THE EDUCATION BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 3709, 12 January 1875, Page 2

THE EDUCATION BOARD.

The Board’s meeting to-day was attended by the Superintendent, Messrs Reid Gillies, and Dr Webster A good deal of business was got through, the principal being the following :

The pilots at the Heads applied for the education of their children, twenty-four in number, and it was agreed to grant a school under Class D.

The application of Lovell’s Flat to be joined to Tu kitoto was granted, and Forest Hill Committee were permitteed to dispense with the services of their teacher at three months’ notice.

On the reading of a circular from the Victorian Education Board asking the Foard to co-operate in not accepting teachers certi* floated from ether Colonies, without previous inquiry, the Secretary said it meant ask* mg the Board not to take teachers from Vic* tona without getting the sanction of the Board of that Colony.—Mr Reid remarked that the Victorian Board must be ignorant of the Otago Ordinance, which gave to school committers, and not to the Board, the power i f appointing masters.— v»r Gillies said this Province was glad to get the best teachers, no matter whence they came. was resolved to simply acknowledge the re* C H ipt of the circular.

Mr Petrie’s recommendation that a halftime school should be continued at Gummie’a Bush was adopted. Mrs rilark’s application for employment was declined. ( The new standard of fees-the minimulu rate being 6s per quarter, the n«xt 7s 6d. the third Qa the fourth 10s 61, and the fifth and sixth 13s —were agreed t'q. 1 1 It was agreed to adveit »e for applications for an assistant to the Hector r.f the High bohool, at a salary of LI 00 a year THE PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS, ine bECRETARY read t e rep ut of the examiners, detailing the results as follows Botb’ High School. Total marks obtainable, 1.200. Frank .T. stilling, 945 marks or 78 7 centage—Scholaiship. ’ ° r 78 ‘ 7 David Steven, 15 years, 921 marks nr 7ft? percentage- Three years’ free educatiSl 76 ’ 7 Jeffcoat, 14 years, 734 marlm fil 1 percentage-Two years’ free education! * 8 ’* m Girls’ High School. F.hu, « rlcß obtainable, 1,100, i*s%saS3F' 814

