SCHOOL BOOKS.
« ... J- - . to the Editor. ; qißj-tAb the .father, ofa family, I beg to direct the attention of the School :*Bpara -or Committee 4o the- intolerable nuisance—and exSense caused by the. repeated changes oi : - school ooks in our public, schools; . Whether V>£ajing out the old adage that.“a bad.reaper never gets a good hook,” I cannot say; but xt iss some* what singular that changes- are TemaifkaWy frequent, dnd parentk who canill affoisd jthe extra expense are compelled tojncur umwseasary 'outlay,. or have their,.children a&onited and kept back. That schoolmasters areapdrto be prptchety, wayward, and ficjde, is; only pier* haips natural* But while much m«ybef(>ijSy.en them du that score that Would-be cbnwdart'd inexcusable in other pufelic 'sertatats, the .less necessary that their fickleness should ba bridled by a strongly-ekpreased public opinion- " "■•••■ ■ 1 have put the matter in as mild aformas possible, Jn the hope that the queafionwillbetaken up iu a charitable spirit aind extreme measures obviated. —I am, fee., ■ - - - .. . j.a • Dunedin, February,B. .. :
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Evening Star, Issue 4041, 8 February 1876, Page 2
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161SCHOOL BOOKS. Evening Star, Issue 4041, 8 February 1876, Page 2
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