“ It’s all tommj'-rot to me. Personally I think this folk and toe dancing which is taught by our physical instructors when they visit schools is a waste of public money,” said Mr G. A. Maddison, chairman' of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, when discussing the duties of instructors on specialised subjects in the schools. Mr Maddison said further that he did not think the phyical condition of the children was - any the better for the instruction which was given them by the physical experts who went round the schools, and he was of the opinion that the playing grounds, which were the sanatoria of the. nation, were sufficient to care for the children’s wellbeing. As far as the agricultural instruction was concerned, he expressed the opinion that it was only Nature study that the children were being taught.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4028, 26 May 1931, Page 11
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