TECHNICAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 91, 7 June 1911, Page 5

TECHNICAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE

o .MONTHL Y MEETING.

■The monthly meeting of the Tech'.ical SfJiocl Committee was held last iglrt.' , Present: Messrs. Cargill ‘chairman), .McMillan, Masters, 'lyer, l-orritb and Anderson (secretary). The director (Mr. F. Tyrer) re->-i led :—-The class in book-keeping is till current, and very satisfactory eerie is being done. Two more lessons vill complete tha first term of instnic- . ion. Tiie commencement of the scc)tid term will bo duly notified. I suggest for your approval that the second term consist of ton weeks, and that the foe ho 15s. This slight alteration will make the instructor’s work fit in hotter with that in the other schools he visits. The class in drawing and design lias finished. It is disippoiuting that a greater number of students could not be found to attend tile class. :.! hops to establish a ■lass in geometrical and design drawing within a few weeks. These arc ml>Jcots for Civil Service and Malnitiation examinations, and should apical to poisons desirous of passing ithcr of those trots. I have no hesiation in stating that Mr. Hutton is • r excellent art master, and that any •■arson joining the class will got full nine for his foe. The work in th 6

’.ressmakiug class has been interimptd by the illness of the instructress, iiss Dempsey. Due notice of the remnmer.ccincnt of work will bo given, lasses in dairy science work have ■paned at Midhirst and Xgaire. These ,ro really well attended, and by the 'roper class of student. 1 hope that lie instructor will succeed in pnpnirising the work, and that classes of i similar nature will lie established in at ions, centres in Taranaki. Classes i woo! sorting are working at T’o Weil and Toko. These have only ;• modrate attendance, in Stratford continuation classes in Latin, English, mathematics and arithmetic are being well attended. The first term ends with the Taranaki schools’ mid-win-ter vacation—in a fortnight’s time. As two classes are now working continuously in the Technical School, and often four cr rive classes for an hour, the urgent need better lavatory arrangements for the girls’ department has been very marked for the past foituigin. if at all possible, a now system should lie fixed up at once. It was decided ihat the lavatory alterations bo carried out at once. The report w,as adopted. It was decided lo write to Air. L. Pa skin. Mrlbi.rt, thanking him for ;is iidi in connection with the dairy •lass at Midiib r ,t, Mr. Tyrol raid he had been told that the class largely owed its success ■;o Mr. Harbin's (droits. The next meeting of the committee \id be held on the first Wednesday Ti July, in order to enable Mr. Hoatby. organiser, to bn present. Mr Tyrcr suggested that a class honid !:•:> start' d in stair-building; md it was derided to look into the matter.