BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3566, 22 June 1872, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Fbidat, Jckk 21. • Kk A special meeting of the Bpomivas held at 3 p.m. Present: Mr W. Montgomery (chairman,) Messrs Kennawny, Ittghs,' Gould, and Bowen. c The following report from the examiners of the candidates for the Government and Mr Gould’s Scholarships was read;:' — ■' Christchurch, Jtme 17,1872. To the Chairman of the Board pf Education, Sir, —We have the honour to .report that we have examined the candidates for Provincial Government scholarships. We subjoin tables showing the number of marks gained by each boy in each subject, with the totals. “On the sth and 6th instant, thirty-si* candidates presented .themselves in Class A, and. thirty-seven in Class B. In Class A, AtacV teies first place, and Deamer second, with Bannister third. Several others follow at pretty equal intervals. None of the first nine failed to gain the required 25 per cent, in any subject., In Class B, Twentvman is first, and Buxton second. Barclay and Douglas are equal for the third place in the total of marks, but Douglas has not attained the, fixed minimum in geography. Boss is only four marks below them, bnt he has failed in arithmetic.

The examination for Class C was held on the 12th, 13th, and 14th of June. Sixteen candidates competed. W. V. Million stands first, and Dawson second. Gibson is only sixteen marks behind Dawson, surpassing the first two in Latin. Bell, who takes fourth place is best in Latin, and in the total of marks is considerably above all that are below him.

The examination was conducted by written papers, copies of which we enclose. Charlesworth did not attend on the first morning; but in the afternoon, by direction of members of the Board who were then present, he was allowed to take his place, and was furnished with all the papers for the day. Another difficulty has, however, arisen in his case; his arithmetic paper, if he did one, did not come into the examiners’ hands. His position in the list is such that the absence of any marks for arithmetic does not affect his chance of a scholarship. We have the honour to he, sir, Your obedient servants, Wm. Jas. Habens, 8.A., J. Y. Colboene Veeb, M.A., Examiners.

The Board decided that the scholarships should be awarded as follows: Class A, Government scholarships—Atack 1, Deamer 2 j Mr Gould’s scholarship, Bannister. Class B, Government scholarships Twentyman 1, Buxton 2; Mr Gould’s scholarship—Barclay. Class C, Government scholarships—Milton 1, Dawson 2. , .

The Inspector said the Board would no doubt like to know the schools to which the winners of scholarships belonged. They were as follows :—Class A—Atack, Mr Cook’s, Christchurch ; Deamer, Mrs Alabaster’s, Christchurch ; Bannister, Christchurch Wesleyan. Class B—Twentyman, Christ’s College; Buxton, Mr .Cook’s; Barclay, Tinmru. Class C —Miller, Mr Philips’, Christchurch; Dawson, the High school. The matter of Barclay continuing to attend the Timam school during the term of the scholarship, as desired by his parents, was •onsidered.

Mr Gould said ho could not agree to it. The Chairman said of course it was open to Mr Gould to make a stipulation as to the school to be attended by the holders of scholarships.

Mr Gould said he would like to make it known why he could not permit Barclay to continue to attend the Timam school. Personally, he hud no preference for one school above another for the holders of his scholarships, but iu consequence of what had passed between himself aud the Governing Body of Christ’s College he could' nob let the boys.; attend elsewhere than the College. ago ho became aware that the College authorities were desirous of establishing a library, and he asked them if by giving them a lump sum at once they would permit Mm to nominate two bays for a certain number of yean; and after some negotiations terms '(fere arranged on that basis; therefore it was absolutely necessary that the boys who had gained his scholarships should attend the College. He desired this to be fully understood outside, so that it might be known that ho had no pre-

£«t«oe for one school more than another in the matter.

Several letter* from the chairman of tho Bapamu committee were read. The committee requested the Board to sanction the acoepfagce of a tender of £165 for the erection. t , ho Board w °uld |>ay 9ebt. of £lO, which, the committee had Wlftted for rent of a house for the mLter pending the erection; of one on the school grounds; that the Board would permit the unexpended balance of a previous grant o£ £lO for contingencies to be devoted to fencing purposes; that the Board would grant a stove at a cost of about £B, to supplement the one already purchased by the committee; that the appointment of Miss Mayo as pupil teacher, without salary, should be sanctioned; that Mrs Jennings might be appointed schoolmistress at a salary of £IOO, which, although above the usual scale, the Board had power to assent to on the ground of superior attainments ; and that the Board would make a grant towards the cost of school fittings. Th* request in each instance was granted • the amount voted'for the fittings being £l| out of the unexpended grant for the school. A letter was read from the chairman of the West Oxford committee, intimating that they had appointed Mr Woolstein master of the school, subject to the approval of the Board ; also, requesting that the Board would make a reasonable allowance for rent of residence for the schoolmaster’s house, pending the erection, of a house on the school ground. The letter further intimated that Mr Youngman had given a site for the new school buildings, and that an alteration in the boundaries of the district was desired.

