PUTARURU SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 268, 7 September 1933, Page 4

PUTARURU SCHOOL COMMITTEE

SEPTEMBER MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Putaruru School Committee was held on Monday night. There were present: Messrs. J. Gawith (chairman), E. D. White, J. H. Reading, Tongs, E. A. Scholes, A. C. Anderson (secretary) and the headmaster (Mr. R. G. Hutton).

There was no inward correspondence, and the only letter written by the secretary was one to the Education Board protesting against the inadequacy of the grant for the secondary department. To this no reply had been received. Finance. The secretary reported that he had banked £7 Is Id, proceeds from the school dance, and £5 3s, the amount collected by Mr. Heavey in connection with a competition for a sheep. Out of this £6 14s had been paid in accounts, leaving a total of £5 10s Id in the local fund. The balance in the general fund was £23 6s 4d. Headmaster’s Report. Owing to the intervention of the holidays the headmaster’s report was fairly short. The average attendance for the second term in primary and secondary departments had been 211 and 34.4 respectively. The new term had commenced with 37 in the High School and 242 in the Primary School. Although exact figures were not to hand, it was expected that the profits from the school dance held recently would be in the vicinity of £8 10s. A good part of this sum was the result of the excellent response of parents in providing cakes for the supper. On the Wednesday before the holidays two football teams and two basketball teams visited Mamaku. Both football teams lost their matches, but the girls made honours even by wanning both their games. Mr. Hutton suggested that a running track be measured and laid out behind the school, and the general arrangements for this were left in his hands. It is hoped that the track will 'be 440 yards. General. Owing to the weather having grown milder it was decided that the distribution of cocoa should cease from how on. The headmaster mentioned that there had never been less than 60 taking cocoa, while some days the number had been as many as 100. The present posts on the basketball court came under discussion, and when it was mentioned that they were rather badly rotted Mr. Reading offered to reinforce them. Mr. F. J. B. Whyte was granted a week’s leave owing to the serious illness of his father.