EDUCATION BOARD.
■ ' ;», monthly meeting. The, G';iva nald EdiicnLion Board commenced. its, uauai piiniithly ,meeting 'last night. Present: Messrs. Jus.. Wade (chairman). S. A,,/UUftQV. &pung, W. C. Cargill, A. H. llalpombc,. W. .Rogers,. IF. Trimble/ W. L;‘^NcKyman 1 ,. and ; ,A. Morton. CHAIRMAN’S’ 'REPORT. Tae chairman reported'that the Departnient had igranted'. £230 : j told tile Pilco school. Thus . grant, s\vas/£(K) less than the Board’s- -application, ! ami the building-would nefle.ssurilv be reduced, in size. The TututuyVg,, Kp)(ito, : Kent/Al-i bert, and Egniont,. .Village school committees had been-granted leave to reduce the mid-day recess and release their schools at 3 p.m. during the winter months'. - '■ MANUAL AND TECITNfCAL. Mr. E. J. Heatley, technical organiser, reported that at Stratford the bookkeeping and continuation classes were progressing most satisfactorily. The drawing and design class was, however, not so well attended, but very good work was being done by the students. Wool-classing classes did not seem so popular this .year. Classes had been started at Te Wera and Toko. The best classes would probably he got towards -Whangamombna amp Koliuratahi if arrangements could be made-for the instructor ,to get out -at a reasonable cost. Successful dairy work elastics at Ngaero and Midhirst had been started during' the month, some thirteen students having been enrolled at Ngaero and fifteen at Midhirst. 'The Inglewood book-keeping class was carrying on with ten students and the dress-making class had sixteen. ,He hoped shortly to have a .dairy - work class there and at Bell Block. In New Plymouth the number of students had increased fr/un 79 to 100, ten of these being farmers’ sons engaged on the farms and desirous of taking somepi instruction in surveying, ingrrauliußff/idjiiij'y Jfl&friWrilry, and nuJthl-WOrk. A comihencem'ent was made on May' 10th, and the hoys evinced great interest in their work. I be pupils came'from Waif nra and New Plymouth. Arrangements had been made so that a, piece of ground will lie available for the practical work in agriculture, This ground had been surveyed and laid-out by the-boys. • Mention was made , of the possibility of forming a seetiop of senior cadets in connection with the -Nr-iv Plymouth Technical College, in -Order" to : prevent undue inter- ■ forencc- by drill with the college classes. —Adopted. A"-:; AGRICULTURE‘IN SCHOOLS. Mr. R. McK. Morisoh, instructor in agriculture, reported ‘that he had visited 27 schools since March 2.2nd, and on llie whole satisfactory work was being done. Some of the schools wore not up -In the mark. Oaonni again stood “right, out on its own as by far and away the best,” . SCHOOL COMMITTEES’ ACCOUNTS Mr. P. S. Whileombc, the secretary, and auditor of the school committees’ accounts, reported that all the accounts had been audited but Kina, Masker’s, Ma,tau, Marco, Okoke, and Piko. These committees had been reminded that their books had not' yet been received. Most of tbe accounts were carefully kept, but, as usual, there were a few, that required consideration. ' TilE STRATFORD EIRE.; / ' , Air. C. D. Sole, ■ehairu.i.ap; Stratford committee, wroth, 'requesting that the Board in d'enjtipg 7 wvth ,tfte , matter, of re-building thg T pp.rtaonJ,.of,.the-, Strut-.: ford school destroyeclnhy lire, talcs: into consideration theufkisifrabilitq' -of i build* in'g 'in brick, as befott -Jowg-nn'-ihdiAH,s¥ in acenminodalion-iit winuhkbe OehcssaVy to provide for the' .'inl-tiisfoii "of niiiie room in tlie new building'than hitherto available. ’ ‘*bm» -•- , The, chairman reported that on receipt of the report of the Stratford fire, he had held an enquiry, with Messrs. 'I rimble, Cargill, and Morton, and they bad come to the conclusion that tile tire had been caused bv a defective chimney, and was quite accidental. In the discussion on the question of re-erection, it was mentioned that the Minister of Education would lie in the district on the 17tli prox., and it would be advisable to ask liiiu to visit the sile and become hilly acquainted with (be requirements;' Messrs. Cargill,', Trimble! Kenpcdy, and the chairman ((!!.,ijuppor-todithe proposal that the sciiqpl. Should lie reerooted in brick, and on the motion of Messrs. Cargill and Trimble a, resolution was carried that the architect bo instructed to visit Stratford and confer with the committee and ■ the chief inspector, and draw plans to (be-'Submitted lo the Board at llic'mexti nice)ing'T6r a new building to repined ‘‘tliV?''destroyed' section of the Stratford school,',, and' prepare alternative estimates of the cost in brick and wood. A further resolution was passed that the Board forward copies of the committee's report and (he letter from the Stratford District High School committee to the Minister of Education, with the request (hat as it is • understood that lie is visiting Taranaki shortlv. (.liar, he include Stratford in his visit, wit’ll (he object of meeting the- Board to discuss the host policy to tic adopted in re-building-the destroyed sections of the Stratford school. NEW SCHOOL WANTED. Settlers on the Waiugongovo road, above Cardin’, applied, for the erection of a school.—-It yViiR-decided to ask 1 Mr. Rogers to visit the locality ami make ■pnqiU.r’es. r-ii-’rMug to- Uie' ru-kt fheetimv \,i : Uif-:- thMhl. '
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 80, 24 May 1911, Page 3
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