ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 979, 20 January 1882, Page 3

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

I '■'*] The following 'report will be presented i : attho annual meeting on Tuesday next : The Committee congratulate the resiflenls of Masterton on the cpmpletipn of school buildings udeqnate to the |equirements.. of' the town, and acknow. ledgp the liberal grant made by the .pldocation Board for their construction, and the hearty and cordial co-operation pf the Masterton Town Lands Trustees in the work, They also desire to express their high opinion of the skill displayed in the design of the various class rooms by Mr Tumbull the architect, and their satisfaction with the manner in which Messrs Williams and Barker,the local contractors, have carried out their part of the undertaking, ,'The Committee are satisfied that lhe_ result of the late annual exami. ration of the pupils proves that the teaching staff has done its duty, and'that in the coming year Masterton is likely to -J take a high position in the Education / District. They have thorough confidence in the Headmaster, Mr Grundy, and believe that his intelligence, industry, and professional skill, have already effected a marked change for the batter in the character pf tha aohopl. ' " T/ho reduction of the capitation in June last, seriously crippled the resources of ihp •. Committee, but the- loss they have su.q--jJI. tained will be in a groat meaßure|recp.uped py a, grant' pf £'SQ which thoy Jiay'e secured" from the Town Lands Trust, During the paot year nineteen Commjttae meotinga have -been held, The attendance of the various members has been as follows :-J, 0, Boddington 19; Jas, Russell, 17; J, Tayton, 16; T, C, D'Arcy (resigned in December), Id ; J. Vilo (March to December) \i ;'' \j] % Blcpardle, 10; D'. Donald (January to 4We) a. A, W. Kenall,'(June to yecember) 4. '.The duties of the office of Secretary., to. the'Commiltee have been very efficiently discharged by Mr T, Hall,, '•' 1 viaita to the school,'and bear . jestiniony' to the good order and discipline which prevails' throughout : the various classes, The average attendance of pupils (or the past year has 'bejfj pOl The report that in September last, i|iß Jlead-Ma'ster, with' their sanction, a Cadet corps, whichmoyenient, in'Hiefr option, should r'eceiyo'eyery encouragement, " ' ' * j/i ifh's Committee desire to. record in their V lepprt the success of a pupil in the school trfrederick Hill-in obtaining the Wairarapa scholarship against competitors in a!) the other schools in this district, and trust that in timo the School Committee of this borough will be in a position to acknowledge in a more substantial manner than they are now able to do the successful efforts of pupils who may from time to time do honor to the school, |n .Conclusion, the Committee would remind, _ parents iihd' friepdV 'that in sp'vlng into new premises many pnta fill be made apparent, for which the new Committee will have little or no money available, and that while there is every reason to be thankful for the advantages thathavo already been secured, much still to ■■ be done which cannot ba flCcpnjplishecl without the hearty cp-ppera; , tipp" of; tha'residents iritjie 1 town and ' ''