WELLINGTON TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 134, 29 February 1908, Page 6

WELLINGTON TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

'. A meeting of tho Wellington '.District Institute of Teachers was held i last evening, the President (ill - . "William Foster; 8.A.) in the chair... There was a small•.attendance of members., : p ' ; : The secretary (Mr. Janes'- Fanning); read a letter from tho "Wellington -Education Board with reference tori/the'i- situation created' by the resignatidn'/ofiCaptain Erskfne, of 'the Terrace . Public:! School Cadets: The letter, stated that' tli£ .'Board, was:'considering the qnestiori of 'assuming, control of the. cadet corps in -the i'distriot&J.'iThe letter was received, one member remarking that there' was no reference; to the real point at issue, viz., the acceptaniM. or Otherwise of Captain Erskine's resignation.'' A note from the' secretary'of the New Zealand Educational Institute intimated that the-costs of legal. opiriion.:in,.coi>rie6tion with the Erskine case, amountirig-'tq six guineas, would be paid by the Institute. ' Mr. Samuel Pearson, >• ..wrote ..enclosing' a letter which he j had. received from- tho Department of: State, U.S.A.,- in reply to a'communication,which he had addressed witii reference ;to of an oxchange of teacharsvbetw'eenLVthis .'country arid the United- States., v-The.-.'letfer, st'atecl that, the matter, had referred, to the Department' of the Interior for .consideration by the United- States, Commissioner for Education. • ?■.(< '■ v . The Institute decided;that,-as the 'question had been raised by. a : individual, no action- would bo taken': V. '~ '.''' The - riianager o! 'the . N.S",fr.. r Teachers'' cricket/team - which' toured the' North Island during-' the- .midsummer. ■, ,vacation', - wrote thanking - the .Institute for its- courtesy. arid hospitality on the occasion of- tlioir,,visit. ; Some .discussion arose 'out of a request by Mr. C. H. Taylor,- -secretslry ■of ' tlie New South Wales Teachers' 'Entertainment Committee,: for, financial , assistance' ih' thp: liquidation of.expenses. incurred,- - ■*; /'Mr,- M'Morran : was' ; 'nbt : aware -' that v ; the Institute' had previously oo'mmitted itself to any - financial . assistairico. Tvith;> regard to: "the. entertainment-: 'of 1 tho^',New- ■ South:: - W a i es 'teachers/,. ;Tho"lristitlite'-liad^prfict'icaily'os-hansted its surplus. ' : ,: Mr. "W. T.' GrnndyVwas strohgly opposed to anything' of the kind. "TKey -had a largo number of teachers on ' their', membership' roll who had a right to be consulted upon this matter, which was jiroperly.-'a' case for per-' sonal subscription, arid should riot take the form of a doriation from the Institute. It was stated .that tho Institute had previously by; resolution, agreed to: render / financial assistance. ■ : • . v ■ _The matter was finally-(referred to tho Management .Committee'.. Mr. "W. T. Grundy then read an interesting paper on Some Impressions of a Visit to t-lie Old Country.":; -