E.—2.

[Appendix D.

Table P6.—Names and Salaries of Staffs of Training Colleges at 31st December, 1915 — continued.

No. 3. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORTS OF PRINCIPALS OF TRAINING COLLEGES. AUCKLAND. The various college activities have been interfered witir very considerably by the war. The farewelling of departing students, and the anxiety consequent on the publication of the casualty lists, acted as disturbing factors that tended to upset steady work. Whatever is lost locally will, however, be made up a hundredfold, I feel sure, in the increased breadth of view, in tire working for others, and in the realization of what sacrifice and selfishness mean. Eighty of the old students have joined the Forces, and when it is remembered that the remaining seventy-two have good reasons for delaying the call yet a while, I feel that the College lias given proof that its athletic training and interest in wider civic life are bearing fruit. One consequence of the war has been the suspension of visits of observation that involve railway journeys. The Department cancelled these during the year, and hence we were unable to pay our annual visit to Waerenga Experimental Farm. It is a pity that these journeys are suspended. The trains run in any case, and provided the students are expected to travel second class and utilize the ordinary accommodation, I cannot see that any extra expense is incurred. These visits are paid at the most receptive time in the students' lives. The bulk of them go to the country to teach for the first two years after leaving the College, and, apart from the value derived from personal knowledge, it is surely the best way of spreading the information amongst the people with whom they come in contact. There is a surprising ignorance of what good work the Department of Agriculture is doing, and if the teachers are not made aware of it a good chance is missed. Before the new rule was put into force we were fortunate enough to pay our annual visit to the ostrich farm at Paerata, and also to Ruakura. The visit to the latter place was this year on a much bigger scale, as some twenty odd students stayed in Hamilton, from Thursday to Saturday, paying daily visits to the Government experimental [arm. The manager was kindness itself, and he devoted all his time to conducting us over the farm and explaining the various experiments that were being conducted. Apart from tire knowledge gairred at the farm, we paid visits to a bacon-factory and the co-operative butter-factory at Hamilton, and altogether the trip was most valuable. The visits to local centres of industry included Mennie's biscuit-factory, the Northern Flour-mills, Hellaby's tinned-meat depot, and tho Northern Brewery, all in connection with the domestic-science course. The new appointment of a deputy headmaster fell to Mr. A. Murdoch, and he has proved a valuable acquisition to the, College staff. Besides taking the responsibility of teaching drawing on the blackboard, for which lie is specially well fitted, he has had charge of the school-gardens, registration, and games, has helped in criticisms of students' work in the lower classes, and has generally filled a long-felt want. His appointment enabled us to start a class for about a dozen delicate children (selected by the Medical Inspector of Schools) who showed signs of malnutrition, curved spines, or other physical defects, or had pre-tubercular symptoms. These children were taken

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Namo. 1 Position. University Classinca- Salary per Status. tion. Annum. 2 3 4 5 Dunedin. Pinder, Edward Moore, John A. Davis, Thomas B. MeElrea, William McMillan, Hugh Maxwell, Jessie Partridge, Ernest McMillan, Mary S. Luke, Gabriel M. Faulks, Kate Greaves, Alice White, Dora Hcndor on, Elizabeth 0. Alexander, Ann C. Marryatt, Ernest McPherson, Gertrude C. Stewart, Charles A. Kenyon, Helen M. Crawley, Janet L. Part time, — Hutton, Nellie L. D. Johnstone, George W. Wakelin, Walter C. .. £ s. d. .. Principal .. .. .. .. M.A. A 1 650 0 0 Assistant Lecturer and Deputy Head- M.A., B.So. A 1 390 0 0 master .. Tutor and Librarian .. .. .. B.A., B.Sc. A 2 290 0 0 .. Headmaster, Normal School .. .. B.E. Bl *475 0 0 .. First assistant ., .. .. .. D 1 340 0 0 Kindergarten mistress .. .. .. D 1 290 0 0 .. Assistant Teacher .. .. .. M.A. A 2 290 0 0 El 260 0 0 C 3 260 0 0 D 1 230 0 0 D 1 190 0 0 0 2 190 0 0 C 3 190 0 0 D 1 190 0 0 .. Teacher, Model Country School .. .. C 2 310 0 0 Juhior Model School .. .. .. D I 190 0 0 „ Secondary Department .. M.A. A 3 340 0 0 Assistant Teacher, Secondary Department B.A. B 2 230 0 0 Junior Kindergarten Mistress .. ... .. D 1 190 0 0 Teaoher of Drawing .. .. .. .. ;. 140 0 0 Singing . . .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 Woodwork .. .. ..' .. 25 0 0 Total Grand total £5,720 0 0 £21,328 10 0 £5,720 0 0 £21,328 10 0 * Also house allowance, £50 per annum.