CAPT. FAYENZ'S VISIT TO WAIKATO. His View of the Educational Question.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2007, 19 May 1885, Page 3

CAPT. FAYENZ'S VISIT TO WAIKATO. His View of the Educational Question.

Our Kihikihi coiiesponrlcnt v ntos : — When Captain Fajen/, of theAnstiidiunan o'-war S.ud.i, xa* msp^ctiiy the school, he took particular interest in the Maori chddrmi, and made many enqwn ies as to their rela tions with the European children, and was much pleased to learn fiom Mr Farrell, w ho was with him in his tour of inspection, that they were not looked down upon by their pakeha playmates, but th it they pl.ived together and entered into each other's amusements with thorough goodwill. He a-ked Mr Van ell many questions concerning the n.»ti\en in the district, and thought with his informant tint towns like Kihikiln had a ciwhmg effect upon them. Ho thought fieo education should ce,isr> with the fourth standard, and if puvnth wanted to give their childien a Inphei education they should pay for it. Tn his opinion the effect of a hisjh itand.ud of education would be to create in the nsiiiß generation a distaste foi manual labour ; they would all seek for office of some soit, and would not be much inclined to " till the holds." He thought the absence of religious education a mistake. Childien who received a good seculai educxtion without religions training would, he thought, hi given to socialism when they grew up. It would lead, as it has m Eiuope, to anaichy and rebellion. Want of pioper religious training was, in hi-* opinion, a great factor in socialism on the Continent. He asked many questians about thp ayntem of agriculture here, took notice of e\eiythmg .is he p.w<ed along, commenting on the fencing, the loads, and in fact everything there was to be seen. — (Own Correspondent.)