SOUTHBRIDGE.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 905, 29 April 1891, Page 3

SOUTHBRIDGE.

• . - .:i-":t\ ■ ' ■■■■ ;• ' ■ ■• i-\- In !irtt;l ' This, : last .meeting, of , t&e, : pufgo.in^.; School Committee rwas held onrSaturr day evening, there Janug ; :J .im; I ... ti Present ;i '" r ' v> Messrs* Frame,, >( chairman,} J'B wins* Kilbridej! Patterson, PenfoldyiaadiWebr; ster. The meeting tfretr up 'and adopted iheix ( '' r - :ii \;r y:'''Z:;:^i'V r '" P ' V A summary : of which we give. The Committee was pleased to be able Do re"coVd~ that ~£ney ""6ad~ succeeded "'irT patting down the" truancy evil^ 'without (having recourse to any extreme moasuies, by means' of > moral sdasioii. No complajat.had been mndtf~tm that score for sonid iime.' ? The Committee had ' acceded to the request of Miss Edwards, that she be permitted •roTemain on m the school fpr a' time after t!he'expiratidnf •of h^f engagernißiit, Necessary ad(]itions to the school accominocl^tion had been anade, and the buijdjn£s and^ B urr6and- (- ings were now m * satisfactory condition "Ko notice was taken of a request from the Typographical Association that the Committee shDnld' 1 afetain a from using goods from Messrs Whitcombo and 'Tombs, the, members not feeling bound to be inflnenced jbjv tlje views of the, Association. The report of the Inspec-' tor on the October exaitiinatron 1 was very favourable, except -ar regarded sewing. The neglect of this i important branch was tmfortrtnaie, btft unavoidable owing to the change in '.the ' status of teachers. Th^disQfga^ia.atjbn being now. at end, the sewing le'spons are proceeding satisfactorilyii (Thoiconcert mi n a id. of the. Prize Fund realised £9 2s. £10 18s was expended 'iiin'" prizes, but the de~ iiciency,' Sand Kf £l 4s m addition was removed by the gift of Sir John Hall. Thanks aretendered to Sir JohD, and to the rotiiep oKfrizefea The report «agg^sifcs : thi adVi^aTSilitybf hftld* ing two; concerts m the jyear, , the priz^e, fan 3at present dependipg. top .largely on private donations. Miss RidrdaTQ 1 " had fcpen appointed a' pupil teacher', out of three, applicants. The Committee regretted' me district ; was / not re^reseMeH. on the Education .Board by a mepber or its ,own., At the late election it had voted' for !Mesers A hson,'' Montgomery! and Walkery'having failed ttt persuade Mr D . McMillan to standi The receipts for the year ending 31st March were £1035 2a 7d (including credit balance). 18s" 7d was paid :;J to teachers'; 14s 10d was "expended m incidentals, arid a balance of £46 9s : 2d remains to credit. ; „.,,/ The Committee regretted having received the resignation of Miss McKee, the Assistant Mistress. j ; r\ ••; 1,1 fr r v ,** .The Committee then proceeded to examine the^applications for tlie post of *" ' ASSISTANT MISTRESS.' -* The Board mceived thirty..tjvo applications, from which they selected six as suitable for the appointment. „. ;: :y-jt Fronv these six, tho Connnitteo se-| lected Miss Jeannie Menzies who ist.at , present teaching at View Hill, Oxford, as the most suitable. She will therefore be.appoiptted. 1 •■■■■ ■■••'"'- " _ If- ■ ; ■■:•• ..;