SCHOOL COMMITTEES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 215, 11 August 1937, Page 16

SCHOOL COMMITTEES

MONTHLY MEETINGS.

COLLEGE STREET SCHOOL. The monthly meeting of the College Street School Committee was held last evening, Colonel J. H. Whyte presiding. The headmaster (Mr L. J. Plank) reported that the attendance was Satisfactory, the average being 502 and the present roll number 507. The school ball had been held and all concerned deserved congratulation on a very successful function. The inspectors had visited the school and liaA reported on the high standard of efficiency. The agricultural instructors (Messrs Lange and Robbie), and Dr. Elizabeth Gunn had also paid visits. The school was in receipt of sortie very fine wallpaper sample books from Mr C. E. Stephens and a tree for Arbor Day planting from Mr J. C. Fraser. The chairman congratulated Mr Plank and his staff on the efficiency disclosed in the inspectors’ report, and a resolution on these lines was carried. The teachers wore also congratulated on the success of the recent ball, and wa.rmly thanked by the committee for the pains taken in the training of the children. The treasurer (Mr J. C. Young) reported that the receipts from the ball had been a record, but each year found the expenditure mounting—this year to £4O 2s 9d. The profit was £4l. The ladies’ committee were accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The chairman commented upon the excellent arrangements made for school children at last week’s big Rugby match, and on his motion it was decided to write to the Manawatu ltugby Union congratulating the members on the trouble taken in ensuring that the children saw the game under the best possible conditions.

HOKOWHITU SCHOOL.

ARBOR DAY PLANS. The monthly meeting of the Hokowhitu School Committee was held last evening, Mr H. W. Cox presiding. A letter from the Wanganui Education Boa.rd acknowledged the committee’s pr.otest against the foundation of an intermediate school in Palmerston North. The report of the headmaster (Mr A. IT. McLean) stated, inter alia:—“The present roll is 279, the average attendance being 260.6, which is 91 per cent, of the average roll. Severe colds are still prevalent a.nd are affecting the attendance. The school has been visited by Dr. Gunn and the school nurse. A supply of garden apparatus lias been received from the board, which will facilitate the work. 1 have received a supply of books on loan from the public library. They will be very welcome. The board has requested that Arbor Day be celebrated this month, and I shall be glad of directions from the committee so that any planting that may be done will further the committee’s development scheme.” Accounts totalling £2 18s lid were passed for payment. It was resolved to leave the matter of a fitting celebration of Arbor Day in the hands of the headmaster, the committee recommending that he give the pupils a talk on the significance of the clay. The visiting committee (Messrs King and Crowtlier) reported on matters pertaining to the school. A resolution was passed: “That this committee places on record its appreciation of the services given by Mr W. G. Black in educational matters in this city and that, we give him full support in the attitude lie ha.s taken up in the recent controversies.”