GREYMOUTH SCHOOL COMMIT

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10267, 25 April 1899, Page 3

GREYMOUTH SCHOOL COMMIT-

Annual Meeting of Householders

The annual meeting of householders was held in the school room last evening, about. 100 being . present. Mr Petrie was voted, to the chair. After the usual preliminary business the following .report was read and adopted; — ■ Gre^qutji District High School Your committee beg to present to you the following report ;--" It mil be within your recollection <&&6 the committee at the last annual meeting of householders in April, 1898, intimated that the question of irregular attendance would have to be desftivitk by v the' incoming committee, and a suggestion was ■made" that a system of attendanc#pri2es should be initiated. Accordingly the committee provided a sum 61 LIO 12s for this purpose and prifces were given at the Christmas vacation^' >Ifc was evident that the money supplied was not sufficient for the purpose*: those children who were absent more Jbhan; : two half days not, having a chance; '■'- •'->■'•■■, •■;■. -; ; : : - ..-,■ '■■...: The teachers joined with the committee in recognising the benefit to be derived from tlms encouraging; the children: to attend regularly, and the female teachers in March tost took in hand the training of aboiat 250 of.tlie children for a xofacerb in . aid of the prize fund; >; That they were successful is evidenced by thefactthatafcuirr6f"L3l 8s 6d nett ■was aerivedf romxtheir efforts, and we take this QpportUnity^ojEy xecprding ; pur :appreoiation of the services of Misses Batchelor, Blair and .Eassdtf,' andj the other teachers who assisted in bringing about' this sub- j staiitial results- This iamount is>placed to the credit of ifche schoalv^ttendance prize fund, in the PostiiOfficeiSavings Bank, and yeur-committee^incerelyJxope to see it added to before .the end .of the year and thus enable a greater number of prizes to be purchased. '^ "-feehmeal Class, The attendance at this class has been fairly satisfactory, we need scarcely point out to parents the benefits to be derived from, the, use of this class by their little ones. There is a splendid assortment of tools and an able instructor, and it but remains for parents to avail themselves of the privileges^ Excursion The Bchool excursion was held this year at* Mr Druce's homestead, Inchbonnie, tfie weather being all that could be desired, and tjhe .locality chosen a most happy one?' It was unanimously voted the most 'pleasant outing the school children have had. Mr Bruce deserves our warmest thanks for his untiring efforts to make the outing a most en joyable one. Finance The treasurer will submit his balancesheet, which, after deducting the attendance prize fund shows a most satisfactory credit balance. It will perhaps be interesting to note that the sum of nearly L2OO has passed through his hands during the past year, the sum of L 7 8s was contributed by parents towards the purchase of firing. ' ■•: School Building At the" beginning of this month the Board voted the sum of L 213 for painting and repairing the school and teachers' leaideacß, and the -work is »dw aimosfc complete. Itwtvs placed under the supervision of Mv H Bignell, who willingly undertook the same gratuitously in the interests of the Board and the Committee. Primary Department. The percentage of passes in standards at the annual examination was 95*5. Masters F Kitchingham and H Yeadon gained -the; Ist and 2nd town scholarships respectively. 43 pupils passed the drawing examination in freehand, geometry, and scale, conducted by the Wellington School of Art, and a large proportion of the papers were maaked excellent. High School. The average, number on the roll was 22. .Three pupils passed the Matriculalation Examination, and also qualified for the Solicitors' General Knowledge, two the Senior Civil Service, and four the Junior: .Civil Service examination, one being ninth on tho list, another twentietli,"and two more forty second. There •was no failure in any of the above-named examinations. The roll number for the current quarter is the highest since the school was established. - Attendance. The average roll number for the year ended March 31st last was 509, and the average attendance for the same period was 433, being a slight improvement on the preceding year. / Teaching Staff. During ihe year we have loat four of aur tt&ohers, owing to the t&ttnof kh&if

apprenticeship having expired. It is to be rigretted that their retirement was necessitated by the rules of the Board. The vacancies have been filled by three probationers and a pupil teacher, Miss Weenick, Miss Cocks and Miss Zeigler (probationers), and Miss Byrne, pupil teacher. The Inspector's report was most satisfactory, and it must be gratifying to thje teaching stpff, as it is to this committeje to find that their efforts were so successful. i For the Committee. F. H. Kilgour, Chairman. April, 24th, 1899. The balance sheet showed a profit for the year of L 33 3s 3d. :Some questions werejasked in regard to who had the contract for supplying oils, painting, etc, for painting the school. The out-going chairman said the matter ! had been referred to a sub-committee who had not reported on the matter. •The out-going* committee were reelected, the voting being : — Messrs Harper 97, Bignall 92, Gittos 92, Forsyth , 86, Yarrall 82, Ring 80, Kilgour 80, Campbell 79, Thomas 70, M'Carthy 42. Votes of thanks were passed to the outgoing committee and to the Rector and staff of the school. ' The chairman (Mr Petrie) said the outgoing committee was the best the school ever had. : Mr Kilgour briefly responded, and the meeting terminated.

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