PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 157, 20 November 1912, Page 5

PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

system Fnrnii-n explained influx. J. ALLEN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Ail"!-' •nd. November IS. In an intcrvii \. : -night the Hon. •lames Allen gave fiuihrr particulars of the physical education to be introduced into the primary schools, of the Dominion. 'Tt has already been announced," Mr. Allen said, "that Mr. Royd Garlick, of Wellington, has been appointed by the Government Director of Physical Education. Mr. Garlick is an expert in the subject, and he has been sent to Australia for a few weeks to study the systems in vogue there. He will' have directly under him a staff of eleven male and female instructors, some of whom, I may say, will be obtained from the Junior Cadet insh'uetorial staff. These instructors and instructresses will in turn instruct our primary school teachers, until the system becomes proficient. Auckland will probably have two members of Mr. Garlick's staff stationed in the city.

" The scheme proposes that almost every hour of the school day the children will receive two or three minutes' physical exercise, consisting probably of breathing exercises. Whether the Junior Cadet companies remain will rest entirely with the various education boards and schools themselves. Under the new regulations it will be quite voluntary for a school to retain its cadet corps, which may be instructed in military drill just as they are now. This, however, will then be taken up besides physical drill." The scheme, which is Mr. Allen's own idea, will be in working order by the time children return to school from their Christmas holidays.