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LLANDEGLA TEACHING STAFF. TEACHERS' SALARIES~AGAIN INCREASED. Threatened Litigation at Brymbo. Mr. W. G. Dodd, Llangollen, presided aver the usfual meeting of the Denbighshire Educa- tion Authority, in. the Queen's Hotel, Chester, on Fodlay- afternoon. The other memfeeirs present were Miss Gee, Mans. R. J. Powell, Messrs. D. S. Davies, J. Wil- coxon, John Roberts, P:lasJHeaton W. J. Wil- luairus, Llarurwst; J. R. Williams, Llwyndiu; James Darlington, Colonel Sandbach, Messrs. J. Stephen. Jones, Bennett Jones, Christmas Jones, Edward Roberts, R. A. Jones, Simon Jones, F. A. Sturge, Hugh Hughes, George Cromar, E. R. Parry, Dr. J. Medwyn Hughes," and Mr. William Griffith, Llanfairtalhaiarn with the Joint Sec- retary (Mr John Roberts), the Organiser1 of Edu- cation (Mr. J. C. Davies), and the County Archi- tect (Mr. W. D. Wiles). Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from the Rev. Thomas Lloyd, Colwyn Bay, and Mrs. Parker Davies, Abergele. COL. SAiNnBACH AND N.P. SCHOOL. The Staff and Supply Committee reported the receipt of letters from the Correspondent of the Llandegla School and the headmaster with re- ference to the appointment of another teacher in the place of Miss Annie Roberts, and they recommended that a reply be sent stating that they could not at present grant the application for reasons already furnished to the Corres- pondent. Colonel Sandibach said, he had brought up the question. of a supplementary teacher for this school previously. Llandegla was fight away in the niountadns, and the reason given for refus- ing the application, was that the salaries' already exceeded the usual amount. He considered that speqial attention should,, be given to schools in remote districts, such as this one. He was pre- pared to admit that the attendance had gone clown, but by now there were 50 pupils in the school. Apart from this, he would say that schools in remote districts deserved1 special at- tention at the hands of the Committee. The only education children in; that parish could get was what they got in the village school, as it was impossible for them to attend Ruthin secondary school, which was so far away. To conduct a school of seven standards with only two teachers was, he maintained, practically impossible, to do justice to the children. He earnestly begged the Committee to take the mat- ter into their serious considerations, and he would now move that the matter be referred back to the Committee with a recommendation that the application for an additional teacher be granted. Mr D. S. Davies (Chairman of the Committee) said he was sure they sympathised' with what Colonel Sandibach said, but the Committee had only to deal with the conditions as they found them. The scholars at the present time num- bered 48, and when they noticed1 that there was a head1 teacher andi an assistant, and that the salaries amounted to 157 IOS. od.a little over f.3 5'5. od. per head—they would understand the Committee not feeling justified in increasing the staff of the school. There were many similar schools throughout the county, and some of them had' managed well with even a smaller staff Mr. Bennett Jones said; he knew of schools in his district which were similarly placed to Llarn- cles^la. The Chairman I feel there will be several similar anamolies. If we grant in one case, we will have to do in the others. The amendment was put to the meeting, when only the proposer and seconder voted in favour of it. The Committee's recommendation was then adopted. LLANRWIST AND DISTRICT MATTERS. Miss Ada Roberts, Lilanrwst, who' is the cook- ery teacher of the county, andi who makes her headquarters at Denbigh, applied for an in- crease of salary, but the Committee felt that they could not entertain, the applicatiloln. Letters were read at the Staff and Supply Comimiittee from the headmistress of the Llan- rwst Infants' Council School with reference to the staff, and returns showing the number of teachers and- classes and the average attendance were .submitted, but the Committee deferred the consideration of the matter until the next meeting. The tender of Mr. Robert Roberts, Llainrwst, amounting tO' £ 2 10s. od., was accepted for the papering of the walls of the bedroom and back ki tchen, of the headmaster's house at Llanirwst. The Correspondent of the Lilanddoget Church of Englaindl School wrote requesting the Com- mittee to authorise a glazier to repair about 12 broken panes in the windows of the school, stating that it rodl net been used for any pur- pose other than elementary education since the damage was done. The Secretary's reply, which was approved, was that the Committee could not do as the Cbrresipondent wished!, as the obligation of do- ing this in the first instance rested upon the school' managers, and if they sent in a claim to the Local Education Authority in respect of fair wear and tear the matter would, be duly considered. The return of attendances at the Llanrwst County School during the Easter term this year shows that there were no scholars, exclusive of 11 pupil teachers, and that the average attend- ance amounted to 9q per cent. Sarah Florence Roberts, Elizabeth Hughes, and David Austen Jones, pupils at the Llanrwst County School, were recognised as bursars ,u,r under the regulations for the preliminary educa- tion 0Jf elementary school teachers for the year from the 1st August, 1909, to the 31st July, igto. TEACHERS AND THEIR SALARIES. ,C01,. SAND BACH AND THE BRYMBO SQUABBLE. Mr. D. S. Davies said that at a Committee meeting held that morning the question of the revision of teachers' salaries had been carefully considered, and they recommended an increase of ^367 IOS. od. in the salaries as from the rst April Last. On the appointed day the pupils numbered 19,335, but now they had reached 23,540, and the salaries paid on the appointed day came to ^28,273, whereas with the recom- mendation that day they reached ^"34,189. The schools were better equipped and the teachers paid higher salaries now than. under the old regime. He considered they got good value for the money, and that it was wisely spent. Colonel Sandbach drew attention to the fact that the salaries of the teachers in the Brymbo Church of England School had been omitted. He felt sure that the Committee were tired of hearing about the Brymbo school, and that they
