WAITOHI FLAT SCHOOL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1547, 1 February 1887, Page 4

WAITOHI FLAT SCHOOL.

A special peeking of the Waitohi Plat School CJoivipjttee held in the Schoo'- 1 room on Wednesday the 26th instant. |l)he members prseiit worq Messrs Fraser*'- Sqolt, Cunningham, Seaton, and Johnstone. The minutes of the previous meeting, were read and confirmed. There,, was no correspondence to be dealt with, The Chairman, stated that since last meeting subscription list* in »id, of the prize fund had, been.iamed to a few of the boys, and, resulted,i,in ? sufficient sum being collected tq,,enafyle the Committee to give a book 'prize tq all the children, except, the infaqt class, and for these cards and toys were provided. To effect this he (the Chairman) and Mr Scott went to Timaru the’previo,us Saturday and selected what Beefflpd.?uitaUe; also, prizes for sewing and sports. Thephairman then submitted the balance-sheet for the year ending a credit balance of £lB ?8 7d, and .this was considered satisfactory. The following resolution was then agreed to—“ That the Chairman communicate with, the Board of Education, and point out. the very great injustice that Has been done the school through not having been examined since the, 6th of November, 1885, more especially as the report of a casual inspection by Dr Anderson was oir an unfavorable nature, and tl(ie Committee, teachers, and scholars have,, thus, been placed at a great disadvantage,’ 4 I the members- present spoke strongly on the subject, and, considering that they, granted no Christmas holidays-to facilitate the school being examined, and to make up for three weeks it was closed on account of sickness being prevalent in the district—-they were unanimous that .something was not as it ought to be. The school beipe now dismissed for the harvest holidays cannot reasonably be examined to advantage for several months, to come, find it will result in many instances in keeping the children back for a whole season., i This being all the business the meeting then terminated. THE TREAT. The auuual treatmf. the, Waitohi Flat vSchool wus held in the school grounds on the afternoon of Thursday last. The day was beautifully fine, and in spite of hatvest operations there was a goodly ~number of children and parents present. Im the schoolroom was a magnificent spread of edibles aud dtinkables, round which the children were, assembled,; and for 'half-an-hour f Key discussed the r tea and cake with deep interest. I hey tlleib adjourned to the playground,, where 1 they indulged in sports of various kinds,, the'following being the, result of the several events Handicap for boys over 12 and under 15 years ;i 150 yards—James..,Streeter 1, A. Keenan 2, . Handicap for girls, over 12 and .under 15 years—A. Moore; 1, E. ,Anderson ■ Race for boys over 10 and under 12, years— C. Chapman 1, p. Fraser 2. Race for girls over 10 and under 12 years—M. Streeter 1, A. Orr 2. for Boys over 8 and under 10 years —James Moore 1, T, Tbornley 2. Race for girls over 8 and under 10 years—M. McClintock 1, Bella Fraser 2, Race for boys under,s years—F. C|hapman 1. , , .... After the.conclusion of ,tb? sports the children were reassembled in the , schoolroom 10, Receive the prizes for which they had been cammed by Mr Wotson. The:,Clpirman, ( Mr d. Fraser) opened the proceedings with, a very good speech on the advantage of. education, and urged the children,to continued.efforts in order to fit thenipelyes for the battle of life. The remarks of the Chairman were very much, appreciated. The following is the prize list Standard V,—Japes Orr l,'E. Anderson 2. Standard IV.—A, McClintock 1, J. Streeter 2. Standard lII.—D. Anderson 1, Thos. Pearse 2, F. Walker and Maud Streeter (equal) 3. Standard 11., —A,; Walker 1, Jane Currie 2, W. Smart 3, Isabella Fraser E. Gibbs 5, J. Pa urge 6. ■ : 'Standard l--John. Currie 1, Charles Chapman,2, M. Currie 3. i Infants (A)—William-. Pepae 1, A.j Orr 2, F. Chapman and Maird Chapmau 3. i > ■ The Chairman; than .presented > book to .each child in Standards who had not received a prize. The prizes for the .most ,popuLr| boy and girl in the, school were gained by, James Stree'er and Charles Chapman, and Maud SlreeW ( and Maud Chapman,! itifaeing a lie iu both cases, The sewing, which was bjr Misses Cunningham ,and Mainwright; showed ample evidence of careful teaching, and was spoken of in eulogistic terms by the judges, who experienced no'spall difficulty in deciding the merit of several of the specimens of. noodle work. .The following is the prize list .'—Standard Vi —A. Moore 1, E. Aodersoq,?. Standard IV.—A. McClintock 1. Standard, 111, — F, Walker 1, M, Streeter; 2. Standard IL—B. Gibbs 1, A.„Walker 2, J. Currie 3, Standard I.—E.j McClintock 1, C. Gibbs 2nd. ... : Infants (A)—A. Orr 1, M. Chapman 2, Janet Keenan 3, Infants (B)—Esther McClintock 1. i Cheers for the Committee ans teachers brought a very pleasant afternoon to a close.