SECONDARY EDUCATION.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4899, 4 November 1925, Page 3

SECONDARY EDUCATION.

(To the Editor.) Sir,—ln your issue of October 26 there appeared a letter concerning secondary .education on the Hauraki Plains. The letter and the message contained therein were undoubtedly timely, and I would like to thank “Pro Bono Liberorum for bringing the attention of parents and guardians to the question. In a young and rising district like the Hauraki Plains a dis- • tiict high school is a very vital .thing, and according to the manner in which it is viewed ’by the inhabitants, and the manner in which it is supported by a large attendance of keen, ambi- ■ tious scholars, so will the prosperity of our rising generation, and consequently of our district, be measured. In these days of specialising, keen competition, and hustle, a child can have no greater handicap than an incomplete education: its natural talents never fructify, its ambition is crushed and its every endeavour (S'-ul-tined by the abler competition of its . better educated companions. Given a sound education in childhood and 'youth our rising' generation will be in a position to 1 cope with and overcome the problems of the future, and Avill set a crown on the.efforts of those far-seeing parents who make, perhaps, some sacrifice to-day that their children may reap the benefits to-mor-row. Ud new districts where there is a rapidly changing population the • community spirit-is often s.adly wanting. What better method ofl cultivat- ‘ ing it than in the Secondary school? 'Look for a moment at the record of every well-established school and see how well the comradeship of early youth lasts when cemented by the esprit de corps of a well toned school. Such a spirit cultivated in the Ngatea District High School wil.l do more to ensure our future prosperity than • a dozen measures on the Statute .Book. As one who has" experienced the difficulties that beset the path of the poorly educated in a highly specialised existence I would appeal to everyone on the Plains to support the truly noble institution that has been established in our midst, .and give to the children, of whom all are justly proud, the chance to equip .themselves to fight and win their coming struggles with life. PRUDENS FUTURE