TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Southland Times, Issue 18078, 3 May 1919, Page 7

TECHNICAL COLLEGE

MEETING OF BOARD. 'The monthly meeting of the Technical College Board last evening was attended by Messrs W. R. Riddell (chair), J. Gilkison, A. 1c H.'Hoyles, R. G. Speirs, J. H. Reed, W. Ashley, W. Ccuser, A. L. Wyliie, J. W. Mair, and F. W. Gresham. A letter from the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce, enclosing £ls as a contribution towards the Technical College, requested the Board to forward a copy of the commercial syllabus of the college, and asked whether the Board would be prepared to accept any proposals the Chamber might make in regard the commercial course. The Director was instructed to write to the Chamber of Commerce thanking the members for the interest they had taken in the matter and to inform them that the Board would be pleased to consider any proposals which they might make. A letter from the Education Board stated that owing to the increased attendance at the Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools, the Rector and the Lady Principal had recommended that the services of the physical instructor should be used exclusively for the Board’s schools.

The chairman of the Technical College was appointed to confer with the chairman of the Education Board, with a view to making a satisfactory arrangement in the matter.

The Town Clerk wrote informing the Board that the College had been granted tfye use of the Eastern reserve on Monday and Tuesday afternoons as a .playing area and also the use of the I.C.C. ground on Mondays and Fridays, and on days when the ground was not required by the Ladies’ Hockey Association. The Director was instructed to write thanking the Council for its action in allotting the College suitable playing areas. A letter from the A. and P. Association stated that Messrs G. Chewings and A. Gerrard had been appointed to confer with the members of the Technical College Board in regard to the purchase of an acre of land in the vicinity of Invercargill for instructional purposes. Messrs J. H. Reed and W. Couscr were appointed to meet the A. and P. Association representative. DIRECTOR’S REPORT.

The Director reported that since last meeting a class had been formed for instruction in home nursing and invalid cookery and 40 ladies h,ad joined the class. The Hospital and Charitable Aid Board had decided to pay 10/- towards the fee of any student who would enrol as a V.A.D. worker in the event of a recurrence of the epidemic. A class had also been formed for instruction in mercantile bookkeeping for business men and women, with a roll number of 28. A proportion of these students were working for the bookkeepers’ certificate of the New Zealand University, and for the accountancy course which it was hoped to establish fully next year. The average attendance of the engineering apprentices was not satisfactory, and was in marked contrast to that of some of the other trade apprentices. The fee charged for a course of three nights weekly was only 20/- for the year. Possibly the instruction, would bo more fully appreciated if a higher fee were charged. He had arranged with the Mr S. P. Crane, foreman of the Tramways and Electricity Department to take a class in electric lighting and power. The course would include some instruction in practical house-wiring as well as in the construction, use and care of motors, dynamos, and testing instruments. A considerable part of the time would be spent in studying the principles of the subject. This would involve the purchase of some equipment as a new room would be required in the new buildings for instruction in <the power section. _ The course in boot-repairing, interrupted last year by the epidemic, had now been completed, and students would be enrolled for a new ' course about the middle of the months. The roll number of the school was now 278 as compared with 268 at the same time last year. The report was adopted. Accounts amounting to £845 12s were passed for payment.

DON’T SELL YOUR FURNITURE. “Dear Peggy,” my advice ia “bring your furniture with you.” Before coming here wo sold up. It cost us a lot of money to refurnish. Alice got her furniture packed and sent by rail and boat through the NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS COMPANY. The work was done splendidly, and most reasonably.—Molly.—(Advt.)