Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
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Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
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Vol. 39 No. 1 (5 Feb 1958)
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Education PAST PRESENT FUTUREs FUTURE Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation 1
PERTH: VENUE OF 1958 A.T.F. CONFERENCE 1
Results Of Elections For Senior Officers 1
NATION-WIDE EDUCATION CONFERENCE TO BE CALLED THIS YEAR 1
THE MURRAY REPORT ON UNIVERSITIES Federal Action Follows 2
Extracts From Report 2
“New Charter For Universities”: Mr. Menzies 2
“Must Foreshadow Complete Review of Education Generally”: Dr. Evatt 2 , 3
Teaching Of Science: Shortage Of Staff, Accommodation and Equipment 3
MEMBERS SAID: 3
MR. IAN J. ALDER 3
WHEN WINTER COMES: PROVISIONS FOR HEATING CLASSROOMS 3
How Schools and Teachers Suffered In Devastating Bushfires 4
ALLOWANCES INCREASED 4
TREATMENT OF DIFFICULT PUPILS: MINISTER’S REPLY 4
Federation Assistance To Teachers’ Club 4
Council Sums Up the Salaries Agreement 5
Judgment On Costs In President’s Eligibility Case 5
Alarm In U.S. Revives Demand For Federal Aid 5
“THE SUN” GIVES ‘EM THE OIL 5
Director-General’s Comments On Secondary Survey Report 6
“A Good Home the Need and Right Of Every Citizen” 6
Objectives Of Trade Union Movement: Federation Report On A.C.T.U. Congress 7
Information and Advice For Small School Teachers 7
SUPPLY OF COPIES OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CURRICULUM 7
MR. O’SULLIVAN’S MESSAGE 7
Education JOURNAL OF THE N.S.W. TEACHERS’ FEDERATION 8
THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE SCHOOLS 8
State Should Reveal the Plight Of Its Secondary Schools 8
Capitation Allowance Assists British Schools 8
POET'S CORNER AT THE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 8
STRIFE IN JAPAN: TEACHERS' LEADERS ARRESTED 8
The Story Of Peter Board 9
Tribute 9
CARTOON COMMENT 9
HISTORIC SCHOOL OF ARTS AS MEMORIAL TO SIR HENRY PARKES 9
Teacher Training and Universities 9
THE LATE MISS ZILLAH BOOKING: OUTSTANDING TEACHER AND FEDERATIONS PASSES 9
How Education Can Help Towards International Understanding 10
SCHOOLS AND THE FUTURE 10
The Apostrophe, Long Division, and Such-like Lumber 10
INTERESTING NEW HISTORY PICTORIAL FOR USE IN SCHOOLS 10
CHILDREN and TELEVISION Broadcasting Control Board’s Report 11
ENTERTAINERS IN SCHOOLS: D.-G.’s EXPLANATION 11
INSURANCE OF STUDENTS AGAINST ACCIDENT “NOT PRACTICABLE” 11
SCHOOL FURNITURE Some Interesting Details about Manufacture and Design 11
MANUAL ARTS AND COOKERY MATERIALS: PUPILS’ CONTRIBUTION 11
MIGRANT CHILDREN Commonwealth Declines To Assist Training 11
WOMEN ASSISTANTS’ ASSOCIATION 11
LARGE EDUCATION CONFERENCE AT RYDE 11
SECONDARY TEACHERS Discussion with Director-General 11
WHEN ITEMS ARE MARKED O/S 11
PAYMENT OF CASUAL TEACHERS 11
MANUAL OF WATER SAFETY AND LIFE SAVING 11
The Salaries Agreement: Three Points Of View 12
Federation Leadership and Teacher Activity 12
The Case for Equal Fay 12
Opinion 12
Perils Of Nuclear Weapons and Tests 12 , 13
Correspondence Art 12
Library Catalogue Wanted 12
NOTICES 13
NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS' FEDERATION 13
ANNUAL TEACHERS' SERVICE 13
Advertising 13
BUSHFIRES APPEAL 14 , 15
SECONDARY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION Election of Officers for 1958-59 14
Advertising 14 , 15
SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering 15
Advertising 15 , 16

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Education  

PAST PRESENT FUTUREs FUTURE  

Journal of the N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, for transmission by post as newspaper.  

Vol. 39. No. 1.  

FEBRUARY 5, 1958  

Price: 3d.  

PERTH: VENUE OF 1958 A.T.F. CONFERENCE  

Perth by night from King’s Park  

St. George’s Terrace University of W.A.  

(Photographs: W.A. Tourist Bureau)  

Results Of Elections  

For Senior Officers  

The General Secretary, who is  

the Returning Officer in the elec-  

tions for the three senior officers,  

announced to the Council on De-  

cember the results of the recent  

ballot.  

