PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION J. 635 



The conditious of admission to technical courses, the remunera- 

 tion and conditions of work of the teaching staffs, the courses of 

 instruction, and the equipment for practical and experimental 

 woi'k may all be adversely criticised. 



Reforms and Alterations Suggested. 



1. That all technical education, otlier than that provided at the 

 univ'ersities, should be under the direct control of the State. 



2. That the technical education branch be administered by a 

 techuically trained superintendent or director with the assistance 

 of a properly constituted advisory council on the lines already 

 indicated. 



3. That for all professional courses an adequate entrance quali- 

 fication be insisted upon. Adequate secondary education to lidk 

 primary and technical education is imperative. 



4. Members of the teaching staffs should receive more adequate 

 remuneration, and the practice of paying wholly or partly by 

 student fees be discontinued. Tliey should be allowed to do pro- 

 fessional consulting work and facilities provided for research and 

 experimental work; due precaution being taken, of course, that the 

 educational work is not neglected. 



5. Technical teachers should not be asked to undertake so many 

 distinct subjects as many of them now do. The time required for 

 their official work should leave them sufficient time for a fair 

 amount of consulting and research work. 



6. The standard of many of the professional courses should be 

 raised, and the course of instruction in many subjects be modified 

 so as better to meet the needs of technical students. 



7. The science instruction should in every case lead more in the 

 direction of applied science than it does now. 



8. Every effort should be made to increase the equipment for 

 practical and experimental work and to modernize it. 



4. SOME EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE UNIVERSAL 

 MILITARY TRAINING SCHEME. 



By Major F. Shann, M.A., Wesley College, Melbourne. 

 [Abstract.] 

 Elements of interest for senior cadets in the training scheme are 

 the desire for physical and muscular development and the inherent 

 attraction of all military work — the standing shoulder to shoulder, 

 the visible unity of purpose — as well as the gratification of the 

 desire for personal ascendancy in the system of promotions from 

 the ranks. The greatest incentive to service must be a spirit of 

 patriotism which regards that service as of essential utility in the 

 preservation of national freedom. 



