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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 113, 22 August 1941, Page 12

To the Editor, ae Sir,-I was surprised to hear a reviewer of Mr. A. E. Campbell’s book, Educating New Zealand, say from 2ZB the other Sunday night: 1. That the people of Otago were reluctant to provide education for their children, and that as late as 1876 half of the children got no education at all because their parents could not afford the high fees demanded by private schools. 2. That Mr. J, H. Howell came from. England to take charge of the Christehurch Technical College. — 3. That those who want to. know what is being done at Rangiora High School should read Littledene. As I have not read Mr, Campbell’s book I don’t know what he says on these points, but I should be astonished to know: that he would support any of those statements, though they were given out as from him. -P.H.G. (Petone). (Mr. Campbell makes this reply: "The first statement is one I could certainly not sup- | sat iy Poagflewnaaygen tae dein Sagile The k has many references to the educational achievements of the Otago Scots, though I® have noted that Otago adhered very rigidly to the ciple of school fees with the result that chil of parents who were unwilling or unable to pay fees were deprived of ooling. The second statement, as your correspondent ts, is incorrect, but here I am at fault. efore going to Christchurch Mr. Howell was for several years science master at the Auckland Grammar School. The third statement was, of course, a sli 3 of the reviewer, who confused H. C. D. erset’s Littledene; with J. E. Strachan’s The School Looks at Life.)