On the recommendation of the Inspector the appointment of Mr Woolstein was confirmed. The Board also instructed the secretary to inform the committee that any reasonable sum would be allowed for the rent of a master’s bouse, but that it must first be submitted to the Board for approval, and to ask them for information as to the locale of the site given by Mr Youngman. The matter of altering the boundaries was deferred until next meeting. A letter was read from the chairman of the Geraldine committee, intimating that the committee had selected Mr Winston, of Victoria, as master of the school, subject to the approval of the Board, and forwarding Mr Winston’s testimonials. The letter also contained a request that the Board would assist the committee in meeting a contemplated expenditure of £25 for a well and the levelling of the play-ground. Mr Restell, referring to the appointment of Mr Winston as master, said that the enclosures were not the testimonials,. but only copies. If, however, Mr Winston held the originals, there would be no objection to his appointment. The secretary was instructed to request the committee to write to the gentlemen named in Mr Winston’s testimonials, with a view to obtaining information about Mr Winston’s Abilities. He was also instructed to ask the committee to forward separate estimates of the cost of the well and levelling the play ground. A letter was read from the chairman of the Lyttelton Borough school committee, requesting that a pupil teacher should be provided for class three pf the school, and stating that the attendance had increased to 90.

The chairman said this opened up the whole question of the existence of the Lytelton Borough school under the Education Ordinance. The Board would remember that in consequence of the action of certain residents in Lyttelton, Mr W ebb had introduced a motion into the Provincial Council to the effect that on the Education Ordinance Amendment Ordinance coining into force, the Educational district of Lyttelton should be abolished, in order that proceedings might be commenced de novo but on the suggestion of Mr Knight that the matter was one with which the Board of Education alone should deal, it was withdrawn. It how, therefore, became the duty of the Board to consider what should be done in the matter. , It ftpE eared that the voting at the public meeting eld to consider the advisability of establishing an educational district had been conducted according to a ratepayers’ list which some of the residents in the town thought should not have been used. Ministers also were not allowed to take part in the discussion, but the Amendment Ordinance, which had since become law, gives full power to such persons to : speak on these occasions, and it therefore became a serious question whether the Board should not advise the Superintendent to abolish the district in order that the proceedings might commence de novo. The school in the town was being worked only under a guarantee from the Board, and it became a question whether the local committee would be able to collect the rate, or" even whether they would attempt to do so. Mr Gould was in favour of abolishing the district.

Mr Bowen expressed himself to the same effect, but would make it a condition, if a ; district should be hereafter established, that the rates should be levied from the commencement of the rateable year, for the reason, that the Board ware now entirely supporting the school, and had been for some time. After some discussion, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Gould, seconded by Mr ■Bowen—“That the Board, having taken into consideration the circumstances under which, the Lyttelton educational district was proclaimed, do hereby recommend his Honor the Superintendent to abolish such district. In reference to the appointment of a pupil teacher, the secretary was instructed to inform Mr Webb that, pending the decision of the Superintendent, and subsequent proceedings, the appointment of a pupil teacher for class 3, must remain in abeyance. A letter was read from the Chairman of the Woodend committee, intimating, in reply to a letter from the Board, that they had appointed Charles Norton, as pupil teacher, subject to the approval of the Board, and that Mrs Stuart would attend the school three afternoons in the week, to give instruction in sewing. Consideration of the appointment of Charles Norton as a pupil teacher stt deferred until the next meeting of the Board, but the Board approved of the arrangements made with Mrs Stuart.

The Chairman called the attention of the : Board to thefact, that the payments to teachers would become duo on the 30th June, and that no arrangement had been made for their payment. He would recommend the Board to get in the returns from the school committeeswhich he hoped would be forwarded as soon as possible for the sake of the masters—and then, on those returns he would ask the Board to authorise the chairman of the respective committees to pay their masters out of the rates.

Mr Bowen did not approve of the payment being entrusted to the chairmen of committees. He thought that all the rates should bo paid in to the Superintendent, and that the chairman of the Board should only be authorised to pay the teacher's salaries. After some discussion, it was agreed that this was the better plan. The chairman was authorised to make arrangements for the payment of teachers’ salaries, in accordance with the fixed scale. The Board then adjourned.

