NORTH CANTERBURY EDUCATION BOARD.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13062, 12 March 1908, Page 4

NORTH CANTERBURY EDUCATION BOARD.

The meeting of the North Canterbury Education Board held yesterday was attended* by .Mr Dalziel (in tho chair), Dr. Hight, Messrs T. W. Adams, J. llennio, H. W. Pco-vm-an, D. 13uddo, »i.f.. C. A. C. Manly, M.P., J. Janiiieson, <md T. W. Bowo. The Buildings Committee's report stated that it ha-d been agreed to call for fresh tenders for school furniture, and the Board was recommended to again refer the matter of the construction of.desks to ita- committee. Letters had been recoiYed from tlie School Committees' Association recommending tlie local manufacture of hinglo desks out of timber stated to be available. It had been agreed to dis-tribute-the special incidental grant of i)d on the same basis as in 1907. The tender of Mr J. Lord, of £175 for alterations and addition to the master's house at Malvern wa-s recomanended for the Board's acceptance. In connection with the reference in the rojKH-t to single doska, Mr Jamieson stated he wijshed to take the opportunity of saying the Board was in favour of dual desks. Tlie Chairman said the tender of Paynter and Hamilton, of £1256 for the erection of the North Linwood School, had bopn acoepted. The report was adopted. The Appointments Committee's report recommended the following appointments:—Balcairn: Mr F. Osborn, master; Christchurch Wwt: Miss M. But ledge, assistant mistress; Fendalton : Mr "\V. West, mat-tor; Huntingdon: Miss A. E. Handler, mistress; Little Akaloa : Miss K. Wiflis. mistreat; Clarence il ridge: the committee to be informed that the Hoard would approve of the appointment of Miss L

I.'Buchanan as mistress of their aided scheol subjiet to the usual conditions.; Loiug Hay: Mi-* S. Philpott, mistress; Kyle: Miss M . Campbell, mistress (teinpuraiV). And as'pupil-teachers as of tho third year:—A-shburton : Kliza Knor, three year**' service: Kaiapoi: Flora Dalzell. three years' sen-ice; l/ytlelton : Dorothy Wilcox. three

years .s-rvioe; Oxford East: Jessie McLean, two years' -service; Bakaia .South: Mary ('. Hayes, three years' service; Sr. Albans: Vieror J. Gamble, three years' service- Tiunploton : Bex C.

i Abornethy, three years' service. i Tne resignation of Miss A. Baldwin ' aKs:Vtaur mistress, Sydenham, and Miss K. I>. Killnor. nmrresSj Wosterfield v had l.'cen received and accepted. The In-nt ctors had submitted a report* proposing that iheir programme ct visits .should be so arranged during the eiirrent year that at least the month ol November and part of De--ofi'ibor woubl be available tor the conduct of examinations for Standard • > the sehooU north ot Waikari to be examined this ;,ur before Easter, as had been customary, all other schools to in; <•'.. alt with in groups f*> far as Standard >> was concerned. The Board w.is it-commended to approve of tho pirpori.il. the examination centres to bo made a* numerous as tho circuraM a noes would pormii. letters had been received from the Lvtu'ioti and Sydenham Committees to ti.e effect that the staffs allowed were insufficient, and asking that an additional teacher might bo appointed in each case. It was represented to the committees that if the present average should be maintained the addition provided by regulation would be made at tiie end of the present quarter. It had lioeri turther agreed to make representation- to the l>e]>art:nent as to t;.e need ol s-vr.e provision being made'to mc.;, .such oa.se.*>. A list of the it..irk., gained by candidates for the GiimuM.-k scholarship had L.-mi received from the Registrar of the ("iuver.--.iiy o! New Zealand. The Board ua:; ntoinunnded to ait ard schoiarshi; *-s to the twij cand:diic3 placed second and third respective!v. viz.. Mary C. Reynolds and l.ydia A. Suckling. As the a< cumulated hinds at ti.e Board's di.-|o,a; were sufficient ior the purpose, it was agreed to re-L-oiuniciUi the BoaMi to a th.'"''

scholarship to Henry Rands, fourth on tho Board's list. The candidato first on tho list, Henry D. Broadhead, had qualified for a Junior Scholarship awarded by the University, and under tl.o Board's regulations was not eligible to hold a Gammack scholarship. From a return submitted it had been shewn that in the Auckland, Hawke's Bay, and Wellington districts, and in scmo others, children competed for Junior Scholarships up to tho age of fourteen.

