EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13740, 2 November 1908, Page 3

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE.

Tbe monthly meeting of the South t'anI'tbaiT District UnoitioDil Itfctitute was bel 4 in tbe Glasgow tearoom* ou Saturday morning. There was a large attendance* than Etna), about forty teacber» U :ug j<xv*o>t, more than half b-log ladie>. The |Hv«hWdi, Mr J. Mcnrio, IKI'U[ u-il tbr • hair Thr<r new metnbeiH were elected. and tbe MTttarr. ill Valentin--. t-aird ibaL all iWit4chrm in tbe district eirt|i! une or lw« it«e dot roruiM. Tbs treasurer, Mr Valentine, announced tbat tbr annual Irvv t« the New 2f«]>iid Kducatioaal Institute it parable by November 30th. therefore lie hoped that tlie turit un|i*id subscript ioo» would couie in dunug tlx* a»oath. The Kottair read a wph to a <ia*-ry iddietKil it« the le fcuperannnation. The n-phr wan to the effect that l«r original contributor*. |>u]>ii teacher ami training college firnrii* counted a* lack service under tbe old lan. Sonar »oggbitu>n» for amendment of thr rule* of the Central InMituu- u- re. IrnvtJ and cmtideratinn def-ired. A diacMdo* took place on tbe <j u-*t ion of teacbers' Mhrint, and a deputation wm% appointed to meet the Prune Minister on the eabject »t«Oraru Cop« of tbe Public Service Clwifirjttoa and Superannuation Art were di<tribo:ed for tlw ■iiloruintioti • ! m-mu i». Tbr secretary that <outiib.ir.it. to tbe fknd ate .-dkiw.-d *u tiiont!a« in which i«» *l'\f wbeilei tlirv nJi im.in ■■der tb<- old «Mr torn.- uu..n the .. * kWM. If nu cVctiun Ib uiauc ibtj will be brought nnd< r the new stratum. Tbe sccretaiy acknowledged hi* in lUttdntM to tbe courte»y of tbe Hon. J. Asstey in forwarding ropie* of Parlia mentarr papem referring to education. A l»epartmeo:al circular was received from the Hoard, with reference to the »upply of free school book* to tbe infants and Standards I. and 11. iA teacher a»ked how far 6d a head wouli! go in books for tin? prrftarjtbir clan»e».) Tbe •cental; to the Beard asked for tlw opinion of tbe Institute a* to tbe toiut suitable tvadtia to be Mppbed.—Tlie liork Committee recommended the " Urapbic " teno, as this contained a good proportion of New Zealand material. Blackie's ""Model" series was eery highly tboogbt of. but ir contained no local material. was easier than tbe "Graphic," and contained some Tery fine work in Knglish. The *' Graphic" *» halfway between it and tbe seritt now in me.—The committee's recommendation wu adojited. The sub-committee of tbe Institute appointed to consider the scheme of marling to be adopted by bead teacher* at tbeir final examination* this month or next, bad drawn np thi* table at a recommendation lo ail cwncem-d. Tbe Male adopted i* 0-50:— I. Reading is allotted 50 marks. 2. Spelling and writing, 30 for spelliug. 20 for writing. Tests to be net—Standard* I. and 11.. 30 words; Standard 111., bay •is lint* dictation and 10 words; Standards IV. and VI., sar eight lines of dictation and 10 words of spelling. 4 mark* to lv deducted for tack error. • 3. Composition, 35 for <hur, 15 for gtammar: |*pib not. to be pnlutd lor spelling • rrora im composition anless in xeb worn, as there. too. etc. 4. Arithmetic, 50 marks, 10 marks per sum in Standard* 111. and VI.. marks to b» allowed for method if work it wrong, but not motv than-half marks for anr nun. It is hoped that memWrs generally will see tbeir way to adopt litis ■cbrme' It should be «iider»tood that it applies only tu the nurlut to be rent in to tbe insure* ore. Teachers may we any icbeme I bey (ilraae for determining the clue place* of merit. Per Ck« Association. X API Kit, Octol>er 31. At a wting of the Ilawke's Bay Teachetb* littitnt* to-day. it wu tonlml —"That this meeting of teachers of tbe Ilawke's Bay dstrjet feel greatly duapiniatnl at the Nfxirted interpretation placed on the Kdncation Amendment Act. 1906, so far as our salaries are con I csnx-d, and respectfully a»k tbe Minbter of Kilucilkhi io" g% an official interpretation of this special phrase of llie Act." HOKITIKA. October 31. The Writ laud Teaclieii.' la«t>lale |eri«»l tbe following motiou : "That since the Education Amendment Art ban utterly failed to <leal effertirely with tbr chief defects of the «y»t*m, in>ecuriiy of ■alary ami doo-promotion of teecbete, the tran«frr scheme being quite nnwotkable in the small dWtticls, this branch tegreU Mr Foster's mitleading congratulatinui to lbs Muiiuer of Kducatutn ou the pasting of the Act."