School Committee.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 162, 6 February 1902, Page 3

School Committee.

A moating of tho School Committoo was held last evening, there bamg nvosant Messrs Mathias, Scott, Niaol, iacio'.rm, Gatnoran and Colville. In ’.ho &hfV.;nofl of tho chairman Lie Mathias was too-J to the chair. Messrs llamiUoa tud Smith sent apologias. The Hhanrm'ificr’fj report wan tone!. Tho rob number was 473 with pm •mtrago alt.mdanco of 441. Tho upper part of tho whoal was vary crowded, c-.pooia'ly t\.a High School- In fact.. tWa was 'nofhint; like the necoewwy acoomiijodatijn for the High School pupiU : - Tbo High School mu built to hold 40 n'lpiir/. whiio tha numb or it.’;ing high ibcbool sabjnsia was 6-1 Ho Eurgesh'd that tho large class room - uo v ucod bp Sc?.ndvrcl V nhanld bn ' divided so that a portion coo'd bo mod for an additional High School room. Tbo errpanao would not ba isrgs, and this would meat iho cV.fScuUy. Ho applied for an* iHlitioo-d room at the ccboo'J house. Five candidates - wore pre-ep-tou for rn.UricGiwioa, end ai’ passed, The question o* the partition and the room at tho cchoo' house was die cussed, and M :ssra Hamilton. M itbian • and TibMKhjy worn appointed n deprstariem to wait on i!r> Building Oemmii tee of tin Kduoa-ion Board' to dev to urgti this muter on their noose A/coonts aihouaiicg w £4 (is JOd uvrs paasou. A h-tcr was) road from the Based ■JuV.h:; that no tivos anouM ho rut dawn on school grounds with j«S the ea w.loa of ibo Butt'd. 1 1 v-r, resolved . tv- havp Ihg iroao tor pod, Kiovcn applications worn v.ocdvH fir too position of Fifth Ait at ihs Wiionl.o school, the Board forwarding t,h?io with prof >r(>ruro for two 'eni'-i?. caiid'd tf«v. Tho toatimo.nvds of those two ctnd bitten \<f-cn c ;n -, id .-rod, -i,ui ahor ib'sesw'on that of ;Wirr- '.Smart was accepted unanimously. Tin annual report on »ho cchoo’ V" forv/tutV-d and v/aa at lofiuVß t - The pi;nils p.-v.aufed UnVb.d -lot The cii-nn euhbct.s w-'ro oommanted on as fc/.io-.vn Goograuljy, good; drawing, good in 111, 17 t.ud V; prtwofaciorv in VI; binary,, good 1:1 211 r.nd IV ; antimotory in V and. VI; e’emaniarv sclcuco, object lessors, etc., cicoll.-.ut in IVand V; satisfactory in HI and IV ; fur is; 11. Kocihuiou. good ip. V and VI ; safit factory in I, Ilf and IV; fair in 11. Additional nubjcctu ; hinging, OvC Uionl ir IV, V etui VI: fair in I, i( a.ui III; neodlewoik, good ; drill at id r-xoroiooa, good. 'JVo nnpiis oi tho Infant lAparoiont ror. iro an excellent ;r lining in *?-v ? ug. spoiling, writing and t.voles ; they sing widi spirit and perform ilr ir physical sX3.roiai)S wit.li rcuwke.blu precision. GTVEinL .VfBMiECS. The school has for a long time stood in ibo licet mark for eilieVuey, and this yu'vr it maint'd i" its T ie cm.'timied success of the school is v-:ry i:ug“l.y due to the seat and skill cf tho hfuimasLcr, to Ufa u dplt’l ? jporvi.uou C.f bis r.?isisiaiU..a and to bis v.'.il g.r;;‘ng to iho tnimue d li vaV? or tbc. work of ovovy els ih in his p modi cal ■jwiiniiiaiion!!. It? tTandard VI reading was forcible r.nd daon?, and driVkvb.g wore |ocvi ; tuitumoric wis ore-TUvole, pud googvaphv was W-i! ]■ • pw-;|. tho ouo.is snowing good sow-;aof map drawing. Writing has toe.dvod np.s'.’in-i caro, and mo t of Mo fvreny books lito-g pen sou! ink d .ooriti-.n cf the pagws tins vi) tunt and iamful. O.unpositlon tell uoiu!' v vha', biiovt. of tho high si-uidtird ro.idnd in oiher w ok.

Jn V tho reading of tin. wan g’.'i'jd, lhai of tin toys fair J qulirng was very well prepared, end arukan tic was worthy of commend v non. Oompo-iition, though fail' over .ill, require-, more care-f id troal iao-.it a-.ui the c!0'0«t attention ia erdac to being about improvement, ia kScarxll? I IV no weakness o'jujmon to i,ho 01-. es ftnpvft.'fld ia any Too elms mooted t*poi;i»\J in-mmim for reading, writing end composition, while av.t mvCo. apcling, geography, history and grammar w >ro nil above tin average. In Standard Ihi reading was nctory, spoiling wal well prepared and writing, composition and unman 10 were good. The reading of Standard 11-vnn tlovonly in cauociavo’i uob v/..limit brant}' of stylo. Tho root 0/ the; p-us work was good, and, except in object lt*-st>!i9, the pupils oho wad that saoy had boon very thoroughly jpvopAroti iu class subjects. \ViUi the nKception of the reading in goind ird I, Which wot: only fair, She Work of tho ciiiva s'l-owod K-.uud p-o partition. All the cab.ac rontiired find too knowledge yf g •omotrical for on had boon curofucy taught. It will be soon Torn iiw face n f tho report that the d-vn and additional subjects ha">i boon successfully tnugut, It is gvn.'.jfymg to find (lecxJod improvement iu the teaching 01 grim.mar. The order, pltentiou and tone of tho school am good. Tho vintors reported everjthing satisfactory r.xcop . a drain wmch is to bn fttioudo.d to. Messrs Cam cron and Jackson ware appointed visitors for thir'mouth.