THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The Dunedin 'Star,' in a very able leading article, says : "We look upon the High School as necessary ; that the moderate fees afford means for the children of all ranks to share in its advantages; that the result of general diffusion of high class education will in the course of a generation or two break down the barriers that old world institutions have built between class and class; and that in the end the constructive artist, no matter how hard and dark his hands may be, will be regarded, as he ought to be, as superior to the trifling dawdler, seeking pleasure and distinction by aping an effete aristocracy." Probably our contemporary's wish is father to the thought: Unfortunately the so-called high class education offered by this public school is not taken advantage oi by the class likely to prove diffusive, btatistics shew only too clearly that with very few exceptions it is only the sons of those in good circumstances that are educated at the High School, at an expense ot £26 per annum to the Province.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 245, 14 November 1873, Page 3
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181THE HIGH SCHOOL. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 245, 14 November 1873, Page 3
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