MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 19 July 1883, Page 3

MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

The ordinary monthly meeting df tho '■ Masterton School Oorilraittee, -was 1 held last ovening.' 'Prosolit Mossrsßoddington (chairman), Galloway, Heron,' Foist, llapp ' ti'tid'Paytoii.'. _,. '...,',. .'.j'!, ''''■" ; Tho minutes of'the, procqodihg meeting were read and confirmed.-.., ~.„/- -,.„.,, . Correspondence .was received from'tho "B6ariP'staling' that"it''had strongly/ ''recommended the memorial in.fota' High ' school. From'samo'dta tingthat,llofunds wero available for a' toaclii>r , B , 'l , caideiicol From same robunus .in \\w B.iillie. 1 From, same stating that lutior.< ,uul : ?ssinl: i» the' Secretary' were' exempt'" frum [ioa^a;;^., From Beard, and Gray vre.[.compulsory clauses of act. From Foatherston school comniitteoasking opinion of comuiiitee us, f. to whether existing standards wercnut too K difficult. '' THE MHMOBIAL. | -,,,, ) ) Chairman 1 said' ,tho Minister of Education' had,consented to thYruoinorul .forwarded' asking that' thV Masterton 7'School lib cohvorted into % District High " Soho6l. ; ''Thoy ; would not receive, however,,the formal notification' of this till the Board met, . It was satisfactory not' , inly to,:tho town but ; to,the wliolo' , district to know that its claim to, a High : School had been promptly recognised in the face nf the fact that similar favors had •recently been refused, to places iikb , Blenheim and Ashburton, SCIIOOL RESIDENCE, Tho Chairman said that he had ascsr tained privately that the 'Board had decided to build a teachor's residence as soon as funds were available.' i The memorandum from tho Board did hot, ,hbwe?er, state this. ~ ~..-, compulsory clauses: , . ■ '" It was decided that as there had been informality in former notices issued by > the Committee, that fresh ones! should where necessary, bo sent out by the i clerk of the Committee. THE FEATIIEUSTON t LETTEU. •" ;,,.The-Chairman pointed: out that tho Greylown Committee': considered .tho present standards wero not sufficiently stringent, j ■:■• Mr Galloway—" They make so many passes!" The Chairman considered tho present .standards sufficient. Tho fourth standard .which was usually considered the hardest, was, in tho opinion of somo inspectors, tho first mental test applied to pupils, Mr Eapp desired to know how a modi"fio'ation of the standards would affect a high school. : " J Mr Heron moved that this committee .'dahnot recommend any alterations in the ''/ existing standards, ;' : 'Mr Payton moved an amendment sympathising with the view taken by the Feathorston Committee, His oxporienco ■wap/jthat in - straining j -forj.paases the education given was very superficial in its character, and ho considered that if standards were relaxed instruction of a more thorough character would be given. >.-. ,Mr (galloway supported theamendmeut which was.lost,-the:original motion being carried. ■ :••■ ■- ATTENDANCE, The head master reported' an average attendance for. the past month of 882 'pupils. 5 '■ ',/'■ , .-■ ,:. -, ' ' .'' The following accounts wero passed for payment:-G. M. Wood, .£1 Is; G. Scadder, lOa.'Cd ;'"J. Payton&'Co., 17s 6d;S. Kingdon, £1 7s; and' T/iE, Price, J2859d,.;., , - : ;' VISITING MKMBBBS, '' , • Messrs Boddington and Rapp wore appointed visiting members fur tho "ensuing month,' '