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Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1927, Page 1

An association bringing together teachers and members of the general public to exchange ideas regarding educational problems is capable of serving a very useful purpose. There is no doubt that consultation in these conditions would he helpful and enlightening to teachers ns well as to laymen. The only doubtful feature about the proposal to set up the association is that it will not he easy to rouse the general public to the pitch of interest which IS indispensable if such a proposal is t> lie carried into effect. A good deal of difficulty is experienced at times in inducing people to take a practical interest in-the fortunes oven of the schools that their own children attend. Whether any large number of ■Nfew Zealanders can he induced to take an active and well-sustained interest in education from a broader standI "point is at best uncertain.—Wairarapa “Age.”