NEW PRINCIPAL WANTED

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 605, 6 March 1929, Page 9

NEW PRINCIPAL WANTED

FOR TRAINING COLLEGE ADVERTISING OVERSEAS In its effort to secure a master with the desired personality to become the new principal of the Training College, the Auckland Education Board will advertise m Great Britain and Australia. This morning, the resignation, from August 31 next, of Mr. Herbert G. Cousins from the position of principal was received by the board. Discussion took place as to the desirability of securing the services of a New Zealander or an outside teach%r for the position when it becomes vacant. •If ihe board could find a man in New Zealand competent enough and with, the qualifications for such a responsible position. 1 should certainly give him preference,” was the opinion of Mr. A. Burns, chairman of the board. “Were such a man available. I am sure he would be preferred to an outsider. Outside teachers frequently leave after a few years’ service.” “If there is time to do it,” said Mr. H. S. W. King, "I think we should advertise in Great Britain, and I shall move in that direction.” Mr. R. Hoe: In Australia, too? Mr. King: Yes. Mi*. E. S. Banks thought that the position should be advertised in England and Australia. Mr. T. U. Wells: I think the board's feeling is to give New Zealanders a chance, but the principal at the Training College has to exercise enormous influence. It is tremendously important to get the finest personality. We have been fortunate in the past. Mr. Banks: Rhodes Scholars are the right type, but positions in New Zealand have not been quite big enough to bring them back to the Dominion. Mr. King’s motion was carried. Mr. Cousins gave as his explanation for resigning in August that it would assist his successor to take over when the work was in full swing. “To start at the beginning of a term would place the new principal at a great disadvantage,” Mr. Cousins said. “By starting in August, an insight would be given into the actual work. I have arranged for lectures by Professor A. R. Fitt, of the University College. s*o that the new principal will not have to lecture until March, 1930.”