FEATHERSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4403, 26 April 1893, Page 2

FEATHERSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

AnnualMport,

A * meeting of tha retiring School Committee was bold at Feaiheraton at hilf past tatrt>h on Moiiday, all niemuejfa being present. The minute* of (lie previous meeting wera read mid confirmed., The Committee'* annuHl.rfport was also read, I Mr TmH moved ;* vote of Uiaiittg to tbe Chairman for Lis sci-vicfla during , the past year, M r ToogoodVeonded the motion, to whieb Mr Cox replied. rt It Wiw resolved that the hew committee bo recommondiil 16 procure Bacon's drawing charts for the school. ANNUAL UEETIKO. 1 Tho annual meeting was ha'.d at 8 o'clock, there being: about twenty householders preasat, including the committee. I BJr J. G. Cox was voted to the chair, on the motion of llr | Toogoad. The annual raj Oft was| read as followa : Your Committee came into ofßca en the 25th April, 1892, and on meeting you thfe: evening their term of office expires., Tha Uumiuittoe have worked vary pleasantly together, and nothing of any serious consequence has taken place On coming into oifios tbey fou»d tha teaching staff to consist of : the present beaJ master, Misa 'Payne, Mr [Pope and Miss King. Two ebangt-a have taken | place during the year, [viz„ Miss Payne haaleft.arid Mm King has been appointed to filiher place and Misj ttiddiok has been appointed to fill Miss King's plsca in the infant room. Mr Pope left some lime ago and Mr 'Williams in succeeded him as assistant teacher, and yom| Committee | havan-ason tobe satisfied; in hot , the change baa proved ta the whole sellout;, A short time ago Misa Follinglitai applied, to be permitted to assist as> pupil tesehcr, to which your Committee willingly aaamted, The teaching $ taST as at present constituted, sa satisfactory. By otewluiion the Committee re(juuHtcd that mention shqald be made in our annual report acknowledging tlienains taketi by Mr[ Porriu in kt-eping the irtm tnmtnnd and for the general iieatucssof tbeechbol properly. It mgy not he known to all Hie bondholders present that the capitation, viz., £9B during tbi year, given by the Educition Board, is iiumttoiont' for the Qomtahteefu requirements fur annitury purposei), cleaning tlie school, for stationery, fuel, repairs and other requirements without botueesttratieous aid, To a>c ; et the deficiency your Committee with tbe willing assistance of the teaching stHiSandchildwa jjhvc a concert in tho Oddfellbwa Hall on the Btb of June last, to which tha public ' generally] admirably responded. This gave a uet profit of SW Is fid. It will only jbe right that a subscription for the school picnic of £2 and for general pui poses of £8 was generously given by Mjr Monskton. Later on in the season a picnic was given. .Thiii also proved a source of profit, si vine an additional net sum of £& 78 7d. .Oa.yo.nr Committee coming into offic« they foan'd there were 209 on the.roll with an! average at* tendance of 166. On |the IGtb of , April or at present there are 227 oa the roll with an average! attendance of 101. The laghi number [in attendance on any half day daring the past year was 199. Your. Committee regrets to atill see that there are parents who ksep away their children from school, thereby depriving theraTof the great blessings of education and forgetting tbe fact that by .so doing they are preventing them from tailing that part •) in the world's affairs inltheir after life, ' which all children are entitled to, arid perhaps in continuing their lives fit only io be hewers of wood and drawers of water. I Tbe Sch#ol library . contains about 200 volumes. It has been established over two years and baa tit-en much appreciated by the children.. It has been carried on from the first, without the contribution of one penny from the public or the School Committee. The headmuster started it bycontrilutingsisty volumes as a beginning. The assistant teachers and the [children have snpplied the remainder. Owing to constant nse, many of the hooks have become more or less dilapidated. Many of them would pjsy for rekindling, but there are no funds available. The headmaster is of tie opinion that as this small beginning has been a great success and proved valuable to tbe children an appeal | may now be fairly made-to'the public for BBfiist,nncc | On February loth last, Mr Porritt, with the consent of the Committee, took those of the higher standards by rail to Potofte to see the working of the " Woollen Factory]" There can be no doubt this proved a very good , lesson to those- who availed" themselves of it. | The Committees attendances have been as follows, there having been 14 meetings:—Mr Cox «tl«endrd 7, Mr Beaton 13, Mr Keys 5, MrToogood 14, Mr Hodder 12, Mr Tait 13, Mr Cundy 13. v The total amount of cash that the

Committeebavehad to de&i with from all sooeeslias been £62 19s Id.sndthe expenditure has been £4O 2s 43, ieaving a balance in hand of £\2 17s Id. The cadet corf a lias pee.a disbanded owing to tb.6 ipabiliiy to maintain the regulation strength, viz., forty boya over thirteen years of age. The| headmaster, .who has! been a volun- i Uer for thirty-firo yesjru and a com- j missioned officer for twelve years,! applied to t!>e Hon the Defence Minister far pennisaion to ret aio the old muzzle-loading cirbine for drill purposes only, Hia modest request was mat by a peremptory order to return them to the atore without delay. . .■...;;, :■;

! _ The annus! drawing lessons held m August of last year, when sixteen papers ware worked, resulted favearI ably. I After diacnsiing cur repoii and balance Bheefc it w>li fee year duiy to elect a sew Committee, and is doing so tbe outgoing Cufcamittee bring before your notice tbe J aeceseity of a careful election, as they Lava mtSered. from a want of the services of a secre&ary.