1932 FARMERS TO ONE JOURNALIST.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10710, 4 November 1912, Page 4

1932 FARMERS TO ONE JOURNALIST.

The old problem, "What to do with our boys?"—and girlsr—is being solved by the boys and girls themselves (says the Sydney Telegraph). In his annual report the New South Wales Minister lor Public Instruction quotes from returns supplied by teachers, giving an indication of the avenues of employment into which their pupils enter on leaving .school. "It augurs well for the prosperity of the State," says the report, "that during 1911 1913 lads left school to take up agricultural pursuits.". In 1910 the number was only 842, while an answer is given to the decentralisation problem by the fact that of the 1912 prospective farmers 1784 boys came from country schools. The first stage of commercial life, including clerkships, attracted 1011 boys, of whom 574 came from city schools. The teaching profession attracted 61 country lads, but only 15 city boys, while for the other branches of the public service the numbers were country 287 and city 141. Tho number of boys who entered the University in 1911 was double that of the previous year, tho total being 72, of whom 17 were from the, country. Eighty-two city and 62 country boys announced their intention of continuing their education at technical classes. Of the professions, engineering'appears -to b'e most popular. There were 33 incipient engineers, 29 u accountants, 26 chemists, 14 lawyers, 14 dentists. 7 surveyors, and 7 architects. Only one recruit was found for the fourth estate—-journal-ism, but the mechanical .side—printing —attracted'l3s.