SENIOR CADET TRAINING.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1919, Page 5

SENIOR CADET TRAINING.

' . !•* AN IMPROVED SYLLABUS. (Prom Our Own Cornwpondeat.) ' '-i Wellington, August 4. r The new syllabus of Senior Ctdlt training is now in operation throughout Jj New Zealand, and reports indicate it is being approved by both oAwn <WW | cadets. The salient features ol the «yl- "5 labns include increased attention to sical and moral training, reduction «f.*| the time allotted to purelv milUWjQs eMrciaes, and the introduction of special games and exferoises that (ormA.-'i an important part of the training the Expeditionary Force camps. Th* changes have made the cadet more interesting. i 1 ";3 Some critics of the new syllabus have 'f condemned it on the ground that cadit traing is unnecessary or undesirable.These critics have overlooked the that cadet training waß a part of New 7* Zealand's defence system before the war, .-i under the Defence Act. The syllabus htf not imposed new obligations on the tad* of cadet age (fourteen years to eighteen - ; years). Training was already sory, and the new syllabus has dmply-'

altered the allocation of time in f*Vo|f - of tho non-military brooches of training ' and introduced new subjects. Any nWN tiorial time that may be given to tndttv ing will bo voluntary, and the authorities will rely for the extensions* on their abl'lty to interest the and secure their willing co-operation.