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standard of the examination is to be determined by the amount of work that may reasonably be covered in a four-years course in a secondary school, and any attempt to cover this course in three years by a pupil of average ability means only pure cramming and too much book-work in most subjects. Moreover, as in such cases the programme has been gone through too hurriedly, those pupils who succeed in matriculating in' three years cannot have put enough thought into their literary work, nor enough practical work into their science to enable them to derive full benefit from University lectures. To reduce what is intended to be a four-years course to three years means also that the class, as a whole, cannot be doing its work as thoroughly and as thoughtfully as is desirable. Another regrettable fact about the secondary departments of our district high schools is that about 50 per cent, of the pupils stay at school for one year only, and consequently get only a smattering of some of the secondary subjects. About 30 per cent, stay on for a second year, and only about 20 per cent, remain for more than two years. Ofjthe whole number, only about 5 per cent, remain for a fourth year. As these schools were, designed mainly to give free secondary education to country children, it is clear that the best advantage is not being taken of the privileges offered. The quality of the instruction in secondary classes varies from satisfactory to very good.

4. DETAILED TABLES, ETC. [Note. —Reports of High School Boards not printed for 1918.] PERSONNEL OF STAFFS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1918. (Teachers absent with tho Expeditionary Forces are not included.) Whangarei High School. —Messrs. R. Lupton ; J. E. Shimmin ;W. A. Given, M.A.; H. Quinn, M.A. : Misses E. Campbell, M.A. ;D. MeKenzie, 8.A.; E. Ash'n: Mrs. E. Holloway, B.A. Auckland Boys' Grammar School. —Messrs. J. W. Tibbs, M.A. ; J. Drummond, M.A. ; H. J. D. Mahon, B.A. ; E. Caradus, B.Sc. ; J. K. Davis, M.A. ; F. W. Gamble, M.A. ; P. A. Dohorty, A.N.Z.LA. ; J. L. 1. Newhook ;A. R. Gatland, 8.A.; D. A. Wall, 8.A.; H. F. Brock, MA.; G. S. Coklham, M.A.; C. R. Jones; J. A. Ash or, B.A. ; H. C Bourne. M.A. : R. T. Goulding; J. H. Harvey; E. E. Bilkey; N. A. Winter, B.A. ; H. Wallace ; P. 0. Veale ; P. A. S. Stein ;J. W. Bennett: Misses M. W. Alvcs; M. E. Freeman, M.A.; M. C. Terry, M.Se.; E. G. B. Lynch, M.A.; E. 0. McCullooh, M.A.; D. Holmdon, M.A.: F. Button. Auckland Girls' Grammar School —Misses B. Butler, B.Sc. ; W. Picken, M.A. : Mrs. S. Heap : Misses M. A. Dive, B.A. ; F. E. Macdonald, B.A. : Mrs. J. Wyman, 8.A., M.Sc. : Misses C. L. Beaumont, M.A. ; F. I. Patterson, M.A.: J. Uhlmann; K. V. Edgerley, M.A.; D. M. Little; N. I. Maclean, M.A.; C. F. Hull. M.A.; B. S. Macdiarmid, B.A. ;A. Haslett, M.A. ;B. 8011, M.A.; A. C. Tizard, M.A.; V. Nutsford ;L. W. Dixon, 8.A.; B. Jackson, B.A. ; M. Macdonald, 8.A.: Mrs. S. Oifford Moore: Miss I. Robertson, M.A. Part-timo—Misses L. V. Bruce; V. Jacobson : Madame A. Chambers. Epsom Girls' Grammar School. —Misses A. C. Morrison, M.A.; H. Kirkbrido, M.A.; L. Matches ;M. E. Sandilands ; M. Barnott, 8.A.; B. Battersby, M.Sc.; B. Brende], M.A.; E. M. B. Lynch, M.A.; C. Dwyer, B.A. Part-time-Misses G. Hutton ;L. V. Bruce ; E. M. Baker: Mrs. M. M. Boult. Hamilton High School— Messrs. E. Wilson, M.A. ; W. Frasor, M.A. ; R. H. Inder; T. H. Patterson; R. R. Macgregor ; E. A. Watkin, B.A. : Misses E. C, Collins, 8.A.; 0. G. Harrison, B.A. ; R. E. Rowlandson, B.A. ; P. A. Harrington, M.A.; G. M. Watson, 8.A.; G. M. Wyatt. Thames High School— Messrs. R. E. Rudman, M.A., B.Sc. ; W. H. Hoult, M.A. ; J. L. Poussing : Misses E. D. Haselden, M.A.; D. Horton, M.A.; E. Wilcox. New Plymouth Boys' High School— -Messrs. W. H. Moyes, M.A., B.Sc. ; R. H. Rockel, M.A. ; A. R. Ryder, M.A., B.Sc; G. G. Bottrill, M.A.; N. D. Day: Miss MoLcod, M.A.: Mr. H. E. Glover: Miss Biffins, B.A. Lower Department ■ —Mr. C. A. McKinney: Misses J. Banwoll; K.Campbell. Part-time —Messrs. C. H. Wynyard, A.1.A.N.Z.; A. M. Bradbury ; J. Connell. New.Plymouth Girls' High Scliool—Misscß J. R. Barr, M.A. ; G. A. Drew, M.A. ; P. M. Clark, M.A. ; J. Smith, 8.A.; M. Lennon; D. V. Burrow. Lower Department—Miss F. N. Fairbrother. Part-time,. —Mr. A. M. Bradbury: Miss I. Kirkby. Wanganui Girls' College. — Misses C. M. Cruickshank, M.A. ; S. E. Gilford, M.A., M.Sc. ; J. R. Currie, M.A. ; A. Blennerhassett, 8.A.; E. E. Law, M.A.; L. Beckingsale, B.A. ;C.G. H. Rockel, M.A.; O. J. Gruar, 8.A.; R. Rosevear ; M. A. Borrie, 8.A., B.Sc. (Homo Science); R. E. Jarvis: Mrs. S. A. 0. Redwood: Miss J, Cherrett: Mrs. M. Grant: Miss E. Baton. Lowor Department—Miss B. Craig. Part-timo—Mr. D. Seaward : Madame E. Briggs : Misses V. B. Price ; E. J. Inkstor : Mrs. E. A. Seaward. Wanganui Collegiate School— Messrs. P. Marshall, M.A., D.Sc, F.G.S.; J. E. Bannister. M.A. : Rev. C. Price, M.A. : Messrs. J. Allen, B.A. ; J. A. Neame, 8.A.; H. E. Sturge, M.A. ; F. L. Peck ; G. F. McGrath, M.A. ; A. H. R. Amcss, M.A. ; J. E. S. Duckling, M.A.; D. E. Thornton; R. A. W. Sutherland, M.Sc. ;C. P. Worloy; C. H. Campbell; Part-time —Mrs. J. Ramsay : Miss V. Price. Wellington College.—M.csirs. J. P. Firth, B.A. ; A. Heine, B.A. ; A. C. Gilford, M.A. ; F. M. Ronner, M.A. ; H. B. Tomlinson, M.A. ; J. S. Lomas, B.A. ; W. Alexander, M.A., LL.B. ; J. Hall, 8.A., B.Sc. ; H. A. Smithson, M.A. ;W.F. 0. Balham ;J. N. Millard, 8.A.; R. H. Biggar, M.A. ; W. V. Jones ; C. W. Thorp; E. J. D. Hcrcus, M.A., B.Sc. ; W. H. Stevens; C. Taylor; F. Joplin, B.A. ; J. B, Mawson, M.A.; F. Thornton ;T. E. Beard.