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Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929. THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION.

“THE historic English tradition in education rests upon the conviction often unconscious, that the primary factor in education is membership in a society, and not instruction; that the school itself is more important than anything which goes with it; that the life of the school and not the lessons in the classroom is the deepest influence at work,” said the Archbishop of York in an address to the Yorkshire Head Teachers’ Conference. “Everything which' can be done to foster the corporate sense of the school and to create the spirit of fellowship within the school is all to the good. It finds its outlet, no doubt, very largely in games, and that is a wholesome and sound reason for the predominance of games in school. The complaint against the predominance of athleticism in schools is utterly unjustifiable if it refers to, the .mental attitude of the boys and girls. When it becomes justified is if the masters and mistresses let their influence tend toward stereotyping this athleticist phase, which, wholesome in itself, becomes disastrous if allowed to become fixed. That anyone 30 years of age should really care more about what happens in the athletic world than say, the League of Nations, is a public disaster and a private calamity. Games are the chief field in which 'children can i show their corporate activity. The purpose of education primarily is not to train scholars, but to produce citizens.”

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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3933, 20 April 1929, Page 2

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Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929. THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3933, 20 April 1929, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929. THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3933, 20 April 1929, Page 2

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