HIGH SCHOOL FOR TE KUITI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 644, 18 February 1914, Page 5

HIGH SCHOOL FOR TE KUITI.

AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING

ACTION TO EE TAKEN. The necessity for a high school in such a large and rapidly growing district as this portion of the King Country has long appealed to those desirous of providing the fulleu possible educational advantages to the rising generation. Te Kuiti as the natural centre of a populous district, and with a public school having a roll number of about four hundred pupils, claims first; attention as the centre at which such a school should be established. Hitherto the children of ihis district who were desirous of acquiring advanced education have been compelled to attend Hamilton school, or go further afield and live away from home in order to pursue their studies. It is now felt that the time has arrived for placing the children of this district on a better footing in respect to advanced education and a meetirg was held in Mr Thomas' office on Saturday night for the purpose of considering the matter of takine the necessary steps to have a High School established. Mr Walsh, chairman of toe Te Kuiti School Committee, presided, and there was a representative attendance of committee members and others. It was pointed out that in consequence of a recent regulation all those desirous of pausing the Civil Service examination were compelled to take subjects which could only be studied at a high school or technical school at a large centre. This placed the examination beyond the reach of young people living in . country districts where access to a high school was not obtainable. In the interests of the aspiring scholars it was imperative that the regulation should be amended, or that the high school should be established without delay.

' Atfer discussion it was unanimously resolved on the motion, of Messrs Fletcher and Smith that steps should immediately be taken with the object of getting the school established. .It was decided that a house-to-house canvas of the town should be made and that the committee should get into touch with the school committees of the various centres on the railway between and including Taumarunui and Te Kuiti with a view to united action. Mr Mostyn Jones, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who attended the meeting said the project would have the hearty support of the Chamber of Cmmerce, and any action necessary to further the matter would be undertaken.

, It was stated that a roll number of with an average of twelve pupils ware necessary in order to obtain and keep the high school in existence, and the names of twenty two eligibles were provided in the r^om.