PRESENTATION TO MISS SINCLAIR.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 244, 5 February 1898, Page 2

PRESENTATION TO MISS SINCLAIR.

Miss Sinclair, of tho Huutapn School, being about to leave the distrbt, where she has during her term of office rendered very valuable services to the cause of education, it was thought fitting ly the School Committee a-..el many residents that a suitable leeognitiem of her services should be tendered. In con cquenco a meeting was summoned for last night in the school-room There was a large attendance. The chair was taken by Mr Ward, Chairman of Committee, who re .d the following address :—To Miss Jane F. Sinclair, late teacher of the Hautapu School, —" We, the members of the Hautapu School Committee a r .d residents of the district, wish to express our deep regret at the unexpected news of your approaching departure. We know, and are pleased to think that your new appointment will be advantageous to you, that you will again enjoy the pleasures e f home and the society of life-long friends; yet we cannot forget that your pain is our loss. We feel that we are losing a valued friend, and our children a popular and painstaking teacher. We remember the untiring and energy which stimulated the minds of your pupils and made the Hautapu School famous at examinations, at exhibitions, and at art competitions. We thank you for the cheerful and ungrudging assistance (emt of proportion to their deserts) which our children have always received from you in their extra studies and in their hobbies. Wc remember, too, many a heartfelt tribute paid you by former pupi's, who feel they owe a great measure of their success to the substantial aid and encouragement given by you long after their school day 3 had ceased. When we remember, all these thiugs, we find it hard to put ourselves and our own loss aside. Siill we do to, and heartily wish you every success in your rew sphere." Mr Forrest moved and Mr All will seconded, that the address be illuminated at a cost not to exceed £4 4-. Both gentlemen spoke in very high terms of Miss Sinclair as a teacher. That lady, in the course of her reply, said that the obligation was on her side owing to the kindness and sympathy she had experienced from all since she came to Hautapu. As to the progress of the children, she said that mainly depended upon themselves. There were many absent owing to the harvest and sheep fair, but a collection made in the room for the purpose of presenting the lady with substmtial evidence of the esteem in which she is held, amounted to £lO, and this sun is certai-i to be largely augmented.