the report, "is a most pleasing aspect of the progress of the society, and it, is hoped that still more schools will, on seeing the educational value, follow the example of those mentioned above." A number of those engaged in the teaching profession, the report adds, are also doing good work ■ in- the astronomical line*
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 9
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129ASTRONOMY IN SCHOOLS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 9
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