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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1938, Page 5

Vast improvements in the standard of education and in the attitude of the parent and child to the teacher have been noticed over the last 20 years by Mr W. A. Service, chief inspector to the Canterbury Education Board, who spoke at the opening of a refresher course for school teachers in Canterbury College. “Once the teacher had his ideal all regimented, now he is being recognised as a person with a brain, which he is allowed to use, and he is able to express himself.” he told the 500 teachers, who were in the College Hall. “There has been a great improvement over the last 20 years in the attitude of the child to the school too. If a child is ill now his mother has the greatest difficulty in keeping him home. In my time pupils played the wag whenever possible, especially the boys.” Dr J. Hight, rector of Canterbury College, remarked after hearing these opinions that it was just 20 years since Canterbury College had established the first chair of education in New Zealand.