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Otago Witness, Issue 2181, 19 December 1895, Page 59

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Ccokory Books can be had at the Office of this Paper. ■> that not only led to extra expense, but impaired miscellaneous. the i fficieucy of the teaching, 'fhe committee Mr Cohek moved— "That an advertisement would have asked for a new school bafore, but he inserted in tho newspapers calling for applithev thought that an 'addition, which wculd catiom for the positions of assistant inspectors be less expensive, would provide the required ia terms of the resolution passed at the board* accommodation. They now pinned their faith meeting in November." on the board's own report.— (Laughter.) Dr Stenhousb seconded the motion, whick The deputation having retired, wan carried. • „ Mr Bobrie did not think the time had come The following votes to echool committees foi to build a new school. half the cost of repairs were passed :— Grey. Mr MacQregob thought the school would do town, £4 10s ; Leith Valley, £5 ; Hi/rbcliff, for many a year yeb. £5; Hampden, £15 ; Maerewhouua,, £7 10a j Mr ConEN said the best thing to do was to Taieri Ferry, £7 10s." ask Mr Somerville what it would coat to build An application from the Waiwera Townshij a new school to accommodate 750 pupils. Committee for. an additional class room wa< The Hon. J. MacGregor : 1 think we should granted. It was explained that there were i tell them that we cannot entertain the pro- master and a mistress ftt present working in th« posjl at aIJ. We know the school is nob quite same room. up to what we should like, but; we also leuow Applica f ions from the Waikouaiti, Beaumont, thai it Berves its purpese fairly well, and it will Tapanui, Sawyera' Biy, and Tniaivia Head( bu as good 10 or 20 years bence as it is now Committees for repairs to school buildings wsm with care and renovation. granted. Mr Borrik : The trouble is that the rooms The architect was authorised to tfltjet repair^ are not big enough for the standards, and they to the school residences at Fdlmer&tou and JPorl have to be divided. ' Chalmers. Dr Stenhouse : Thres or four of flhe rooms An application for additional accommodation are shocking. in the teacher's residence at Macandrew road After some further discußsicn, Mr Mac- was declined, but the board resolved to renew Ghegor moved — "That the committee be -in- its offer to pay half the cost of painting and formed that the board cannot entertain the papering the house. application for a new echool, that the architect An application was made by the Hooper'a be instructed to report bs to what is necessary Inlet committee for a new building, on the to improve the veutilation Bud lighting, and ground that the wind came through the present what can be done to fcfford better facilities for building, and the rain could nob be kept out.— • the handling of classes." . The architect reported that the building wai Mr Cohen seconded the motion, which was thoroughly repaired six years ago, and wat carried— Dr Stenhouse and Me Borrie voting much exposed, bnt he suggested that it could b« against it. repaired so as to resist the weather.— lt wai tenders. decided to authorise the repairs. The following tenders were accepted : — Brec- The Forbury committee wrote asking thaf tion of school at Sawyers' Bay — Robert Wil- the present third assistant (Mr Maxwell) h< liamson, £360 ; erection of teacher's residence appointed second assistant, and that the femaU and alterations to the Warepa School — Ruberb to be appointed to tbe staff be nppoioted tUira Kerr, £265 10s ; addition to the North-East assistant. — On tho motion of Mr Cohen con« Valley School — Charles Sparrow, £242 2s 4d ; sideration of the application was deferred for a additions to Greytown School— J. Geddes, monlh. £154. ' _An application was received for the eat&bthe "new Zealand jieader." lishment of a subsidised echool at Kuriwao, The Secretary of the Education department coupled with^a request that tho school ehculd wrote, by instructions of tbe Minister for be held in a building standing on the education Education, forwarding copies of the " New reserve, and that the inbsidy should be paid to Zealand Reader," and asking tho board to take a local resident, who was willing to act as into consideration the desirability of its intro- teacher. — The' board decided that it would duction iuto the public schools. sanction a sub&idUecl echool, but that the Mr MacGregor said it seemed to be a teacher must he a certificated teacher, to be prevalent idea that a reading book was for the appointed by the board. purpose of stuffing children with information. The literature in the book in • question was A meeting of the Education Board, held exceedingly inferior, and very little of it was on Thursday, was attended by Mese rs J. Green anj thing more than pas«ablo. Reading books (in the chair), M. Cohen, D. Boirie, J. F. M. should be primarily specimens of first-class Fra?er, T. Mackenzie, the Hou. J. MacGregor, literature, and not merely collections of infor- and Dr Steuhouee. mation. He would move— "'That the inspectors classification of schools. be requested to report confidentially as to the The following alterations were made in tin suitableness of the ' New Zealand Header ' as regulations with regard to the classification o( a reading book in our public schools." schools :— The