CLYDE SCHOOL ELECTION.

Dunstan Times, Issue 507, 5 January 1872, Page 2

CLYDE SCHOOL ELECTION.

On Monday next the annual Statutory j Meetings will be held through ut th# I'rov- j ince, for the election of School Committees j fir the current year. The Act stepulat a { the following qualificati, nr fo, persons seik- i ing office; and also modeofpruied r ;—‘On the second Monday in the month oi January in each year, a public meeting of the owners and occupiers of land and householders in every Educational 1 Us trie t, being male persons above twenty-one years of age, shall be held at a time and place to be fixed by the Secretary of the Board, and notified by public advertisement at least one men ti previously, and in such other maimer as the Biard shall direct, and at such meeting a Chairman shall ho chi sen and the Sclu o. Committee for the proceeding y.-ai shall give a lull report of their proceedings, andtl e eupon the electors present shall proceea to o ect, either by show of hands or by had t, as shall (redetermined upon by ihe said muting, a new School Committee for the ensuing year of not less than five nor m..re than nine persons possessing the qmdn.calion prescribed by clause IJ, ami may re vieotal or a.iy of the persons going out m office t bo members of such new Goinmi-tce, ami every Committee so to be appointed shal hold office until ihe appointment oi ii.eir successors. ” Underordiuaiy circumstances the elect! n of a deixool Committee excites little m.ues;, calls lorth litt.e c..niincut. As in o.ne, panlie matters, isicideu« to smad eoiiituuiii ues, thetiunea of office mo aliowua in periodically devolve oil ihe few wo»keis by whose rlfurcs cue social wheel is kept in motion. To hj) ‘ on the Committee’, of a..y 1-ehl ms.imtion; proves, not so much t-at t..e uKiiviau.d members thereof possess preemineac qnalitie-s ol fitness lor oh.ee, s macii us tueir willingness to do their bes lor thepabiic benefit ; and willing!! ss oft., public that they may have ample oppoi tunicy to devalope iheir executive taieii s. Ji •do,s not, however, follow that the zealous edints of Com uitte.s command success, oven th ugh lach individual niemuer thcreo. exe.ts him elf to ihe u most to tie o.vo it. Aor are their etiona oticn acki.oWieug d witu'au e ht s.ivo chilling indifference or captious rebuke. To ser. o the public is io sen e a most exacting ruler ; who .cheers the willing workers with but scan m-ei of pr.ds , and is inexorably severe in ion iemu mg errors ol wmrd or action, rather ti.au pro.ie to palliate mistakes by merciful jiulgm ■ut, or generous concession. Hence is often engendered a feeling of apathy, a listless'indilfereufee in'public matter-, an intimation to let things dri.t, a ta is aequo escefSwiii-Q belisCjttha maxim " euifeient

