High School Board.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 49, 29 April 1899, Page 2

High School Board.

The annual mopting of the abme was hold on evening. Piesent — M'j-.sis Coltmm (chau), G. Manchester, ]")r Birch v, Ke\s. Gibson i?nd Barclay and tho H ■ ili'ii^fcer (Afr Piteai'uhty ) The 1 cpoi t for the year ending J >cc. 31sfc IS9S show c\l that the numle. ot pupils taking sceondaiy \\o\k at the High School in last quarter was 18. The Board was well «*alisd( j (l with the results of the exhibition vhenie started at the close of IS9O, and has in view a modification of the system with the object of improvement in the present regulations. The receipts for the year showed — llocoipts, £^77 3s 4d ; expenditure, £235 3s Id. The Bond was pleased with the work and progress of secondary education m "Wamiate Bistuct High School, and wislvd to testify to the zeal and efficiency of the headmaster and the assistant master dm ing the 3 car. The repoit was appioved. The business of electing a chairman was then proceeded with. The llev. G. ]3aieh\ was the only nominee. Mr Coltni'in deciding not to a'^ain stand. The minutes of the regular meeting were then read. The headmaster's report showed that 24 bo-\& a.ncl 12 girls were taking secoudnrv subjects. 35 taking English, 26 Latin, 20 Fionch,3s Euclid, 06 algebra, 36 anthmetic, 4 tugonoiiietrv, 4 mechanics, and 35 physiology. Mr F. M. Lmug, the newly "appointed assistant master, had commenced Ins duties, so that the woik of the High School is aqim going on steadily. One oC the exhibitioners, T. Hazleton, has left since last meeting, and it would be for the Board to award the exhibition thus forfeited. The annual disti lbution of High School prizes, which should take place at Easter, was postponed until July bv the school committee. It would be advisable if the Bo.nd could see its way clear to inciease the giant towards the fund, as the numbeis in the High School were consideiably eater than they were when the annual giant was fixed at three guineas. The work and behaviour of the exhibitioneis was 111 eveiy way satisfactory. The headmaster also brought before the Board a mistake -which had arisen m the marks of Sarah Anderson, by which she lost 5 mfiiks, and thus an exhibition. She had elected to take French as one of her subjects, and he had put her down for Engli c h. in wlrch she was 5 marks lo^wer ban in French.

It was nnvedbv Mr Colt'nan, second id by Mr (ribbon and earned '• Tn.it the o>\lnbition forteitn>d by T. Hazletonbeohvied to Sai.ili \ndor-50u." Dr Bm-lay in nod, tlio Eav. Gibson second id and it wi ; ciruivl "That five gumen-, bo voted for pnzus for the High School. Ifcuis deeded that the chairman of High vhool B uid and School Committee be Loqajsted to ioim a committee to salcct and purchase the piuc"-. It wii mentioned ih.it pnzcs waulil be dishiibiUed about end ot Jul\. Tho Bv)ud pis-jfd ft lcsolution expressing its sMiipithy with Mim H.iyos in tho Lo,s hhti had su-»tnnod by the death ot Mr Alp!i»us Ha^es, formally a meinbai.* of tho lioal d. \ \oLe of thanks was passed to the late cli.ihmaii. Convspondonco was rend from Mr (row, acknowledging ch.'^ie iov n"\o guineas, and iL\)iu Hj<>isti,i,i, (.Untaibury College, stating that Mt Jas Sinclair had been ieelecled a govenor ot tho Waimate High School Bodid, irom ISciorigh Council slating that Mi Colt>n,in li<vl been re elected to repie-sent the Council on tho Bonnl, irom '•ecretiU-y Education Board stating that the joint recommendation th.it Mr Lamg be appointed hist assistant mastci at the Dibtnct High School hud been appioved. J^ioposed by Dr Barclay, seconded by Mr Colhnan and c.uiied " That this Board desires to place on record its appreciation ot the hatisfactoi.y manner in which thercce it selection o£ tin- absistant master had been conducted by the Education Boaid. Consideration ot tho exhibition lepoLt was adjourned till ne\t meeting. The nutting adjo lined' attar passing accounts amounting to £10 12s.