SECONDARY EDUCATION

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13938, 17 July 1919, Page 3

SECONDARY EDUCATION

—-fc — ONE CONTROLLING BODY SUGGESTED. After tlie ordinary business of thtHigh Sch*«>l Board meeting Mr Burns said that here was one thing which had strut*, him and that was tht: rniuljjiplica.l y of controlling education ai authorities at Thames, "It seems te me," sail Mr Burns, '"that there ite a lot of - overlapping. If the School of Mines, tilie Technical School, and i the High School were brought under one .head *t would tend toi economy and efficiency. The subjects taught 1 at th© .Sclaooi of Mines aire secondary school aul secrta. We might be able to utilise th'? instructors at the High School. V-e dom't want tb harmi the ' School of Mine®. I just mention the . matter. I might be worthy of consideration Tb have the three schools under one control would be economic and advantageous. It. seems ridicwloius that -ti small town libs. Thames should ba-*e three bodies controlling seoonidary -education-" Mr dacoxoM: I hear there is some talk of Wlding a new technical school. It will.be necessary to enlarge the present building- . j The Chairman: The plumbing class, uni6«r Mr Franklin, is being cairried on int Mr Batitlson's shop. Mr Bua«s: If the school is en larged on ."ts present site it will not be in the Board's interest. It would be advant*geo(uisi to have the two schools combined. It will take £4000 to build a proper technical school. Th© Chiiaxmian.: It -is an excellent ideai. Mining isl now at its lowest ebb and must -affect toi a degree on 1 the success of the school. There is not the sarnie "•pport.unity now ■of teaching pupils mi mining subjects. The school is - nder the - Mines Department and ihe moist of th© subjects taught haiv© little or nothing tb do with minis.*;. ■ Mr Bum.-«: There are a lot of science suLuecifcs taught, while there are only a Eew miking students. 1 would be i*ry sorry to see the school wi:ped' out. Mr Adams, im answer tb a ques tiom, .said i* took from £700 to £800 a y<?*r to maintain the School of Mines- .. Mr Cla^Son, chairman of the Re patriation 'Committee, said that the Committee were projecting engineering clause? at the School of Mines.'. and the M "Ties Department had been approached for a grant. Whenrin Auckland fee had' interviewed the Chairmam «rf the •■-Auckland Technical School, Bmird, who *kiaid: that their ; school ws.s hill land 30> students were.. waiting foi Duibioni!. Mr Claxtoini micwited an engineering' school at Thames, and he ha<' been offered every assistance. TI« Repatriaitliota Committee were now f*itting the matter in' writing.. The p-!gineering class would be a great help. The Chairman,: We might have a'/ agricultural claiss too. Mr Adaras: The School of Mines hag already taken up mi]k testing. Mr Buotw: Don't you agree with the idea, Mar. •Adams'? Mr Adattaji,' I jnost certainly agree that there '^s much overlapping. First class tieaidhmg powers, is so limited that the services of the School of Mines teadjiersi eihould be availed of. There is alo the danger of losing an institution! *ike the School of Mi-nes. .Once gone we would never • get it back again Mr Row< ■ Set up> a committee to confer witO the other bodies would be the bes* way. Mr Adaiiss said that he and Mr W. H. Baker,, lirecitor of the School of Mines, had gone along toi the Technical Scho-tf, asi'.a deputation!, and had found that they had not ..the tools!, maitu-nal, or housing capacity,. and they v^ro williing to hand over the plumibicg class to the School of Mines. . ....... , ,Mr Burn*: Hamilton spenlti £4000. They .hiavQ -i splendid building and are teaching all subjects. "° A cioninrttee of the Chairmani, Mr E. N. Miliar, and Messrs Adams, Burns, and Derrick were appoinfted and it was* decided .to invite representatives of the Technical School Board, Sob-Tol of Mines Council, and , the Repiati'i-tltliiani Committee tb meet the comimp*ttiee on next Thursday evening tb liscuss the matter.