MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1692, 22 May 1884, Page 2

MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Tnp, ordinary monthly -meeting if (he Masterton School Opmmitiee was h,eld lbst,evei)i'pg,, .Present— Hems Boddinjj- ■ ton |(Cliairaan),' Paylon, Woodroofe Galloway, and Johnston. ; The Treasurer reported a oredit balance of £47 lis 9d.

Correspondence was rend, from the Board, (1), re division of .High School fees, (2), staling that additions to eohnol would, be, made as soon as! funds, were 'available,'(3)," enclosing £24 7a 6d for (jiiartorVcapitation feea. .The teacher reported that there were Sli) childrdn on the roll, The average attendance during the past month was 405, the highest attendance 431, and the lowest attendance 231: He also enclosed a return of holidays given during the pre-, coding year, hnti repotted that arrangemenu had been' made for entertaining tln< Featberston Cadets, who would come up to Mastertou oh .the Queen's Birthday.

":'" ''HOLIDAYS,' i The liafc of holidays given wore the 92 regulation dayaaud six ostrft days given iby, the Cqpimittee for various sventa each as Pip^ic,,Horticultiiral Show, Branming match,' Gdvernor'a visit

.••■Mr Wondroofe asked what were the regulac holidays, " The Chairman replied that they were : days for which the Oommiitee mil not respoosible; .>:. •

Mr Woodroofe pointed out that the dchool bad been closed only two. days short of a hundred, and asaerted that there were general complaints' bn ; the subject of holidays. He proposed thnt the Sboretary write to tho Minister 1 of Education and ask him for the niimber of lawful holidays in the year, ' : • -. Mr Payton susfgested that they hfld this information before them in the Act, and on the Education Board regulation?. rJlrWdodrooftt, 'finding'this in be ibe case, withdrew- liis motion.

. •; .THE, CADEI BEVIBW. ;i ,v. :....-."■» The Chairman ouggested assisting the .School Cftdot dorps in entertaining their visitors on tbo Queen's birthday. Tile; might clo so by nabing the parents of boyß for contributions, , Mr Payton objected to tho committee interfering on the, arrangements of the. cadet corps. He thought the corps had a generai claim upoH thtm, and ho proposed that this be met by a grant ot 110 for ilie year in aid of the cadet funds,. Mr Galloway seconded the resolution. Mr Woudroofe desirod the question to be postponed till their next meeting as two of their members were away that evening. Ho had the stron&ost' possible feelin« against the cadets, The time and holidays they took from one end of the year to the other- was simply .enormous, and the spirit of industry was ex* tinguished. Ho objected to gambling iiwny their funds on the cadets,,■, • ■ The resolution was carried,

ABBENTEEMST, ',-'■>' The absentee list was then (l'oad'by the chairman, remarking that on several .occiaiona the previous committee had taken steps to secure the attendances required by the act, Mr Woudroofe expressed .an opinion ihnt there were a lot of Arabs wandering about Kuniptini who ought to be [it School. It was reaolved that the usual notice of proceeding be given to the parenta of the ohildren whose mimes were roported, GYMNASTIC APPLIANCES. . A sum of i'4l4s Cd was voted to com ploie (he jiymuusiic applianoes requisite for the boys' playground.

ACCOUNTS. ■ T lie following accounts were passed for. payment::—Mib Shepherd, £2 10s; D Olard, £lO 12s GJ; T. E. Price, £l l2s 9d; J. WaW, MhU; and E. Feist, oi, SCIKKIIFIO APPARATUS. The sub-cominitteu appointed to report on tliis question stated (hat the npparalte' now in the school was valued at £O, and that»sura j of £23 was required to complete it, so (hat the upper classes of the school could be instructed in electricity, magnetism, heal, light, etc.,' under as favorable conditions as other, schools of a similar slams.

he Chairman reminded thoCommittoc tbat Inst year tho Town Lpnds Trust as sistod them with a grant, and'that if they did bo again this year thoy could obtain tint necessary apparata,

Mr Galloway anked if tboy were .in a position to got the upparatit without the aid of I lie Trust.

Tho Chairman replied that they were nutIt was resolved on the motion of Mr Galloway after sonio'further discussion, that the Chairman and Mr loves should wait on the Trust and ask for a grant of £SO for the current year for the following objects, viz., scionl-ifio apparata £2O, cadet uniforms 115, and school library £ls.

A vote of ihankawae paasecl to the subcommittee fonts report, Hr Woodroofe tbeiL save a notice of motion against cadet Ml in connection with the school,

HIGH SCHOOL OUSSKS. Mr Johns'on rolled attention to the fact that the High School classes assembled in n cold passage, After some discussion the Chairman was requested to arrange with the head master (or eorae beticr accomodation for these classes, VISITING MEMBEtt. . Mr Boddington having been appointed ihe visiting member for the ensuing month the meeting adjourned,