GREYMOUTH SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1916, Page 8

GREYMOUTH SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

MONTH lA' MKI'MINC. An ordinary meeting of the Grey District High School Conn nit tee was held in tin; schoolioom last < wuing, when the iothnving \ve ; c |He);.i» :■■ Mi :;•!.: .1. Tt ane-d (Chairman), h'. W'Vllbimai;, .1. Wiavcr, j. McGregor, W. l»ar«tt, 1!. T. !Jix. mij VV. 81.-ii' (,■■. on i:i;y). An apology !'• r abx-mej wa>: ire- ived fi oni Mr. (luinm'..;. RECTOR'S REPORT. 'ilia Hector (Air. "A. A. Adnnr,) ,repoited a.-; lollop For die m.».itJi of August : Primary i)i pai tnu ;;...- Tin.- av- rage roll iiumtt r was 239 buys am! :.'..»:'. ancv was, 205 1/ ya and :! i girls; total .l- } -">. The average mnubo ul' absentee \va,, (>!)." Secondary Department.- Tim iinri!U'; roll i'UillbtT was -7 bay•: and '"W girfs;: total HI. Tin' av< rage alliedar.eo'was lb! boy* ai.d :JI gills: 1 1 5"). ii:e average number ot' absentees wax U. Ula-ketown.- The av< rage roll mun Ler was ('• I hoy.-: and 12 girls: lotni IU-'>. ine average all i. :..:a ,• \v,-. • ii.'i b. ys and '■>! gi: Is ; is!a! '.Mi. Tin ftvi rag.- number of a...■■ .A- e. was, l.'i. Mist:. 11am -..:; - ! i..:.!. : a inmlliUH bat. oil I'l'i ilil a [i:.i • . ■ 'l In' i '..'.'•,.•: e:nim- ; a'.-il ar. ;.. i .■.•■...v. .1 a: •, liuii] The r< |igi !• \va.: !«.•'< '.'• it. I'm.!:) Mr. it. .1. Artiiu,, ul' ('•••' .1 ■:>, (>:i i \'i II ill t:i:!i: I L ::n ei ;.. ! ■■'■' lin I .1 ■ Ob-1... :i ,-i l.ir, vmmiih. I!ii ; .;i v,a, 11..-. V n'U- ..:ti-. v . ',!.■■ •-:',' : l, = ~,l :,i..J : tk.,-,1 i.y l.:i Cmomb;..-.- U! ..L i!ij Tin. !! .b , v.)...!.' sifit.-ne tha; lb ■ .i.t ,isiv •■! ib. Can: i biny 1! ..! il ha;! no ififd him ibai Iho sdi" !■: would l.u' ins/'ino i i.y In a...-t . ■ !•: ek a.ul Val ■.•■.lim- < a Ihc Ml. i b'sb II; m.il in i'ii. .|U.. nee a .ked M. ..-: '1':...-::; |»: .a li' lib ia ,',,'hedul ::, which tin l.i.iir.T ii fits d to do. Air.' \V. awr a-k.rl if Ibe kaolin* \yiv :;'.i]i|>.::i.'t'l (.. lii ! iii llk J 5.r.1.1' dule.i 111 (jl.: .'i i'Ji.n Tli (Tab man : A. .-oivliag to lb 1 li ran ill. S- am. Mr. !;!:;!!■ ln:!i' I'lMilaT ilnn llio laainr had lunai llxod up; Mim |Mi| : .! le-n-hi ! havii-g liil. ; in I 1 "-' :•■:'.. iln!-.* fov a sold.)-, and Mbs Th'.-nij.:' »n, Slaving a vi'iy Ini'ge miniI: ■• o| : s ■bob;; 1 ;: in aid ad U>. had • \-- i;.'ou>-'l that •• pupil teacher would do likewise in he- m. She had lil'bd in i he mlndulns under protest. Mr. lib: moved ihiit Mb,: 111 inpv.ia's explimatioii in the r'ieictary Ikacaejit\.d. ['.rovided r.ueh met with tin' iippm-al of the Keetnr. Si. snd.'d by Mr. AVmvor a:nl carried. Tin' liicnr aixo c inp'aiiiul that Mi.w Tboinp.-: ;; i Jns.d to the pupils in b'iie prifi- to inimcd.ai'j entry I'm- bs-- .11- . Tiie at' ■■ mbli ■<:• • f i;:e SL'bnlars had been the etistoni a! Jin:- a-hnal for many years. The liee- ( .;■ i.;! ima'.i'd liial ■:■ change in lha pi ii run it! < I the slab' waa de.'.irabb:. '1 he Cliai;' ian r.aid lie had ir-ver-Vi lied in a trouble Oeiwt ii llu' I!: C'.or and Mis: Tliomp.on lour nioiitlis ago anil it Wits a (jucation now whrlh M" Mb:- Thompsnii ~»■ the ibei r ir !n direct the conduct of thu neliool. So h.:;g ar, the lieetn-f had charge, he though! die Coimn.ittee nhould upli Id

him in li's. rulings. M !'. Blair saiggiv.led ;i d«-j!iit:il i«>;i to (he school. Mr. Williams moral t*sm tin- r •'■ i\t:trv write l'o Mis.-; Thompson sind ask In r for an i>X]'la.iutti;.n i f h r relei a isi'iuhlo the children in front df the sdmi.] nr'hi the corridor. This was r, coitdul by Mr. h'ix and Carrie-!. Mia.i Skoglund (teacher) forwarded a d (■!:!!•"' cei Plicate iu aanomiemg her inabilit v" to attend [o her regular duties, al Hie s.-hn 1. Received. Tin- secretary here noted lliat Mi.- ) Skeghmd's 'ahseue..' had iml been referred i i in the I'i-f 'hV H'psiH . Tin' Chairman : A slight omission. The can-talc or (Mr T. Campbell} asked for :i washh use and hath ,i(. ill,- caretaki -v%: cr.M M<yo. iteeoived, aiid rc-i-)urs't lo he forwarded to the Canterbury Board with Committee's it; Toninemdalinii, I'm Chairman p<: ml •• in«r out that the Commit t.-e had gone us far as their finances w-'tild allow in papering, etc., the rerjrjcnco, tlv labor having been done gratis by tho car. taker. VJSITTNO COMMITTEE'S REPORT Tlk , Visiting (Vin.iiii. .• (\i>..,..: Termoiil and Williams) ivporhv.) Ljial Up v iniuviewi <! Mr. li. J. I!';.; .oil, member oj the Boaid, who baa promilled to iu-.;.' Ins best- endeavors to get the Blakciowii wehu. I paintal. VV11«-:n the committee visited the new gymnasium they found the building weathering badly ; tho uut< r board.; snowed cracks ami the committee had ordered a priming coal of paint. They recommended a farmer two cats of paint'be given, and that the Board he approached for the necessary funds. The locks at' the main school were defective •'-"the whole of them needed replacing. The grading of the school grounds was alio referred to. The report was 1 received. Mr. Weaver suggested the Board';! carpenter be to attend to the locks at the main school. It wouw cost a great deal to replace the whole of them. ■Tho Chairman raid it would cast about "£l. 'There was no doubt but that the locks were in a very bad way—he IhouglifThey.-must have been "the ' cheapest Cermaln stuff ever made." It was 1 resolved ihat the Chairman wait on Mr. Bignell in regard to the locks,, and the improvement of the. playground be referred to a sub-com-mittee consisting of the Chairman, and- Messrs Williams, and Sherrett.