SYDENHAM.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13101, 28 April 1908, Page 8

SYDENHAM.

A very large number of householders, including a large number of # ladies,' were present at the meeting in the Sydenham School. 51r W. Jamieson occupied the chair. Tho reoort stated that oonsideraole inconvenience had been caused to the girls' school by the noise of the passing trams. At certain times of the day the western rooms were almost useless. Tho attention of the Education Board hud been drawn to the matter, but so far no improvement had been made. In reply to a question, Mr De Roo, late chairman of the comimittee, stated iilia.t onily the Rev. Mr Cooks had conducted & Bible-class in the school.

The report was adopted

Twer-.ty-one nominations wero received and the following were elected:— Mrs Webb, Mrs Hunt, Messrs W. Millar, E. E. Wright, W. D. Marks, T. H. James, J. Butterfield, A. de Rco, and the Rev. P. J. Cooks. „ # A member of the late committee put in a number of copies of a paper on the subject of single desks for diistrihution. A proposition was made .to road the paper, but was vigorously oppesed as unnecessary. slr Baldwin, kite headmaster, said that he considered that single desks wero very advisable. It was resolved that the papers should lie on tho table.

It was Tesolved to bring the necessity for a; southern sido school before the Education Board. A suggestion that the dinner interval should bo shortened to one hour during May, Juno, July and August was passed on to the headmaster and the committee.

A motion was moved iv> favour of formally drawing the Board's attention to that portion ef the Inspector's report : dealing with the unsatisfactory state of the building. An umendmcut was moved that the Board's attention should be drawn to the fact that the position of the school had become unsatisfactory, and that the establishment of schools in more suitable sites was advisable.

The amendment' -was lost, and the motion carried.

Mr Btitternie'd drew attention to the fact that in the girls' new school there was no fire escape, tho doors , opened inwards, and l the stairs were of wood. The'pln.cn was most unsafe, and in the case of fire would be] a death-trap; a number of tho doors ir) the boys' school opened inwards. It waa resolved to 'request the Minister of Education' to visit the school and investigate its various requirements. ..-•(.

At a meeting of tho committee, Mr Marks was elected chairman.