Unto the (lay is t', 1 j unless pressing hr ir Committees, as a superfluity of zeal But as the mcomii''--* Clyde School will measures aflecting the , J fare, it is not uurcasouab; , J the next election meeting _J e more numerously attends man is the general custom For sonie'imepast it has been too evident that the facili'ies for tleduc.ation of the rising generation of Clyde ' 1and neighborhood have not kept pace with its requirements. There is urgent me I, lirst tor enlarged school premises; ah 1 secondly for more teaching power. The latter is the nore easily obtainal le, but without the irst would prove of no real service. In f j ct, however pressing the need may l, c | for the services of an additional teacher, the School Committee will not be in a position to engage one until increased school accommoda ion is provided. The action of the "“tiring Committee, in S.e) tember last, in advertising for a female teacher, at a .-alary of 100/. per annum ; may be looked upon as nerely inten led, in commercial parlance, to o st the market ; see ng that thev neither fciad then, nor have n >w. either funds to fcay’ her salary ; nr schoolroom to place her f in. Government aid has not been solicited, irokibly on the principle that it Is <£ C r lot to ask favors, than to ask and useil: no appeal has been made to the pubbe ; and for aught the public know to the con'rary, no member of the Committee has nade any suggestion for mee ing the difficulty. The number of candidates offerin'* dmir services, gave satisfactory proof that .veil accredited talent is easily obtainable but the one thing first and most essentially necessary is just this.—Let the parents and deads of families, residing in and around Clyde, meet and discuss, with the new Committee, ways and means for the erection of a new sehoolhouse. Is ot depending solely on this or tnat committee, hut w.nk. ing earnestly on behalf of thc-ir own off. spring. Appealing to the government, the public, and their own pockets. The 6ovcrnoient may plead an almost empty exchequer ; but by judicious persuasion may concede to the Clyde peop'e assistance to the extent already afforded neighbourin'* communities. The public are never backward in a good cause, an I no parents, having regard for the health, manners, morn's, or education of their offspring, could wifely demur at giving to the full extent of their means. Too who’e question in fact res. Ives itself into the providing, cither by cash payments or credit ; for tdie erection of a bui ding that may probably cost three of four bundled pounds. It is worthy of consideration whether our local Building Society might not affor I a ready source for the supply of the needful. This i lea has been already mooted ; but the objeclion is made thereto, that the rules of the society limit the investment of surplu a ; fnnds’to (ertain sli| ulated seiunties. This should not be an insuperable objection, f>r surely rules intelligt ntly compiled sboul I admit! f liberalintei pretalh n. At all events the building once erected, all cbe would be comparatively t-moot hj sailing. The annual financial report of the School Committee will, in all probability, compare favorably with that of the preceding year, and the current yearly revenue will I e permanently increased, by the accession of new pupils, whenever the new schoolroom is opened, fn f ct not only will the school revenues be increased, but more tangible benefits would ultimately arise therefrom. The one great ne d of the district, next to the establishment of a I horonghly efficient school ; is a boarding establishment for the accmimolation of pupils, whose parents live in rem de places. Let the school be once placed on a satisfactory basis; and private enterprise will nndonbtsnpplythis desideratum. But, as be ore remarked, the one thing necessary herein is hearty co-opera'ion. Let the business be commenced promptly and energetically, and presmt se ming difficulties will vanish ; but, if the matter is allowed to devolve on one or two individuals, more anxious to further their own particular views, than to work far the general public welfare ; no result; will follow other than much unprofitable contention.

.Writing on the subject of the removal of the Warders; the Ml’ Ida Chronicle says:— “We are not content to characterise the proposal as inexpedient and i politic only, tmt wo look upon it as a monstrous and absurd blunder and at the same lime an act of grossest injustice and breach of faith’ towards the gentlemen who at present hold the offices of Wardens and magistrates on die Otago Goldfields. Not only are we surprised that gentlemen fully accqnainted, as the Commissioners must, or, at least, •tight to have been with the subject, should nave ventured'to make sucha icvommendr. ■ ions but still more are we surprised that any honest Government should fur a moment give such a recommendation any S' rious consideration. A system more vici us than that which the Commission recomm n Is it nas been seldom our misfortune to ha ve heard canvassed, nor could there he one which would, 'nouropinion, more injuriously affect the well-working and mur.de of the particular branch of the pub.icservice. If the Govamneiithold thepernid calrunovalofnffiicrs to be advantageous to the public s rvice, Ur. n left them deal with them in a spirit of fairncssand justice—repurchase the quartets which they have compelled them topurch.so nd return to the system of Government pointers as of old. Unless this ho done any attempt to carry out this recommeiula ion of he Commission would he an act of such gross injustice and abuse of paw. r that it woul I produce a howl of indignation from all daises of society throughout the Goldao s.

in the Pnvincial 0 matte of the 27th ulfc, i’ is no:ifu-il that, anion,' other Bills passed y the Council, and assented to by the Governor is included “ The Clyde School Jteaervo Bala Ordinance,^