Mr Row© drew attention to the fact that twenty-one Auckland scholars had passed tho Board's scholarship examinations, whilst only three North Canterbury pnpil.s had been suofe-ssful. This, he pointed outt, was duo to the age limit in Auckland being fourteen years, whilst in North Canterbury it was only thirteen years in the bag schools. He was not in favour of extending tho limit to fourteen yeans. The brilliant scholar, ho 6aid, had no trouble in passing the Sixth Standard at the ago of twelve, so thero was no ncees-sity to raise the limit. Mr Buddo said he quite agreed with Mr Rowe th-at the stv.nll number of scholars \\ho had obtained scholarships in North Canterbury was no reflection on the capability of the children in this district. The report was adopted. The petition in regard to the Flax- i ton School was referred to tho Ap- I pointmentfi Committee. j The report of tho Normal School j ami Technical Committee stated that j the Director had reported that thir- ! toon new students had entered the Training College under Division B, there being one other to come at the end of tlio month, and two of those j whose applications had boon granted J had withdrawn. The following was a I list of the names of the B students, ; I Hi recommended by l>r. Hight and the ! Director, the first four having l>oen | [awarded l.«oardiug -scholarships :—Mis.S|j , ('< L. Opio, Mi'-s L. Christ onsen. Mis* j ■ 1? Grace. Mr D. C B. Seymour. Mr | F. 1). Farrow. Miss A. .1. Wilson, ! j Miss C. Farrow, Miss I. Mann. Mr X. ; Oilmen. Miss (.'. Macintosh. Mi as N. | i W. Anderson. Mis.* Lilian Griffin, Miss * IK. Miiinis. Miss U. Clarke. With j thirty-throe .second-year students and \ tv-.opfy-f.ipht first yoar under Division! A (\9 North Canterbury and 9 South Canterbury), tlie total number would b. seventy-five, leaving but five vacancies. The four following additional candidates eligible, it was agreed t.. admit them under Division B:— Mr Francis I!. Caliaphin, Mi-<s Olivo A. French, Miss Olive M. Hewitt, Miss M. Rudd. It had l>een agreed to ask the Department to allow the Board to award to Miss L. Griffin a scholarship vacated by a holder for one year only. TV> Di-'Kirtm-ent had iint.i-.miatod the Mini-ster's approval of a grant of £195 :vj for ihe '.-e-rtion ••i. , «l f-quipmoiit, cf a technical -A-hool building at Am- j ''r-r](\\ the item in rogurd to range to ' l>o held over pe.ndi:'.g further in forma- ! t"\ui tx*. ; ng siippJi*"*!. A letter had been j received from the Dejwrt-inent, rojmrv j ii.-j; t l >at a l"iih; h*e! Yen arv-rov.-d for I • ■tenon .'irul e<|ir;>n:e:it of v co:;*.ery ; ■oeir.te in cortiif. f !*-1 v- ;: ; i th." l Training . •Collcio. Thy di:«-. t-*r oi icnnual train- j 'tut; had retorted the arrival of Mr V.'e?ii»el md M-.-S Ivvan*. in-vt.ruetors j in woolwork «wid '•00-;...ry n.'.spt.-tivclv. j The n-qwrt was adojAt-d. * | Tlie eh:iirman. of the FVminn-ton ■K-iioo! CouwiutW*** wait*! i.mi the Hoard j u.s a (b'putation to ;-oinl out the <Jis- i '.•.dvuina.jv- that d:*t:*;-*. t ua* suffering i •under. Tiieiehad been no e.-hoo! there j tiLi^.lflftt. J"£iiiim!«*>r- g-hei} t}-"> spl'«v>U *

(mistress had resigned. In, regard to ", the suggestion that tie children be ■ fcemt to Longbeach, the distance from School to school was five mites* which ; •was too for for tie children to waik. -, Jt was desirous that a teacher for ■.', ileaningiton be procured. Mr Hardy pointed* out that, it was -- necessary for the Boaed to have a "•' •guarantee as,to the -salary. Tho proposal was submitted to tie ' •Appointments Cornmattee.

The letter oP Mr F. Smith resigning, . on behalf of his the aomor scholarship awarded h«r, was received.