SOUTH ORARI SCHOOL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 805, 24 December 1881, Page 3

SOUTH ORARI SCHOOL.

At a meeting of the Committee of the above school V-Id a few davs ago the Chairman (Air R. A. Barker) read the fdlowing report. After carefully < onsldenng tne - suhj?*cf. find obtaining the opinion of gent lemen of scholastic and magisterial experience, I have come to the conclusion that though in a strietlv legal sense a teoener’g authority does not extend beyond the school precincts, both common *»nse and custom prescribe that his jurisdiction snonid include the journey of In? pupils to and from school. ■V hud conduct, indecency, bullying. &c..

'■n tim roiiil. as much as in the school, i! ai ■«•■.] to go unpunished, would have to-* .abet 1.1 !■;. .-ping children from attending school, cause quarrels and illtcediig among t ie parents, and make it u-eie-s for « t.acher to attempt iucalcuhaling any of those sentiments that •children must be imbued with before | they can be expected to make useful I members of society, There appears to ; be no vniiten law on the subject, but to my mind it is clearly preferable that a teacher should he allowed to inflict j >: .a-'fisuvmt in such cases when he finds | it necessary for the maintenance of proj pel' nmral discipline in his school fafter j first conducting a careful, calm and I | st. ictly impartial inquiry) than that they | siiou'd be left to be wrangled over bv j clio parents or brought before the Police j Ci.ui’t , Cases smn’ar to the one in;

j question liavc been tried before MngD- j ! stratus and the teacher’s action upheld. j ' when thme was no donhL that the ! ■"jiihli.o -ut .nficted was merited and not j Imi hilv severe. A teacher should, how- i 1 ’ ; j ever, be careful not to overlook claused 7 ! ; of the Education Act which emnowers 1 j him to expel (no length of time being i

i specified) from school anv child whose | gross :n:si omluct nr inccrrigiblc disj niv-i!u>nc' j may be considered an injurious | example to tin? other scholars, the parent I ot the, child so expelled having (he right ; of appeal first to the Committee, and I finally to the Hoard of (he district. | This is undoubtedly the mot legal i course of action, and would in many Icaes be the best fo pursue. J think i that n teacher in deciding which plan to adopt, should only depart from the legal con;se when after impartially weighing all the circumstances he deems it host for r.il concerned to do so, or when the offence is not sufficiently grave to warrant expulsion. He can always divide the responsibility by submitting the evidence to his Commitlee, and consult' itig with them before taking action. In conclusion, I would draw the attention of l he Committee an i parents genera 1 !y j t" clause 96 of the Education Act. | which provides that any parson wilfully j nistnrbmg school, upbraiding, insulting I or abusing a teacher, is liable to a j penalty of forty shillings."’ The report ! was snouted, and a copy of it forwarded | to the t<acher. Several letters from the I Board of a formal nature were ivad ; ; also one from Dr Hayes stating that he j had vaccinated the children in accord- j

auoe with instructions Rom the Government, and ex- rcssing the hope that his

action would meet. with the approval of the Committee. It was a g, nerHlv ex; ressed opinion that Dr Hares sliou'd have given notice of his intentira before calling at the school to vaccinate. Resolved— “ That while accepting the teacher’s refutation of the charges made hr a parent, the Committee are of opinion that the punishment was administered in an oljt-ctionahle manner, considering the age. of the child, and would suggest that he shon'd e’doavor to bo loss severe and exercise more patience when dealing with the smaller chi! Iren. Regarding the cases of children whoso parents refuse, neglect, or are unable to provide hooks, the Committee should he informed of the particulars of each case as it occurs. They do not wish the children to suffer for the fault or misfortune of the parents. In cases of undoubted poverty they will lend the necessary books to be used in the school ; nwlcct or obstructiveness will 1 < dealt with in another maim r 1

WHAT ENSURES A CANDIDATE'S REJECTION. Not land and railway speculation, for Hr Driver is returned ; not swearing at bullocks in Greek, and giving Latin quotations in the House, for M> - Rolleston is returned ; not wordy and pretentious ex, osition of truisms with all the zeal of a discoverer, for Air Montgomery is returned ; not bihie reading in sch mis, combined with the Gaming and Lottery Act. for Mr Dick is returned ; nod perpetual paid Chairmanship of Vincent County, for Pvke is returned ; not a political whipper-in, for Mr J. C. Brown is returned ; not unfa 1 filled pledgee to benefit the whole, human race, for Sir G: Grey is returned ; not. persistent advocacy of oppressed natives by an iniquitous Government, fw Mr Moss is returned ; not a friend of the friend of (he human race, for Mr Tole is eturned ; not a crusher of obstructive stonewallerq for Sir G. M. O’R-irke is returned ; not the shocking example of a Parliamentary wit, for Major Harris is returned ; not a good natnred sinner who has been tried and found wanting, Ur Mr Sheehan is returner! ; not plain speaking regardless of consequences, for Mr Bwanson is returned ; not silence in the House and straight, voting, for Air Whyte is

- Tyttmir-d ; net secular education, for Mr Kelly is returned ; not a bold native policy, for Mr Br.ee is returned ; not free trade proclivities, for Colonel Trimble is returned ; not the imposition of a property tax to equalise finances, for Major Atkinson is returned ; not a large landowner, for Mr Beet-ham is returned ; not visionary schemes of public policy, for Mr Maoandrew is returned ; not a robber of harbor endowments, for Mr Wright is returned ; not denominational education, for Mr Fulton is returned ; not genial, effusive, and long-.vindedncss, for Mr Turnbull is returned ; not independent expressions of political opinions, for Mr Weston is ret aimed ; not verbosity infinitely extended, for Mr Seddon is returned ; not a naturalised for igner and zealous representative for Mr Shrimski is returned ; not a stone-waller j when sound on the local goose, for Mr 1 0 1 Levestam is returned : not even the I 1 Premiership of the Colony, with a decent ! screw, for Mr Hall :s returned.—Tara- 1 naki Herald I