TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16700, 8 December 1919, Page 7

TECHNICAL COLLEGE

MEETING OF EOARD OP QOVEENORS. Thi of Gorrrr.or; of the Christchurch Tecbr.icul Coiiefo met on Friday ni?ht. If.- C. 11. Opic prciidiny.

Thr chtiruiin ir. his report ipierrtd to the reccnt visit o; the Minister of Education, Sir Kramif Bi-li, nr.! «Ut<vi t'mt :hr needs of tho hrrn pl;>red before him, }Mrt;ru!arly in regard to the want of additional hu-irfir.ss for wnrkfhopj. etc. The ppeciiil for the full time training oi d>rhar?:i'd soldiers w»» in onrraticu:ni thirteen lr.er. «,-re under inPtnsctio;:. It hail born i-uptepted thut .lull timo irstruciion n::'ght be psvon to mm d«v Ririn? to n.ter the building trade in view of the scarcity of carpenters. The presentation of pritr-; to pupil.-i would tako p'.ace in tho Choral Hall on December ISth. It wa* dcsirablo that representations »hculd be made to tho (lovernment to permit Home Scicnce !-.ir?sries to be lipid at tho hostel, where th> course of training hud provixi inc-t satisfactory. Up to the present the College had been training at it« own expense numb'rs of ITome Feienie tcichers for the I)er.cfil of FrhooU throughout tho Dominion.

Tlic ropcrt was adopted, slid it wt« decided to make a lurtber urgent sppeal to tlio Minister with rrgurd to the need for building*. A vote of thanks wss passed to the Oarage Proprietors' Association fcr the loan of two motor-cars fur demonstration Mid repairing purposes. A letter was received from the Board of Edncation, statin<r that a mm of f11f.7 Os 8d had bcon placed to the Board's credit. A vote of thanks was parsed to the Canterbury Agricultural and I'astorul Association for allowing College students to act in tbe capacity of marshals at the Metropolitan Show. The Appointment* Committee recorded, inter alia, that the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association be accorded a hearty vote of thanks for the facilitien offered to students at tho show, and tt.at tho fee* payable by tho St. Saviour's Orphanage for coskery instruction be remitted owing to the low average attendance caused by illness. Tho report was_ adopted. In comerion with tne report it was decidrd to establish a boot repairing class for returned soldiers, in conjunction with the Repatriation Board. The Indies' Advisory Committee recommended thit the Iviiscation Department bo aeked to recojmifo The course of inatrudioa given to rntendiiij? teirbrrs of llomc Science at the hostel, tbo Technical College, and Canterbury College. Tho rrcoTt wbs adopted. The director, I)r. D. E. Hansen, dealt in his report mainly with the detail work of the College. With regard to the shearing clapKOP. sixty-nine men had been under instruction und about BQOO ffieep had been shrrn. Alxiut ore-third of the students were returned -;oldien<. and tho inFtructors re-■-.ort-'U thnt »il the -students lird done very pood work indoo'l. Tho hearty thankn of th<> College vifrn cue to the Canterbury Agricultural i!iid Pasto-a! AEsociation for the privileges rivcu to the Mndcntft-of the agricultural course for attending tho show on judg> inp day. A competition for tho trophy presented by Dr. Thscker for excellence in homo science would bo held early in January. The jeport was adopted. Satisfaction vraa erprewed at tho result of the shearing classes, and it was decided to recommend the Agricultural Committee to endeavour to find out a method to cncounige blade shearing aa much as possible. The report of tho inspectors who visited the technical High School from September 25tli to October Ist was a very good one, and high praise was given to tho results achieved nnd to the teaching staff, which was rexponsible for these results. Tho main criticism was directed to the bookkeeping of tho firat year commercial classcs, and the report also stated tbat '.he pattern making by tho engineering boys svemcd to fail short of its fall valuo bocause so actual casting could bo aow. Of the more highly commendable work, tho following u-fje outstanding examples:—The English grammar of ono of the commercial classes; the needlework of tha home science sirls; cookery, typewriting end shorthand; the engineering boys' geometrical, machine and object drawing; the firrt aid work and rhysicnl drill of thr commercial girl<t; and 'lie woodwork of the agricultural class. The report wan received, and a vote of coo> gratulition wan pasted to the Collope stifl. The examiners of the shearing cla«-s reported that fiibb was first and Hadler second in tho ma-.'bino class, and Cole first, Gibb second and Copping third for blade shearing.