THE SCHOOLS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3067, 1 May 1917, Page 7

THE SCHOOLS

ANNUAL ELECTIONS. Committees for ensuing YEAR . ."■ CITY AND SUBURBAN RESULTS , The annual elections of school committees word held', last evening. jRc- , ports of i>roce<>aings and results of - elections follow.

TERRACE SCHOOL ? At the annual meeting, hold last Evening, of householders.interested in the Terrace _ Schcol,. it was reported that only nine' 'nominations' for seats •on the School Committed had been received. Tho nominees were:—Mrs. jEdith il. Dyson, Miss Maud England, Rev. H. Van Sta,vercn, .Messrs.. Alexander Johnston, John A." Thomson, Horace W. Lloyd, D. F. 'Skinner, James Darling, aud Henry A: Gold. On the motion, of the chairman tho abovenamed ware elected. Tho' meeting, adopted; the annual'- report (already published).' ... '*'.

y SOUTH_WELLINGTC*N ' .' The householders who met in the ■ South .Wellington School i last' night were not required to elect a committee, since the number of nominations xdid not exceed the number of committeemen needed.. Tho retiring corhniit- : too was declared re-eleoted), .as follows G. Startup, .13. TJp«hurch, T. Morton, W. Harris, w. Road, f. • Mollison, E. Cooper, L. Brc>wer, and Twist. • . The report of the old committee em'jpha.sised the need of additional accommodation for technical scholars at the school. The i Available . space was not adequate. The committee was strongly of Opinion that tho Education. Depart'•ment should provido school books free of charge for all children nttendins ;the State schools. .It Teconiraendea 'that the', incoming committee , should •urg© the matter, on tlio attention, of Education Board and the.Qovern'ment. The,works carried out during. ; the year- included the grading! of tho [playground, which was .now', available /for cricket'and football. Arrangements shad-been made for planting a considerable number of, trees on tho faeo and .tor) of the new playground. Monv ,'trees had boon planted in tho school grounds durina .f.ho .'year, including hedges, ete. A nursery had 1 also been formed, and at present a considerable number of trees wore ,availablo for planting out this season.. A feature of this plot was" tho number and variety of native ;shrubs and trees brought down, by Mr- Thomas (headmaster) from his nursery.at'Pahiatua. The report was approved,' and the committee was congratulated on its' work.

.'.-'NEWTOWN'Mr. John Castle presided- at the toeeting of householders in the Newtown School. There was a fairly largo 'attendance.

, ;■ The outgoing committee, ill its re- ! .port, referred to various minor im- ' provements effected in tho school and I the playground during thy year: Tho had boon compelled to carry on under the disabilities of reduced capitation grant, inability to let tho tennis courts to the beat advantage, , and tho increased' price of coal, which was a considerable itom owing to the 'school's antiquated method of .heating. ,The Education Board had been unable

to give airy relief in connection with the heating, llie committee thought it ivery' dosirablo that tho 2_6phalting ■of. l .the main school playgrounds' should <be completed. The cost-would: bo •considerable, but tho work lvoiild promote, cleanliness, save shoe leather, and reduce the number of broken -windows.

The committee suggested that the required sum-of money might bo raised by means of a .bazaar. "'■;■' The headmaster (Mr. A. H Parkinson) reported that tho work of. tho school had proceeded smoothly during the year. The health' of tho children ' 'had been good except for a brief period in the -winter, and a high percentage . 'of attendance had been attained, differ a brief reference to educational matters generally, Mr. Parkinson said'that the ■Bite of the Newtown 'School."was 1 one '—of the best in the city, but it was not largo enough even. for to-day,' and 1 would b© far too small for tho- requirements of a fow years henoe. He suggested that it would be well for tho residents of the district to set on foot a movement for acquiring tho properties facing Minerva Street and. Emmott Street,'and adding them to the school estate. The enlargement would bo. of inestimable value to the young people of the district, and to the community generally. r 'Tt would . afford •an opportunity of making tho school what a school should bo—a centre of. social life, a-meeting-place for classes, debate ing societies, clubs, and other social institutions," said Mr. Parkinson. . "There is no reason why schoolgrounds ■and buildings should be' confined to primary school uses; there arc many reasons why young people of afterschool age should be encouraged to make rational use of leisure time !>y' availing themselves of such social advantages as a school could very easily bo made to afford. The- first requisite is adequate space, and the welfare of the rising generation demands that

