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REPORTS OF GOVERNING BODIES. WHANGAREI HIGH SCHOOL. Staff. Mr. Roger Lupton ; Mr. H. E. G. Smith ; Miss E. G. B. Lynch, M.A. ; Mr. G. S. Thomson ; Miss E. Blunhardt; ; Mr. E. J. Layzell; Mrs. Hale. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. In presenting the annual report and statement of accounts of the Board of Governors for the year ended the 31st December, 1914, it will be seen that the school has made satisfactory progress, considering the effects resulting from the drought and war. In July last the school was inspected by Mr. T. H. Gill, M.A., who reported favourably on the excellent work being carried on by Mr. Lupton and his zealous staff. Miss I. D. Bruce, M.A., who is retiring from the teaching profession, resigned her position as first lady assistant teacher at the end of the first term. Her position was taken by Miss E. G. B. Lynch, M.A. Mr. W. J. Bishop also resigned the position of second assistant master in order to complete his University studies. He was succeeded by Mr. G. S. Thomson. The school attendance during the year has been satisfactory, and the examination results of pupils who entered for the public examinations proved good. Quite a number of the old High School boys have gone with the Expeditionary Forces to the war, several of them holding commissions. Mr. A. H. Mason, one of the two Governors who represent the Auckland College and Grammar School on the Board, resigned, owing to his removal to another district. Mr. E. 0. Weaver was appointed to succeed him on the Board. Messrs. W. A. Carruth and J. D. McKenzie, who represent the Auckland Education Board on the High School Board, were reappointed to their positions in April last. From the statement of accounts it will be seen that the financial position of the Board may be considered satisfactory, the only debt being £800 on the school-site, which the Board hopes in time to wipe out. ,1. McKinnon, Secretary. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classes. Highest. —English—Special books for Senior Public Service Examination : Chaucer, Prologue, Knight's Tale ; Emerson, History of Language ; Mason, English Grammar; English Literature, period J 744-1800. Latin—Cicero, selections; Caesar, Civil War; Tacitus, Agricola ; Virgil, iEneid II; Higher Latin Unseens ; Becker, Gallus ; Smith, Smaller History; Wilkins, Roman Antiquities. French- Weekley, French Prose ; Wellington College French Grammar ; Yorke, French Literature ; Le Cid ; L'Avare ; Voyage aux Pyrenees. Mathematics—Hall and Stevens's Geometry; Hall's Algebra ; Hall and Knight's Trigonometry ; Ward's Trigonometry Exercises. English History and Geography as for Junior University Scholarship Examination. Science—Stewart's Heat, .j. Lowest- -English- Jones's English Grammar. Latin—Limen, Parti. French —Siepmann, Part I. Arithmetic —General revision and elementary physical measurements. Geometry —Hall and Stevens, Part I. Alegebra -— Hall, to simultaneous equations, inclusive. Science —Elementary practical agriculture. Book-keeping —Thornton's First Lessons. English Literature—Addison, Sir Roger De Coverly ; Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice ; Selections from Tennyson. History —Struggle for freedom ; main facts of world history.

AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Staff. Boys' School — Messrs. J. W. Tibbs, M.A. ; H. J. D. Mahon, B.A. ;J. Drummond, M.A.; Rev. J, King Davis, M.A.; E. Caradus, B.Se. ; P. A. Docherty; P. Drummond, 8.A.; J. D. Dinncen, 8.A.; H. W. King, 8.A.; P. W. Gamble, M.A. ;A. W. Short, B.A. ; J. L. I. Newhook; W. Eraser, M.A. ; A. R. Gatland, B.A. ;H. W. Mayo, 8.A., B.Se.; D. A. Watt., 8.A.; M. D. Rohan, M.A. ; K. J. Bellow, B.A. ; E. A. Taylor, M.A. ; H. E. Brock, M.A.; E. J. Cronin, M.Sc. Girls' School— Misses B. Butler, B.Se. ; A. C. Morrison, M.A. ; W. Picken, M.A. j Mrs. S. Heap; Misses E. V. J. Jaoobsen, M.A. ; F. E. Macdonald, B.A. ; J. Moore, 8.A., M.Se. ; 0, L. Beaumont, M.A. : J. Uhlmann ; E. 1. Patterson, M.A. ; M. A. Dive, 8.A.; N. I. Maclean, M.A.; M. McLean, B.A. ;K. V. Edgerley, M.A. ; H. Kirkbride, M.A. ; M. Metcalfe, B.A. ; C. Gray, B.A. ; M. Noal; Mr. Kenneth Watkins ; Mme. A. Chambers. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. Boys' School. Progress of the School. —The number on the roll for the first term of 1913 was 674 ; in the first term of 1914 there were 687 boys ; an increase of 13 boys. Distinctions. —At the examination for Entrance Scholarships of the University of New Zealand held in December, 1913, the school won four Junior Scholarships and eight Senior National, one pupil being first on the list. Six passed " with credit," and fifty-four othersjjpassed the Matriculation Examination. Of academic distinctions won outside the Dominion the following deserve special notice : A. G. Marshall, first-class honours in chemistry, and A. Wallace, first-class honours in

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