URGENT NEED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24832, 2 March 1944, Page 7

URGENT NEED

FUTURE CLABSBOOMB GRAMMAR SCHOOLS PROBLEM Stating that there would be serious difficulties in accommodation at the Auckland grammar schools next year unless the matter was taken up urgently. the headmistress of the Auckland Girls' Grammar School, Miss E. M. Johnston, in a letter received at a meeting of the Auckland Grammar School Board yesterday, suggested a meeting of a committee of the board and principals to discuss the question. The effects of the raising of the school leaving age and the lowering of the commencing age would again be evident next year, continued the letter. Had all the pupils seeking entry to her school this year been accepted it would have meant the addition of four extra third forms. Next year that would mean four extra fourth forms, while in 1946, at least three extra fifth forms would have to be provided. The question was most urgent, said the chairman, Mr. J. Stanton, and some permanent provision would have to be made.

It was doubtful whether arrangements for the extra accommodation could be made in time to have it available next year, said Mr. A. Burns. It was now March and it took a long while to prepare for such expansion and get it approved and completed. The surplus girl pupils accommodated at Newmarket were referred to by Mr. Stanton, who said that they had plenty of room there and were quite comfortable. The position of the girls at the end of this year now appeared to be in some doubt. It was not clear whether

they woiild then go to the Auckland Girls' Grammar School or not. The opinion that this was a matter which should be cleared up urgently, as the girls had been penalised sufficiently already, was expressed by several members. It was stated that some of the firls had bought books used at the !psom Girls' Grammar School, and when they were diverted to Newmarket they had to buy books used by the Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Mr. Stanton said he thought the Epsom school would buy the books back and Professor H. Belshaw said it should be the responsibility of the board to see that no monetary loss was incurred by the pupils. The questions of accommodation in 1945 and the position of the girls at Newmarket were referred to the Development Committee, which will meet the principals of the schools on March 10.

THE TRAINING COLLEGE PROSPECTS OF RESTORATION The belief that there was every prospect of the Auckland Teachers' Training College being wholly restored to the Education Department by the end of the second school term this year was expressed by the chairman, Mr. J. Stanton, at a meeting of the Auckland Grammar School Board yesterday. Mr. Stanton was reporting to the board on the consultations which he and other educational authorities had had with the chiefs of staff of the services occupying the premises. DEEP-SEA FISHING (0.C.) TAX'RANG A, Wednesday When fishing oil Mayor Island, Tn.iiranga, several Air Force personnel and others caught six swordfish and a make shark. One'member of the party, Mr. W. Wilson, of Whakataue, who was having his first experience with deopsea fishing, caught two swordfish.