LEGS AND BRAINS.
The Reform Government has appointed a man at £6OO a year an%travelling expenses to supervise the physical instruction of the youths attending primary schools. The teachers, who are required to equip the youngsters with the brain learning, plus the physical exercises, have to struggle along on £IOO, £200,, and ,£3OO a year. There is not a teacher in the service in New Zealand who receives a salary equal to that of Mr Royd Garlick. Nor ia there an Inspector of Schools who holds such a lucrative position. Thousands of (pounds fl-re to b© expended in develop-
ing the muscles of the young, -while those charged with the responsibility Of developing the brain are being absolutely starved. Are we to conclude that, in the opinion of the Boform Government, muscles are of greater importance to the future of the nation than brains P The Minister of Education will have a question or two to answer if he allows the present session to pass without placing teachers' salaries on a better footing.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 July 1913, Page 4
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173LEGS AND BRAINS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 July 1913, Page 4
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