the' space; should, be provided. ■; There will at once be raised to this suggestion the objection of cost, but the undeniable, fact is that tho cost of adequate education has to bo mot or the nation will fall a victim to its own neglect." . The chairman said that ho looked

forward to the time when' tho Minerva Street froritago would bo purchased for the school. The playing space was not sufficient for 900 children.

The reports wero approved. .Mr. W. -Wiles, moved: "That this meoting of householders urges the Government to amend tlio Education Act so as to provido children attending State schools with all school requisites' free of. cost, and that tho incoming committee be instructed to confer, and, .if possible, take combinod action with the- other school committees in order lo bring; this.about." He said that tho heavy l charges for school books and re r quisitss constituted a serious burden nn many parents, and it would bo in the interests of education that tho chare;© should be mude a national olio. The motion was carried. Tlio following committee was elected: Mosdames AVright and AVebb, Messrs. H. Baillio, R. Brown, .T. Castle, 'A. Crosby, J. Heaver, ,T AV. Salmon, ■ VV. Wiles. Mr. Salmon, who took trie-place of a- Tetiring, member, was tho only D9w member of tho committee.

The meeting closed with votes .«f thanks to the chairman, tho commnV tee. aaid tho staff.

BRITOMART STREET There vras a large and. representative gathering of householders, numbering Ketwoen 150 and 200, present at tho annual meeting hell in the Britomart Bchool last evening- Tlio election _oF the committee, with the number "of >ot*a gained, was'as follows: —Messrs. K. S. Hay, 58 (secretary); B. W. Burd, ffT- .1. D. Shand; 66 (chairman^; D. C. "Watt, 56; G. W. Key. 55; R. Richmond, 55: W. 0. Burd,. 54; B. Warrick, 52; A, 0. H. Bmi, 38.

CLYDE QUAY About, thirty householders were present at the annual meeting, of tho Clyde Quay School, which was presided over by Mr. T. Forsyth, chairman of the committee. After tho report and balance-sheet were adopted, it was decided that tho _ incoming committee, in .conjunction-with other "Wellington school committees should approach tho Education Board and ask them to purcbaso all tho school books at wholesale rates, and that tho books should be resold to' the children at the cost price,. Tho motion was carried. Tho headmaster (Mr. Foster) addressed tho mooting on the objects of tho Navy League. A householder suggested that the loagua 6hould bo asked to obtain good pictures of. modern warships for tho committee as these would further the objects of the league. Tho following wero elected to tho committee:—Chaiirman, Mr. T. Forsyth; secretary Mr. W. B. Strong; treasurer, Mr. J. Mitchell: committee, Messrs. It. L. Button, J. W. Fossello, R..P. Hatch, W." J. Harhmd, R. L. Partridge, and R. Scott.

