HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNORS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 106, 2 May 1903, Page 2

HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNORS.

g The Board met on Friday, present: •f Messrs MacDiarmid (chairman), Berry, d Roy, Dookrill, Percy Smith and Wili son. 3. A circular issued by the Education d Board, relative to tho Opiku Reserve, il was read. It was resolved to heartily e eiidorsu the resolutions piesed by the i- Conference of del«g«.te3 a 5 Wanganui. y Tbe S'cretary for Education notified i- thai the classes for drawing and dress- ". making hid been recognised by the » Department.. With regard to the g Board's application for apparatus furis ther information was r. quired. He n poin'ed out tha': the Department only d give a £ for £ subsidy.—Referred to !". Mr Pridham. e Mr Pridham reported that the term .s holidays would commence on Friday :• Bth. The drill instructor as-k d for a i- c'imbing ropi for tha gymoasium. s [Authoisfd|. Daring the earthquake it Home of the chimnies had been damaged.—To be inspected. d Tr,e question of piymaat of fees by )1 Mrs A. Clarke was left to the Chairn man and Secretary to deal with, d The Noxious Wefid Inspector notified the Boaid to clear the reserve in •s Uobaon street. The cbairmin reporir ted thit the work had been done by l- his directions. ir The chairman stated that in conse- ''• q'uence of the increased number of '- scholars trom primary school", the i l . question of attendance priz s would be "■ a seriom mat er, and he suggea'ei i- that the Bjard might consider whether ie certifica es could not be substituted for h attendance prizes. 0 Mr Wilson was in favour of abolish- >- ing attendance prizes, and increasing >. prizes for work. '.- Mf Dookrill considered that a'tendance prizes lowtred the status of the * school, and treated the pupils as chil-! .<• dren. Mr Smith considered some disappointment would ensue if the prizes were dropped without notice. Other members took the same view. No action was taken. 6 The Ohsi'man waR asked to attend lg to the ordering of prizes. I, Mr D ckrill lioped there would bo 1 no grouping of subjects. Thi Cbaircniu said that with the- [ exemption of Bullish, there was no 5 grouping. 8 Mr Wilson s.id that it was always Jj » soro mbjoct that grammar, composi- () lion and litera'ureshould be grouped. i It was decided that there shou'd be 8 no grooping in future. J Mr Roy said that in filling the vacancy 7 on the Bjard he couriered that as the 0 Education Board had always met the 5 High School Governors in a very fair - wiy, ! hit it woull be a compliment to 15 app lin 1 ; a member of the Education 3 Board to the vacancy. He therefore ) moved that Mr HJ3t. Allsworth be ap--3 pointed. The motion was seconded by Mr Berry and supported by all the members present, Mr Smiih pointing out , the advantage of having a member of j ihe Education Board on their body, i After the Chairman bad eulogised , Mr Allsworth's services in the cause of education, the motion was carried unanimously. . Accounts amounting to £lO5 Is 2d 1 were passed for payment. Tho bjard rose.