SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19057, 20 July 1927, Page 16

SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION MEETS.

Delegates to the Canterbury SchoolCommittces* Association met last night, Mr G - P. Purnell presiding. # A report of the conference held in Wellington, at which the formation of a Dominion Federation was discussed, was reCe Accordm K to notice of motion. Mr G. E. Franklin moved that tie tenure of offioe of committeemen be two years in.future instead of one. rt ln my opinion it w a progiessive step," he said. Opinion on the matter differed, some members saying that perhaps there were those who would not care to vote without a mandate from their They thought the matter should be deferred so that delegates could bring it before their committees. , ~ _ m* An amendment that it be held over till next meeting was moved by Mr J. A. »arnett and carried.

Heating BchooU. Respecting the up4o-date hot water heating system in schools, the seoretary (Mr u. Odell) stated that the Education Board had reported that 46 schools in Canterbury could be heated for a total of £15,795. It was decided that the various «ehool committees concerned be circularised to this "If past experience is anything to go by," Mr Purnell said, "£IO,OOO will easily cover the cost. The Board is usually generous in its estimates."

The League of Nations. With the idea of bringing the aims and objects of the League of Nations prominently before householders and committeemen, Mrs Fraer and Mr G. Lawn, of the Christchurch branch, waited on the meeting as a deputation. They hoped to stimulate interest amonget school committees, headmasters, and the pupils at the various schools so that the great work of the League ot Nations would becoue widely known. Ihe aim of the Union was to educate, organise, and focus publio opinion in support of the ideals embodied in the Covenant of the League of Nations. They asked for the co-operation of- the committeemen. _ Information on tho matter could be introduced to school children under the heading of oivics. It was the last desire of the branch to have, the subject included as an examination one. They only wanted the. children to learn of the work that was being done to bind the nations of the world. Members agreed that knowledge should be Imparted to children on the matter and that it should. not be included in the examination list. "They are taught enough rubbish now," one delegate said. "But this is a thing they should know something a*bout."

After the deputation retired, it was resolved that the Association should express itself entirely in accord with the work of the League of Nations and that support be given it. Further, it was decided that the executive be asked to arrange for a lecture to be given to the committee at a meeting, by a member of the Christchurch branch.