HIGH SCHOOL CONTROL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18761, 18 July 1935, Page 12

HIGH SCHOOL CONTROL

BOARD OF GOVERNORS MONTHLY MEETING The monthly meeting of! the Gisborne High school Board of Governors was held last evening, when there were present Messrs L. T. Burnard, K. B. Baker. It, Robertson, T. Todd, 11. IS. Bright J. If. Sunderland, and F. W l . Nolan. Regarding the proposal to provide shelter for children at lunch time, the grounds and building committee reportal that it had been unable to go into the matter owing to lack of time. Mr. E. H. Baker was added to - the per sound of the committee 1 , which, will reoort at the next monthly meeting. The special sub-committee deputed to consider the question, of spoken English in the school also reported that it had not had the opportunity to go into the matter. The board was advised that Mr T. Todd had prepared a statement on the subject for the information of the staff. It was decided that the committee should meet the staff at a suitable date to confer upon the matter. The committee will then report back to the board at next meeting. The secretary reported that nominations for representatives of parents af> pupils had closed on Saturday last and no additional nominations to those of, the present representatives on the board had been received. , Messrs, H, Sun-, derland and 11. E. Bright were declared re-elected.

The meet ini; terminated at this juncture owing to (he sudden illness of Mr Robertson. Tlio statement of receipts nnd payments from June 19 to July 17 was as follows:—Rank, balance on June 19, credit, £732 3s. Receipts for period. — Government grants, £402- 10s 4d : rent. £6O 2s; evening technical classes, £B6; fees, £433'18s 9d: sundries, £6 9s 3d : total receipts. £9BB 8s 4dj" total credit, £1720 I.ls 4d. Payments for period. School: Salaries and wages, £560 13s Sd. and sundries, £lO3 9s 5d ; evening technical classes, 5s 4d; rectory, £l2O Tte 6d; hostel', £l. 11s 2d; total payments, £794 13s 4d. Bank balance oil July 17, credit, £925 13s, RECTOR’S REPORT The .rector, Mr. J. llutton, reported as follows for the period ended July 16:— “The high school roll totals 445 at present. Evening classes are attended by 194 individual students. The evening rolls total 353. “High school sports fixtures in the near future include the annual match with Napier Boys’ High School on Jul 27.’ and with Ttaslings High School or Annul tv. Out • hue-fl wii! pi against Opotiki iVi.T-t llivh School ml Vugust 3. All ities,- matches will be played at Gisborne tin. year. ** u*' annual Vrbxiu'g tournament will

be held about the time of the Opotiki visit. The boxing class is well attended this year rfnd Mr. Heeney’s services ard made full use of. Mr. Adams has adapted a Maori story to dramatic purposes, and this will provide an excellent means of self-expression to a group of pupils now in training for a concert.! to which all who care to attend will be invited.

“The school cadets provided a guard of honor on (lie occasion of the visit o< the Governor-General, and despite the short notice acquitted themselves very creditably. A literary society is one of the newest school institutions. Boys and girls aro attending in large men hers the art classes conducted by .M Gully. Instruction in elocution has been made available for hoarders. It will thus be seen that our school activities at Use moment cover a very wide range. “Our reference library lias been rug ecured by the •>'. ■ books selected by Hr. A t Singer, and Gy- :p?eia!' d< 'nations of iiodb.v ip pups ibid d is now |ie< ominsr '• ■' 11 In school life. More books on enginming and sc-icn!iti- - sub'erG will rerunn 1 • b. added in the near future. 'Progress has been mad- ip the dire, tiorr of obtaining full particulars <4 typos M equipment which will be mjerv. ••re in o-r new wm-lishno and dm-m.-l blocks. When al! our rooms are fully equipped we shall have a'Gtiuge of facilities such as is enjoyed at present only by the newer combined schools. at Napier and New Plymouth. “The newest evening school classes in woodwork theory, motor engineering, and wool-classing are being well attended and apparently satisfy a need. ! cannot conclude this report without congratulating Mr. R. H. Black, who won a university entrance scholarship at this school in 1931, upon winning the senior scholarship of the University New Zealand in engineering this' year.’'