DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2465, 6 October 1914, Page 2

DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL.

QUESTION OF ADDITIONAL BOOM. INCREASE IN TEACHING STAFF GIFTS FOR .SCHOOL MUSEUM. SPORTING MATERIAL WANTED Two matters of general interest J ere referred to in the corresponded trio^TT- m i e6t i n f °/ tlle Feii ding dS night. ' Committee 8 last . The members present at the meet mg were: Messrs J as . gan), It B.urne (secretary), G. Budd \fnT, J Mun V» J- Collingwood, H SaSick JaS " ana' G, had been made to the GoverZent foi 'cut for the Foresters' HalL to he »sj|d as a,i infants' class room., in orUei to relievo the overcrowding at the •Manchester street building A second letter stated that pending the appointment, of a permanent t-lurc assistant for the secondary depart, ment, Miss L. Pemberton 'had Aeon temporarily appointed. Out of three tenders, that- of W Burne was accepted for the erection ot two cupboards in the school, work to be done as funds are available HEADMASTER'S REPORT. niS, ?'i ?.' c l l , lar v« 0 » J headmaster, pie.ented the iollouing report:— ' Attendance.—l have to report continued good attendance and freedom from epidemics throughout the school. |*our hundred and twenty-nine is the Inmary average for the quarter just the average, tohJ 3 rn le average for the ™c f3°S £h f overcrowding in the in- ■ iant department i S getting more , pressing week by lve ek, because of new arrivals and the increasing heat ol the weather. Staff.—Miss Hoss and Miss Harre commenced work here after the .holidays and Miss Pemberton will join the- staff next Monday as relieving third special-assistant. Fences.—The fences m the play- , ground and the back right-of-way need putting m order. Mr Halliburton is preparing for the sand heaps authorised some time ago. Playground.—Several old .Ticket Pitches m the playground, for long bare of grass, have been dug up. Soil is needed to raise them to the proper evel, and then it is proposed to southern down with good grass seed I would be glad if the Committee would procure the soil and provide the seed, to have the girls' playground drained tor next winter, steps should be taken now, so that the work can be done during the Christmas holidays. Sports.-—The summer sports, cricket and tennis,, are somewhat expensive for the children, and tho Committee's help Vi providing material is asked or. Swimming will start as soon as die baths aro available, and it is hoped that the life-saving branch of the sport will be taken up with enthusiasm. Museum.--During lho mouth, Mr Mercer has presented to tho school museum a line collection of Australian birds' heads and reptiles, and sen-oral specimens of minerals. 'These gifts are gratefully received as the nucleus of our collection. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Mercer for his gifts to tho school museum.