S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2392, 6 August 1892, Page 3

S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The monthly meeting of the Board of Education was held on Thursday. Present — Messrs S. W. Goldsmith (chairman), J. Jackson, J. Talbot, W. Storey, R. H. Pearpoint, M. Gray, G. H. Rhodes, W. B. Howell, and Rev. J. White. chairman's statement. The chairman stated that since the last meeting he had received the resignation of Mr McCarthy. He had also received the resignation of Mr M. J. Meagher, of the Timani Public School. ARBOR DAY. Several members expressed regret that the meeting \vas not postponed in honor Arbor Day, and their high approval of the idea. Mr Jackson and Mr Storey thought the Government should have given longer notice, and also have been prepared to furnish suitable trees and reserves for planting. Mr Rhodes vigorously protected against looking to the Government. Surely people could put in a few seeds to raise trees, or else get trees from the gardeners. Mr Pearpoint concurred, and mentioned that at Geraldine £ls had been collected in ,• subscriptions, the gardeners had given away a good many trees, and they were going to plant them in the school grounds and other places. Mr Howell said that in America the Government largely sup- * plied the trees. government correspondence, A memo, from the Department expressed regret for an error in a table in the anaual report. The table gives, among other things, a comparison of the percentage of failures in the several education districts, and gives the percentage of South Canterbury as 29.6, whereas it should be 20.%. The error throws South Canterbury low down in order of success, when it should be well up. I rui'iL teachers' examination. Mr Gow, the inspector, submitted the following jF.eport on annual examination of pupil teachers, which began on June 28th and ended on July 2nd:— Forty pupil teachers sat for exam illation—Fourth year, m. 1, f. 11; third year, m. 1, £■ 8 ; second year, in. 4, f. 7; first year, m.. 3, f. 5; total, m. 9, f. 31. Seventeen young persons who do ijot Hold appointments under the bpav4 wevp examined with the pupil t.eaphei'3. TJipy were grouped as follows; -.-r Third year J., second year 3, first year Hi, Qi the forty pupil tend"* i.i -Mild - •* -rs three failed vl-i v Lli m T lU ° U ~~ (me iH tho third just. Five of tho candidates passed and

twelve failed. Robt. T. Wood, Waimataitai; Fred. H. Oxby, Eliza Campbell, and Annie E. Oxby, Timaru Main, I deserve special mention for the excellence of their papers. Margaret Miller, Waimate; Marion McCaskill (candidate), Temuka ; Chas. F. T. Baxter, Waimate ; Amy E. Fiefield, Woodbury; and Amy E. Evans, Pareora, passed with great credit. The following is an extract from Mr Bilton's remarks on the music examination :—" To raise the standard of the classes to the same degree as in England I would recommend for use among all the pupil teachers, particularly the tonic sol-faists, a work already extensively used in Dunedin called 'Pupil Teachers' Notes.' It is cheap—sixpence a copy — and is arranged into four different sets of questions suitable for each class, interspersed with subject matter for study a most useful little work for candidates and pupil teachers." A tabulated statement of the marks gained by each pupil teacher and candidate is appended. The following are the marks awarded to each examinee (the letter " C " stands for •' candidate ") : Fourth year (total marks : boys, 800 ; girls, 850 —50 extra for sewing)—Eliza Campbell, Timaru, 733; Annie Oxby, Timaru, G9B ; Amy Fiefield, Woodbury, 603; Gertrude Brown, Temuka, SGO; Barbara Strachan, Timaru, 529; Mabel Henderson, Timaru, 498 ; Lettie Hassell, Timaru, 494 ; Emma Campbell, Timaru, 493; Annie Scott, Waihoa, 488; Ada Stocker, Waitohi, 441; Martha Freeman, Waimate, 429; Richard Stonehouse, Geraldine, 514. Third year (total marks : boys, 850 ; girls, 900)— Margaret Miller, Waimate, 708 ; Win. Cotter, Timaru, 558 ; Jessie Fyfe, Waimataitai, 541; Eva Fyfe, Wai-iti, 524 ; Maud Boutcher, C, Fairlie, 490; Harriet Sibley, Timaru, 490; Lizzie Avison, Timaru, 471 ; Rosina Goodey, Temuka, 453 ; Lavinia Clarke, Seadown, 414 ; Alf. E. Werry, Timaru, 511.

