SYDENHAM.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11877, 26 April 1904, Page 10

SYDENHAM.

There was » small attendance of householders. The Yen. Archdeacon Scott was voted to the chair. The report stated thai there w&s a credit balance of £28 4s, owing to the additional grant of 9d per bead incidental allowances. On April Ist there had been 1044 names on the" roll, and the average attendance had been 898. Owing to irregular attendance, caused by an epidemic of fever, measles, and whooping cough, this average had been reduced to 848. Tbe reduction in the ". average attendance necessitated the withdrawal of tlie tenth assistant from the school. . Tlie attendance had improved during the last quarter, and it was hoped that Miss Adams might be retained. At the end of last March the roll number

was 1055. with an average attendance of 895.6. 'flu? Inspector's annnal report or the school was eoiN-ids-tvd highly satij-iac-tory. There had l*eu «• number <>f changes in the teaching staff during the year. MLis Dynes, head mistaVM-. had been granted fix months' have of absence owing to illness. . The competition shield for drill, and the flag for cricket were held by th- school. The following had gained ftchol.-in-hi**-: - -L. Baker. Boys' High School entrant*.- exhibition, for boys under 15 years of ag-: W. Patterson, Board's scholarship; Elsie Large, National scholarship; F. Allison, Boys' High School pcholarship exhibition : Alice Poison, drawing scholarship; and S. Simpson. School of Art.

Tlie following were elected a Committee:—Rev. W. Simpson (chairman), Mesesrs J. Hadffcld, F. Warner, E. E. Wright. W. D. Marks. W- Haig, W. Miller. S. Williams, and J. Fisher.

A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr J. Forrester, who is leaving the district, for his services to tlie cause of education in Sydenham during the past twenty-five years. A motion was passed urging tbe introduction of a teachers' superannuation fund.