King Country Chronicle Wednesday, Feb. 18th, 1914 WANTED: A HIGH SCHOOL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 644, 18 February 1914, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, Feb. 18th, 1914 WANTED: A HIGH SCHOOL.

Tbe movement inaugurated for the purpose of obtaining a High School fro T<- TCuiti will doubtless receive thn whole-hearted support of residents of both tawn and country, as well as those centres on the railway from which ready access to the school will be obtainable. Education is a matter upon which little divergence of opinion is likely to ariße, and the syHtem adopted in this Dominion lis generally contended to be on the soundest democratic lines. However, in all young countries inconsistencies ■and anomalies are bound to exist from tbe fact that conditions are unequal. Thus we find that in the populous centres ample provision is made for the higher education of all aspiring scholars, while the children of the more remote districts have in many instances to pay the penalty of isolation. It is but just, however, to point out that as far as possible within the limits of reasonable finance the legislature has made provision for giving the country children equal opportunities with tbe town children. By setting a low minimum of scholars necessary to claiA the establishment of a high school opportunity is afforded to the children of growing districts to receive the advantages of advanced instruction. In the case of Te Kuiti the time ha? undoubtedly arrived when the residents should take active steps to claim the privilege of a high school, and judging by the enthusiasm displayed at the meeting held on Saturday evening nothing will be left undone to attain such h worthy object. In Mr Walsh the School Committee has an alert and enthusiastic chairman whose service in tbe cause of education already is deserving of recognition, while the members of the committee are equally desirous of furthering the cause of education in the district. In order to carry the project to a successful issue the loyal support and interest of tbe public is necessary, and in such a deserving cause we have every confidence that the necessary support will be forthcoming in unstinted measure.