SCRIPT WRITING

Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 3

SCRIPT WRITING

HANDICAP TO CHILDREN SCHOOL COMMITTEES' ASSOCIATION UNANIMOUS [Special to the ‘ Stab.’] CHRISTCHURCH, February,l4. “ From Hie business man’s point or view, script writing is of no value, and it leads to an easy method of forgery, said Mr J. C. Somerville (Otqgo), at the conference of the Federation of the South Island School Committees Association, held to-day. The discussion arose out of consideration of a remit from Otago—“Thatthis association views with alarm the tendency of the educational authorities to introduce script writing into the primary schools, and would ask education boards to insist upon pupils being taught cursive writing, thus not placing any handicap on children when they leave school to enter commercial life. In support of the remit Mr Arnut (Dunedin) stated that no business man would allow script writing in Ins ofhee. The speaker did not believe in fads, which he looked upon as the “ kink of some well-meaning inspector. The business should bo nipped in the bud as early as possible. Mr A. W. Jones, who seconded the remit, reminded the conference that the foundation of the cursive writing system should he laid down first; the topdressing, of coarse, could come later. “A position was advertised in Dunedin recently,” said Dir Somerville, “and all the script writers were rejected. It is not fair that children should be so handicapped.” . The remit was carried unanimously.