EDUCATION BOARD JOTTINGS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 262, 29 October 1908, Page 4

EDUCATION BOARD JOTTINGS

SCHOOL CADET CAMP. Major F.. AV. Sandford, commanding the No. i Taranaki battalion ot tin* school cadets, interviewed the Education Jfourd on Tuesday evening, and asked the 13oard to authorise the IloHhig of a caiup during; the coiuing suiuI mer, preferably during the last week of 1 the school year. Major Samlford said there were several reasons why an annual school camp was desirable. To take the lowo-L on the scale lirsl-the boys liked tent life. lUu, more lhaii that, it was good for Ihem. Jiov* nowadays had >o much done for them that •if they were smidmiy thrown on their | own resource?-, they were ijuiio nonplussed. This annual week's (raining

,taught thorn a little about how to prepare a inoal. ami to know a little nlnrnt tin* application of the laws of cleanliness. I'ufortunalely it was a met tint when men went Into tramp a very proportion seemed to 10.-e all !»rn*e ~l' decency, and pretty lirm restraint was (Ufcded. Thai. did the hum m* >lioys an infinite amount of good. In camp these .little soldiers luvd a practical demonstration of the value of the sun as a div infeetant by the practice of airing t lit .bedding. Major Sand ford »aid 1 liat it was also intended to conduct tlie an nual class-liring during the camp, whei bettor supervision would be availabli to minimise the dangers on the range It was necessary, too, that another bat talion parade should be held before th end of the school year, to comply wit! the regulations This he would like I hold during th«* camp. It was his ir. tention to have another lield-'day for ' ritle-shooting this year. and. as a result of the generosity of the townspeople. v the cadets .would fire for challenging trophies. Major Samlford expressed his wish that the boys should lire for these, rather than become "pot-hunters." Miv Kennedy asked Major Sandford if it were possible to supervise all the boys in the camp. ' Major Sandfonl returned an emphatic allinnative. The supervision in a wellordered camp was unquestioned. Xo tent was allowed to be closed, and the<\; was an ollieer on duty all night. Lack of supervision was absolutely the fault of the ollicers.

I-poll the motion of Messrs. Tisch and Trimble, it was decided to accede to the request, provided the camp is held during the first month of the school year.

in the discussion i,t was pointed out that under the new regulations the annual examinations were to be held in the last week of the -school year, aad the canip would interfere.

It will now be necessary for another battalion parade to be held this y-ear.

Mr. P. & Whitcoiube, secretary to the Hoard, reported U> yesterday's t meeting that Mr. !{.• Pepperell, secretary to the Ik 11 Block School Committee, liiid objected to the remark male tliat the tank at the school had.not been cleaned out l'or lifteeii years. He stated it had been regularly cleaned out during- the mid-summer holidays. So long as the education of our children i» partially dependent upon the results of concerts and dances, $o lo.ig must .school ■building?} be fashioned so as to allow of decent "houses'' being drawn to various functions arranged by the committees to raise money for prize funds and school futuls generally. Cuder the proposed .scheme of enlargement of the Stanley school, the conceit 1 ball was to be considerably reduced by the erection of a petition and, the committee has protested to the Education Board that it would greatly interfere with the money-raising. lev the old room, before the reduction in space, was none 100 large. They asked that the partition should be substituted by .a movable screen, and the Board, recognising that school concerts were a necessity, has agreed to. the reqne*?. a»v" to subsidise the committee to i tent of .15, Messrs. Morison and !!"':• crs were empowered to deal wllii the committee. Regarding the proposed sin- for a building for technical classes at Inglewood. the director oj technical education reported to the Hoard lliat the Department hod advised the Board in | the jneantime to arrange for a lease d | the reserve set apart as a site for a I Mechanics' Institute, On receipt of the letter he immediately wrote to the luglewood technical committee «ngg.»sting that the Inglewood Borough Council and other bodies interested be interviewed with a view to giving effect to the Department's recommendation. In reply the chairman of tliv Inglewood technical committee informed him that -Mr I-Jamcrton, the lessee, with the consent of the Inglewood borough, had arranged" to transfer the lease to the Education Board. Mr Ballantyne therefore recommended that the Board instruct it* solicitor to deal with the matter so that the erection of (he building might no longer In* delayed. The report was adopted. Next please! Recently a penny subscription was taken up in our schools in aid .of "Canada's appeal to history." Taranaki contributed C(J -U UU\. In acknowledging receipt of the amount. Mr. E. 0. <;ibbes. Secretary for Education. writes: "I shall be glad if you will forward the lists ot children who contributed to the fund."

Wauganui people arc a Us habit of crowing. Their Carrisou Hand and William Webb made the river town ■notable. Now the educationalists theie point to the report of their Chief In- ( spe'etor as being the last word in cdii-'a-tioiial progress, for he has recommended that technical education should he eompulsorv, Messrs. ]iailaiifvne anil Whettcr. the TaranaUi Hoard' inspectors, reported ou Slst March last to the Hoard: "We tiling it most important that -some form of handwork-should be introdiieed into every school. We would go a step further, and express the opinion that regulations should be drawn up making attendance at technical schools compulsory, within eerlain limils, after the pupil has left school." Kaupulia is the name of a school just beyond Toko. The children of Kuapiiha arc lamenting, or they should be, for they have not yet received their Dominion' Dav nvedals.

' The next, nrdfnarv meeting of the Hoard will be held on the 2olh and 2lilh of November, owing to the general election being fixed for what is listiallv the date of the first dav's business.