S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2017, 8 March 1890, Page 3

S.C. BOARD OF EDUCATION.

■'■■< The monthly mei-ii'r/g of the Board of Education was held on Thursday. Present —Messrs S. W. Go'dsmith (chairman), M. Gray, R. fl. Pearpoint, J. Talbot, R. A. Barker, Revs. O. Barcky, and T, Jasper Srnyih. The chairman stated that a few resignations had been received, thosa nf Miss McKay, Kakahu ; Mr G. E. Vernon, Wainnte ; Miss A. Young, Winchester; -Miß* Ooon, Waimataitai (going to Adair); and Miss M. Bruce had finished her pupil teacher course..

Mr Smyth moved, pursuant to notice, to the effect that in future the inspector should advise os to the most suitable among the candidates tor a pupil fceachership, mid that no pupil teacher be appointed without the approval of the head teacher and the ratification of the board. Air Barclay seconded the motion pro forma. Messrs .Talbot and Poarpoint were Bguinst taking the mutter out of the hands of commit'ees and placing in it the hands of masters, and after a long discussion Mr'ktnytli amended his motion, and U ! ,w'Bß carried in the following form : —" That in future all applicatioos for the post of pupil teacher be forwarded to the office by. the committee, together with their recommendation.'.'

The tender of T. Foden whs accepted for building the Hakateramea School, the amount-being £226. ' ' : The inspector submitted ? report on the District High' Schools of Waimate and Teraiika, from which «ve extruct the following :—Fifteen scholars took part in the examination at Waimate and nine at Tenauka.! Miss Gertrude A. Brown, one of the Teniuka scho'.arp, has been-success-ful in passing the matriculation examination of !he New Zealand: University. Temuka : In the advanced "Latin class the translation from Livy was good, and fiom Virgil only moderate ; the Latin composi- , tion was poor. The third year pupil's translation from Csesar was yery good, but the rest of his paper was very iriucciira'e. The second year pupil gained only 33 per cent. Of the payers of the first year two were good and one very good. The only paj er in French was o very creditable one. The third year pupil completely broke down in Euclid. One cecorrd year pupil did very well, and the other fnilsd badly. The fiisl year scholars gained 90 and 65 per cent, respectively. The results of the examination in Algebra ;ire very uneven, the first year pupils gaining ]OO and 85 per cent, respectively, the second yeur pup'lH 60 and 0 per cent., and the third year pupil 25 per cent. —A lab'e of subjects taught, rnmb6r of pupils examined. ' and markß gained by each c'ass formed part of the report. The retiring members of the board were declared "re-elected, the voting of committees being : Howell 19, Barker 18, Smy'h 16, Chisholm 6. The Rev. G. B»iclay was re elected to represent the board on the Waimate Bigh School Board, and Mr W. B. Howell as the representative on the Board of Commissioners for education reserves.

The following appoinlmeuts were made: Waimate second master, Mr A. Marshall ; infant mistresp, Miss M.E. Crawford (now of Blenheim). Orari South, Mr Corbett (now of Fairview.) Otaio, sole teacher, Miss Balfour. Waimataitai, third teacher, Miss Byers (now fourth teacher). Temuka fourth, Mr Goldstone. Waimate, P.T., Mies M. Freeman.

It was resolved :—"That in the scholarship regulations the phrase 'last day of the month on which the examination* is held' mean the Ibbl day of the month of January of the year in which the examination is terminatGd."

The head master of the Waimate School wrote on behalf of Charles Wiled, who was biackeited fourth on the list, claiming a scholarship of £7, such scholarship having been fairly won by him. After a short discussion it was decided that ihe arrangements Blready made could not be disturbed, but that some new regu'ations ho made to uvoid the difficulty in future. Hie Winchester com.nitlee forwarded a letter of complaint against a resident, and after discussion it was decided to refer the letter back <o ;he committee.

The Geraldiue committee forwarded iengthy letters about temporary school accommodation while the new buildings are being erected, and enclobed two proposals from Messrs Clinch and Lloyd, one involving a cost of £240 and the other £95, to enable the committee to use old portions of the premises while the new are beiDg built. \lr Barclay said such proposals could not be entertained, and he was quite sure that far more economical .irrangements than an outlay cf £95 could be mude for carrying on tuo school work. It was agreed, on the motion of Mr Talbot, that the proposals be declined, and that the R«v. Mr Barclay and Mr Pearpoint be authorised to make the beat arrangements they can in the whole matter.