SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4827, 8 May 1925, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMITTEE

MEJ.TING OF HOVSEHtLDEBS.

PROCEEDINGS AT PAEROA.

‘ There was a shocking.,} pooy attendance of householders a: the an nuai meeting; which was held in the Soldiers" Club." Paeroa, jn Monda". evening, and presided ov '- r by Mr tf E Gillman, chairman of the outgonit camnrttee.

In : jening the meeting Mr Gillma < deplcred the fact hint paients"did no: take more interest in the affairs of the district high school, and san that even allowing for counter attractions that evening b : . felt tha: a much larger number of i.<.useholdeis cuul.l have made it cohve’vcnt to attend and evince some intet'-s.t in tie progress of the school and the wo-x of the committee dur the lastwelve months. Referring to - the am u report (published in the “Gaze:"*’ on Monday) the chairman said ’ ri*t the year just past had been a record one, and he wished to express his thanks to his co-workere on the old committee, and also to the headmaster. Mr G. H Taylc’" and his staff. The annual report 1.-u balanc* sheet was then read and adopted. The Mayor (Mr W. Mi. hall), on behalf of the meeting, ti ’-nked the chairman and members for the<r splendid efforts and the good work done, and congratulated them on the fine account of their -.‘■■wardship The speaker said that u- had bee", closely associated with Ibc headmaster and committee duri .y the yea '. and he had nothing but profound admirafon for the enthiu.xstic am capable manner in whic 1 '- ’he affa" " of the school had been u.v’iled. lie was of the opinion that i”« facilities provided, and tne beauty f the scho “. grounds, compared favourably wlc» any school in the Domi. ■.'m. I’ne work carried out rcdo»n'-’. to the credit of those concerned and could only be conducive to all that was noblest and best in the pupil's. Tnc distrk • was particularly 'ununato in having a man of Mr Taylor’s calibre, enthusiasm, and personal interest in the ' clfare of the pupils and the school as headmaster, and to him and his he wished to ti.»-cially express his thanks and sincere appreciati >n of the services rendered, an hearty congratulations on uie succ<£o attained.

Mr Taylor suitably replied, andpa-.a tribute to Mr Gillman ar. the members cf the committee for the help and co-operation that ne had received -n all matters during the y* ->

The question of the pi'vision of type-writing and book-kec-uing clades was introduced by the Rev. F. B. Dobson. The matter was also rete.red to by Mr Marshall, wh • considered that such classes shoui! be provided in the schools’ jugular cmriculuhi. The question of the provisioh of a junior high school or a technical higl senool was also discussed at length, and it was resolved to defer the matter of taking steps in tha« direction in the meantime. PLAYING AREAS. The Rev. Dobson suggested that it lie a recommendation to tlie incoming committee to consider th; matter of enlarging the playing arsa., and also securing an additional are , .of lanl au a horse paddock, DISPOSAL OF MOISEY. The disposal of the £Bl eolketed for the purpose of providing a manual school was dismissed at. imgth, and various suggestions were put forwai 1. but no action was taken ,it being deemed advisable to hold the money until some scheme was adopted whereby the money could be'advantageously spent, either in-s’chooi-ground improvements or the provision of increased playing area.. ELECTION OF COMMITTEE. Owing to the fact that Mr Gillmaii was leaving Paeroa he foimally withdrew his nomination, thus leaving the required number of nominations fo; a committee, and the following were duly elected: Messrs W. H. Blakeway. N. C. Busby, C. T. MetUm, F. E. Eaddy, C. H. Pascoe, W. Purdie, W. T. Power, A. E. Say, and R. J. Thorp. A hearty vote of thanks to the outgoing chairman and committee concluded the meeting COMMITTEE MEETING. At a meeting of the new committee subsequent to the annual ir.eetii§ Mr C. H. Pascoe was unanimously elected ehairman for the ensuing year, ami Mr W. T. Power depute- chairman. Attention was drawn L-> the bad state of the footpaths on loth sides of Wood Street from the intersection of Victoria Street to the end of the school boundary, and it was resolv--ed to request the Borough Council to take steps to have the paths cleared of grass and sullicieittlj metalled and raised to enable the children to get along dry-footed during the winter months.

General regret was expressed that Mr Gillman was leaving the district, and Mr Pascoe stated that he had been given a hard row to hoe to fill the position as successfully ais had the retiring chairman, but he would do his best to carry on the good work. In welcoming the new members Mr Pascoe expressed the hope that they would enjoy a pleasant term of office and find much to interest them in working for the welfare of the school and its scholars.