MOUNT COOK SCHOOL Thero was a very small attendance of householders of tho Mount Cook School district. Besides tho committee only ton householders were present. Mr. W. E. Fuller presided. The annual report showed that tho total number on the roll was 1044, and that tho average attendance was 967, or 92.52 per cent. Reference was mado to thai death of a former headmaster Of tho Boys' Sohool, Mr. Hardy. Mount Cook old boys and present scholars had subscribed £65, and erected a very fine monument orcrhis grave in Auckland comotory. A balanco of £10 still in hand from this fund would be spent to help to defray.the cost of the Hon- ( ours Board proposed to bo erected m the Boys' School. The report was adopted. Tho chairman referred to 'the need for better accommodation for tho Technical Sohool, saying _ that tho School Committees' Association proposed to-make another move in tho matter, probably by approaching the Minister as,a deputation. Mr. A. C; Biair, a member of tho committee, Bpoko m advocacy of the free supply of sohool hooks. He said that the cost of books was irksome to poor parents, and that the griovanoe was aggravated by the frequent ohaneo in tho bookß used. Ho moved that the Committee ask tho Education Board •to approach tho Government with a request that all books be supplied- free to all clashes of children. Mr: T. H. Gill, formerly headmaster of Newtown School, and lately an inspector of secondary ' schoolß, spoko a'gainet the motion. He said that tho cost of hooks was not excessive, hut ho did think that parents had a grievance becauso of the use in different schools of different scries of books. This meant that peoplo who had to move from place' to place, often the poorest people, had to buy for their children new sots of books. Ho did not think that if the Government issued books to scholars it would bo in tho interests of education. Those books, if issued, would have to bo loft in school, and ho thought that it would bo very much'better for tho children to have hooks of their own, in which they would be interested, and in which they would indulge in somo private reading. His own pxperience as a teacher was that changes in class books were not so frequent as to justify serious complaint. He thought that possibly f tho Government.might provido free paper, for in those days tho unhygienic slato had been abolished. Also somo relief ought to be afforded to very poor parents.

In the ond, Mr. Blair's motion was agreed to in this shape: "That with a- viovr of reducing the cost of school books, to poor parents especially; this meeting requests tho Education Board to arrange for a uniform series of books for schools in this district, and to supply books free! where necessary." There was no committee cleotion, as only tho required number of candidates were nominated. The following wcro declared duly elected:—Messrs. 0. H. Barxett, A. 0. Blair, J. R. Burioy, W. E. Fuller, S. ti. Macpherson, 11. S. M'Nair, G-. B. Purdy, R. Simpson, J. M. Wilson.

One of: the householders present threw out a suggestion to the incoming committee to have the Ten Commandmonts displayed in the schools and taught to tho children. The committee promised to give consideration to tho suggestion.On the motion of Mr. Gill a hearty vote of thanks was accorded * to the outgoing committee.

IE ARO Mr. W. Allan presided over' a largely, attended meeting 0 f householders at Te Aro School. The outgoing committee iyas- re-elected. The members are: Mrs. Sarah Evans, Messrs. . H. A. Mackenzie, J. J. Flvger, J. Gunn, E. V. Dixon, P.'.M'Neill. A. W. W. Curtis, J. Highlands. Mr. Mackenzie was 're-elected chairman, and Mr. Curtis was re-elected secretary. The quostioh of accommodation was discussed, and the belief was expressed by Mr. Mackenzie that the Terrace Gaol site would' become a site' for tho erection of a central school. During a discussion on'the subject of the Government, supplying school books, and requisites to tho children, Mr. Allan said that it would take a sum of hetwe-. £8000 and £10,000 to supply tho schools in the .Wellington Educational . trict, and tho idea was'therefore outof fie question.

lIOSENEATH , 'Mr. H. N. 'Morrison occupied tlie chair'at'the annual meeting of Eoseneath and Hataitai householders last evening. In referring to the annual roport, which has been published, both tho.chairman and.Mr. A. Leigh Hunt made eulogistic references to tho progress of the school during tho year. Tho headmaster, Mr. 11. Darrach, in the courso of his remark, made a strong appeal on behalf of the Navy League, and as the result, soveral of. those present signified their intention of becoming members. There was no election of committee as tho nominations received coincided with tho number required.' Their names have already beeri published. Mr. H. N. Morrison was Te-elec(ed chairman, and Mr. H. Van Borssuin .secretary.

