CAMBRIDGE- SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1752, 27 September 1883, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE- SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

A meeting of tho school committee was held on Monday. Piosent : Messrs G. F. Hosking (chairman), Sargent, Hewitt, Wright, Nixon, and the Rev. H. It. Dewsbur v.

Thk HounAYh. — It wa? agreed that the Michaelmas holidays should common ce on Friday (10-morrow), aud. oxtund over next wt % ek.

Thk P/a i« hoi m— The Board of Educawrote nn tlio subject of improving the girls' playground. The coimniUoo le.solvcd, " That the suggestion of this committee in (1) that the Wi&o bo sold by pubJic auction ; (2) tliat, as after the removal of the li<ui-,o ji lMgav hum than £10 will he required for the proper levelling and fencing of the ground, the proceeds of hiich sale bo devoted to such use. '

Mh Wii.sov'.s J?Ksr«vvTZOV. — A letfcd wivs received from the Board of Education announcing the i cognation by Mr Wilson of the post of classical masfcei at the High .School. Sonic diycussiou ensued, in the com so of \\ Inch yre.it lcgicl was ovpiessed at the school losing the sei vices of so efficient ii teacher as Mr Wilson. The following lCiulutioiw wcio cauiod .— (1) "That in the opinion of this committee, the Cambridge 3 J jyh .School, in having lost the f>ei uco& of Mr J . K. Wilson, 8.A., so «oou after initiation, is in a .somewhat ciitical condition, and ucedh, as, a tcaohei foi the High School subjects, a gentleman of somo udticntional .status ; and lecoinmends that, with a view to obtain such teacher, the hoaid advertise foi applicant's for the- position, or .send up to tins committee a list of | those who may be eligible, with the testimonials they may piesent. " — (2. ) --" That this comnutteo learns with deep regret the deteimination of Mi J. H. WiJmmi to leave the Cambiidge High School for another appointment, and desires to place on lecord its high appirci.ition of the veiy m tiled .tbility with which he has discliarged the duties of his position hince he enteied upon tliem ; that a copy of this lesolution be foiwaided to Mi Wilson." Tin 1 School Lnm \«v.— This subject wns biom<ht befoie the committee by Mi \ V*nght, and on hK motion it was lesohcd "'That an ontoitammeut bo g't\ou m bhu Vubhc Hall on a date to be named, to consist of a conceit, uith icadiiiy-, and iccitations ; pioceocK m atd of the Public .School I Libiaiy Fund. ' The chanman and Dewsbury and Houghtou weio a\)\iouited a comimttue to auange the musical paifc ol i the onteit.unnient. This w,v> .ill the business of unpoi tauco. ■