MEETING of the Education Board

A meeting of the Education Board will be held in the Government Buildings, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 16th March, at noon.

John Hislop, Secretary.

HIGH SCHOOL OF OTAGO, DUNEDIN.

Visitor:
His Honour the Superintendent.

Governors:
The Visitor and the Education Board.

Masters:

Rector:
Stuart Hawthorne, M.A., late Cooper Scholar, University of Sydney.

English:
G. P. Abram, M.A., late Senior Scholar, Clare College, Cambridge.

Mathematics:
D. Brent, M.A., late Senior Scholar, Queens’ College, Cambridge.

Modern Languages and Natural Science:
J. H. Pope, late Senior, First Class Honourman of the Victorian Board of Education.

Writing and Commercial Department:
John Gow, late of the Glasgow Academy and Liverpool High School.

Drawing:
D. C. Hutton, Provincial Drawing-Master.

Vocal Music:
William Taylor, Provincial Music Master.

Drill and Gymnastics:
Major Atkinson, and Staff of Assistants.

Terms (payable quarterly in advance).

Day pupils .................. £2 0 0 a quarter
Resident boarders (including School Fee and washing) .................. £15 2 6
Weekly boarders (including School Fee and washing) .................. £14 0 0
Day boarders (including School Fee) .................. £5 0 0

Extras:
German .................. £1 1 0
Gymnastics .................. £1 1 0

The object for which the Institution has been established is to place within the reach of all classes of the community, without distinction, the advantages of a liberal education. The ordinary course of study embraces all the usual branches of a sound Classical, Mathematical, English, and Commercial Education, together with French, Drawing, and Vocal Music.

Entrance Examination.

A quarterly examination for boys wishing to enter the School is held in the School Hall at ten o'clock on the first day of each quarter. Applicants for admission must be over nine years of age and must be able to read an ordinary narrative with fluency, to write from dictation with tolerable correctness, and to work with accuracy questions in the four simple rules of arithmetic. In special cases, entrance examinations will be held at any time during the quarter, on one day's notice in writing being given to the Rector.

Boys or adults who do not wish to attend as regular pupils may join one or more of the classes on paying the usual School Fee. In such cases the entrance examination may be dispensed with at the discretion of the Rector.

Buildings and Play-ground.

The High School Buildings are situated on Bell Tower Hill, and comprise one large central hall, with visitors’ gallery; commodious and comfortable class-rooms; and library, museum, and reading room for the use of the pupils. In every case strict attention has been paid to ventilation. A spacious play-ground surrounds the School, and a gymnasium, fives-court, and covered play-ground for wet weather have been erected within the enclosure. A cricket ground, now in course of formation on the Town Belt, will also be available for the pupils of the High School. It will thus be seen that ample provision is made for recreation and physical training.

Boarding Establishment.

In the Boarding Establishment, which occupies one of the finest situations in Dunedin, immediately adjoining the Town Belt, the pupils are under the immediate supervision and control of the Rector. The building contains thirty rooms, and the Boarders’ quarters are provided with all the appliances necessary to health and comfort.

While the School, as a public institution supported by public money, is wholly unsectarian, due attention is paid to the moral and religious training of the pupils. Boarders will in all cases attend the churches to which they respectively belong.

The following is a list of articles required by each boarder: -
(All articles must be marked.)

• 6 single sheets
• 2 caps or hats
• 4 Crimean shirts
• 3 pairs boots or shoes
• 3 cotton day shirts
• 1 small-tooth comb
• 3 night shirts
• 1 pocket comb
• 12 collars
• 1 large comb
• 12 pairs stockings
• 1 hair brush
• 2 everyday suits, with pieces to mend
• 1 clothes brush
• 1 overcoat
• 1 tooth brush
• 1 Sunday suit
• 1 nail brush
• 8 pocket handkerchiefs
• 1 sponge and bag
• 4 neckties
• 1 pair gaiters

Provincial Scholarships.

The Board of Education has established a number of Provincial Scholarships in connection with the High School, the examinations for which are held annually in the month of December. Each holder of a Provincial Scholarship, in addition to five years' free education, is entitled to board and residence at the High School Boarding Establishment, or a payment of £39 a-year in lieu thereof. Unsuccessful competitors for Scholarships, who gain more than a certain percentage of marks, are entitled to free education for periods varying from two to five years.

Richardson Scholarship.

The Honourable Major Richardson has founded a Scholarship of the annual value of about £30 for pupils of the High School proceeding to the University of Otago.

Medals, &c.

The Dunedin Chamber of Commerce gives annually one gold and two silver medals for arithmetic, commercial geography, and writing. Mr. J. S. Webb, Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce, gives an annual prize of a silver pen for writing. Medals and other special prizes are also given annually by various gentlemen.

The attention of Parents and Guardians is directed to the following Regulations: -

1. The School fee is payable in advance, at the beginning of each quarter. One of the masters will receive the fees on behalf of the Secretary of the Education Board, and issue printed receipts for the same, entitling the holders to be admitted by the Rector as pupils of the School for the current quarter. No boy will be allowed to attend the School who fails to comply with this Regulation.