EDUCATION BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6740, 21 September 1883, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

• The ordinary monthly meeting of the Education Board was held yesterday. Present :— Professor ■ Shand (chairman), Messrs A. C. .'•'■Bbbjj. Clark, Elder, Fergus, M.H.R., Fraer, J. Green, M.H.R., J. M'Kenssie, M.H.R., and Ramsay. - ■ PINASCK. ' i ' . . ' The following report from the Finance Com- - mittee was read:— Your Committee, hiving considered tho various • matters referred to them, hog to mako the following -. recommendations:— Green Iflani.—lbat the architects recommendation with regard to the completion ol the fcchcKl -: buildings at Green Island be given effect to. .West faieri.—lh»t consideration cf the ap licatiou for ar. addition to ihe teaches reEi'ouce bo deferred. Bampden.—That the application Ir m the School . Committee of tills district for a porch bu eauctioued, : but that the application for tanla be declined. Oainaru,.—Tue lector of tho District High School • 1 aviutr applied ftr v:tt«r aupplj, &':., the Oorniuitteo •s. •■■' tec.mmonu that he be lufoimed that any rtqucst o! " this nature ought to be mad : through the School Com.tuittco. That the turn of £60 be paid to tho Oamaru School Committee a. soon a> tho wuik of filling up tho lagoon in tho North School grounds ha 3 been satiatnetoiily carried out. , , Kaitangafi.—That iho application from tho Sdnol Ci ramlttoe in this district for improved ventilation bo tha application f.r a grant of £50 for necessary works bo rolerred to tho architect for roport. Clj fie.-Tint tho application for £0 16s (price of " ' stove) bo due-lined, the expenditure having been in- ■ earrcd without tho sanction of the Board. Tokom3liiro.-lhat the sum of £40 bo gronted • • towards tho expense of providing swimining-baiha. . That school buildings bo ercotul at toiodou, CVal ; .Creek, and Waincia towußhipa '•"■ Tenders.—Yiur Committco recommend tho acc.cnfiuue ol the following tenders: Kascby, ndditious to residence, W.'Slill, £130 ; Iwcaroa, rc-idtuco, do, £I9J 15s. Mt GIiKBS moved that the report bo adopted, with thq exception of the recommendation to grant £40 towards tho cost of swimming-baths 'j. _ "for the Tckoraairiro School. He was strongly in favour ol teaching every schoolboy the ait of stvimining, but!he did not think the Board . were in a financial position to make such a grant,' A'majority-of members also expressed tho ■ opinion that while the object was a praise■worthy one, the Board was not in a position to vote money tor it, especially as other schools would be certain- to mako a demand for the same purpose. _ The report,was adopted with-the excoptioTu of the clause referred to. • "' ' . ' " BES.'GNATIONS. The following resignations wero accepted:— Neil H. Kennedy, head teacher, Tuapeka Mat; "■George Davidson, do, Tenearaki; John Beattie, do, Adam's Flat; John S. Dalby, do, Kotow ; James .F. Gibson, pupil teacher, ■ Normal. '.''.. • - "appointments. The following appointments were made:— G. Davidson, relieving teacher; W. Davidson, ■ —head.teacher, Cromwell, vice Arnold, loft the service; J. Beattie, do, Soufchbridge, vice Wilks, do; J. S. Dalby, do, Glenkenichj vice Graham, do; Alexander Nicol, do, Tahatika, vice Warburton, promoted; Jane White, do, Adam's Flat, vice Beattie, promoted; Frances Hawkes, second assistant, North-East Valley, vice Blackley, left the service; Mary A. Ferguson, schoolmistress, Owake, rice Dawson, do ; Jessie O. Brown, do, Outram, vice Haig, promoted; Alice.lrwin, pupil.teacher, Lovell's Flat, vice Carruthers, resigned. THE OAMABU DISTRICT HIGH S;HOOL. A letter was received from the Oainaru Committee, objecting to the proposal to reduce the ■District- High School to the position of a district school. : The Chairman stated that two months ago notice was given of a proposal to disrate the Oamaru District High School, there now being a- High School established in that district. The Oamaru School Committco, however, requested that the matter should now be left . • over for another month. Mr Ramsay had been informed that the new High School was very little used by the people of the town of Oamaru. The building was three miles away, and was principally used by people in its neighbourhood. The people there, as far as he understood, were very much against the - disrating of the District High School. JSe was further informed that only 20 or 30 pupils were attending this great establishment which bad been built for a high school. ■ . " '-Mr Begg had been informed that there were between 60 and 70 pupils attending the High School. ■"■■■:'■•■ • Mr -Ramsay, had only made those remarks for the purpose of showing that there' was a feeling in Oamaru against the proposal to dis-' rate the District High School. The Chairman asked if it was proposed to postpone tho matter. . Mr Ramsay thought that unless they took the opinion.of the people of Oamaru a postponement would not do any good. Mr M'Kenzie said he was not familiar with the question, and would move that it bs postponed for a month. Mr Fraer said that one reason why they should tiotf disrate a district high school was : that it was more accessible to middle class people who could not afford to send their children to a high school. The 'Chairman pointed out that if there ■ were any valid reasons for keeping open a district high Bqhool at Oamaru, the reasons were 10 times stronger in Dunedin, where the population was much larger. He thought the , principle was admitted throughout tho Colony, • that where a real' high school was established there was no reason for keeping up a district high scTiool as well. . • ~'The motion for postponing the question for a mouth was agreed to. - . ■ THE DUNEDIN SCHOOL COMMITTEE'AND THE - * ' BOABD. The following letter was received from the Dunedin School Committee: — Dunedin, August 21,1833. E. G. Pijde, Esq., Secretary Education JUoara. Sir,—l havo the honour to acknowledge rcciipt c f jonr;oiter of July 19, and am directed by tbe Dun*ciihi School Ccinniittce to forward, for the information of the members of tho Board, statement t f receipts and exycudifuie for tho years JSSI b2, and to date 18;3.—1 have, &c ,". 1 -. - Stdxey James, Secretary.