TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 141, 7 August 1911, Page 6

TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE.

The annual meeting of the Taranaki Branch of the New' Zealand Educational Institute was held on Saturday, when there was a good attendance, Mr H. Stratford (president) presiding. The annual report was of a very satisfactory nature, the membership standing at 136, or 96 per cent, of the teacheis in the district. The report ye-* ferred to the case of Miss'-Ross, fdr-S merly teacher at Okone, who was injured by, her horse putting its foot through tlie decking of the bridge. ,Thc Institute had endeavoured, on Miss-' Ross’s behalf, to obtain some compen-h sation from the County Council, but the legal advice obtained was that they had no remedy against tfie Council, on the grounds that it was a case of non-feasance, not malfeasance; The report also traversed the.work of the year, and mentioned that the branch nad a credit balance of £7 14s od. A circular was read from the general secretary in Wellington, setting out what hacl fcoen done •„ endeavouring ,to obtain a unir<_ m system vi promotion, ri.e ..cation had said A v.„„ . i.: u:;'. of the contralisatic.i 1 • t1;.3 U.rp > torate. He was also in fyn p.thv w. a the proposal to reahe'd tno hum jtr 01 I education boards. A letter was era ci'l.o members who had lately been transferred, and a resolution' was carried,', on the motion of. Messrs; Dempsey and Wiley, “that, owing to the great expanse incurred by many teacheis when being transferred from one school to another, the board be respectfully asked to make arrangements whereby such expenses should be paid.” It was decided to ask the general executive whether it would refund legal expenses that would be incurred by the presence of a solicitor at teachers’ enquiries. Reference was made to the criticism ■or: handwriting in schools by members of the Education, Board, to the publication of lists of teachers who failed to pass their examination, and to a letter from Mr. Richardson to the Inglewood School .Committee on borporal punishment, and it was refeolved: “That; "fchist Ihstititute views With regret the growing tendency of the Board to allow certain matters, likely to embarrass teachers in the execution of their duties, to bo made I public through the medium of the public press.” • The secretary was instructed to have a further hundred each of the geography and composition schemes printed. The secretary was voted an honorarium of throe guineas. ' ■ Votes of thanks were passed to the outgoing officers, to tho press far sup- : port a nd to tho Board for the use of the bbar'drboni for meetings. Mr Dempsey moved, “That this In- j stitute wishes to place on record its high appreciation of Mr Wade’s zeal 1 and untiring efforts on behalf of cdu- 1 cation as a member of the' Taranaki; 1 Education Board for twenty-nine years i and chairman,.for five years,.” Second- ‘ ed by Mr StrJ^pVd,. l and earned. Officers were rjeerted .as :follows: President, Mr Stratford (re-elected); vice-presidents, Mrs Dowling, and Mr Q. John son; secretary and treasurer. Mr Mcllroy; executive, Miss Mead and Messrs vXryer,' ,Mail, Pope and Wylie ; auditor, Mr Bary.—‘.‘News.”, r