THE PUTARURU PRESS. Office Main Street ’Phone 28 – – – P.O. Box 44 (Lewis, Portas and Dallirmore’s Buildings.) THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926. SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION.

Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 130, 29 April 1926, Page 4

THE PUTARURU PRESS. Office Main Street ’Phone 28 - - - P.O. Box 44 (Lewis, Portas and Dallirmore’s Buildings.) THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926. SCHOOL COMMITTEE ELECTION.

IT was very disappointing to find such a meagre attendance at the annual meeting of householders held on Monday nig-ht last, for the purpose of electing a committee to watch over certain interests appertaining to the local school. It has been said that such small attendances are general and by no means confined to this district, but though there may be some truth in this statement it is purely a negative assertion, and so long as such a complacent outlook is held so longwill interest be lacking. Though cynics have said that educa- ' tion has been a curse to democracy, j this again is but a partial truth, be- i ing the opinion of those who have I given but a superficial glance at what. is after all merely a passing phase in the evolution of our race. On the | other hand, true education is one of the finest assets our Empire can have for to-day we are moulding the men and women of to-morrow. Had a certain great nation confined itself ,to this truth, which it had realised' ,to a greater extent than most neighbouringnations there were no limits to the | height to which it might have risen. I Similarly, if we once realise that true ' education is one of the soundest foundations our nation can have, and act up to this belief, no one wall be satisfied with the curious state of affairs which prevails at the moment, when the annual meeting of householders' is practically confined in numbers to the personnel of the incoming committee. There may be outside causes tending to this state of affairs, but nevertheless much can be done by local leaders who can rise above mere routine, and develop ideas which will create interest in the local school, and thereby hearten those who are responsible for moulding the minds of the men and women of to-morrow in their great task. Who amongst us would not have it so that the public hall was necessary once a year to accommodate those desirous of taking part in this annual election? Such may be the ideal, if it is it is worth striving for, for only by “ hitching their waggon to a star ” have men made progress.