A HEADMASTER'S RIGHTS

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43087, 2 May 1907, Page 4

A HEADMASTER'S RIGHTS

Has a headmaster the right to keep a child-in after specified school hours without,' the consent of ' his parents ! The question,’arose at :at householders meeting at Christchurch, and a delegate :.to the- School "Coiriiuittoes„ Association maintained that no such; rightexisted. The matter had; been before the Association, which had d'seovata'd that according to statute* the teacher could not detain a. cdidd. “One by one,” said another member indignantly, “these.neivTangled associations will try to take away every duty'of a headmaster, until he has nothing*-to- do. They will not allow lvm to keep a child in, and there will be no discipline at all. I want to enter my protest against such a thing. I hope a, master will alwnvs be allowed to keep a child in, if it deserves it, and also, punish a child. A few more hammering’s will mean a, few loss larrikins/’ The chairman said that the association had been badly advised in coming loth© conclusion put forward. The master had the right of detention-. ' It was. purely a question of discipline, and they could vest assured that - the Government, was not going to ! clip the wings of the headmaster so that lie could not fly round his own premises and grounds.