motion was carried. In regulation No. 4; the words '• on tjh<« keeping in. " ' recommendation of an inspector " were substU Mr Mackenzie drew attention to the fact tuted for "at its discretion." that there were frequent complaints by parents In regulation No. 5 the f c&le of salaries wai about children being kept in after school hours, altered as follows :—76: — 76 to 110, £210 ; 111 ta In many instances the children were kept in 150, £220. till 5 o'clock for trifles, and in some instances In regulation No. 19, after the words " ordfc to be Bluffed still fuller for examinations. Not nary schools," the worda " £20 " were added, only were the children kept in lata at night, but The Hon. J. MacGregoe asked leave ta the dinner hour was often cm tailed. He had withdraw the motion of which he had given received the following letter on the subjecb : — notice, to tho effect that tho regulations bs " Would you be kind enough to draw the atten- rescinded. In doing to, he said the board tion of the board to the fact that children might give the regulations a trial, but he did attending our public school here are subject to not think they were workable, very long hours, some having to attend six and Mr Fraseh was of opinion that the scheme six and a-half hours per day, and it is only would work fairly, well as it stood, and would recently that those from a distance have been remain as a monument to the industry and able to get home before dark." He might state perseverance of Mr Cohen, that this letter* was not from Balclutha. He Mr ConEN said clause 32 in the regulations, would move — " That the, attention of the board which bad been thrown out, was the cruxo! having been called to the complaints referred the scheme, aud he hoped the board would yet to, resolves that unless the practice of curtailing see its way to adopt that clauso. The credit dinner time and keeping in children for un- for the initiation of the scheme did not belong reasonable hours be discontinued the board to him, but lo Mr Davidson. The inclusion of will take prompt and effective action in any clause 32 in the echfm<», however, was the cases that may ba brought before it to result of his own visit to Australia, enforce its determination." Mr MacGregor said it was very much to be Dr Stenhouse seconded the motion. 'In regretted that Mr Davidson sfaeuld have been doing go he eaid that it was only a few months subjected, as he had been in the newspapers since that a similar resolution was carried by and elsewhere, to co much misrepresentation the board, but it was quite apparent that some in connection with tbe scheme. Mr Davidson head masters paid no attention to it whatever, had been exceedingly reluctant to bring the He had reason to believe that some of them in scheme forward at all, and the suggeetions their hostility to the action of the board kept in that he framed the scheme with a view to his children rather more frequently since than they own advancement wire entirely unjustifiable. had been in the habit of doing ; and he quite Mr Coben observed that he would be a con« agreed with Mr Mackenzie that if the custom sidorable loser by the scheme, was continued the board would have to deal Mr MacGreqor went on to say that Mr with them in a very summary fashion.— (Hear, Davidson's disinterestedness as well as the hear.) great ability he had shown in explaining the The motion on being put was carried nnani- scheme had very much impressed him indeed, moußly. and he (Mr MacGregor) had all along felb very waikouaiti. great regret that Mr Davidson should have been The Waikouaiti School Committee wrote subjected to BO much abuse. Some of tha aeking that Constable Bird be appointed truant board's teachers, he was convinced, were re« officer for the district. — The request was agreed sponßible for the misrepresentations that had to. been made. appointments. Mr Cohen also testified to Mr Davidson's: The following appointments were made :—: — disinterestedness, and said that that gentleman Agnes N. Bowie, head teacher, Akatore, vice in bringing forward the scheme had bub one Wright, left the seivice ; Elizabeth G. Christie, desire — to advance the cause of education ia head teacher, Lander, vice Ralston, promoted. this district. resignations. After come further discussion Mr MacGregor's The following resignations were accepted : — motion was withdrawn. LangleyPope, head teacher, Wai tepeka; Agnes railway holiday tickets. N. Bowie, head teacher, Hamiltons ; Davina Mr Mackenzie moved — " That the Railway Marchbanks, first assistant,. Waikouaiti ; Mary department be requested to extend the holiday Renfrew, second assistant, Forbury ; Isabella ticket for the full term of the summer vacation M. Hutton, fourth assistant, Forbnry ; Charles for our public schools, instead of & month as ab E. Marsden, pupil teacher, Albany street. present." accounts. The Chairman seconded the- motion, which, Accounts amounting to £9308 13s lOd were was carried, gassed for payment. bonuses. notice of motioh. . Mt BLycQreqqb gave notice that he wouldi Mr Cohen gave notice that he would move at at next meeting move—" That bonuses be abol« next meeting — "That the inspectors be re- ished." queated to report as to the desirability of hold- Mr Cohen moved — " That the office holidays Ing the scholarships and. pnpil teacher*' bo fccom December 22 until January 3."— A«ee# fgy^rffrMffiw dotlQK taid.wlnJfcr.in fntuie,* fed.