DRILL IN SCHOOLS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3601, 30 August 1890, Page 2

DRILL IN SCHOOLS.

Kr Beaar'fiiLrttar to tie Board.

To remove-any misapprehension whioh may arise on the subjeot, we ■ < ■ have been . handed the; following letter, from Sergeant-Major Bezar, ' which he sent to the Education '■••■ Board in'reference to the dispensing with his services as drill instructor for schools, in tho,Wairarapa:~Bir, .--.'-.• —Bdferring to the notice I received -.i. intimating that my services would not be required in.connection with the schools after the expiration of \£i' the p present month, I beg to be !"?% permitted to have a few words to say'" for the information of the Board;, h am afraid Mr Inspector Lee has been led to make his remarks from seeing performances by "Wellington school ohildren who- had been speoially trained for the occasion else- ■■ where; and not at school, It would • ' be_ an ■ impossibility to bring children to euoha state of perfeotior • by the meagre training whioh fortnightly or even weekly visits for such a limited period as is usually allowed, [can hardly think that Mr lee can be unaware of how those ohildren were trained, This being the oase " » it fair to compare audi ohildren " vith those in the country ? I ram ," ■' :andidly admit that my attend • race and results aohieved bm no* ieen satisfactory even to myself, tha"'.' ystem of fixod days can never work : rail, hi the weather on some oHhose'' ' *•■ • revent exercise, and the loss cannot v ' e pulled up in consequence of the' ■ rrangements made by the masters >r those days,-and were Ito put in "m ■ ' n-appearanceon any other'day; : my '■''. elcome would not be a very cordial ae. Should the Board condescend-, » take a suggestion from me, I beg to • topose as follows :-Thatthepresent lowance be reduced, and.in hW/ ' lereof a,otu&} expenses incurred when ''" siting distant schools l]fi."pai|';.an|'*v. ■■••■ wit rjermissipnbV granted tp'vjsitdn'--?. her days when those, fixed wew yw.-k &' vpiirable "for exercise: T : would''-' '.*- way^ayemy viei'ts ' i Wtle as.possible Wfffifo Vofls, '.'' at isby either ■Wj'tb^jjl^v 1