Gore HIGH SCHOOL BOARD

Southland Times, Issue 23179, 21 April 1937, Page 15

Gore HIGH SCHOOL BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING The monthly meeting of the Gore High Schools Board of Governors was held yesterday when there were present Messrs E. C. Smith (chairman), J. H. Clark, S. Rice, H. C. Mac Gibbon, F. Wallis, jun., and E. H. W. Rountree (rector).

The Director of Education (Mr N. | Lambourne) wrote stating the board’s application about wood work and metal work classes would be dealt with immediately on the return of the secondary school inspectors to Wellington. The director of accounts of the Post and Telegraph Department wrote advising that the Postmaster-General had approved of the payment of 10/towards the school library funds. The donation was received with thanks. The secretary of the Gore Men’s Hockey Club forwarded a cheque for one guinea towards the upkeep of the hostel grounds and requested the use of the grounds during the season. Permission was also sought for the use of the grounds for a seven-a-side tournament on May 12. The donation was accepted and it was decided to leave the application for use of the grounds on May 12 in the hands of the chairman and secretary. The secretary of the Eastern Southland Rugby Football Sub-Union applied for permission to use the hostel grounds during the season. The matter was left in the hands of the chairman and secretary with power to act. A letter was received from Mrs E. C. Mead accepting the appointment as commercial mistress and stating that she would commence duties on May 1.

Rector’s Report

The Sector’s report stated:— “The roll now stands at 254, consequently the schogj has maintained its

grade. New enrolments amount to 111, which constitutes a record for the school, but this has been offset by the fact that 115 pupils left last year. Of these 66 left during, and 49 at the end of the year. All testing has been completed and pupils have now been placed for the most part in classes corresponding to their ability. Any adjustments necessary will be made on the results of the tests in ordinary school work carried out as part of the usual routine.

“Evening classes have been commenced. The following gives the enrolments for each subject:—English 23; typing 22; shorthand-18; arithmetic 14; book-keeping 8; dressmaking 7; mathematics 7; history 6; drawing 5; languages 5; other classes 15; total 130. By combining some of the smaller classes under teachers qualified to take both subjects classes have been formed with an average roll of 13. It was most gratifying to find in a town of the size of Gore so many young people who are willing to give up their evenings to attend night school for the purpose of improving their education. As far as I can ascertain the number enrolled is much greater than we have had for some time.

“There are now 24 pupils at the hostel, while eight attend for lunch. The renovations at the hostel are now completed, resulting in a great improvement in the appearance of the rooms and the comfort of the pupils. “A school council, consisting of two members of the staff, the prefects and two councillors elected by each house, has been formed. The aims of the council are: (1) To assist the rector and staff in building and maintaining a high school tone; (2) to assist in the maintenance of a high standard of discipline within and outside the school; (3) to discuss and formulate plans for the improvement of the tone, discipline and general working of the school. The school council provides excellent training in the conduct of meetings, while at the same time the students have valuable experience in giving a lead to the rest of the pupils and sharing in the control of the school. Pupils, too, can through their appointed representatives have their suggestions considered or their grievances aired. “During the month a visit was paid by Miss Varley, who talked to the school on missionary work in Nigeria, while Mr Emmett lectured to the boys in the rural course on certain diseases in sheep. “The suggested terms for the year will be as follows:—First term, March 15 to May 14; second term, May 31 to August 27; third term, September 13 to December 17. “It was not considered necessary to close the school during the educational conference in July as certain teachers are, for various reasons, unable to attend and these, with the help of the school council, will carry on the work of the school for that week. “Mr Macartney has been carrying on the metalwork classes under great difficulties, but, nevertheless, has made excellent progress. To proceed further some more apparatus and material was urgently required and the board should authorize the spending of a portion of the special fund to provide enough equipment to carry on for the year with the first year pupils. H in the meantime the Government decided to take action in the matter of providing us with a building and. equipment the material could be used in the new rooms. There was need, too, for the provision of certain tools for use with the woodwork classes. These could be kept separate from the general tools for the use of our own pupils. “Inquiries have been made about duplicators, epidiascopes and cinemas for use in the school. With regard to the first two, it was suggested that the board provide part of the cost, and the secretary write to the department about a subsidy and the remission of Customs duty.”

GOLF The draw of the Gore Women’s Golf Club for the L.G.U. and silver spoon match to be played tomorrow is as folMount Wendon.—Mrs F. V. Piper v. Miss M. Maher; Miss M. Rogers v. Miss K. Kirk; Mrs A. E. Boult v. Mrs J. J. Perry; Mrs J. A. S. Aitken v. Mrs E. J. Crosbie; Mrs J. J. Stroud v. Mrs G. Peterson; Miss I. Rhodes, v. Mrs G. C. Hamilton. Dusky.—Mrs J. Richie v. Mrs R. McCreath; Mrs J. Ross v. Mrs G. Mitchell; Miss N. Patterson v. Mrs G. Mitchell; Miss N. Paterson v. Miss K. Jopp; Miss J. Corcoran v. Miss L. Dolamore; Dr Hastie v. Miss M. Fox; Mrs J. Sinclair v. Mrs A. V. Latty. Saturday Players.—Miss R. Blaikie v. Miss D. Perry; Miss F. McHutcheson v. Miss M. McLeod; Miss Robinson v. Miss M. McLeod; Miss Ribinson v. Miss E. Graham; Miss K. Kelly v. Miss M. Moore; Miss E. Johnston v. Miss L. Jopp; Miss A. Thomson a bye.