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different class of teachers, viz: young people of 14 to 18 years

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of age.

But I think that training in a Normal School and some

practical experience of elementary schools are valuable qualifi-

cations, and I would not recommend that University Graduates

without these qualifications should as a rule) be selected

for these appointments. I do not think that the pay and pros-

pects are sufficient to attract the ordinary University Graduat9

of the proper calibre.

There is however an increasing number year by year of

elementary teachers who avail themselves of opportunities of

higher education in connection with the Universities, and the

so-called "University Colleges". Several Day Training Colleges

have been established since October 1890, and their students

have special facilities for pursuing University courses of study

This class of students is, I think, likely to furnish good can-

didates, who should be eager for their own intellectual improve-

ment and men of wide sympathies.

I would suggest that in future advertisements candi-

dates should be sought who have been trained for not less than

one