MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
A special ineoting of the Masterton Scliqpj Gqimnitteo was held at the Institute ye,sierc|ay afternpqn, to consider the appointment by tlieipqaro'qf |j ß3 Jupp as infant mistress qf the school. The members, present were. fifessrs Boddingtqn (cjiajiinan), Lqwes,, Paytqn, IJogg, QjrclwpqcJ, ailtj Reese. OniTospancleiiQe to road, frpm the Board, Btatjng thafc Miss jupp ]ia(j been appointed, and refusing a request made by the Committee to forward the' applications of other candidates for the position, on the ground that by the Act the selectionof teachers devolved upon the Board. Mr Payton moved " That the appointment of Miss Jupp. be confirmed." He djsappyed of the action qf t.he Board in refusing tp send, pflier applications; but While willing to fight the Bpar4 qver this privilege, lie did not think then* school should suffer by boing without a teacher. The chairman seconded the motion, as the school urgently needed a teacher to replace one who had left and another who wabout/to lcata U : i argued that the action of the Board in appointing Miss Jupp was illegal, as any applicant who held a. certificate of competency had a prior right. Mr Hogg supported the view that there had been a uloar violation of the spirit aiul letter of the Act, and censured'the administration of the Board. He oited as an instance the delay in opening the side school.
Mr Payton said the side school might have been opened there months ago if the Committee had not been straining at gnats.
!' Wfe' t!!P!)gl)|i fhat on this occassion, instead of "straining at gnats','they'were swallowing a camel. Mr Reese protested against the maimer in which the Board treated the Committee.
Mr Hogg moved as an amendment, fi 1H lr%e confirming tlje appqipt: Went, a letter be written, tp t))e Minister. Of Education tfl ascertain whether t]i§ action of the Board was jn pqnformity with qlauso 45 of the Education Act," The amendment was seconded by Mr Girdwood, and lost by the casting vote of the chairman.
Thr motion confirming the appoint, ment was then carried.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2006, 3 June 1885, Page 2
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342MASTERTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2006, 3 June 1885, Page 2
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