HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1916, Page 4

HIGH SCHOOL BOARD.

JIOX'J HLY MEETING the ordinary meeting of the New Plymouth High School Board was held last night, when there were present: Messrs. D. Hntchen (chairman), H. Trimble, J. S. Kox, 11. V,'. Robertson, S. G. Smith, 11.I 1 . P. Webster F. W. Atkinson, and L. C. Sladden. An -'»« received from -Mr T. G. I'irst. THE BOYS' SCHOOL. Mi W. ii. Moyes (Principal) reported t.iat the v.oik of the school had been carried cm satisfactorily in the racei iiD.se I >i;Jding9. The new accoramodation lor hontder9 was proving in every aj satisfactory, except as regards the hot water service. He also reported that -ir.cn September 27, the school had been milking its own cows, the bova in the agriculture class having supplied the school with 14» gallons of milk,' thus enabling them to do ,without any outside supply, Mr. Mton, of the Agricultural Department, had given the 1» ys a demonstration of taking the veil r.f a calf. Mr. Moyes also thanked Mr. Barrj for his advice and assistance in connection with the sowing' of part of the land for permanent pasture, also Mr. Harper Lepper for the gift of two pigs. As tie horse purchased by the Board did not arrive in time, they had to en-, " a go -^ r - SHcrm to do the ploughing necessary for the plots that were put down for forage crops, hut the school wis now provided with horse, dray, and the nticjsary implements, and would in fu+urt be able to do the work. It nus resolved to thank Mr. Harper f.eppei for his gift of farm stock to the. school. GIRLS' SCHOOL. Miss Ilarr, Principal of the Cir!*" School, n. ported that the work of the echoed had gone on regularly since the re-opening on August 15, and ' tji-'-teachers and pupils alike appreciaieij their new and comfortable surroundings. The number on the Upper School roll at the beg'niiir.o of the term *as 74, and one girl had since left. were 16 pupils in the preparatory division, of whom lour wore enrolled thit. term. Miss Fail-brother took up her duties 6n August 2->, her place during the first week being very kindly taken by Miss Evans. The school library was very email arid inefficient, and Miss Barr ".oukl be glad if the Board could give some Tho furniture supp.led J.y tii" Red Post Company to both' S'.l'ool and house was satisfactory. The additional pir.no had facilitated matters in rcgavi to the music lessons. Miss Uarr suggested that the ground at the side of the school should be prepared for a croquet lawn, so as to jiave it for play after the summer vacation. Miss Barr also suggested that she I'Of.rdiiijf fees paid by girljs should be the sume as those paid ny boys, and that a small additional charge should be made fo» laundry. The number ot girls at present in residence was twelve. It was re-olved to grant £5 towards the girls' riirary. The chairman reported that the matter of croquet lawn '.vas' bring Attended to. The question of boarding fees was deferred till nest meeting. REINSTATEMENT. The -mention Department, !n iie» a letter from the Board re,Harding the re instatement of the build- ; ing ruentiy destroyed by fire, stated that the Di-parment must itwait thq Board's proposals, together with pl&nsl estinidte of eust, and the financial posif 1 tion of the Soard in respect to the oft: penditure on the buildings. In the absence of this information the Department was unable to state What financial assistance could be given. The Star! borough High School Board asked, iu view of the fact that the Government had decided that secondary school tea. hers were not entitled to partMpite in the distribution of the war hr.nt's, whether the Board had considered tii? qwsticr, of granting bonuses to the staff out of its own funds. On tiie motion of the chairman and Mr. Trimble, it was resolved to reply that the I'onrd had not taken the ques-' tion Into consideration. i A MASTER CALLED, UP, In connection with the calling up of' Sir. Sr<trle this month, a letter was leeeived from Colonel Hume, stating that he did not think that there was any likelihood of Mr. Searle being called up before November, but this all naturally hinged on the demand and supply of officers available. All calling up was entirely controlled by Defence Headquarters, Wellington. Under the cir* crmstances lie was not disposed to re.commend the delay of Mr, Searle's appointment to tamp. Mr. If V. Searle thanked the Board for deciding to keep open his position on the stall of tho Boys' School while absent villi the Expeditionary Force. At the same time, he asked the Board to consider his application for any vacancy at p. higher salary should such occur The chairman reported that Mr. W. H. Mores, I'l.ueij.al of the School, stated that lie unnld be able to carry on until the end oi tb" year without the vacnner being iilled, as he felt there would 13 a better chance of securing a suitiiffl successor ailer the Christmas vacate GENERAL. The Tarnnalti' .Tockey Club notflleJ that <! ie Board could have the use of the Club's buddings for class rooms. It Mas resolved to forward a hearty vote cf thanks to the Board for their gener--o.ls offer, tho use of the buildings being given free of charge. The Borough Council notified that consideration of the question of tho deviation of Jlmdrie Street had been deferred un'til the new engineer took up his duties. A letter was received from the late caretaker of the Girls' High School coinplainiig that she had been dismissed w.thont notice. Members were of op-nioi; that it had arisen from a mis-miderstivna-i'g, and'the" matter was left in the bunds of the chairman to adjust, in connection with a request from a. parent for n rebate of'boarding-fees I.ving to his son being withdrawn from School on wci.unt of 1 his eye-sight, it ■yas ifi-oived to adhere to the resolution passed so me time ago agreeing to rebate half the boarding fees when a pupil i,- unavo'dably absent six weeks of tnore during the term. The Borough Council' Notified that instructions had been given to trim the cemeter-- side of the 'boundary hedge. When I hi.-. n ,i s completed it would lie neccfastry for tho Board to trim the other side. Mr. Atkinson Stated that iiotrucvic us had already been given fbr this. ■ ; Mr T. G Hirst and Dr. Fookes reported I hat after inspecting various piancs, Ihty had placed the order for three Chappeli pianos with Messrs. Collier and Coini'.any. After a little dig* .•ussiou teQ report-was -