DISCOURAGING TALENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8174, 6 August 1906, Page 3

DISCOURAGING TALENT.

The career of the talented young Hawcra musician, 1 runiv ilutchenb, is a standing' rellcction on the shoitsighted methods of the hducation Department, fur which there is no excuse tsays the i: eliding "Star J. About two years ago he won one of the scholarships competed for in the \\ anganui hducation District, and as his parents and the people of i law era were aware of the phenomenal talents of the iad, they requested the Wanganui Kducation Hoard to allow him to hold the scholarship at Mome, conditional upon the pt'ovi-:i«-ns about the lad's general education being fulfilled. The Kducation ;soard tool; >uine trouble in the matter, and came to the conclusion that lire best interests of the winner of the scholarship and the cause of education would be srved by granting '.he request, and accordingly made .epre-entations to the Kducation Department to that end. A refusal

piven to tins very reasonable }r j.i sal, but, not content with that, 'he Hoard made further re vs:-nta-

oie to tlie Department, .i*nd furlished reasons in favour of granting' 1 li" concessions asked for. Hut of- :' i. 11-ni was obdurate, and the lad ' .ad to go Home without the very AP'.-'ct, t- assistance m tlie sh;r ; M- oi he' S'.hohu >hio he had ho;v-'!v ouohl for and fairly won. Siive hen, the j>irdki' M)n s of the nv>si ;anguine have b( en fully borne out. •nd only the other day he ar'-.i-'ved 1 "Veil furlh") SUi.cr-.s, ;■ ;uin<a prize for a ii • f oi l 1e < e f!': ' : i: li;ri, r .iv 1 ■'l' l ll . 1 !,■• *mi 1111S '.'lll':.' ;i'. ■ our rrai-. old;'?- he \.a,.. Is •!y !; ;a 11 f\ i iil o waoh t!?> -.pc. ''ess of a yountf New /calanrh-r ; 'his way, but it is surprisin-. ih-tf a >oveinnient which is wining. v;iih>ut any authority fieni Parliament, 'o sjiend nearlv /.2ocn on llu- pasa;;es of a football team fnmi the Old "n'm'iv. does not rero^ n i S (» that in~'an< r'/if th<> kind under notice -how how litt'e they realise th'- advantage of offering' every en< fn.!rn(»-•v-nt 11, ihe develonmeui of native talent.