W. Mackay, 15 years, 796 marks, or 72.3 per-centage—-Three years’ free education. Jane Banks, 15 years, 787 marks, or 71.5 percentage —Three years’ free education. J. L. Gillies, 15 years, 686 marks, or 62.3 percentage —Two years’ free education. Esther Davies, 15 years, 651 marks, or 59.1 percentage. ■J?. E. Grant, 14 years, 586 marks, or 53.2 percentage. M. H. Watson, 15 years, 378 marks, or 34.3 percentage. Boys’ Grammar Schools. Total marks obtainable, 1,100. A. Bruce Todd, 14 years, Uamaru, 821 marks, or 74.6 percentage Scholarship G. T. Murray, 15 years, Oamaru, 749 marks, or 68 percentage—Two years’ free education. F. Nutter, 16 years, Invercargill, 722 marks, or 65.6 percentage—Two years’ free education. C. W. Tanner, 14 years, Invercargill, 620 marks, or 56.3 percentage. D. A. Taylor, 13 years, Invercargill, 429 marks, or 39 percentage. Girls’ Grammar Schools. Total Marks Obtainable, 975. Anne T. Gillies, 14 years, Tokomairiro, 506 marks, or nearly 52 percentage. Martha Fleming. 15 years, Invercargill, 341 marks, or nearly 35 percentage. J. Thomson, 13 j'ears, Invercargill, 322 marks, or 33 percentage. Fanny Bethune, 15 years, Invercargill, 280 marks, or 28.7 per centage. Boys’ District Schools. Total Marks Obtainable, 950. Alexander Purdie, 15 years, N. Dunedin, 737 marks, or 77.5 percentage—Scholarship. Howie Meeking, 15 years, Warepa, 714 marks, or 75.1 percentage—Three years’ free education. Alexander Montgomery, 12 years, Albany street, 687 marks, or 72.3 percentage—Three years’ free education G. S. M. M ; Dermid, 13 years, Sawyer’s Bay, 643 marks, or 67.6 percentage —Two years’ free education. A. W. Stohr, 12 years, Middle Dunedin, 629 marks, or 66.2 percentage—Two years’free education. P. A. Lindsay, 11 years, Middle Dunedin, 573 marks, or 60,3 percentage—Two years’ free education. J. A. Johnson, 14 years, Waipori, 568 marks, or 59.7 percentage. Andrew M'Lean, 14 years, Waikari, 564 marks, or 59.3 percentage. Charles Davis, 12 years, Middle Dunedin, 330 marks, or 55.7 percentage. Fred. North, 13 years. Middle Dunedin, 516 marks, or 54.3 percentage. W. J. Cattan, 15 years, Maungatua, 508 marks, or 53 4 percentage. W. J. Manley, Waipori, 481 marks, or 60.6 percentage, David Sheriff, 14 years, Outram, 470 marks, or 49.4 percentage. William M’Ewen, 14 years, East Olutha, 466 marks, or 49 percentage. Robert Forsyth, 13 years, Middle Dunedin, 462 marks, or 48.6 percentage. D. J. M‘Ewen, 12 years, East Clutha, 414 marks, or 43.5 percentage. William Rennie, 15 years, Outram, 404 marks, or 42.5 percentage. George Henderson, 12 years, East Clutha, 396 marks, or 41 6 percentage. James Wilkinson, 12 years, Waikari, 369 marks, or 38.8 percentage. J. R. A Henderson, 14 years, East Olutha, 1 32 : marks, or 34.4 percentage. I P, A. Cullen, 14 years, Greytown, 281 marks, ; or 29.5 percentage. ■ Michael Moloney, 14 years, Queenstown, 235 j marks, or 24.7 percentage. I James Reid, 13 years, Arrow, 228 marks, or i 24 percentage. 1 James Robertson, 14 years, Shotovor, 195 marks, or 20.5 percentage. 1 William Alloo, 13 years, Queenstown, 162 i marks, or 17 percentage. William Butler, 14 years, Arrow, 152 marks, or 16 percentage. Michael Dwyer, 13 years, Shotover, 147 marks, or 15.4 percentage. W. J. Worthington, 12 years, Queenstown, 112 marks, or 11.7 percentage. Hector Low, 12 years, Arrow, 85 marks, or 8.9 percentage. Robert Boyne, 13 years, Queenstown, 57 marks, or 6 percentage. Girls’ District Schools. Total Marks Obtainable, 875. Mary Montgomery, 14 years, Albany street, 614 marks, or nearly 70.2 percentage—Scholarship. Jane Smith, 13 years, Middle Dunedin, 512 marks, or 58.5 percentage, E. R. Smith, 12 years, Middle Dunedin, 494 marks, or 56.4 percentage. J. D. Hooper, 14 years, Middle Dunedin, 481 marks, or 54 9 percentage. Elizabeth Reid, 15 years, North Taieri, 437 marks, or 49.9 percentage, Maggie Wales, 14 years, Middle Dunedin, 409 marks, or 46.7 percentage. Elizabeth Lewis, 13 years, Waipori, 402 marks, or 45.9 percentage. C. M‘Ara Graham, 15 years, Maungatua, 393 marks, or 44.9 percentage. Margaret Reid, 14 years, North Taieri, 368 marks, or 42 percentage. Elizabeth Alloo, 15 years, Queenstown, 250 marks, or 28.5 percentage. Jane Blackley, 14 years. Middle Dunedin, 232 marks, or 26.5 percentage. Kata Macklin, 15 years, Queenstown, 168 marks, or 19.2 percentage. Margaret Marshall, 11 years, Arrowtown, 123 marks, or 14 percentage. Mr Gillies said the report contained one or two points worth noticing. The first was the alteration in the manner of conducting the examinations, which were now local, and it was gratifying to find one of the results had been a larger number of competitors than before. Next, the examination at the High Schools bad resulted almost the same aslthe school examinations—the scholars maintaining the same position at each—a result that should give the pub ic confidence in bo hj the school and scholarship examinations Another thing only fair to mention was that a great number of the competitors were at the time of competition suffering from meaaTs, while many came from their beds to compete. That fact to a great extent accon .ted fpr the lory number of marks iuaoy a ! tamed ; and the same illness prevented a-me from competing. He knew several schools that would have seat more comp-titors but for that cause. The papers for the Grammar 'chool competitions were the same as the High School papers, with a reduction in the number of marks required for French, and the District School papers were relatively easier. It was well that the public should know something of the manner in which these competitions were carried out. He suggested for the Secretary’s consideration the desirability of returning the examination papers to the schoolmasters to look over them, and to see where their scholars had failed. The scholarships we>e not merely for the sake of encouraging a spirit of emulation among the children, but also to spur up the teachers’, the success or otherwise of whose pupils gave the public a good idea of the master’s abilities. The Bupe.rinten.dekt thought Mr Gillie j’e suggestion an important on**. The Board then adjourned