PRIMARY CLASSES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 68, 14 December 1918, Page 5

PRIMARY CLASSES

AT THE GIRLS' COLLEGE. An important point was raised nt yesterday's- meetiug of Hie College Governors )).y Mr. T. Forsyth, who, referring.to the class-rooms that' were- being made available for the Girls' C'ollego by the Wellington Education Board; wished it to be distinctly understood that such class-, rooms were not to be usod to facilitate primary work in tho college. _ The chairman (.Mr. F, W. Ward): That is' understood. The reason for that, continued Mr. Porsytli, who spoke for the Wellington Education' Board, was that, there .was .0 very excellent primary department in the school next door—the Normal School, lie further .pointed'.out tlint it ;was illegal for tho Board of Governors to conduct a primary department in connection with the Girls' 'College nnless'it'paid for itself. In that regard ha wished to know what lose, if any, was being sustained by the upkeep of tho primary department , in the college, as ho did not suppose that members of the board individually wished-to foot tho bill for such lose; • . Tho reply was that for the past year fees received in connection with tho primary classes at tho'. college hod amounted to ,£3lB. As . against that j'sralnrics and allowances were JC3IS 12e, Bs,, maintenance expenses Js3 Is. 3d., and ,£55 ss. 10d., expenditure on buildings, a total of j>l63 IDs. lid. Mr. Fors'yth drew attention to the fact that thero was ample room in tho Normal School, in a fine building which ■ had ev^ry-appliance and a good staff for the touching of- primary scholars. Tt was a 'pity, ho'thought,'that there should, bo any overlapping. It was the same with the secondary high' school, where twelvegirls were taught at an enormous loss. Tho chairman said that thore were those who'liked their children, taught from their earlier years in the air and atmosphere of tho college. Mr. Forsyth. asked what, tho scalo would Ijs for the forty primary scholars at tho college. Tho chairman. said it would on the present suale- bo ,£l2 a year each. Ho adde<l that previously it had boon very difficult to apportion tho cost of primary education at tho college. Mr. Forsyth . drew attention to. tho annual report of the-Minister of Education, which stated that some boards had been doing that which was not legal. Ho proposed that a sninll sub-cbmmitteo should be fist up to go into tho question of fees payable for girls attending primary classes at the college, and named tho chairman, Professor Easterfleld, and hlmsnlf as members. Mr. W. Allan, who seconded the motion, said hn had a good deal of sympathy with Mr. Forsyth, and they should see that there were not any losses made on their primary clnsfes. Tho motion was earricdi unanimously.