Second year (total marks, boys 660, girls 710) —Amy Evans, Pareora, 504; Edith Sunnaway, Timaru, 482; Lillie Jones, Upper Waitohi, 424; Charlotte Bates, Belfield, 418 ; Eliz. Williams, Adair, 401; Amy E. Jones, Point, 358 ; C, Albury, 343; Alice Glanville, Orari South, 340 ; C, Point, 199 (the last three failed) ; Fred. H. Oxby, Timaru, 551 : Chas. Baxter, Waimate, 480 ; Arthur Talbot, Rangitira, 456 ; Geo. E. Baxter, C. Sutherlands, 367 ; W. Lawlor, Orari Bridge, 355. First year (total marks, boys 620, girls 670)—Marion McCaskill, C, Temuka, 503 ; Margaret Smart, Waimate, 456 ; Jessie McLeod, Temuka, 452 ; Lilian Brown, C, Temuka, 448; Annie Leslie, St. Andrews, 403 ; Alice Whitney, Waituna, 386 ; Marion Pringle, Waimataitai, 377 "Violet Taylor, C, Belfield, 340; the foregoing girls pass. Candidates from the following schools fail: - Glenavy, 332 ; Albury, 320 ; Waihao, 310; Sutherlands, 304; Rangitata Island, 296 ; Sutherland, 295 ; Washdyke, 265 ; Belfield, 242. Two boys pass —Robert Wood, Waimataitai, 549 ; W. R. S. Willoughby, Geraldine, 313. Three boys fail—W. McKay, Milford, 264 ; and candidates from Point, 241; Glenavy, 185. The inspector made some special recommendations on certain cases, and a general n jte that " A very large number of candidates came up for examination with the pupil teachers. Ido not think it is desirable to open the examination for those the service of the board as pupil teachers, and I would respectfully ask the board to consider whether the practice of admitting candidates to the examination be continued or not."

Resolutions were passed adopting the recommendations of the inspector on the special cases; that teachers be requested to give certificates with more care, as much time of the inspector lias been wasted in examining candidates who should not have been submitted; and that a committee —Messrs Talbot, Gray, and Rhodes—report at the next meeting on the advisability, or otherwise, of allowing other than specially prepared pupils to attend the examination. VOTE OF CONDOLENCE. It was msved by Mr Rhodes, seconded by Mr Gray, and carried—" That a motion of condolence be tendered to the secretary on the occasion of the recent bereavement in his family." At a lattei stage the secretary, Major Bamfield was granted leave of absence for 10 or 14 days. GERALDINE RESIDENCE. It was agreed that tenders should be called at once for alterations to the master's house at Geraldine, and one accepted by the office if below the amount agreed upon. BANK CHARGES.

The secretary stated that the new bank bank charges would cost £lB or £2O a a year. It would be unfair to make the teachers pay the exchange, as a sewing mistress would have to pay Gd on a cheque for £l, as much as head teacher on a cheque for £2O. The Board agreed that it must bear the charge, not the teachers. ASHWICK FLAT. Six tenders were received for the erection of a schoolroom fit Ashwick Flat—J. Riddle (accepted), £190; W. McKay, £196 7s ; J. Iverach, £198; T. Foden, £233 9s ; J. W. Higgins, £263 2s 6d, I'IMARD SCHOOL. It was decided to ask Mr Meagher to reconsider his reconsider his resignation, especially as by public reports of his committee the Board see that they also wished him to withdraw his resignation. TEMUKA SCHOOL. A memorandum from the Teniuka School Committee stated that they were very much aggrieved at the conduct of the head-master, in absenting himself from school without leave, thereby treating the committee with discourtesy, if not with absolute defiance. The committee asked the board, if no valid excuse was forthcoming, to censure Mr Edge, or if an efficient locum tanenn was available to suspend Mr Edge forthwith.— Mr "Storey pxplained that Mr Edge left Timaru for Tepiuka lis usual on Monday morning, but instead of wetting off the train he went on, and sent a telegram from Ashburton that he had been compelled to go to Christchurch, and would be back on Tuesday night. He had not got back on "Wednesday night, and nothing more h:id. been, he;uVt pj him.—Tl|«j GV-'it' l vv.!U authorised to make arrangements for tilling the position (the temporary head mastership, at Temiika) if possible on Monday next, unless the head master is in a position, ip. resume his duties by tl\at tini ( ;, and give a patiflfastaiiy reason for iris aVJ.spii^e*

OqjrpilTTßE; S CQEJESPON DEN<!E.

Mr Jones, "Winchester, wrote explaining that he did not wait on the Board. §\ the previous meeting, oj) ]>&lia]f pj IVtv because/he. was tcid M" McCartjjy jiacl *)><••• " \vft3 UHjjb— - his 'iiiilltfi*"*" " „„ossary.

„.* citation Committee wrote for a register grate, instead of the stove proposed to be given them. Mr Talbot supposed that tlie Committee had condemned the stove on seeing it; they should give it a trial, aud they would line] it far more

effective an 1 economical than a grate. The Committee also requested that a re sidence be built for the master.—Referred to the building committee. Woodbury asked that Miss Fifield be appointed assistant mistress.—Agreed to. Geraldine applied for a complete set of physical apparatus. —The secretary stated the board had never in his time supplied such apparatus. There were some sets obtained before that; they were costly and apt to get out of order. The chairman said the use made of them had justified the outlay upon them.—Mr Farnie to be allowed to take what he can use from among old apparatus now in the office. Fairlie Creek asked for a pupil teacher. —Regulaticons must be complied with. Albury asked for a grant for taking down plaster lining in school and replacing it with match lining, .is in every nor'wester more or less plaster came down.— £8 granted if not less than £l2 is expended. Kingsdown asked for a pupil teacher to replace Miss Munro, given leave of absence for sickness. —Post to be offered to Miss Clark, Seadown.