LEAVING SCHOOL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 120, 22 April 1936, Page 11

LEAVING SCHOOL

SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS. SATISFACTORY POSITION. Reflecting to a very satisfactory extent the improvement in commercial 1 and primary industry in recent months, interesting reports were submitted to the meeting of the High Schools’ Board of Governors and Technical School Committee, last, evening, by the rector of the Boys High (school (Air J. Murray) and tne| director of the Technical school (Air; G. G. Hancox). Furnishing the details of the destinations of the pupils wiio had left their respective schools during, or at the end of 1935, the reports showed that there had been a very general distribution of positions, prompting the chairman (Air J. A. Nash) to stress tlie importance of the position satisfactory fact that there were openings in many callings for pupils who had concluded their secondary education. The reports showed that five High School boys had entered the University, to which had gone a boy from the Technical School. Local body work had absorbed 20 from the former school, as compared with two boys and two girls from the latter. Commercial oilices had given employment to 16 High School boys - and 12 Technical School pupils, 9 of whom were girls. Legal offices had also absorbed 7 from the High School. Remarkably enough,' according to the reports, trades and industries had absorbed more from the High School than from the Technical School, the respective figures being 31 and 21 (15 boys and 6 girls), but shops and offices took 32 from the Technical School (23 being girls) as against 27 from the High School. In previous years it had been noted that, although the High School possessed an agricultural instructor — which the Technical School did not — more Technical pupils had entered upon farming pursuits than did High School boys. However, last year there was a changed situation and 15 High School boys took up ‘a farming career with 14 Technical School boys. Banking absorbed four High School boys, and six others went to the Training College. The Technical School statistics also revealed the following ad"ditional destinations of pupils:—Engineering, surveying, and architecture, five boys; home service, 4,3 girls and three boys; domestic service, two girls; gone abroad, one boy and one girl. One boy also joined the Navy. “It is very satisfactory to know that the boys are obtaining positions,” commented Air Murray, Air Nash concurring and declaring that it reflected the commercial improvement.