HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNORS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17425, 20 September 1918, Page 7

HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNORS.

The monthly meeting of the Hign School Boaru oi uuvernuis, ueul yesiemay aiterxioou, was presided over uy uir x'. ijuiey, to.f.

xiie Rector reported the death at the froui, oi \& more oia ooys oi me Ouigo Boys' Jdugn bcnool. i'lie naxues oi tnose wlio jiau niiuio tne supreme sacriiice were: fcjecond Lieutenant Aiuwyn Kemmgton uordon, isew Zealand jttifle iirigauo; beconcl j_,ieuteuaiit iiuDert iii. Le Cren, i\ew Zealand ±utie Brigade; Second Lieutenant uscar (J. feniitu, toecond Lieutenant Brian U. Mahoney, Lieutenant iiiomas biloert liooertson, Second Lieutenant William Alex. Stuart, Private itudoiph B. J. Feil, Gunner William Archibald Fraser, Rifleman Con. Gordon Hutton, Corporal Leonard Joseph. Lowden, and Lance-corporal Robert Cecil Carter. The total numoer of old boys now known to have given their lives in the Empire's service was 166. The total number 'of old boys known to have been or to be now on service was in the neighbourhood of. 1200. — Adopted. The Lady Principal reported that the school closed on Friday, August 30, and thit the number on the roll then was 549—87 senior free pupils, 237 junior free pupils, arid 15 paying pupils. The numbers for the corresponding months in 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917 were: 193, 207, 227, 234, and 304 respectively. On the last day of the term 178 parcels for New Zealand soldieis and those of our Allies at the front were packed by the school and forwarded by the kindness of the Ladies' Committee of the Oversea. Club.—Approved. It was resolved, on the motion of the Hon. D. T. Fleming—" That the board set up a committee to consider the question of the initiation of a boarding'establishment or hostel in connection with the Girls' School." The mover referred to the lack of accommodation for country girls attending the High School, and expressed the view that the conditions under which some of the girls lived while attending the school were detrimental to their success.

Mr Gallaway seconded the motion, which was carried, and Messrs Gallaway, Stephens, Dr Fulton, the Hon. D. T. Flemfng, and the chairrrian of the board were appointed a committee.