Class A. ■ b I a £ I to B •B 0 & i to s '% is r> w T .2 © B j Gram, and Comp.— ICO s I cu a to ■o 3 8 7 & S s I o B 47 43 ■29 57 66 69 7.7 391 Deamer 50 /} 35 33 69 67 64 364 Banp'ster 42 /J 30 65 71 46 43 343 Eobison 29 38 32 33 48 77 66 333 Wilkinson 42 40 32 31 64 41 64 S09 Shirtclifi'e 46 '47 31 37 58 45 43 307 P. W. Wake ... 47 47 34 49 34 55 38 304 Partridge 45 44 28 61 68 41 22 297 M. Cohen 41 33 41 37 34 49 57 292 Dyer ■ ... 45 40 38 15 45 64 <0 285 Woodley 43 46 32 13 49 40 62 285 L. Cohett 37 3? <2 39 40 47 a 277 Hills 35 40 31 50 30 30 40 266 Johnston 41 41 34 33 32 24 60 265 Sword 36 27 29 53 30 53 34 362 E. Wake 43 43 31 29 30 49 40 256 Braitbwaite ... 43 40 27 25 27 20 57 245 Turner 33 47 20 9 37 66 38 24) D.Naim ..., 44 44 23 9 30 32 39 221 White 49 41 29 28 13 24 37 221 SEP ::: Wnite’aw. ■42 43 .25 36 44 22 8 320 32 34 28 20 38 29 39 218 41 38 19 10 18 40 4', 210 Burrows * ... 33 29 23 S9 33 17 35 209 Ward 39 41 32 19 18 35 20 204 Carleton 33 36 32 26 25 21 39 202 Miln 40 36 29 27 17 23 16 187 J. Naim S') 45 23 2 12 23 26 179 Fleet 33 a 25 25 17 18 14 172 Henwood 35 29 29 7 17 28 24 169 Kelly 86 36 26 30 7 17 9 161 Hawkins 33 37 29 14 4 10 7 134 Wright 30 27 24 5 4 26 16 131 Eoskruee 22 16 29 26 11 16 10 130 Bunn 26 31 25 7 4 20 12 127 Charles worth... 36 15 30 — 8 8 4 — Class B. • b s 1 s | 7 g§ 1 s 7 | © u — *6 *c £ c c. 1 B tc o 1. * CO « h o C5w s W 0 B Twentvmen ... 48 39 40 74 68 37 73 379 Buxton 43 42 32 64 69 37 60 liu7 Barclay 42 43 31 33 67 31 50 3(1 Douglas 36 40 4) 68 60 21 35 300 Boss 24 as 35 19 50 VS 74 2 Armitage a 42 20 30 54 23 41 265 Craig 40 44 33 25 61 15 fy 263 Wilson 20 30 31 25 60 54 37 257 Morton 28 34 37 52 52 22 20 245 Woodhouae ... 21 42 32 24 34 37 - 4 , 231 Boulton 48* >49 33 8 27 85 31 225 dark 43 37 29 8 44 23 41 225 Veyuey 42 39 32 27 25 31 26 222 G. Smith 17 31 30 38 30 31 38 215 Dempsey 41 33 42 21 16 23 34 213 Chilton ... 17 38 29 32 32 34 29 211 J. T. Smith ... 36 27 36 39 36 13 19 201 Beechey 30 31 34 12 20 4i 30 198 Merton 20 27 36 16 6 4) 61 196 Andrews 19 23 28 34 42 31 11 ass Davies 42 37 29 33 29 3 15 188 Pratt 9 41 31 4 33 33 37 188 Hibberd 31 38 38 11 30 21 18 187 Todd 21 36 84 23 6 21 39 181 Vogeler 22 26 28 34 17 36 23 176 Hawkes 26 44 31 8 10 39 14 172 Callender 18 20 33 37 19 24 20 171 A. Lusk 36 35 33 7 10 21 23 165 Barrows 21 11 26 27 21 30 22 159 Widdowson ... 21 20 31 14 21 26 22 155 W. H. Smith... 41 40 31 29 4 6 0 161 Wright 21 19 25 12 13 35 23 149 Anderson 8 89 32 3 10 16 25 133 Prebble S 30 36 4 13 28 11 127 D. Dusk 22 24 39 0 5 22 13 125 Puehs 31 26 27 4 14 20 0 122 Woodard 23 23 35 6 16 12 0 119 Class C. — § .s g*T o g> OJH el geo O r> o T V s .a •c O (Geometry. and I Algebra— 76 History— Modern 1 —100 History— Ancienl | and Sacred— 75 s 1 §• & 1 8 i 1 o 2 s W.V, M' n ton Dawson Gibson Bell Twentyman Douglas Booth Parson J. D.Million' Brown Caverhill ... Bean Shepheerd ... Taylor M'Cardell ... in 83 L14 96 93 S3 91 105 93 69 66 67 60 63 s 84 77 42 65 38 15 22 47 17 44 33 (6 45 46 19 13 72 62 61 67 49 34 42 10 16 37 36 36 4 0 29 12 88 88 42 33 25 60 43 24 17 23 82 36 13 22 22 9 54 64 52 34 27 13 53 19 16 25 U 14 19 9 11 4 92 93 77 49 28 62 26 23 41 35 29 18 25 21 10‘ 16 37 25 78 S3 51 29 21 30 58 18 40 30 29 12 15 27 638 482 466 417 314 301 278 258 257 241 237 236 195 173 141 143