SCHOOL COMMITTEES' ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 5

SCHOOL COMMITTEES' ASSOCIATION

'.)'.;:^ i ; : :''FOEMEI) ,IN-;WEUINGTON.' 'A-'d'* ?*' W™™ action^on ; jthi; 'pfartV'o'fotatp;, School;.. Hemoh:- !• 1B ; re S«d ;to':thn '■ "free-place , -", troublo' -the.-Lducation'Board's irboms last-night' lor.the purpose;of.:forming. a- School ■ •Comthe WellingtonnonaLvD;3trict,S;..Thp;meoting; consisted^of' a' dozen ■; chairmen ■- iei '■ committees,- • presided' over Lsmbert.-,.- ,■ ■v : ■:■ •■',■:■ -.-., , i; ; .initially,-, Mr. .;. Umbert stated . : that" he : had' sent: ont.-JSO, oirqilws- to •the.<e6mjnitte'es, ! schools ;.snpplied; by' the-Tibard. - Some-' Pl'S es Si? a, * ! re P".™- including the .committees of,-th?.■.Whiteman s Yalley.'-Cross Creek'.PotonbY ■Pahiitua.iifind; ! ppper:-.Hutt"- Schopls,-'-iiU ;of ~whichr; iav.onredV the."fo)rmation :.of; an'.'asspcia-. tion:;.: : Teri -.fwourablo, .replies, were V-receivodl" and ...two, which woro unfavpwablo. '■■;..-.- .'' ;" rMrj-.'M'Keiiisie :'(Petono; District: Hjfen School)' .moved that/amassqeiatipn bo.formed. "■■ ,' .:'■ ■ the "motion". ;■ A-dpubt ■; was. expressed- by, a. speaker as "to whether; back-country school committees' in?. the district could.-.be, expected to support .mont/.-seeing thatj'a School Committees' Association "existed in .the W.iiifarapa.. ''-. /■ - : of 'opinion .that members'of' committees more.-than, 50 miles' from :Wellingtpn;;cpujd.;/npt bo 'expected• to .'attend mjeotiiigs,.;:and; throw' out the 'suggestion. thKt J? o ' Walrarapa^Association,might.affiliato with the Wellington .one. , ;-.-. '.:.■:.,■.■. ■■::;-■' i.; Mr. "Kuch:(Hprpeka); gave his support"to'tho ■Movement.' :,,; -v,.v~"■, :.:■-:'■:. ■'.■.■'■;,.• ; ■ , >• tiat he ..was ;not.very- enthusiastio- over, the hiattor, aware,'of ■ any particular grievanco m /Wellington at'the, present timei His-ex-perlonce of mich' associations-'was that.thev lived,,on'-.!trievance3.".■;The.:'matter' of•'free places. ;had<boen;;settled. I . ; and.:regarding:-the appointment 'of. teachers' he ', took' tho 'liberty of saying.-thut-the..board-wafl, n'far.-botter .iudue of ..the::qiialjfications of. a teacher' than any : school'.cpmniittbe/.iHe wouldliko'toknow.what .'suDJecH-the'assoeiatioh, proposed, to: take up. : . MtA Hall ; iaid. if' they .were going '.to 'discuss contingencies, thcy'.-.Vould "bo.thero for "days. :.. SMr. Conirie-repliod: , that'BO\,far■'no• oho hod mohtioned'.ayrcaspn; why an"association should .no 'formed: :.;: . K ~... i-f;..' r '', : \. ;.-•.;•;•,:■.■;.■..;. . .■■■ .;. : ',Mr.-v Hall siii.d-that nh'y ■ niiiub'er of, reasons •miirhtviinse.:'.■,'.''.■■.■,■■>/■'■'.■"-•..,-:,.-. :. .■• ! --.' : .'.- ..;. ..■.._ - :Laraher't:';raadn, ; /rpferencß' to'--what' the , Duneilin Association litid'done in the interests' of. education,' particularly in-'referonco to what might .'be described ; iis'essentials in tho' ourri-culum,.-,.So..far:i aa;.he ..was .aware the board was m favour, of th'e.iprpnosal.',. ■:. !•. ■'. ■ j, Speaking,in favour, of: the formation -of the association,'-.". Mr. ■;, .'.Wilson... (Hutt) . mentioned seynral iDatters. that,.might-bo dealt'..with'by such a hody.j. Qther speakers agreed.that it was •essentialth.ata Committees' Associationl'shoiild, : be formed' 1 in .the ,, interests of. education "goner-allr.;..'-:.,.;-;-/;i-.:--:>;-'r-:-'A'V;;';.,;'..-'.:"'- :• .::,'■ -.".-. '' : .:.•;.- i. -After : a .desiiltory- discussion, : . the motinh. to form, an association,was agreed' , to,' and , all present;:were.; constituted a Provisional ;mittee to.drtvw «p rules and place.the new body' on a workable .basis; :'. . , ■,-. ,i.'-