The country is suffering from Demn"racy's persistence in basing its policy upon the mortal delusion that “all are born equal.” The character of an cdumtion system so convinced reveals itself most clearly in the .State’s policy of “free places.” Vast sums are spent in providing short terms of secondary intsructfon—an easily lost and geneially lost smattering of the elements of mathematics, science, and languages—for pupils, who would have been better employed in the learning of trades. One result of the system, as it is now working, is the lowering of the. efficiency of tli e schools.. An- | other result is the want of means to | provide proper assistance for the minority to whom higher teaching and careful fostering are on every ?ood ground certainly due.—Christchurch “Press.” '
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1926, Page 3
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