BOARD O EDUCATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11150, 24 August 1899, Page 3

BOARD O EDUCATION.

I Tns Board of Education . , , .afternoon, when there were' J! ™ y chairman (Mr. Richard Hobbfr p Farroll, Muir, L. Bagnall, D,r T°tl J Tlieo. Cooper, and J. R. Reed Ur ' I Chairman's Report: Tho 0 ported inter alia that copies 5 f {y P. Reeves book on New ZeTi i ■ been distributed to the principal sli ri^ VG i nes of tho district. That the, 1 I schools were closed .owing to iii™m E: : Aroha, Tawhare, and Hunua No!^ j had been received fro:, f M OMeara.pupil teacher, Berosf' 8 ! school, and Mr. A. N. Bowden had'.f®®' ■ pointed as relieving teachei at Laka O jT lie report was adopted. ' Teachers Selection Committee 'pi m Teachers Selection Committee ropo.f i undor-1. Your committco recommend j the following appointments should bo. „ i nsed by the Board-Miss V. M. Cooke! 1° I toucher of llakarau school; Miss N. L I cis, to be , teacher , of Mamaku school';-;": i r. I , Baton, to be teaolier of Waity,, I nl'T ! r 1 F; CroS8 ' to bc toaolMo'f | Otakco school; Miss S. K. Bowles, m teacher, from Devonport to Napiar-stV'" Miss B. Tibbiis, to lie sewing teacher, P' roa school; Mrs. G. Parker, to bo mi teacher, Golden Cross school. 2. Tour c mitteo recommend that the appointment o pupil teacher to Lucas' Creek school, bo c forred until next month. 3. Tour coi mittee recommend that no action bo tak( at present to supply a substitute teachor fc Kauaeranga Baillie-street sohool, as rcquot ted. Tho report was adopted.

Application for Grant: The Secretary foi I . relocation wrote in reply to a letter of 31st, > , ult M stating that the Board's application for > a grant of £6000, for the erection of a technical school and training college, had been ) j placed before tho Minister, but nothing fur- [ : titer had been done. The letter was received. : I Scholarships Examinations: With reference ; to tho selection of subjects .for the district [ scholarships examinations for 1900, tho secre- ; tary stated that Messrs. Tihba and Adams had | been consulted in tho matter, and a compro- , miso had been arrived at. Tho subjects for | senior scholarships selected were-English • Shakespero, "Merchant of Venice;" Latin ; Casar De Bello Gallico," Book Vn.. chap- , ters 1-50; Virgil's "Aoneid," Rook 111. to I verse 569; French, "Cnlumba;" Greek, folocI «>?■ from . the " Cyclopaedia;" German, I Die Lehrjahrn, Fines Hnmanisten"; Eng- ! hsh history, "Tho Foot Georges." Tho sub- ! jects for junior scholarships to be substanj tially the same as in the previous year. Tho I recommendations were agreed to. I Return: A return showing tho cost of erec- . ing and furnishing school buildings was pre- | pared at the request of the Secretory for | I'xliication, and ordered to bo forwarded to I the Minister. Eden terrace: A letter was received from the Eden Terrace householders thanking tho Board for their action in deciding to build a school, and approving of the site chosen. Matamata: The Waharoa School Committee wrote that they considered a school at Matamala unnecessary, as the number of children did not warrant such a course. It was resolved that a copy of the report be sent to tho applicants. Buildings: Correspondence was dealt with with reference to the erection of buildings at Lake Takapuna, Katikati North, and Waiotahi Creek. A Danger to a School: The secretary of the Hmitly School Committee, Huntly, wrote etating that the slack heap adjacent, to tho school, was a danger, and auirjregted that tho Taupiri Coal Company be notified of tho fact. A request io« a grant to cut away trees was also put in. The Chairman said it was a pity > that the school committee did not tnko more j interest in the school ground. Tho applicai tions for funds to remove trees were declined. I and it was resolved to notify the Taupiri | Coal Company, and ask thorn to remove tho ! slack heap. |

I Huniiii: Tho Hunua Sohool Committee I wrote asking for a grant, for fencing at No. 2 j school. The application was declined. Kaimamakn: An application for a grant ' for fencing at Kaimamnku was granted. | Kawakawa: A grant for Kawakawa school I renairs was authorised. j Tntara: An application for a grant for re- | pairs to the Totarn school was agreed to. | Wailiou: Repairs were authorised to bo j carried out at Waihou sohool. Coromandel: The Coromandel School Committee wrote asking the permission of tho j Board to utilise the school buildings during I the Christmast holidays fo, a children's exhi- | ion. Granted, subject to insuranco being I effected. Katikali North: The committee of this school wrote stating that they had no objection to the formation of a separate school at Bowentown. The. Board declined to consider the question. Pokeno: The head teacher of Pokono school agreed to the proposal to lease a portion of the school grounds. It was resolved that the lease be effected.