HEADMASTERS RETIRE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 419, 30 July 1928, Page 16

HEADMASTERS RETIRE

TWO AUCKLAND TEACHERS TOTAL OF 85 YEARS’ WORK At the end of this year two Auckland headmasters will retire on superannuation, having completed between them a total of 85 years of service. They are Mr. J. Wooller, of the Newton West School, who has been 45 years with the board, and Mr. A. Douglas, of the Blount Eden School, who has completed 40 years. Mr. Wooller entered the Auckland Education Board’s service in 1883, being engaged as an office clerk. In 1889 he became a. teacher and was appointed a probationer at the Newton West School. He then became for six months an assistant at the Mount Eden School, and later had charge of two half-time schools at the Mahurangi Heads, Warkworth. Following that Mr. Wooller was at the Hikurangi school for seven years. From 1902 until 1920 Mr. Wooller was headmaster at the Ellerslie School, which was noted at the time for its efficiency at sports, and while in the Ellerslie district he was a member of the Town Board for four years. He has been in charge of the Newi-r.„ West School for eight years “ „<• T OO , n f r i vas formerly president of the Auckland Headmasters’ Associatton. He played representative fnd b i^s7 ootb s n , for Auckland in ISS] ffu* 7887> an ® ls well known in bowling circles, having been eight times champion at the Remuera green, and is a past president of the club. On relinquishing his post, Mr. Wooller will leave on a tour abroad. Mr. Douglas has only- been a short time under the Auckland Board, having begun his work in the South. His first appointment was as a pupil teacher at Motueka, under the Nelson ter of'the'Vt ter 5> G became headmaster of the Nelson Boys’ Central School the ZV Stll , Ule re when he obtained tho position at Moufit Eden, under the Auckland Board, and he has been at Mount Eden for the last 18 months. Discussing the position of the teacher who wished to leave one education district for another, Mr. Douglas said that once this was almost im?hff lb . le ' , He himself had been unable to leave the one district until ] at ® “ kfe. It had been a great pleasu,f 6 f° niove into a new. district, although he had found teachers, children and board members practically the same. Auckland teachers, he said complained of the “Southern invasion,” but it must be remembered Auckland teachers were also going: South. The interchange of teachers was produetive of gjpod results by infusing new blood and giving teachers wider experience.