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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 229, 6 April 1883, Page 2

PALMERSTON KORTH. 18th, 19th, and 20th OCTOBBK, 18^2. Under a Master, a Mistress, and three Pupil Teachers. #t •The number of the scholars is rapidly on the increase. When the present master took charge, the average for his first quarter was 140; and for the quarter ending September last it had ristn to 219. During the month of October it bad reached -254. To meet this influx of scholars, extensive additions had to be made to tbe old building. These additions were fully six months iv course of erection, and the work of the school during that period irretrievably marred for the school session. During the first quarter of the school year measlea and diptheria thinned the attendance to one half The master was twice laid a-ide by these epidemics ; the first time with mensies, the second time with diptheria. These attacks obviously Tfoakene'd him and rendered him unfit to cope with the large attendance and the necessary increase of clashes. The- school has a 1 so been heavily handicapped from its being understaffed. hr-Xh-eLinternal arrangements, too, of the buifinngTtaw v_ n . )I;erecl witli a dvant age, so that there i»re sia. , — _ a j u j t I and a much larger demand is tnaau ~,,' the Superintendent for vigilance and ! vigour. These statements s!.ffije, m some measure, to excuse the meagre/esults obtained m the btaudard examination", and th' imperfect discipline of the school. The internal arrangements of the infant's room bad. li hope to find these improved by n< xt inspection. The room itself is too dark and din^y for an infants' department. But, notwithstanding these si.vere drawbacks, the infants' section acts as a sot-otf to the otherwise poor appearance made by the school generally. Miss Blair dis lays great tart m hei tuitinn, and as a toacner of infants it -ffould be difficult to find er pupeiioi . j Her management of the needlewoik of the school is satisfactory. N.B. — Since the above ws writtfn, additional teaching power has been pro. vided. Two assistants and three pupilteachers m a school of' 219 children (iverage) ought, under a vigorou , vigilant, and txjierienced master, to accomplish a great d- al during the next year. The Chairman and a meinl er of the School Committee were present m thu course of the examination. The dupl'CHte sche-lulea wera for-wa-ded to the Chairman ot the School Committe'-' on tli-j 23rd of October last, j