, BROOKLYN There was a. very largo attendance of householders at tho annual mooting at; Brooklyn last evening to elect a- now School Committee. Mr. .1). R.. Kennedy (chairman of tho retiring committee) presided. Tho chairman briefly reviewed l-be, work of the retiring committee, aiid said it was a mistake to suppose, thai the committee had nothing to do, or that it existed merely to cross swords with tho teachers. Ho referred lo the work of the school in connection with the war, and stated that last Christmas every soldier boy who had hcen through the Brooklyn School received a memento from tho school.

The balance-sheet, which showed a credit balance of £45 7s. 7d. as at December 31, IOIG, together with tho annual report, we.'e adopted. Mr. J. B. Hopkirk, tho headmaster, in his'report pointed out tho difficulties of the teachers of primary schools in preparing pupils for scholarships as compared with secondary schools. He also 'combated the idea tha.t the writing of the children had deteriorated, and exhibited samples : of the writing of tho sisth staad«d pupils, which the

meeting considered wan very good for childruu of tho average ago ot J. 3.

.''i'ho ue* coininiiteo consists of the following:—Mr. 1). It. Koiuicdy (chairtuaii), Mr. A. il. White (secretary), Messrs. J). .H. liill, G. M. Evans, u, if. Mara, N. il. M'lsaac, G. W. blade, A. Turner, and \V. U. Webb.

ISLAND BAY Mr. J. 0. Shorland occupied tht chair at the annual mooting ol hoiihtliqlders held ill llio island jjuy bchool last uvoniug- Alter tho passing ol Hie annual report and balance-.5.„ tho chairman juudo an appeal for funds to b& expended' oil tho new e.\,t-i,. to tho school grounds, known as Victory Park, aud, as tho result thou,, satisfactory sum of £101 6s. was collected'in the room. Tho meeting pat,. cd llio following resolution: —"That this meeting of householders is of opinion that tbotimois opportune to introduce it system of froo school books and school requisites, thereby making national education absolutely free, and that a copy ■of the resolution ho forwarded to tho Minister of Fdtication." Votes of thanks n'ero passed to the headmaster (Mr. Thwaitcs) itnd staff, and also to Mr. C N. Haslam, the late headmaster of tho school. Mr. Shorland was also congratulated on his election to tho City Council, and wa,s told in song that Ho was a jolly good follow. Tho following committee was elected: —Messrs.' J. 0. Shorland (chairman), H. F. Clarko (secretary), W. Kerr. W. H. Potts, J. A'.. Condor, L. F. Keys, A. M. Mollison, J. .D. Mills, and F. C Heal.

, ' MARANfII Tho householders' meeting at Ihe Maraiiui School was largely attended. Tho report made reference to the bazaar held in tho year at wbich X3IS 15s. was raised. Of the amount £160 has boon paid to war relief, aud tlio balance has been reserved for improvements" to tho school grounds which will ho proceeded, with when a conoreto retaining wall is erected by tho board. Tho ftrtnjgiial position was satisfactory. The headmaster (Mr. A. C. Blake) dwelt on tho yoai-'fi work, and stated that the roll contained 660 names, an increase on last year of 00 pupils. Tho swimming lessons had resulted in 41 "proficiency, and 20 oompeteiioy.cortifieiitfls being granted. Harold Colons, who won the sohool STfiramiiig cbsonpionship, was presented with the Tarsono Cup. For. patriotic purposes the scholars, raised over £250 ]ss. 2d., in addition to tho bazaar. The roll- of honour contains tho names of 23 ex-pupils and ono toaoher. Tho following' is tho now committee:— Chairman, Mr. F. J. Evans; secretary, Mr. 13. Cftvell; committee, Messrs. Brailsford,-Easson. Sando, Whitehead, lieuchars, Gambrili, and Milne.

