TECHNICAL COLLEGE GOVERNORS

Evening Star, Issue 16225, 21 September 1916, Page 2

TECHNICAL COLLEGE GOVERNORS

monthly meeting of the Technical V. -P s ° c Eo f ) rd was , l! , eid yesterday afternoon. Mr P. Scott presided. The special committee appointed to replv to the Christchurch Technical School Board s suggestion lor the reorganisation of tho elementary sCiiools system submitted a copy of their letter sent on to tho Christchurch body, wmch was as follows:-“ The Dunedin Technical College Board recognise that after the war the complete reorganisation of tho whole education system, from the elementary to the University, will be required. v-UCii reorganisation must of necessity be iciy carefully thought out, considered, and dealt with from every point of view. The board are therefore of the opinion that the Education Department should be asked to ■ issue a preliminary scheme outlining the Government's ideas on the subject, and calling for suggestions and amendments from all sources. Then the enlarged scheme, embodying these, should be given to the various educational authorities of the Dominion for revision.”—The committee's action was approved. The directors reported as follows:—The evening classes have just resumed for the third term with a slightly decreased attendance, owing doubtless, in part at least, to the, unusually boisterous wentht . Special arrangements were made with the bovs of the Technical High School to assist during tlic vacation in the levelling of the upper playground, and tho work is now sufficiently advanced to enable the board to decide regarding the probable location of a gymnasium and a hostel. The necessity of making ! provision for these buildings should now be considered. The Engineers’ Union and the Ironmasters’ Association have appointed their representatives for the proposed advisory board for the engineering classes. The board nave not yet decided their own representation upon the committee. Seven upp'dcations have been received for the position of teacher of typography. The conference to which the selection of an instructor was J reterred will meet next week. x Mr G, M. Thomson expressed the opinion that the board should seriously consider the question of erecting a hostel for girls. They had a splendid site in Dowling street. He found that a great number of girls aUcndhiethe High Eehool were boarding at the Y.M.C.A—The Chairman said that there wora some 40 girls belonging to tho college for whom provision should be made. The institution would be self-supporting. Girls found great difficulty in- getting Indghms as boarding-house keepers stated that They ’did not want women hoarders.—Mr Marshall said a gymnasium was necessary, and he was confident that it could be financed. He was prepared to give a donation for the purnoce —The matter was referred to the Works > Committee for report. Mr T, 'Scott was appointed the board's representative on tho advisory board for emdneenng classes. "