LOWER HUTT TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 36, 13 February 1930, Page 5

LOWER HUTT TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

A meeting of the Board of Advice was held on February 6th, when Mr J. Stonebouse, representative of the Education Board, .was elected chairman.

The report presented disclosed that the year ending 1929 was probably the most, successful in the history of the school. Upwards of 140 pupils were enrolled, these including JFree Place students and paying- students.

All the recommendations made to the Education Department for Senior Free Places were granted,"these successes be ing also increased at the examination for Accountants' Prelim.;

Classes were conducted in carpentry and joinery, building mechanical, architectural, geometricial and freehand drawing, electrical wiring and theory,/ shorthand, bookkeeping, commercial English and arithmetic,, (accountants' preliminary subjects, dressmaking and millinery..

The classes in carpentry, joinery and ibuilding construction, .under Mr F. .0. Tunley were conducted so as fully to meet the requirements of apprentices to trades and .during the y^ar 1930 an attempt will be made to strengthen this class by tie formation of a Master Builders' Committee, tie object being to ensuTe the nature of the instruction will satisfy trade reqtiirements.

Local builders can render effective assistance to this Institution by recommending their lapprentices to attend the local school. The nature of the instruction given also satisfies tie requirements of the, Labour Department which furnishes .regularly to the Director lists of apprentices who are residing in the Hutt Valley.

Students in the class in Electrical Wiring and Theory received mueii benefit if rom tie class. TMs is shown by the -success gained in examinations for Wiremen's License and in addition to class instruction considerable benefit was gained by visits paid.to the Evans Bay Electrical Power plant, Gear Meat Electrical Deaprtment and the Electrical Departme of the Lower Huffct.

In addition to the usual classes the Board' intends to, increase the- classes in commercial courses. This is justified ib ythe growth in population *of the Valley and as the number of students in shorthand typewriting increases extra classes will be arranged.

The Board is also anxious to form a class in art work. Becently there have been big developments in art, especially domestic arfcand those who are interested in t2us* work will be pleased to know that an attempt will be made to -provided facilities-in the Hutt for~the study of art. Enrolments for this class can be,, made each evening at the Technical School between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Early enrolments will ensure an early formation of the class .