OTHER DISTRICTS NORTHLAND. Tho following committee was elected by "the Koilsoholders of Northland ins« evening:—Messrs. A. J. Patorson (chairman), T. Bnrkett (secretary), S'. E. Lambort, W. S. Boves, M. Walsh, W. Piatt, and W. Winchombe. . KILBffiNIE. ' The meeting of-householders at Kilbirnio was fairly well attended. Mr. J. J. Clark,' ohairman of committee, presided; and read the annual report, which related that, excellent progress had boen mado by the school during the year. There was a roll of 372, and tho avcrago attendance of scholars had been 357. Swimmi.ng is a. strong feature among tho outdoor sports at Kilbirnio, and no fower than 66 boys and girls gained N.Z. Swimming Associatiou's certificates during the season just ended. During tho year the school had been responsible for raising tho sum of £212 for patriotic purposes. This, with the £196 raised last year, made the amount of £408 raised during tho currency of the year. The honours boards contained 100 nnn-os, and of those eight ex-pupils and teachers had made the supremo' sacrifice. Tho following committee was elected: —Messrs. J. Clark (chairman), T. J. Gillespie, G. M. Julius, H. D. Mee, S. Ross, E. Robertson, C. P. Worth, and A. G. Wallace.

TEPONE WEST. The householders present at tho Petone West School Committee meeting numbered about 80. Tho report stated' that tho finances of the school were in a good position, and that-in the year the children'"had given liberally to patriotic funds. The prizo money of tho picnic fund, amounting' to £12 125., was given to patriotic work. There were 17 nominations for; the commitand th'e following were elected:— Chairman, Mi\ J. G. Castlo (re-elect-ed) ; secretary, Rev. Angus M'Bean ; committee, Messrs. H. Jay, H. Shardlow, J. Cotton, H. Morris, H. Pickaid, J. Thompson, and* J. Eraser.

NGAIO. The new committee of tho Ngaio School consists of the following:— Chairman, Mr. H. Brenton-Rule; secretary, Mrs. Darvall; treasurer, Mr. J. G. Williamson; committed, Messrs. Browne, Barnes, and Ffitch, and Mrs. Ohatwin.

RHANDALLAH. The meeting of householders of i" Kfiaridallah School was very poorly attended. Only six nominations woro received for tho seven seats, and the chairman and secretary and treasurer, which is one position, will be appointed from tho following committee:— Messrs. M. C. Smith, T. O: Chamberlain, L. W. Bradshaw, W. A.E. Biilt, and D. Mason..

JOHNSONVILLE. The following were elected to the Johnsonville School Committee:—Chairman, Rov. F. H. Pctrie; secretary, Mr. F. J. Embury; committee,. Messrs. O'Neill, Gardner, Wales, Futtcr, Jackson, Skinner, and Blair.

AVORSFR BAY. The following committee was elected at AVorser Bay:—Messrs. AV. Clifford, C. T. Bell, AV. Stephens, L. NortonTaylor, R, G. Muggins, AV. Bardsloy, H. Coombc. The names of, Messrs. H. Reds'ha'w and J. Liiidnini aro to be submitted to the board. Tho annual report' stated that in 1916 tlio roll numbered WO, whilst the figures this year aro 2"0. The average attendance for tho past year was '2-iS, .which is 15 more than when the side-school was opened. Tho side-school lias a roll of 45, 'with an average attendance of 42. Thirty old boys of tlio school are at the front, and 6 havo been wounded and 2 killed. Tho meeting passed the following resolution:—"That this meeting o"f AVorser Bay householders is of opinion that tho action of tho Fducation Department in reducing tlio amount of floor space per pupil is a retrograde slop, and strongly condemns Lhe aotiun of the Department."

CARTERTON. The new committee for tho -Carterton School consists of the following householders:—Chairman, Mr. J. D. Moore; secretary, Mr. R. .f. Chapman; committee, Messrs. C. Moore, L. 3)nvics, T. 15. Maunsell, J. Stevens, .!. M. Nicholls, J. Riggs, J. Hart. Carrington School. —Chairman, Mr. M. M'Lehnon; secretary, Mr. T. Anderson ; committee, Messrs. Slavely, Dew, and Madden.

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