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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 139, 23 April 1894, Page 3

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[Correspondence u innted upon all subfsets, but ire do not hoLl ourselves rrj pontibl* for the opinions of our correspomlents.] THE PAHIATUA SCHOOL COM MITTEE. TO THE EDITOE. Sib,—With your perroiMion I *hould like to place before parent* and householders within th* Pahiaiaa school district the iseue to be decided bv them at the election of the School Committee to night. The outgoing committee have <after careful deliberation) passed a resolution asking the Board to remove Mr Lee from the headmastership of the echool. 1 need not go into the reasons for this step—all those interested in school metiers in this *ewu *re well

acquainted with them. Under the circumstances, therefore, the whole of Ihs outgoing committee intend to offer themselves for re-eleetion. If the majority of the householder* approve of their action the whole of the committee will be reelected, and the " vote of confidence" will have much weight when the question is discussed by the Education Board. If, on the other hand, the householders are against the removal of Mr Lee, they should elect an entirely new committee. It is fortunate that the crisis has arisen ju9t on the eve of an election, because the advisab!ene»s or otherwise of th* step proposed will now virtually be settled by the householders. As the question is an important one, I wou'd ask all those householders who can possibly manage it, to be present and record their votes tonight. To avoid any mistake. I might sdd that the outgoing committee are Messrs Fraser Godfrey, Dawson, Bogle, Firm*, Reeve, and myself. —I am, etc., Georob Moore, Chairman P.S.C. THE INFANT MISTRESS AND MR LEE. (To the Editor). Sir, -It seems to me shameful if Mr Lee is to be allowed to spitefully worry poor Miss Reese, as he has done. Mr Lee is very fond of that sort of thing, as everyone knows, when they look back and recollect that other teachers have left rather than put up with it. All mothers will join with me in saying that it is a great comfort to have so kind and gentle a teacher for their infants. We can with p'easure let our little ones go to school when we know that they are cared for as i hough by their mothers. The children are all particularly fond of Miss Reese, and the Board might search a long time and not find a teacher so suitable in every way for the infant school as she is. It would be a disgrace if she were foroed to leave because of Mr Lee's temper.—l am, Ac., A Mother. MR LEF. AND THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. (To the Editor.) Sia, —Just a line to assure your correspondent, Anti-Humbug, that his discrimination is for once at fault. “ Enquirer" is not the headmaster of the Pahiatua school. Whether Anti-Humbug intended it or not, he has, by comparing the headmaster to the captain of a ship, answered my question in favor of authority in school management being in the hands of the headmaster. No one would commit ship, cargo or passengers to the care of a captain whose crew were allowed to dispute and disobey his orders during the voyage. The illustration settles the point, and I conclude with many thanks to your correspondent. I am, Ac., An Enquirer.