GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 642, 20 October 1909, Page 4

GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL.

, THE ACCOMMOtiAYItoN DIFFICULTY. V'-A fjt'jPSilON FOR THE GOVEttNMENT. Sinco. the Bburd bf floVc'rhOcs have agreed tb admit free-place 'sch&lhrs .to' 'the .'Girls' • High School, on .the. unders'ta'nding that Win tsbvcrn.ment would proytdp' extra accommodation shouldn't he reb.uircd, tho Education Dcpar't- , Wont h'li.nbfr been'invited by the board to : definitely 's'fafe. What Is iritehded to bo doiib in 1 that.diittctibu.' Tlio following letter, addressed : by. Mri C. P. Poh'lcs, sccratiiry' to the bbatd, to ! 1 Sir .15, .0. Gibbcs, Scbifetary for Edndotib'n, 1 speaks fb.- itself:— 1 . >■■'■■'~ ■". ..-,:'■'With 'refbrcnPe to the hgrßomcnt by the , Governors of the Wellington College and Girls'High School i& take free-place pupils at the . Wellingtoh Girls', College Oh the'ihith bf a [ WrbMisc mattb by, 6r oh behalf of, the HolS. the . Miftißtiff.'for.Edncatioh, that .if additibnal 'lieI eommodation' be found necessary ,tho GbvbrA- . rnent Would defray the.«xpbhse, 1 havb 'thb hbn- , our to remihd yon that the terms of the m'b- , tibnpnposod by the Hon. DrVFindlayj speaking with the auth'brity bf a- Cabihct Mimstbr, were:. That tne board agrees to rtceivb. fepvalb holders 'bf'Yirbficibncy te'rliiicatcs' ht tho Wellington, Girls' College to the extent bf any'feii 1 isting'Vacant aecominodition, hnd bf any fur- ; ther accqmmodation provided by th'e GbVP'r'A'ment' under SectionVlo ; of tho Education' Act, . 1008 V ■;":. ■ -.■.'.■*';','...-";■ -;V-"; ■ - ;; : ■ , "The.governors aro advised;by the secretary !■ Of tho'lwucatibh Board, who Consulted the inspector hni the vaWbus head teachers 6f the ; Wellington city and suburban .schools (not including Potohe and the Hutt Valley), that.at ' the beginning of 1310 accommodation will be ' needed T-Vr 170 girls Qualified 'as free-place pupils, .and wishful. tb attend a secondary . school. V'.This number includes hbtrnt thirty pupils removing from tho existing classes held irt; the''various district high' schools.' The'.pro. ' sent room space bf the. Girls' Cnllege will nlloiv . bf the admission' bf an additional attendnncb bf .. 20 girls, and" it is therefore necessary that-a 1 no* :bwiMirig tb;acbbmVnbdatb.: 150 pupils -shall be.erected without'delay'. The govbrnors'cbH- . eider'that'this calls for, the. putting- tip-.ttf' a - school; in brick *ith .'six .tlassrobms,, a large" as- \ !.e'mmj»;hall,-.hecessary ■ Vcloak-rtoms adjoining' the "for inetfuc-- ; tion -in.physieal scibace, with equipment .and . furiilturb thrbughtohh. -Thb. tbtal . neepmmbda'- . tion n'eedea' will bo ihueh the §&me as that al- ; rbady built for'"the boys ht.'thb-Wellington Cob • lego. There will be ho Med of a cbukiti'gVrdhmi ~ as the Cooking class cfth, by arratigembht \vith thb Education-Board, he carried on in tho Norhial School buildings bdiacent. The prbsent assembly hall in Hho: Girls" Cbllego is not; largo ensiigh'• even.'for. : thb; existing. "attendance'; • aha it is, suggested thht.jt ho converted :ihto a gymhasiurii, for, which I 'it is very -wbU-adaptedi "■'" 1 ,"I on\, hb>v ' to, ask What prbpoßiila theV Gov erntbeilt' have. ,nb'w to make ■ With 'thb bf : ehablihg the governors' to lh'eet' the . rcquircnVehts bf.tlio cise.ari'd in ovdbr tb;hssisl in pomthg to o'concliisibn I'hhvb tb mehtiph . the following points which ; should'be cbrefuliy 1 considered-.— ."" '.':■ '■:■' . ~';"SitblbV'Nbw'Bilililifiß:—Thb ftrea of the pre- . scnt'groiihi'Vis 1 aero 3 roods 1 polov witlv a ■piece 57.!) and-113 attached, but the shapo of it is such that a bbmparatively larie'hrea Isi'tih--1 suited for'btiildlhg, or p^nygrotlrld-purposes. A isuffici'ent light and air .space surrounding both new and bid buildings'is very-essential.' i' large and healthily-arranged ' iplaygrounll is an absolute necessity for au;itv- ' stitutiurt suchVain-' the Girls' -College, The pre.'seitt,gituud_is".nll .tdb 6mall for the' present 1 schbol.-;.Thbro aro two tennis courts, and the Shysical features, bf the ground prevent the aditibiv of a-hockej- grbuhd, croquet lawn, or,i indeed, any "other ground suitable for. thb .flfac-' : tico of those physical exercisbi which Pro conisideredaii essential element in tho, school, : lifo bf growing girls.' -•..;..- ■.".-,•, "', ; : .. 1 , ; . "The'governors hvo nbt aware.of any ground • 'which can"be Obtained by,them suitable:for 60 i large" an'l important aft lhstitntiorii Mention; ihas beaii mnUbbf thb collcgb ground at Sussex ' Sijilare, but. as. a fact - thbl-o ■i s. no .space. avaiV, ■.' !'ablo';fer.bnildlngs,aß,thb lbnd nbt hbW - bcch- • 'pibd is si'"precipitous as.to bo unsuitaDiO;wlth- . out" large'expenditnrei to,.sny:iibthihg of. thb - objection Bf having boys' and girls' seenndnry ' tchobls' in'- such cleso coftliguity." .-;■.;■. .