PONSONBY SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16357, 11 October 1916, Page 3

PONSONBY SCHOOLS.

? WAR HONOURS BOARDS. « Tiik Ponsonby School Committee met on s Monday night, there being present: 3 Messrs. R. H. Swales, chairman, T. i Vivian, li. C. Codlin, W. J. Campbell, Z and (i. S. liullcn. " Some time ago the committee comk plained to the Education Board of the v poor ventilation of Homo of the rooms in 9 the Richmond Road school. The chairman i announced that the board's architect had w visited the school, and the work of ims proving the ventilation was now in hand. fj| A communication was received from lbboard stating that, in accordance with the committee's request, scat.-- would be em-ted in the playgrounds of cadi of the three Poiisonhv school.- for the use of the f. h-.lars. The cliairnian announced that the Roll ll' Honour Committee met la-t week, when the decision was arrived at to proceed with the scheme of e.-e-vin;; «n honour's hoard in each of the fWwibv schools. The boards were to be worthy of the schools, but at the same time not too elaborate. Mr. 1.. V. Moses, archi- | tect, of I'onsonhy. had gratuitously offered his csTvices to design the honours boards. The question of raising the J 1 ! money t.i carry out the scheme was to be •onsideicd later. «• . «!■ ■' " . >; j On the motion of the chairman, it was 1 resolved to forward a letter of sympathy ( [to the parents of the late; Lieutenant | Frank Wilson, who died from 'wounds ' ! received in France recently. Mr. Wilson I was lately assistant teacher at the Now- . j ton West school, and ' was formerly a \ i scholar of the Ponsonby school.