EVENING CLASSES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22618, 22 April 1948, Page 4

EVENING CLASSES

MISSING MATERIAL DIFFICULT TO TRACE A further statement regarding the difficulty of tracing material that has gone astray from desks and rooms in the Gisborne High School was contained in the monthly report of the rector, Mr. J. Leggat, to the High School Board of Governors yesterday. “From newspaper correspondence arising from the annual meeting of the tligh School Parents’ Association it seems that some, at least, of the evening class students feel that they have been maligned,” said Mr. Leggat. “The reported version of what I said could give the impression that nothing can be safely left lying in the rooms occupied by evening classes. That, of course, was not my intention. “I was making the point that the holding of evening classes in the same rooms as day classes makes it more difficult to trace what has happened to material that has gone astray from desks or rooms. In a classroom used exclusively for day purposes the field of investigation for a missing article is comparatively restricted,’’ continued the rector. “Things have gone astray from rooms in which evening classes are held. For example, last year when we were practically certain that something had been taken by a student of the evening classes and pressure was brought to bear, the article was returned surreptitiously to the school. In all cases where the evening classes are concerned the instructors have been informed. “The evening class, enrolment is at present 398, which exceeds that for the whole of 1947. A record number has been received for the dressmaking course, and it has been found necessary to form a third class with Miss B. Darling instructing. “The attendance at evening classes has been very satisfactory,” concluded Mr. Leggat. The report was adopted by the board. (We accept Mr. Leggat’s assurance that it was not his intention to convey the impression that nothing could be safely left lying in the rooms occupied by evening classes. Nevertheless, the Herald reporter present at the meeting maintains that the newspaper version of what he said was quite accurate. Realising that the statements were contentious, the reporter not only preserved her notes, but also offered 'to read back to Mr. Leggat the following morning the statements as they would appear in the Herald. The rector did not take advantage of this suggestion. —Ed. Herald.)