The results, of which all school re-  

presentatives were notified immedi-  

ately after the count, were:  

For President:  

E. W. Glover 2887  

D. A. Taylor 8794  

W. J. Whalan 423  

Informal 48  

Absolute majority for Mr. Taylor,  

5484.  

For Deputy President:  

M. B. Ball 4007  

S. P. Lewis 5079  

J. Winston 3016  

Informal 50  

The distribution of Mr. Winston’s  

preferences was:  

M. B. Ball 1584  

S. P. Lewis 1432  

Final result:  

S. P. Lewis 6511  

M. B. Ball 5591  

Majority for Mr. Lewis, 920.  

For Senior Vice-President:  

Miss D. M. Osborne 4489  

Miss E. W. Mattick .... 7608  

Informal 55  

Majority for Miss Mattick, 3119.  

The Returning Officer declared  

Mr. Taylor elected as President, Mr.  

Lewis as Deputy President and Miss  

Mattick as Senior Vice-President for  

the period 1958-59.  

On the motion of Mr. Ball and  

Mr. F. J. Gibbes, the Council placed  

on record its appreciation of the work  

of the Returning Officer, the Deputy  

Returning Officer (Mr. Craig) and  

all people who assisted in the con-  

duct of the ballot.  

The Deputy Returning Officer’s  

report showed that 18,708 ballot  

papers were issued. The number of  

votes recorded was 12,152. Total  

cost of the ballot was £2,118/4/6.  

Candidates Return Thanks  

Mr. Taylor said he wished to express his  

thanks to the teachers for their expression of  

confidence in returning him as President.  

Mr. Taylor said it was an appalling state  

of affairs that senior officers who were de-  

feated in the ballot should forfeit their seats  

on Council. He considered Mr. Ball and Miss  

Osborne jvere needed on Council and  

Executive. He thought the constitution  

should automatically provide for retention  

on Council for the succeeding year of senior  

officers who were defeated in the ballot.  

Mr. Glover said he wished to repeat the  

congratulations he had already extended to  

Mr. Taylor. It was the first time Mr. Taylor  

had been elected President by the teachers as  

whole, and his (Mr. Glover’s) action in  

contesting the ballot had given Mr. Taylor  

the opportunity of being so elected.  

Mr. Whalan also extended his congratu-  

lations to Mr. Taylor.  

Mr. Lewis thanked those who had voted  

for him, and expressed his appreciation of  

the people who had worked on his behalf.  

He had been elected on particular policy  

which he had stood by for many years. He  

was prepared at all times to work with all  

people in the Federation to secure the action  

of thousands of teachers in the interests of  

teachers.  

Mr. Ball said he had offered his con-  

gratulations to Mr. Lewis as soon as he had  

met him after the result of the ballot had  

been known. Although he and Mr. Lewis  

were bitterly opposed on certain issues, there  

was mutual respect. He thanked the Federa-  

tion for the honour bestowed on him in  

making him Deputy President for four years.  

Mr. Winston also extended his congratu-  

lations to Mr. Lewis on his election.  

Miss Mattick thanked teachers who were  

responsible for her election, and said she  

would do everything in her power to main-  

tain the confidence expressed in her. The  

next year would be very busy, and she was  

prepared to work in all campaigns with all  

members who were willing to work to secure  

improved conditions for teachers and child-  

ren.  

Miss Osborne expressed her thanks to the  

Federation for having given her the ex-  

perience and privilege of being Senior Vice-  

President for four and a-half years. She  

hoped that the equal pay campaign would  

be kept alive. Many people did not agree  

with her opinion that equal opportunity at  

the moment, from Federation point of  

view, was even more important than equal  

pay. Although not re-elected she did not  

intend to give up Federation work but would  

be back on Council as soon as she could.  

NATION-WIDE EDUCATION  

CONFERENCE TO BE  

CALLED THIS YEAR  

The Australian Teachers' Federation has decided that  

nation-wide education conference consisting of repre-  

sentatives of Federal and State organisations and branches  

of the A.T.F. (State teachers' unions) be called in Canberra  

during 1958. Objects will be to secure additional finance  

for education and to bring its urgent needs before the  

national Parliament.  

The decision was made by the  

Annual Conference of the A.T.F.,  

which was held in Perth on January  

13 to 16. All State teachers’ unions ex-  

cept that of Queensland were repre-  

sented.  

The conference decided that in the  

meantime the campaign for Federal  

aid for education be continued.  

“This conference is firmly per-  

suaded,” said resolution, “that—  

The future of this country de-  

pends to great extent on the contri-  

bution made by its education sys-  

tems to all facets of the social and  

economic life of the community;  

“# Restricted finance has created  

crisis in education;  

“# This crisis will continue until  

the educational detnands of the new  

technological age are fully met;  

“# This is national crisis de-  

manding corrective action by the  

Federal Government in the form of  

liberal grants, specifically for educa-  

tion, to all States;  

“# The Federal Government al-  

ready possesses the constitutional  

powers to make such grants.  

