Te Aroha High School.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43318, 28 April 1908, Page 2

Te Aroha High School.

AIDHJiJj REPORT END *G 31bx MARCH, 1908. . The Committee has the pleasure to prefietfc the annual report Which mows that .doriag the year now concluded substantial progra * : has been made. —Attendant The number on the roll March smuter,.: 1907, I average attendance' for the quar The number on the roll at the' w, “•. ! corresponding quarter for 1908 was\232 aett 1 the average attendant ? 197. A-Igaijn m; : > the roll number of 14 and in average attendance of 16. Of the 232 jiist mentioned, 200 are in the primary department and 27 in the . secondary department ; the average for th* primary department bring 174 Mid foz ths , secondary 23.. ■ s

—AAIgU WllWi —■ .-/V; 1 The most important event in Jim school .; year has been the conversion of'the Te Aroha Public School into the Te Afama Dfe* j triofc High School. This entailed . amount ef negotiation and <x>r»cejsS®3Bnce. Circulars were forwarded to all the School 'Committees and head teachers iu the neigh- e , booting school districts. The parents ; ' children likely to become pupils of a second • class were write! upon or communicated with; •by letter. In July the Education Board Wwj; ! formally requested to establish the High . School, and after nine months hadbeen devoted to negotiations, the Committees request, ] was given effect to. Mr J. "W. Collins B.A. • ’wasin the first place appointed;aaeistanQl^a {take charge of the secondary clasa, and upoM> ; ;his declining to take up the work Mi|s M. B. . • Robertson, 8.A., was nominated in his place. | The Committee hopes that Its efforts in the j cause of secondary education .will be seoonded jby the parents. Whilst the existanee of a. : j secondary class plaoes more' advanced educa-v , tion Iwitnin the reach of ril, . failure to; ! adequately support this class .will result in its ■ , being discontinued. Pupils, are now being prepared for the Civil Service, matriculation, and candidates fc* .employment at I tedchew examinations; and theCommitteekaseyetyJ'. reason to believe that good .work is being done. ' —Bequest from the Late Mr J.Morton— Underthewill of the iate' Mr J. Mortott 112$ shares in the Crown tnine are left. in - trust for the benefit of the'prize fond, of! tha . school. The intention' ia ’that these shares i which are wOrth about, 7s each, shall be dia- ) posed of and the proceeds , invested. .It has •j been suggested that the capital sum might be ■ increased by subscriptions to say £6O, which invested at 6 per cent would proride £2 10s j per annum. Theprizos cost from £4 to £5 • per annum. Mr Gilchrist, who for eom® I years past has generously paid hrif the oost,Y ■ the remaining half being donated by the members of the Committee land the .Head ' Teacher, has promised to find 1 kaK the : amount not covered by the interest on the legacy on condition thajthe Committee finds J. the remainder. - J ■ —Measles Epidemic— In common with other districts, Te Aroha ; suffered from a severe epidemic of measles V during the third quarter of 1907, causing avy | serious falling off in the attendance and organising the work of the school; the height of the epidemiojthei | had the school thoroughly cleaned, and in.. addition it was treated with -dirinfecjMt bjr an officer of the Health Deportment. J i; ’ —lnspeotor’s Report— V j Order, discipline, and tone of tylf r >*oo* good, efficiency of the ecbool veryjf oactorJ ' under the circumstances. s Thkay J_ | the measles epidemic and the *•« ing off in the attendance. Iri.Wstniard Yl* there were iix certificates of competency and > 11 certificates of proficiency granted, making 17 out of a total of 22 present. *. —School Cleaning— The question of school', cleaning . has. during the year riven the Committee a'gtrat,‘% deal of trouble. Mm, Goodwin was appointed y • cleaner If it May at . £lB 18s per annum, r j within three week’s she asked ,to be relieved, ! and her place was taken by Mre Nicojb at £25 per annum, a rate of . remuneration which • tiie Committee expeoted to oommend; good results. Unfortunately the Committee’s! hopes y were not fulfilled. Before the term Mrs Niccoll also rdinqrisheq the .work, and for over a month, in spite of evety.effort > on the Committee’s part, a cleaner could not;:;.;'; be obtained. During this time such cleaning;, , as was done was entrusted to' volunteers v. among the pupils. During the ’ Easter 1 holidays Mrs Sherlock kindly undertook tq thoroughly dean the school,: so that the pupils were able to reassemble in dean rises y||, : rooms. The ..sweeping has now been under-ty taken by Mrs Ross, and the Committee .® hopes that the deaning difficulty'!* end, 1 j - * 1 —Electric light—. The eleatrio light has been installed m th? teacher’s house, the cost being borneJjpequa r, shares by the Education Board and

mitteo. ' ; " "-J.- V’ y‘-,y ' ; —Changes inStaff-r* m jfc Chas. E. Book having entered the Teachers* Training College, ..for qv year’* training, Mr H. Binstead has been'appointeaq as his substitute. ' —^Finance— The balance-sheet to he read this eveningshows that at March 31st, 1968, the Committee had a credit balance of ;£7 16s 10d.|.y Since that date aooountv amounting tq £l*3 3s lOd have come to hand, so that: titers w now actually, a debit balance of £6 7s. TUs is readily explained by the fact that' tie following items; of i. unusual expenditure : have had to be ihcurrol. ’ Curtains and fixings to separate secondary riaas-wona £2 i 18s 6d; advertiring' opening of: eeoondmyy class, £2 9s; special rieaning during messlsa epidemic, £1 9s ; repaiiing damage to roof of school, caused'by gale, £1,17s 6d : _tqtal, £8 14s. The .Committee has applied vto the Board for a special grant to am in defraying J these items, bat as y®t has received no reply, g —Technical Education— At tie request of tic Committee the Department of Teriinioal Educatiou'oonaented to continue tie claeoee in dreesmaking eon? ;,, ducted by Hiss Campbell. . ' _ Teachers classes in nature study were : ; conducted during last spring by Mr V. Jack* ; son, 8.A., the Education Board’s expert in : Agriculture. . The following comimttee write appointed for the ensuing year:— Messrs Devey, Dukes, Somers, Maingay, Wallace, Sherlock and ABhby. Messrs Lipsey and Mclnman acted as scrutineers. ' /