HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 9 March 1927, Page 6

HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.

. MQNTHLY MgETING. g' — J i j The monthly pieeting of the Waitafei IRgh Scliopl Board of Governors was hpld yesterday. Present; Mes§rs IJ, P. Lee (ehairman), Q. LD'ingsfopg, IL S; 0rb§ih W, Gar= diper, Rev, I, E, Rertram and I)r Douglas. TllP phpirman "welcomed Mr Gardinep to the megting after his long gbsepce through illness, Mi§§ II: Edgar wa§ appointed 8Vtteachev to bplh. schools, duties to commence at the bgginping of tlic second term, The chairman reported that tlie plans of the ncw Gids' Junior High I School Avere almost completed and I were being forwarded to Ihe De- ! partment for approval next weeU, I Rector's Report, 1 The rector (Mr F, Milner, M.A.), i reported as follQ^Y§:— The new masters Messrs Inder, McDonald and Scott toolc pp their respeetive duties as froni the opening of this term. The art wqj'k of the school h&s heen temporarily suspended owing to the fact that Miss Edgar has not been able to take np duty yet. The Junior Iligh "School roll justifies the appointment of .an additional mnster and I recoinmend that application be made to the Department for per-

mission to advertise, 'Supervision of the metal-work department will necessitate the appointment of an instructor as Mr Jackson's time is fully occnpied with the woodwork classes. Such expert instruction is absolutely necessary if the Junior High School is going to provide a properly balanced cxploration _ ot the pupil's intcrests and capacities. 1 wish to institute an industrial or manual coursc, comprising English, arithmetic, drawing, science, woodI work and mctal work, which can be continued in the senior school on intensified lines. . A, I. Rcnnic has been awarded a Uhiversity entrance scholarship. I " The secretary of the Royal Colf onial Institute has advised that A. i C. Jessep took second prize (equal) I in the senior essay competition. There were 73 competitors. In | this senior (class A) competition E. B. Dalmer was awarded second place on the honourable mention I list. In class B (92 competitors) D. = I M. Patterson was awarded 'second j I nlace in the honourable mention • # | list. The /fexamindrs were Sir Harry = I I Wilson /and Dr Rendall (ex-head- 1 I'i master of Winchester College). An 1 i old b'/v. J. R. Hosking, son of his \ 1 Honc/ur, Sir John Hosking. has rast . [j bee« awarded his Doctorate of op- • | enoe. The Junior High School prxze ; I in the Scott Memorial Essay has ; 1 been awarded lo C. T. Rosie. • 1 During the sceond weelc of tbe ; I term the Cadet.Corps . went into ; 1 barracks under the command of ; S Major M'Culloch and profited ex- j |l ceedinglv frorn the week's intensive j | course. | ^ Lady Principal's Report. : | The Principal of the Girls' High ; 1 School (Miss J. B. Wilson) report- ; 1 ed as follows-: — „ ; 1 School Roll— The school roll , 1 number is 328. Senior High School: ; g Number of 1926 pupils returned, ; ij 124; Junior High School pupils pro- ; nioted, 34; Third Forrn pupils from j country districts, 28; pupils trans- ; ferrcd from secondary schools, 4; ; total, 190. Junior High School:! Pupils in Form Ha and Ilb (Stand- ] ard 6), 78; pupils in Forms la and! Ib (Standard 5), 60; total, 138. Re- ! cent examination results were as foliows Higher leaving certificates, !J fivvnrds. Charlotte H. M'Gradie and Margaret G. Richardson were

appomtea as pronaiicners. .iun • j Bloxham, Ethel A, FarraiP, Wini- , fred M. Irving and Heler, S. Sump- ; * ter were awarded Home Science j j bursaries. Leith V. Sheppard enfer- , ed Otago University as an arks stu- '■ 1 dent. In tbe teachers' D certificate | i i examination there were 10 eandi-'S ^ i dates, six obtaining full passes and t ] j four partial passes. In the matrieu- i ; : lation examination there were 21 ; . I candidates and 14 full passes and ! !' completion. In the Public Service ! 1 Entrance of eight candidates three j obtained credit passes and five . i passes. >Of 12 candidates in the Sen- | 1 ior National Scholarship examin- •: ' ation one gained a scholarship (M. j H. M'Culloch), four gained credit j t passes, and five others passed. In i the junior shorthand lypistes' ex- j amination three candidates out of i five passed. Six candidates for the j intermediate examination for sen-,; ior free place all passed. In tbe j intermediate examination 34 candi- ! dates passed and three were grant- j ed an extension of junior free j pjace. Nine out of 11 passed the i Junior National Scholarship exam- j ination. Out of 64 candidates in the proficiency examination, 52 gained J proficiency certificates, two gained i cndorsed competency and six competency. Of 195 pupils entered for examinations 172 passed, the percentage of successes being 88.2. Scott Memorial Essay Award— Junior High School pupils — Isabel \ M. Dawson; Country Schools — j Sarah M. Hedley (Bortons). Junior] High School pupils : Rosnah Clarke, j Sheila M'Culloch, Lorna Miller, j Margaret Rush, Mildred H. Searle, i Hilary Sumpter. [ Cabled advice- has been received i by Miss Janet I. Gibson, Miss Mavis I I. Walker and Miss Jean F. Rennie j (ex-pupils) that they have been j successful in obtaining the M.A. de- j gree, and by Miss Bertha Deal and ! Miss FJorence Deal that they have ! gained the B.A. degree.