TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 81, 25 March 1908, Page 3

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD

I lie ordinary monthly meeting of Hi - hdiiration lioanl was held last nigld. lhero were prcseul--Jlesar-. ,1. Wad", (j. A. Adlam, ,1. 1). ilorison. 11. TrimM % H. Rogers, W. Kennedy, If. Faull, and A. Morton.

. r ARCHITECT-!! REPORT, j .Mr. .1. Sanderson, the architect iv- „ ported having visited the Tikoran»i t I school with the con tractor. Mr Pro". I, I V; r ' ,1 nd S' mi « Progress ]mvment. [| Mr i'roctor would do his utmost to ' make a good job of it. The resident t J»a- an old building and not worth tI: 7" "f, "'"<" on. At Rahotu then! ' me „ I-T }° ,e ' ,0n th *» "t the 'nee r1" ■''*" lß '" ,w """"ths . smcc Extra ventilation was reuuired ■"the school, but as the que on of ■ not , yet *«l'ed, itwa difheult o know what to advise. Should the additions not be required, then the ventilation should Ik- attended to at Tdni, 7 rq " i ™ «° re ,0 1 uiln<1 ' su " h ;L • • lO , M ". Ftf '<»* water, and he building, both inside and out. should »c pamted The residence required a Porch at the back door and a .Well or verandah at the front door, as both of these faced the prevailing winds. The residence needed painting. The estimated cost of the whole works was £94. Mr. Faull complained of the workmanship i„ the recent works at the

lifcorangi school, and the architect explained that the contract was not ,-->t linishcd. •* Mr. Adlam mentioned Hie necessibor raising Hie teacher', residence at baholii, and this matter will receive attention. Mr. F.iull moved that the flcpa-t----"icnt lie applied to for a grant for a new residence at Tikorangi. The nrc--ent building had been erected in ls«Jl and was, as might be expected, not decently habitable

He architect said he could not recommend the Board to spend anv money on the present building, ,„ul '|| lo »,;. spector added that the teacher complained ol having fallen through the floor on several occasions •Seconded by Mr. Morton and carri-.1. TEACHERS' SELECTION COMMITTEE.

The Teachers' Selection Commit Vc reported that' application* for advertised positions had been received as f »lloiv:—Sole teacher, Oakura. 3; sov teacher Tataraimaka, 4; assistant unstress, Rahotu, 2; assistant mistress Kamiata, 4; assistant mistress, ykato, 4. IJiey recommended that the following names he forwarded to the committees interested: Oakura, Miss K M Montgomery; Tataraimaka, Mr A H Amooivand Miss K. M. Montgomery-;' Rahotu. Mi-s ]•;. Lewis and Mis, I A ',' Bartlett; Kaiinata. Miss E. E. Andrews' Miss E. Lewis, and Miss I A. E BiUlett; Okato. Miss K. E. Andrews. Miss t. U-wis. anil Miss r. A. E. liartlett. Ihe recommendation- of U„. committee were adopted. NEW DISTRICTS.

Mr. A. Morton reported that meetings of householders had decided to cu>--tiul the Bell school district by the formation of two new districts, to !>.. called the Hillsborough and Tarurntan»i districts, to take control of the Egmont road and Upland road schools n-sp..c----tively.-rrhe report was received and the boundaries referred to the committees interested before adoption SCHOLARS!!] I> RKt i V LATIONS.

The Inspectors, .Messrs. W. A. Ballantyne and R. (;. Whettcr. wrote recommending that regulation 11 of the Board's scholarship regulations should be so amended that in December, ijjoo. candidates foi' the Board's senior scholarships should not have, as now. a choice of subjects, but should lx> re-

quired to come up for examination in the same subjects of the Junior Civil Service examination, and that these subjects he Latin, English, mathematics, botany, and arithmetic. In support of the change recommended, they advanced reasons as follow:—!n a competitive examination there should be a common ground of comparison, and therefore it was highly desirable that tests shouiU be uniform. It was almost impossible to compare the intelligence of candidates who were required to work papers in different subjects. The disparity In marks in the 1907 examination showed clearly either that the paper set in one subject was much more difficult than those set in another, or that the re-

quirements demanded by one examiner were much lighter than those demanded by another. On entering a high school the holder of a Board's junior scholarship was required to devote a large proportion of his time to Latin and mathematics, and it seemed only reasonable that he should present himself for examination in these subjects. Moreover. Latin, mathematics, and science should bo taken up, as the holder of a Board's senior scholarship was naturally expected to direct his studies with a view to ultimately pursuing a University course. In further explanation, Mr.' Ballantyne said some pupils took, for instance, botany, and others geography, with different examiners. They might just as well endeavor to compare students of the cookery and woodware classes. The •Junior Civil Service examination syllabus contained about twenty subjects. and the senior scholarship candidate was allowed to select any five of these. Mr. Tyrcr. principal at'(be Stratford District High School, and Mr. H. 11. Ward, acting-principal at the New Plymouth High School, favored this recommendation.

The chairman gave notice to move at next meeting that the regulations be amended in this direction.