PALMERSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 34, 12 April 1879, Page 2

PALMERSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

i Thttbsdat, Apbilj }0, 18?9. ! Present — Messrs. Snelsp.n (Chairman)*. Hayns, Coleman, Mackie^ Qoodis.Bon, and the Secretary, Mr. Lockie. '■''"' ' VINTTTEB. The minutes qi last meeting were read ani ponfirtned. COiEaBSPONDESOB. BijQtn A. 'A.' Brown, to the Education Bpav4> Wangaiy^i, stating tha£ the Jfcard had, consented tq the appointment of Mjsb. Kelt" a* pupil teachejj, anc\ that the appointment qf Miss Dil}on as actress wo,is4 rest with' $he Committee, Erp.m A."A t Brown, Secretary to the Education B,oard. stating that m. consequence of the,rVsignatiqns.p,f Messrs. H. I. Jones, J. T. Dairy mple, and Jf- D r ul hie, as tn,e.m,bers p|. the Board, it had. become neoMwy to' nominate three candidates to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of tjheje gentlemen, and requesting that the n*tr\es of those, nominated should! b«> forwarded, by the 14th April. Frflm C. H\ W. Lock, teacher of the, iPalmerston School, as follows :—" Palmerston North, Aprjl 9, 187S>.— G. M. gnslson, Esq., Chairman, of Committee.— Dear Sir,— When I was in 'Wangauui last week I had some conversation with Mr. Watson, the I third master of the B,ig\\ School, with regard to making arrangements for exchang- : in* our appointments under the Education Board. When doing so, I had no.t much idea that the matter would come to any definite head. It appears, however, to have been brought before the. Wanganui Com.; mittee. by Mr, Watson, and they have agreed to the change, as ha informs me thw day by telegram! 1 have, therefore, now tef I lay th.a matter before your. £o:nmtytee, and ask your consideration o,f the question, Amongst other reasons for my wishing the : change, as you doubtless know,, the recent narrow escape of one of my children lias naturally made my vtffe excessively ner.rous. Allow mej at same time, to repeat that nothing has been definitely settled - X but m m tlie case of your , Committee, accepting the arrangement as proposed, Mrs. Watson woul&be prepared to take charge (I believe) of the infants'- room. — I am, Sir, your " obedient servant, C. £. W' Lock." ntpfixsA.Tipft to education BpAßp--1 T;here was 'a unanimous wish expressed < that the Chairman should allow himself to be nominated to the B6>ird, arid Mr. Hayns propped — " That Mr. Snelson be nominated as ft candidate far election to the Wanganui Ediie^ilqn.BpaiJsi, and that the Secretary of .the. Committee 1 write to the several Cpmmitfcees m the v Wanganui District., asl^ns: tbem*% support the retuns^of Mr. Snel&on," Mr', Coi,EMA^.seconded l .the motion, which was carried unanimously. ThaCHAIBMAif intimated; that, if elected, he Could not promise to retain office longer it ban the end of the present year," and, gav.e : his consent oh' that, understanding iV "! CHANGE OF TEACHERS, The, Ghaismait sajd, that $$p. Lojek's ' letter,must havev taken them, al). b.y. s.urprise^ as it, certainly, did himself. Thief we're', all, under.' the imoression tslwt. Mr. Loxjlc was very fiomfortahtf, and tliat he waa oerfeotlv dati.sGed with the mnnner m which l>e hnd. been treated by the. CommU-tee. He (the .Chairman) th.o,usht the least Mir. Lock ' couljj. liave don^.was to. cowyult the Committee before entering' 'into' awaßgements ■ wilK'^ny person, o,r. making, the' matter public. If it wns to be toleiuted. that the teache)rN\va« to be Ihe master of the Committee, instead of being its servant, the whole, thinar would end m chaos, and the ; functions of i)ic Committee" would be a i'ttiere. nothing, lie was of opinion that a tatnonjj, record should be at least placed on fth'e niinutos, so ns to preven^ any future ['teßtth^'nctinff m a simiinr manner. There -was lip. use. attempting to keep Mr. Lprk if >he wanted to get anrny, and no donht the statenient m his letter with reanrd to his wife was correct; but at the sa,me"tiine he objected to the manner m which the whole affoir.Hnd been. conducted. ■ ". Mr Coleatax enflor«ed the remnrk* of the Qtmirman. He f^lf very strongly m : the niatter. beonuse he.'lmd sceii.it stated m T^anqanni'Mirald', \hat the clinnge hnH •been effected., with the sanction of thi* . Commute.; nnrt. the Inspector. Sinfp.Miv Lock' Had hnen, m Pi'l^iei-ston, t"ke Com'u«iltee hactendearciured to study .him in 'ever v way, imd he thought if that 'gentleman ivißh^d( i& elifeft^ be. p^bjtlo, have $nt

acquainted. the Committee. He (Mr. poleman) considered, that there pught to be some explanation with regard }o Mr. Watson's statement, -to the effect that the arrangement entered inlo, between Mr. Ljjek and himself had received the sanction of that Committee and the jnspectoiy He had heard that Mr. Watson was a good teacher, ' and he had no objection to him personally ; but it was not wise policy tq change teachers whenever they might fake it into their heads to enter into an arrangement like the present one. He thought that a very strong letter should be sent tq the Education Board on the subject. Mr. Mackie, ajtbough sqrry th,at Mr. Look was leaving, pqnsidered }f that gentleman desired to get away, the Committee had better let him gq. The manner of his leaving, hqweven, was most objectionable, because until the whole affair had been cut and dried, the pomruittee was tptally unaware of the impending change. Mr. Hayns quite concurred m the remarks of the previous speakers, and begged leave to move the following resolution on the subject .—5? That this Committee wish to place on record the irregular manner m which Mr. Lock has acted, without the consent or knowledge of this Committee, m j making arrangements with Mr. Watson to change sehqojg, aup! that t he Chairman write i tq t?ie Board \n \Vanganui, asking for any ! information it may havo m reapeot of this prqiected ohange. 1 ' l|r. Maokib seconded the resolution, and , it was carried unanimously. EK%AB(iBMBIST OP QCatOQI.* Mr.. CqLEMA^ stated, on behalf of the sub-pflinmjttee appointed at a previous meetjng, that it had given a good deal of consicjeratifln, t0 '^c. plans for the enlargement of the school, anpl Mr. Hayns especially had taken great pa\m m thp matter. It wa.s Bropqse^ to make th,e present room 20 fept longep, a.nd tq hare two porches ; but thf sub-cgrnmittep wqs. afraid that the amount at \\,s disposal—^J4O— wqfild not p^ove adequate to carrying out the improvements.. The plans bad beep sent to the Wanganui Ed.u,eat:jqn B,oard for appupvaV The CgAiEifA^ suggpste4 that tlje si\bcommittee should ca.ll for tenders as. soo,n as the plans were approved of and returned hy t|ie Wanganui Education Board., an^ that a special meeting of the Comniitteei sho.uld be called when the tender^ were, received. Mr. Maok|b moved., and Mr. Goq^ssoi^ seconded, a motion "m accordance w\th the suggestion, wliich was carried. . Mb. Hayns thought that a table, with one or two drawers, should be provided for the i\sa of the Committee, and the, matter was left i^ his own hands to purchase what he considered wayld be most suitable. The meeting then adjourned.