SCHOOL COMMITTEES.
j At the monthly meeting* of tho Board iof Managers of tho Ashburton High j School, held on Monday night, the j Headmaster reported that Mr Matj colm, tho Education Board's chief mi stmctor i:i Agricultural education, I called at tho school on Saturday last 'to discuss the Department's courso of ; rural education. Tho Headmaster ; was of opinion that tho syllabus laid 1 down, with slight modifications to suit • the school's condition, could bo fitted />c° \b c curricu , lum - Tlie Headmaster (Mr VVatters) also waited on the Board ! with respect to tho matter, and exj plained, with regard to the proposed rural course, that during the past three years, elementary practical agriculture had been taught and taught successfully, as shown by the fact that there ! bad so far been no failure in the exam- • mation for Junior Civil Service It ' was ultimately decided to leave the . matter in the hands of the Chairman and Headmaster, and givo notice to the North Canterbury Board of Education, that the Ashburton High School Board intend to establish a rural j course. ""_-
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14523, 27 November 1912, Page 6
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