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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17280, 22 September 1916, Page 6

The .Prussian Minister of Education lias now been compelled to organise' on definite lines the substitution of women for men as teachers in the schools. It is laid down that women are to occupy two-thirds of the posts in girls’ 'schools and a. pertain number of posts in mixed schools, while their appointment to boys’ schools' is permitted. It is stated that between 40,000 and 50,000 Prussian teachers have joined the colours. and that about 4000 havo been killed. Meanwhile no new teachers are being trained, and it is calculated that it will take about six years to provide men to fill -one-tenth of the vacant posts., At the same time the ediication authorities insist that, so far from desiring to encourage more women to become teachers, experience’ has shown that in future women must be induced to prefer social work of other kinds.

"Whether it is a fallacy or not, the belief that heavy cannon firing induces rainfall is firmly implanted ( in the mind of the man in the firing lino, as well as yi that of ‘‘the man in the street. . He will point out to you that rain has invariably followed all the heaviest firing in this war, and indeed lias discounted some of tho successes on both sides by imposing a hill in operations. “Can we believe,” said a soldier on leave, “ that the ‘tremendous vibrations set up by modern .artillery have absolutely no effect on the clouds or air currents? And why does tho scientist admit that volcanic eruptions influence the weather, and contend at the same time that gun firo ihat,exceeds the volcano in air-disturb-’ing force lias no effect at all?”

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