pon the conference outlined in the previous paragraph
the appointment of additional visiting teachers should be accorded
priority.
(iii) The Department should consider what type of officer is best suited
to help with problem pupils in post-primary schools.
(iv) The Department should request that residences be set aside for some
teachers in housing settlements.
(v) In areas where there is a lack of facilities for recreation and
entertainment the Department should consider the possibility of making
school grounds and buildings available to responsible organizations.
_(f) Research into Juvenile Delinquency_
A long-term project for the investigation of juvenile delinquency in all
aspects should be undertaken.
=(3) Parental Example=
New laws, new regulations, and the prospect of stricter administration
may help to allay the well-founded fears of many parents for the future
of their children. It would, however, be a pity if parents were thereby
led into any relaxation of their own efforts. Wise parenthood implies
firm control and continual interest in the doings of sons and daughters.
But what is most needed is that all people should, by right living and
by the regularity of their own conduct, afford the best example for the
conduct of the rising generation.
_XIX. Appreciation_
As a supplement to this report the Committee desires to place on record
its thanks to all those who have assisted it in discharging its
responsibilities.
The many organizations and witnesses who have expressed their views have
been most helpful, and the Committee is also obliged to all those who
have sent letters, books, and papers for consideration. The many press
clippings of editorials, news articles, and letters to editors have
enabled the Committee to obtain an understanding of public sentiment on
various matters.
The heads of Government Departments have answered every inquiry for
information which has been submitted to them.
The Public Service Commission has placed facilities at the disposal of
the Committee and has released stenographers and typists from their
ordinary duties to enable this report to be presented on the date fixed
by the Committee early in its deliberations.
In particular, the Committee expresses its great appreciation of the
manner in which Mr L.J. Greenberg has performed the secretarial duties.
He has dealt with correspondence, and has shown a splendid sense of
timing in arranging for th
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