EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE,

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2704, 7 January 1910, Page 6

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE,

ANNUAL MEETING

(Unit Bunns Association.] WELLINGTON, Jan. 6. The New Zealand Educational Institute continued its annual meeting today. The balance sheet, which was adopted, showed, receipts totalling £1502, including £1052 balance to cre--sdit of the legal defence fund, an increase for one year of £B2 7s d. Of this sum £52 4s 4d would go to the' new benevolent fund. Mr E. U. Just (North Canterbury), was unanimously elected president of the Institute for the ensuing year. The retiring president, Mr MacDonald, congratulated the institution upon selecting one who had done so much useful work for education. Mr Wm. Foster (Wellington), was re-elected secretary and Mr T. Hughes (Christchurch), was reappointed treacurer. The executive non-official members are as follows, those elected at the present conference being placed first:— North Island: Messrs W. H. Newton (Thames), G. W. Murray (Auckland); Wellington district: Messrs A. Erskine and J. Caughley. South Island: Messrs W. Davidson (Dunedin) and W. H. Harkness (Westport). The President referred with regret to the retirement from the executive of Mr G. W. Murray (Auckland) who was leaving the profession, and Mr Geo. MacMorran Mr Foster (Secretary of the Institute) referred ap_ proeiatively to the caution and sound judgment of Mr MacMorran, who had given invaluable aid to him in his secretarial work. He moved that a resolution expressing the thanks of the Institute to Messrs Murray and MacMorran be recorded in the minutes. This was adopted with acclamation. In accordance with the Government’s invitation the following were elected to represent the public schools at the general conference on education to be held nner tho auspices of the Education De_ partment in February: Representing district high schools, Messrs A. G. Cousins, M.A. (Auckland) and J. H. Harkness, B.A. (Westnort); primary schools, under 200 scholars, Messrs R. S. Holmes (Hawke’s Bay), L. F. Do Berry (Greymonth) ; infant department, Miss Craig (Wellington) and Miss H. Birss (Southland).