EDUCATIONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 79, 6 July 1916, Page 6

EDUCATIONAL.

FAREWELLINC INSPECTOR WHETTER. -;•-'£ ;

The teachers of School assembled in one of the' class rooms at- the school this afternoon for the purpose of making a presentation to Inspector Whetter, who has received a.transfer to Hawke's Bay. Mr. 3?, Tyrer>(headmaster) in> a;. short speech, said - Inspector Whetter b criticisms werevalways fair and just. •The work of'the Inspector could always be estimated >by the- state ! in which the district was ini' The work of children coming in from Taranaki schools was almost'always better than that of children coming; from other districts. The National scholarship was given on thfe, work of Standard VI. and Standard'Vl. was the highest work done .in primary schools. The Taranaki results in these scholarships compared more than . favorably with the results obtained by . any, other district in the Dominion. Mr J. Thomas, on behalf of the teachers, expressed sorrow at Mr Whetter -leaving the district. When on visits to the school Mr Whetter had always treated them as friends, and had pointod out faults in a kindly way. In conclusion he wished .Mr Whetter every success in his new sphere of life. Miss Hogg also endorsed the previous speaker's remarks. Mr , Tyrer, in presenting Mr Whetter with a set of military brushes and a safety razor, said the recipient's transfer to Hawke's Bay meant Taranaki's loss and Hawke's Bay's gain. Mr Tyrer also wished him success in his new sphere. , Mr Whetter thanked the teachers for the present and said he valued their kindly feeling more ./than the presentation. When he first came to Taranaki he had it in his mind to push Taranaki to the front, and no doubt that was the object of previous Inspectors. He looked upon himself as the headmaster of not one school, but a hundred schools, and it was his wish for his schools to be the

best in New Zealand. As he had often stated to Inspector Baiiantyne there was not a lazy teacher in Taranaktand all had their hearts in ilieir "work. When Mr Tyrer spoke in a complimentary manner he held it in high esteem as Mr Tyrer's reputation was not only a local one, but he was known all over the Dominion, in conclusion he expressed his regret at leaving Tarauaki.