RUSSELL STREET SCHOOL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 245, 13 September 1935, Page 2

RUSSELL STREET SCHOOL

MEETING OF COMMITTEE. The monthly meeting of the Russell School Committee was held on Wednesday. Those present were Messrs J. A. Grant (chairman), F. W. Coombs, A. 0. Bonilace, M. J. McArtney, G. W. Coppell, 0. S. Trask, J. P. McDavitt (secretary) and F. C. Campbell (headmaster). Stating that the school had re-opened on Monday, _ the headmaster’s report said that the attendance had been 210 on that day. The second term had closed with a roll of 215 and an average attendance of 191.5. Admissions for the third term had been 9, of whom 5 were new entrants. Tire roll stood at 224. To date this year there had been 5G admissions, 23 being new entrants. An application had been made for the elimination of the average for the second term. The girls’ ' team had been successful in winning the senior inter-school basketball competition. The staff were at present preparing for a school concert, which, it was hoped, would be staged toward the end of October. The general report of the inspectors was presented for the confidential perusal of the committee. It was essential that some structural work should be done to the entrance doors at the south-eastern end of the school. In strong southerlies and easterlies the doors had to be locked.—The report was received. The Wanganui Education Board wrote stating that no grant could be made for repairs to the piano as requested.—lt was agreed that the secretary should have the repairs carried out. The chief postmaster at Palmerston North wrote advising that a meeting, with the object of furthering the Children’s Health Camp movement, would be held at tho City Council Chambers and inviting members of the committee to bo present.—The members of the committee who are able to attend are to do so. The headmaster was asked to convey the appreciation of the committee to tho staff and the senior basketball team.

Reporting further on the doors referred to in the report, the headmaster said that the doors were dangerous for small children on windy days because they might have their fingers crushed. Because of that the doors were of no use in certain periods. Mr McDavitt commented that if the doors were remodelled correctlv that would be the first step toward an assembly hall. It was agreed that the secretary should write to the architect to the Education Board drawing his attention to the state of the doors and also advancing the claims of the school for an assembly hall. It was suggested by the chairman that as baths were not as revenue producing as a hall, the hall should be built first so that it might in turn contribute to tho cost of the baths. The committee were in accord with the suggestion although no motion was placed before the meeting. (