SCHOOL NEEDS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20013, 11 August 1939, Page 13

SCHOOL NEEDS

WAIROA PARENTS’ LEAGUE OBJECTS OUTLINED 1 FUNDS TO BE RAISED (Spttcial to tli*! Herald.) WAIROA, 'his day. A indticn that the objects of the league be to assist the .school committee in raising .funds for improvements and amenities other than those which should be provided out of the funds supplied by the Government and that it be a means whereby parent's, as a bod}', could make representations to the committee and to the Education Board, was carried at a meeting of the newly-formed committee of the Wairoa Parents’ League held on Wednesday evening. It was decided that the league should endeavour to raise moneys by means of a social evening to be held during the coming week. The chairman, Mr. 11. G. Jamieson, presided over a well attended and enthusiastic meeting. Mr. C. M. Pilkington was elected deputy chairman, and Mr. Tomlinson was appointed secretary and treasurer. It was decided that no membership subscription should be levied. Immediate Objectives In discussing the leagues’ immediate objectives. Mr. S. M. Ashburn pointed out that one cf the duties of the school committee was to look af f er the grounds, but the committee did not have the necessary funds with which to launch a scheme of beautification. He stated that the Parents’ League could be of considerable assistance m this direction and also in such matters as billeting players of outside teams visiting Wairoa to play games against the local school and arranging for the entertainment of the teams. A further matter in which the league might be of assistance would be in connection with the raising of funds for the Dental Clinic Committee, but, added Mr. Ashburn, n was hoped that as a result of the efforts of the natives and churen authorities in this direction, sufficient funds would be in hand. Mr. Ashburn gave a short resume of the difficulties which the committee had experienced in obtaining too Wairoa quota. The clinic covered the pupils in 12 schools in the district, and the Wairoa District High School was th e 'last to fulfil its quota. It was hoped that the work of enlarging the clinic would 'be commenced within the next (few days and the second nurse should be in attendance within a month of the completion of the building so that it should he possible within a short time to start overtaking the arrears of work. Needed Amenities The acting-headmaster, Mr. A. S. Telfer, gave an outline of what he considered to be essentials which could not he supplied from Government funds. These were (1) a piano-for the North Clyde School; (2) a piano for the infant department of the District High School. Further amenities which would foe of considerable value were a cinematograph machine for visual education, and two school libraries with good reference books. The committee then discussed what form its activities should take, and a decision was arrived at to open operations by means of a social evening which would have a two-fold object, namely, to raise funds and to be a means whereby teachers could come into contact socially with the parents. A sub-committee was set up to go into the question of holding such a function during the coming week.