“Therefore this conference resolves  

that the A.T.F., in association with  

member States, shall collect and col-  

late information on the above and  

associated matters with view to  

exerting pressure during the forth  

coming Federal and State elections;  

and that the A.T.F. forward this mat-  

erial to Federal parliamentarians.  

Federal employer and professional  

associations, A.C.T.U., etc., request-  

ing in each case comments upon the  

matter; and that this material be also  

used by member States in intensive  

publicity prior to and during the  

election campaigns”.  

Teacher Shortage  

The conference by resolution drew the  

attention of the Australian people to the  

alarming shortage of qualified teachers with  

the necessary training to meet the acute  

needs of education at all levels.  

“Particularly”, said the resolution, “is  

there shortage of graduates to meet the  

needs of secondary education, including  

teachers required to prepare adequately stu-  

dents for tertiary education”.  

To secure and retain teachers the authori-  

ties have the responsibility of making the  

profession attractive, it said. This could  

best be done by the provision of adequate  

salaries and conditions for teachers, and liv-  

ing allowances for trainees.  

Teacher Recruitment  

The conference urged the Governments,  

Education Departments and citizen organ-  

isations of all States to embark on cam-  

paign to recruit and train an adequate num-  

ber of teachers, particularly university  

graduates, qualified to teach in kindergar-  

ten, primary and post-primary schools, in-  

cluding those preparing pupils for tertiary  

education.  

The conference further declared that the  

Federal Government should extend the  

scope of its grants to tertiary education by  

subsidising the training of primary, sec-  

ondary and technical teachers throughout  

Australia.  

Teachers' Salaries  

Concerning teachers’ salaries it was de-  

cided that common salaries policy should  

include—  

£ Raising the assured maximum to the  

highest possible figure;  

Shortening incremental ranges;  

Eliminating discrimination against  

women marrying;  

• Securing an assured minimum salary.  

Training of Teachers  

The conference reaffirmed its policy that  

it is essential that all teachers be trained  

for minimum period of four years beyond  

the Leaving Certificate or its equivalent.  

“Until this standard can be achieved”, it  

declared, “the A.T.F. affirms that teacher  

should have at least the Leaving Certificate  

or its equivalent following the satisfactory  

completion of secondary course and mini-  

mum of two years’ professional training be-  

fore receiving provisional teacher’s cer-  

tificate. This certificate should be endorsed  

after one year’s satisfactory teaching.  

“Such requirements should be the mini-  

mum necessary for employment as teacher  

in Australian schools”.  

School-building Programme  

State Governments, because of lack of  

funds, had been unable to undertake  

school building programme that would  

house the vastly increased and increasing  

school population, which was due largely to  

the Commonwealth migration policy, the  

conference declared.  

The result was that at all stages children  

were crowded into grossly inadequate  

rooms, and classes were abnormally large.  

The consequent denial of reasonable educa-  

tional opportunity must lead to fall in  

educational standards.  

“Conference therefore calls on the Federal  

Government to make available to the States  

special grant to finance the urgently need-  

ed large-scale school-building programme”,  

the resolution said.  

Australian-Asian Conference  

The conference asked the Federal Gov-  

ernment to sponsor an Australian-Asian con-  

ference “on specific educational question  

of obvious importance to all participants”,  

and that the conference include representa-  

tives of teachers’ organisations.  

Decimal Currency  

The conference resolved that “it fully  

supports the Decimal Currency Council in  

asking the Federal Government immediate-  

ly to set up panel to investigate its find-  

ings and make preparations and suggestions  

to have decimal currency introduced into  

Australia”.  

University Scholarships  

An increase in the number of Common-  

wealth University Scholarships was sought.  

This was needed, it was stated, to provide  

greater opportunities for higher education,  

and the Federal Government was asked to  

extend the scholarships to include students  

continuing their secondary education be-  

yond Intermediate or Junior Certificate  

level.  

National Fitness  

“Now that the National Service pro-  

gramme has been curtailed”, further reso-  

lution said, “the conference requests the  

Commonwealth Government to allot substan-  

tially increased allowances to National Fit-  

ness centres throughout Australia”.  

Federal Aid Petition  

The N.S.W. Teachers’ Federation was ask-  

ed to arrange for the presentation of the  

Federal aid for education petition to the  

Federal Parliament at its next session.  

Delegate and Secretary  

Mr. N. E. Sampson, President of the State  

School Teachers’ Union of Western Austra-  

lia, was chosen to represent the Australian  

Teachers’ Federation at the Annual Confer-  

ence of the World Confederation of Organ-  

isations of the Teaching Profession, to be  

held in Rome in July-August.  

Mr. W. D. Dobell (N.S.W.) was re-  

elected Secretary-Treasurer of the A.T.F.  

for 1958.  

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