SCHOOL COMMITTEES

Timaru Herald, Issue 170299, 18 August 1920, Page 5

SCHOOL COMMITTEES

~\YAIMATIS. The monthly meeting of the V. :iiJUiite District Dign .icuool Conimutee was lieici on Monuay evening, Jdr ,Y\. (j. i'a.ui presiding. ' Mr J. iiitcliener, M'.l\, wrote regretting that he could not give a very lavouraule reply • bo ttio committee s petition lor the installation of a special beating system. The Department- was not disposed to create a precedent- of tliis kind ill schools already existing, ■liio Jiot Mater system was Jurourud only wnere new scnools were erected.- —• 'IIIO letter was- received,' the chairman remarking that seemingly '.hoy had. gone as far in their eirorts as tjie authorities thought lit. The Tourist Department offered sets of full-plate photos provided iho comrt.it'tee would ; gree to frame and glaze tiiem. —it was agreed to send lor tuo photographs. The Jidueation Dcpai-Lment wrote stating thai the request lor a headmaster s room and teachers' roam would be reported on by the architect. The headmaster reported that- the primal y department-, which closed on August iird, owing to the prevalence oi mumps and whooping cough, reopened ilia.l- morning. 'Jjiere was no sign oi' improvement-,, and an outlr.eaK ol measles hud further complicated maiters. 'The attendance that u:iv was: considerably less than halt', the iH'inbor of absentees heme K'Y>. Owing to licqncut- interruptions and poo-- attendances since the beginning of the \iar the stall is being severe:h.uulicapped in its earnest" efforts ui uvci'take the school work, which was already sadly in arrears. He also reported that die various football and. basket ball teams, which had opened the season so promisingly, would now. owing to tho prevalence of sickness, probably have io forfeit the remainder of their outside matches. After some discussion it was decided to close the school for a further fortnight. It was also decided to approach the ministers of clmrche-i and the picture theatre proprietors with a. -rimv to getting their cooperation, in checking the spread of sickness-.

Accounts amounting to £'lo 0s 'id were passed for payment.

TEMUKA. The monthly-meeting' of the Ternuka District ±iigu beixooi committee vtu» hem iast evening, there nemg present — Air .h. x>. Cooper (Cfnurnuuw. jirs •i.jJlbrooK. .jtessrs Jiiguioot-u/j.,, .j. nu-iio, i'. saaaers, and xj. (j. s>l-i'iius!uiw. llio ciiajrnuui suited turn. ine truck of coal wniclt Jiua been ordered some titue ago Had not. yet a-mveu. tie nau wniteu \<j I;K- jjuam regarding itpairs to tile neaumastcr and hau received a icply stating thai, the Dm tier una been reicned to uie assistant architect.

'lne headmaster (3tr J', .Motiiven, J3.A.; reported ttisit liie atteiluance jor the pas-e tlirec weeks haa been i: ticli yitecLcd by sieiuiesa, .clnciiy mumps ana wuoopmg cougn, irom vvnicn a largo number of children had teen suffering. In tne primary department In:; a/e:age attendance for tiie lour weeks l.ad been dots, *ll/, .2VM)-, and 2i2. out t.c a roll number of 3yO. The aitoimrjK-o m the secondary department wa.-s normal. .tie ha a been notiiicd mat Messrs Brock and ,selmeider intend to visit the seaool lor the annual mspection oit tne" liltli nist. The next terra examination would be complete. t about Friday, September 3; ;ina lie wo.uu suggest that, the term holidays commence tlie following Aloiuiay. " • In answer to Mrs Tillbrook. yh' Methvcn said that ho thought the illness amongst the. children was r.ba.ciiig. It was decided to close tne tcnoot for a fortnight's holiday on ,September

"Accounts nmounting to £1.5 Os Gd were passed for payment. Mr Higinbottom, for the visitors (himself and Air Scrimshaw) suited that the seat castings for .Mr Cartwright's room, the Jiyloplate for the infant room, and the cover (or i-1»t; piano lmd not yet. been procured. Jhe school grounds' were very much, improved since the trees had'beeu topped." Miss Mills had approached him regarding a. cricket outfit for the hoys in the High School. The chairman said that the Hoard had notified that hyloplate was practically unobtainable, and it -.vould be some. liiuo yet before a supply M ould come to band.

It was decided to allocate :Go fs fqr the purchase of a. cricket outfit. The visitors-' report was adopted and the meeting terminated.

,AY AIM AT AIT AI. The monthiy 'meeting of the WaiinataiUu Jieliool ■ Committee .was held on Mondaj evening. Present: Messrs I'. K. Mackay (chairman), 'J'. .bIaCK, T. Jfilder, G. I'Veeman, U. Know lea, «. <i. Siade 0. .Benstead (hoii. and E. H. Ombler.

A motion of sympathy wps passed to Mi's Muddleitoiie in tier' family bereavement.

The headmaster's report stated that the number 'of the roll was 737, and the average attendance had been. yl-M lor Ujo four weeks ended August 13. That jday there were 61(5 present. J.'uring"' tiie month Inspectors Jbrock and Evans visited tiie school, and would report to the Education Board with reference to the overeroivdiug of the school, Standards I. to V. being very congested. lli was decided to transfer the names from the Jinx Honours Board to a. new and larger one, and also that in future only one dux should be recognised—girl or Y>oy. It was agreed that a few •minor repairs be executed, and to write to the. Education Department with reference to' repairs to the headmaster's house. Also that a hedge should he planted on Trafalgar Street and on the west boundary. i;he work being left in the care of Mr Knowles. The committee decided to hold a social in the Caroline Bay Pavilion on •September I, oil arrangements for the evening being left to Messrs Freeman and Eider.

The treasurer's statement showed' a credit balance of £4B.