THAMES HIGH SCHOOL.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXI, Issue 6321, 5 February 1889, Page 2

THAMES HIGH SCHOOL.

Tub unnnnl mooting of the Governors of tho Thames High School Wiis held yesterday uflwnoon. Present: Messis Carpouter (chairman), Brodie, Dean, Douglas, Wood, and the Rev. S J.Neill. CnAIRMAN. Mr Carpenter was electee! chairman on the motion of Mr Ikorlie iioconlod by Mr Wood. Tin; proposer said tbii , . Mr Oiirpeiitei had always tiiken mi interest in educational nmtteiv, and when a member lit' the Provincial Council had done tnucli to'.Mirils establishing the present system of education, iiKAD masthr's itgpoitr. Ilio following report was read from Mr Jat Ailams H.A., headmaster:—" I have the honor lo iiiform yo.i that I sent up to the pnblift oxiiiniiKiii'His, in December Insi, lil'U'un pupils from tlio Upper Sclicol. Five; of these competed for University juuiur scholarships, and one of them, Auuie Murray, obtained honors, and Ihe four others, M 15. lionphaw, Isabella Lowrie, Ernost Miller, and S. A. Uetheringion. are crodited with passing the ex amiimtion, In the matriculation exninina(ion Amy Phillips oblnincd Bqventlipl«c«. and Aniiio Adams thirty second place. Tho total number that passed was one hundred and fifty. Six pupils competed for senior district scholarships. Louisa Hansen obtained second place, and thus won a scholarship, aul J. Watson, S P.trris, Jus. Kcrnick. and Efllo Murray 'iblaiiied c.jrlilicatcs of merit. The results of the Junior Civil Service- examination arc not yot published, so that tlio success, or otherwise, of. the two emdidates is still doubifiil. The above results, together with my report on tlio lower forms of the School that I presented at the distribution »E certilicoteu, will give the Governors fii'l information on tho condition of tlio School. I did hope that Miss Aonio Murray would have won a University Junior Scholarship, and the fact that she actually obtained more than throe-fourths of the popfliblo marks at this difficult exaniiufllion shows her high attainments I may mention that ono of the two suecessfu) candidates in Auckland had boon long a student at the University College She had ovon won an Entrance Scholarship and kept a yew's term under the mition of the Professors. Then a short time buforo tho oxumiunlion she becamo a pupil oil tho Auckland Grammar School, aud thus, after many years, obtained the Scholarship In this case a candidato voluntarily loses three years in taking iv.t doRiTO in order to gain this honor. It will be easily f.ceu that when this strategy in adopted throughout Now Zealand, raw recruits of sixteen or seventeen years of ago have littla chance against such volcnna."—Received. FINANCE. Vouchers woro receive 1 from Wellington tor £34 and £61 10 a Gd. being tho goldlielils revenue applicable to the schocl for September and November. THE FRENCH MASTER, Mr Do Oourcoy Potterton's resignation wan read. Tho resignation, was received, aud llio visiting Committee instructed to draw up a memo, on the subject, ' ) APPLICATIONS Foil ADMISSION. Applications on behalf of the following were granted, W. 11. Baker, J. D. James, Junius Garcia, thoy having all passed the sixth standard in the coniuiun schools, CiifcTIFIOATBS It was agreed that tho Chairman should appoint a day for the formal presentation of the certificates, gained during the recent elections, VOWS OF ADMISSION Mr Duan said ho thought that there should bo u dato fixod up to which applications for admission would bo recoivud, and that scholars should be eligible after passing tho fifth standard, and movod for a oinmiltoo of tho whole Board to consider the question. Agroed to. DRAWING. Mr Duan said that the drawing was a disgnico to tho echool, and moved that the Visiting Coiumittoo report as to tho best moans oE remedying this defect. Agreed to, VISITING COMMITTEE. Messrs Carpenter, Brodie, and Rev. S. J Noill woro nppointed a Visiting Coinmit'.oo SUITABLE BBCOOKITION. Tht) liov. S. J. Noill gave notico o£ motion— "Thiit Miss Foy's salary bo incroaßod by £20." Ho said that her duties are now moro arduous and that the lady had fulfilled them with great ability, FRENCH MASTER, The visiting Committee were authorised to mako temporary arrangements for the teaching of tlio Fronch lauguago rendered nocessary by the resignation of Mr Pottorton. Tho usual accounts were passod for payinenl, and the business terminated,