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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 137, 18 April 1894, Page 3

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[r,: I ' »« mntr*# ifN>n «li mAf+ct*, faaf v» nnt kolA wrv/rn i tor tko opinion* oj our , ’rrtopondonU.] MB LEES LETTER to mi KDrroft. Sift.—Mr Loo in ft former iuu« referred to my iiaur in such on unwnrrtnt able wa\ that I uiu*i Ug to rtplf to him. Ho um her number* have not bwn m> high for mor* than three months, indctd Uirv were \erv low be tore Christmas Hid \lr Loo real y • shed to piece Miss Reese • true position before the public he would have given her monthly returns from her register, ami also how mao? tunes, ami how many subjects, sod for how n any mouths the first standard was crushed into her room to be taught, unaided, with her mfsnt classes. According to ths report there were two hundred an 1 eighty four (2N on the books with six teachers. From this number Mise Reese takes nmetv &\r (96l infants, or a third of the whole school Miss Reese taught this nuiubci unsided nntil the second day of the present month. No; I will not otn t the first calf hour’s he p (or hindrance) given on Wedmsday. March 14th. which broke lb# infant tmi* table both a* to order and subject, ignored the pretence of s nustrea* to tbe room, swept the black bo rd. out standard sums (four-lined addition and a mnlttplicatioo sum*, pul the upper class mlo tbe hands ef a pupil teacher, and left the room. Mr Lee points out in his letter that he never ceased to do all he could to obtain assistance for Miss Hws*. and a» a last resource he deprived the other as »i»tant of very necessary aid in order to give it to her. Well there was one hour once or twice on Monday the 19th. and one hour once or twice on Tuesday, the 20lh. in all lees than one day’s he p Now. Mr Editor, your readers will be able to see to what extent Mr had to •train from a staff of five teachers divided o'er lb 9 children to give Mias K*e*e one • with her 9.» children.—l am. Ac.. Ann* Pawsov. P.S.—My sisters experience sa a teacher ettends over a period of 20 years. The following would be interesting to p .rent* as bearing on bar present position : U t* Ree s had nine months in the infant department at Bmgsland. trained under ft lady who holds a Kensington Infant Certificate, the head master being Mr Hill, the prevent inspector of schools m Hawke’s Hat. She was ne\i 'through Mr Hill’s Lmd!v interest) placed at Ashley Bank where she paved an examination a« an •ssisteut mistress. She was agnm offered an increase of s«]ary, but decided, after •fating there for f urtee*; months, to enter the College as astude.it. She had here practical trainiog in the infant drpartment under a ladv trained in Germans and spec tally brought out to tram students in the Kindergarten svstetn. She became ill previous to each examine lion in that institute, the doctor certifying •ad finally ordering her to this Island. When restored to s degree of good health, she was appointed her* under Mr Tftftta. which appointment she held for nearly three sears, teaching standards. Mr Yeats reported to the committee that her work was satisfactory, and gave Miss Reese a testimonial alien he left. A.P. THE SCHOOL EMBROGLIO. (To the Editor.i Sift. —The step taken bv the School Committee at the last meeting •trikes me as so pecu'iar. that I write to ask for in information as to the law* of school management in this eo’onv. Who is here ths responsible head and manager of a school ’ Ths person called head master, or the infant school teacher? From the way to which some members of the coin a.ttee hive btck*d up insubordination in the Pahistua school it appears to me that the term head master is there a misnomer, and that the unfortunate individual so called is really at .he mercy of anv *pite ful underling who has friends in office to assist in setting him at defiance.—l am. ete. Ay Enqi ibb*