THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 309, 24 May 1911, Page 4

THE HIGH SCHOOL.

To the Editor. Sir,—ln reference to the recent High School criticism, does it not seem 81range that, the criticism of the public is aimed at a member of the teaching staff? The public may be deemed to have something to do'with the board, although that board is nominative and not elective, but the stall is not amenable to the public in any way. That is the board's all'air, and if the teaching is not what it should be, why not "go for" the board in a whole-souled fashion and insist on a change being made. Messrs. Wilson and Glasgow are to be commended for their action in this matter, lor we all know them as men not in the least likely to be desirous of being "in the limelight." and that nothing short of a strong sense of public duty would have compelled them to make this public protest. "But, sir, it seems to me that the system is wrong. Here is a public school,'existing in the main on public money, but controlled by a board which is not elected bv or responsible to the public in any 'way. Were it otherwise, it would be possible for us to put in the places of some of the present members at the proper time men in whom there is some spark of modernism, up-to-dateness, a little more pluck and consistency. I am quite sure that were the Education Board to take up a stand such as has been taken lathis self-appointed board, its members would obtain very short shrift at the hands of the public. That the New Plvmouth High School is not achieving its purpose is admitted on all sides, but the board members are to blame for this state of affairs, and the blame should be placed on their shoulders, for they refuse (o recognise (heir duty to the public.—T am, etc., ALPHA