SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8057, 15 November 1906, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Hamilton West District High School committee was held last evening. Present : Messrs S. Knight (chairman), S. Hardley, J. E. Tidd, W. F. Mason, J. A. Young, E. Burgess (secretary) and W. H. Worsley, (headmaster) Correspondence was read ai under From the Waihi District High School Committee asking for the co-operation of the Hamilton Committee in urging the Minister to sepirate the primary and secondary departments of District High fcohools, in order ;to remove the first assistants of secondary departments from the supervision of prim «y school headmasters. 1 The head an J assistant masters at Waihi had networked together harmoniously. The headimster said the whole trouble had arisen at Waibi only, as f >r as he knew. I'he headmaster there had not bean workt) ing amicably with his first assistant. Be--3 cause the system did not wcrk well at 0 Waihi, it did not follow that it did not 1 work satisfactorily elsewhere. Must headf masters used their power over the second- { ary department with discretion. The t -alary offered to secondary assistants was » aot sufficiently high to attract the e best men. It would to his - mind be unwise to separate, unless the i salaries were made sufficiently high to e seoure men of experience in school manage- - uient and teachers of high attainment), if i they altered the system, the distriut high a schools would have to be abolished. They e were instituted to save expense, Mr Burgess suggested that toe letter be s received and that no aotion be taken. Mr Young considered that the matttr , was too imp irtant to be thrown aside i so lightly. The matter had reoently betn t the subject of a controversy in the Aucks land papers, without any reference to f Waihi. If any recommendation was to 1 e e made to the Minister, they should thin* s over it well because they would be ailected a as much as Waihi. Toe Chairman said the separation would mean that there would be two controlling 1 bodies. s Mr Tidd thought that if they supportel s the Waihi Committee it would be an ads mission that the system was not working i well in Hamilton, where it was working '■ very well. lie would move "That this 9 Committee baing perfectly satiated with j the system as applied at the Hamilton 3 West Distriot High School, cannot see its a way to support the Waihi Committee in its s endravout to secure an alteration. " a The motion was seoonded by Mr Ilirdley a and cirried unanimously. From Mt H. J. Greenslade, M.H.R., s stating that he would assist the Committee 1 in any way possible regarding the use of l the Town llall for ichool purposes.—Rt--1 ceived. a Mr Young reported having interviewed i Air F. W. Lang, a member of the Board of r Education, on the subjaot of new high school buildings and the rent of the Hall, r Mr Lang informed him that Mr CrowJ f had reported that the cost of the new rooms - would be .£5lB, and the Board had ap- ) plied to the Depaitmeat for a grant of that i amount. From the Secretary for Elucttion stating that the question of the medical examination of school ohildren was recdviug consideration.—Recei/ed. B From the Auckland Education Board . stating that the drainage alterations at the . Headmaster's residenoa would be undertaken as soon as possible.—Received. From the same body authorising the Committee to expend a sum not exceeding i A'i 3s on clearing noxious weeds. The matter was left in the hands of the Secretary. From the Town Clerk stiting that the . supper room of the Town Hall was let to , the committee subject to the right of the ; Council to let the room outside school . hours, school materials to be removed on such occasions. The room was let for tl e iJSJLh inst.—Received. The headmaster reported an average attendance for both departments for the month, of 2'JO, and a roll number of 328. . He reported the accidental breaking of a , lavatory basin. The report was roceivud. Mr Worsley said the teachers were taking up the c )n"ert very enthusiastically. Their ambition was if possible to have every item as far as possible a school item. He asked for the support of the oommittee on the of the concert. It was decided that the cost of providing for this year's picnic bo paid out of th • proceeds from the concert, The visiting committee reported that the High Sthwol classes wore comfortably acoomm dated at the Town Hall. The train arrangements interfered considerably with the working of the classes. The custodian of the Town Hall required a weekly payment of 10s for cleaning the room usod for school purposes. The report was received. The charge of the custodian of Hall was considered excessive, and it was decided to request the Borough Council to allow the to send its own cleaner to the Hall. Business of minor importance was transacted, and after passing aocounts the Committee rose.