A SERIOUS COMPLAINT.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1916, Page 4

A SERIOUS COMPLAINT.

HIGH SCTIOOr GIRLS CONCEITED. THE PRINCIPAL'S HOMILY, In concluding her report at the break-iug-up ceremony of the Girls' High School Inst evening, the 'Principal (Miss Biut) said she had noticed with considerable concern that some of tho girls attending the school were ,to be seen very frequently : in the main of tlic town—obviously without any d?fl» nite purpose. ''This is a lwbit g:'eatly. to, be deplored," added Mies Barr. "It nut only reflects seriously/on the character of the girls concerned, but oil. the tone of the sschcdl to.which they belting, In the matter of discipline the home And school should work in conjunction. Teachers, with very few exceptions, lire conscientious in their endeavors to influence tlieir pupils for what is right and worthy, but sometimes parents do hot second their efforts. I quote from thd Dominion when I say that 'it is becoming more md more certain that fharao-ter-building must be given the. highest place in our education system. Scieoti/ty knowledge and. technical instruetirfjßrf of great importance. They must'wTbO neglected. But the fate of the nation depends ultimately upon the character of its pe.ople. The undisciplined child is' a menace to the community. Freedom 1 and liberty are noble words; but false, notions regarding their meaning ?te Unfortunately too prevalent. Many <tf otir young people seem to- be growing'up with the idea that freedom consists is (talpg what one likes. They should be shottoi that discipline is not witK freedom, and that without obodienoe t? properly constituted authority ihie liberty cannot exist.'" Miss Barr "No endeavor to educate can be succmsfill that does not instil these princlplea, and 110 system of education is wortti while that does not, set before our girte the highest ideals of ;womanhood. "Only I thus shall we have women who are efficient and worthy of possessing a high sei.se of their, power and influence for good." .