Napier School Committee.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6988, 15 February 1894, Page 3

Napier School Committee.

The Napier Dislriot School Committee met last night. Presout-Dr. Innes (chair), Messrs T. Murphy, T. Exeter, B. Moody, *L. Stead, J. Haliam, J. Neilsen, and J. Barrett.

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From Misn Gouldiag, mibtcess of the side ■school, reporting that the attendance for _. January was 197 9, highest attendance 21o; o \\ A number of requisites were xeauired. —Reoeived. From secretary Education Board, re election. The committee's vote should not .embrace more than three names.—Reoeived. —-From H. P. Cohen, thanking the committee for nominating him for a Beat on the Education Board. It was not his intention -to stand, but the Napier committee having nominated him, there oame an angry controversy in the .papers, when some very larsh and nntrue statements were made •concerning him. Consequently, m the face .of that, and as he did not wish to show the .white feather, he intended to oontest the -election. He therefore hoped the committee •would further support him with their vote. —Received. . From F. Sutton, requesting the committee's support for the Education Board .election. He had been a memoer sinoe the passing of the Education Aot, and had been •elected six times to that position It had been to his greaf "satisfaction that he had ""-■ been able to assist in the working of a €VBtem which had given great advantages to the young, and he thought it could be claimed for the Education Board of this district that it had efficiently carried out its important duties. It had alwajs been the Tvish of the Board that the Act should be fairly administered, and with the exception ~N of one or two committees, who held tha! V-" they, who in most oasas have had little experience in education, were better aYe to direct educational affairs than the Board, its officers, and the department, it had •given satisfaction to the district.—Received. The voting resulted as follows;—T. Tanner 7, H. P- Cohen 6, J. W. Oarlile 5, F. Sutton 3. The first three were declared the committee* nomination. From Grace Stewart, applying for position of trainee in the school. Miss Lottie Gilberd made a similar ap-plication.-No vacancies at present, but N when there are, applicants to be ■ FromE. Bourgeois, applywgforauthonty io form in tho district school, outside school hours, aolass to teach Ftench to the pupils oi the Fifth and Sixth Standards; also a .class to teach elementary Latin and French to the pupils of the Sixth and Seventh L "%a__dards, and especially to those who were L "eparjng for scholarship examinations, so ?h a t they may be prepared in those special "■"x. Mr Morgan was quite agreeable ? £ ;j_ ea ve granted to form classes, sv.b- ---" t£ o paying small expenses. The Visiting .Committee reported that hptter ventilation was required in one of the infant school class rooms. T! .emaiu school was in a dirty condition-botl the walls and fioora requiring attention.. A .undar state rf things prevailed in the infa at school T Morgan, .headmaster, -eported that ihe roll number was 1037, ai.d tho average V 831 The school waß not in a very clean ._* condition; it should have been oleaned C during The holidays. The dv AoI years was on the walls. He had consult *d the teachers iv regard to the estabhshment of a penny savings ba ik.. Phey a cordially agreed with tue project, but thought that ihe committee taould take the whole responsibility. . It was deoided to take action in regard to jthe oleaning of the schools. Mr Neiiaeu moved aa3 Mr Stead seconded

that a savings bank be established in connection with the sohool, the Board be written to for the necessary books, and a sub-committee to arrange details of the scheme with Mr Morgan.—Carried.

Some routine busine a was transacted, and the committee adjourned.