WELLINGTON COLLEGES

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 22, 27 July 1928, Page 3

WELLINGTON COLLEGES

BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEET The monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of the Wellington Colleges was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. H. P. Barber presiding. Notification was' received from the Education Department ■ approving a grant of £170 to cover the ebst of improvements and alterations about the school. Regarding the board's request for authority to have the main drive metalled or tar-sealed, the Department considered that the work should be held over for the present, as the money so spent would be wasted if a start were made with the new college this year. The principal of the Eongotai Collego wrote that after considerable expenditure the school had in hand only £.30 to meet the balance of the sports obligations for the rest of the year. The £30 was a purely voluntary contribution from the parents, and it was considered that the board would be justified in subsidising the amount. It was decided io reply that there were not sufficient funds to enable the request to be granted. The Department advised that it had been decided to have the playing area at the Eongotai College covered with soil and manure to a deptli of sin instead of 3in. The Public "Works Department had been asked to treat the matter as one of greatest urgency. Miss Greig, headmistress of the Wellington Girls' College, wrote commenting on the report made recently by the Hostel Committee. She felt .with the committee that neither the present site nor building was suitable for a permanent hostel, and she approved of the building of a hostel immediately on a suburban site large enough to provide playing areas sufficient for both the, hostel and the school. She favoured a site being secured in Karori, whence came a large percentage of the girls. In his report for the last month the principal of the Wellington Boys' College (Mr. W. A. Armour) stated that the number of pupils on the roll was 698, with an average roll of 703. The number of boarders was 67,- and all were in excellent health. • Miss A. Bathani, of the Wellington Bast Girls' College, reported that the average roll number was 370. The roll at the Girls' College numbered 442, reported the principal (Miss V. M. Greig), and of these 30 were boarders. The central heating system was working very satisfactorily. On 26th June the school had received a visit from Professor Osbornc, of Manitoba University. . Mr. F. M. Eenner (Eongotai College) stated that the attendance had been well maintained since the beginning of the year. A beginning had been made with the laying out of the grounds in front of the school. The school had to thank Captain Bollard for a kauri flagpole, valued at £30. The provision of pictures and extra furnishings was proceeding. A profit of £20 had been made from the fathers and 39ns' dance. ___^__ m