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all wished it out of the way. Unfortunately, a squabble was going on, but he did not see why the teachers should be penalised1. They ought to be treated in the same fair and. generous manner that the others ha-li been. The squabble was between the managers of the school. and that Committee. Why should the Education Committee fight the teachers, who were acting under the direction, of the managers of the N.P. School? The question of teachers' agreements had been before the Committee, and they ar- ranged that the matter should: be left entirely between the managers of the N.P. schools and the teachers themselves. He would say 'that the Education Committee in interfering by gitv- ing orders to +he teachers of the Brymbo School apart from the managers were acting ultra vives2 and exceeded their powers. The Education Authority had no right to interfere with the reli- gious teaching ordered by the managers of a N.P. School. He therefore moved] that the ques- tion of the salaries of the teachers in the Brwnjbo. N.P. School be referred back to be re- vised by the Committee in the same way as the others. There was a sort of understanding last November, when the question was more or less stttled, that the question of the teachers' sal- aries should come up for revision in April, and he woul dnow say that the Committee were in diity bonnd to take them into consideration. Mr. James Darlington seconded. Mr. D. S. Davies said he was sorry to be again at variance with Colonel Sandbach. the question had been fully considered by the Staff Committee, and a scale of advances was agreed upon at a previo,us meeting, but with the addi- tion that the advances were to be given to teachers provided they would obey the direc- tions of the Education Authority. The Board of Education had written to say that no teachers could give religious instruction in the BryiflbQ1 School, and that the Rector was the only per- son wiho could do so. Acting as agents of the Board of Education, that Committee communi- cated the information to both the teachers and the managers, and they now had clear proof that the teachers were ignoring that direction. 'When they defied the direction he did not con- sidiear it right and proper to advance their bail- ary. When the teachers were prepared to con- form with the direction of that authority, they would be considered. He (the speaker) might as well state that they had made every possible attempt to' settle the Brymbo difficulty. A Com- mittee was appointed at the last meeting to con- fer with the m.anagers to see whether they could not come to some terms, but the managers hitherto refused to meet the Committee, and they were told that the question would force litigation. If that was the intentioft of the man- agers, it would be impossible to Settle matters amicably, and if there was toi be a fight the sooner it came the better. There was one cer- tain thing, and that was that the condition, of things at Brymbo. could not possibly continue very long. He visited the place the previous Wednesday, and, to see the conditions in which the children were being educated would prove that the state of things could not possibly con- tinue. They could not improve the status of the teachers who- had defied them. They had received instructions, and had refused1 to com- ply, and under the circumstances he hoped the Committee would refuse the advance. Mr. F. A. Sturge said that as he intended to vote with Colonel Sandbach he wanted it known that he disapproved. of the actoin of the man- agers in the dispute, but as long as the Educa- tion Authority paid the teachers he considered they should do so fairly. The Chairman said he was sorry that Colonel Sandbach again thought it necessary to bring up the teachers and: suggesting that they were treated harshly. The conduct of the Local. Edu- cation Authority throughout had been very goou to the teachers. In view of the fact that Col. Sandbach thought the Committee were bringing the teachers into the fighting line, they should know the attitude of the teachers from the com- mencement. When the Committee decided to discontinue the school, the teachers were the first care of the Authority. The teachers asked what would become of them and they were immediately told that the quarrel was not with them, but with the managers, and they took them en bloc as servants of the Authority. Their services were accepted, and at the eleventh hour, in some cases only two days' notice being given before the opening of the schools, tele- grams and letters were received breaking their engagements. It seemed to him thalt if the teachers were brought info the fighting line, they were brought in by the managers for m- ducing them to take the step they did by runn- ing away from their engagements. He would not admit that the Committee had in any way been harsh, with the teachers. It was too absurd for anything. If the teachers were in revolt against that Authority, it was absurd to treat them bet- tar than their own loyal servahts. He thought the time had come for them to ask the Board of Education to. move in the matter. The posi- tion, at Brymbo was: absolutely intolerable, and- should not be allowed to continue. If the Board of Education would not end it, it would be the duty of that Committee to take some very dras- tic steps which would bring the matter to a final, settlement. In the meantime, while the Board had not shown them a way out of the difficulty, it woulldl be their duty to continue the school until the advice of the Board was re- ceivedi. If no advice was received, they would have to take the matter into their own hands. Coaonel SandJbach, replying to the discussion, referred to the alleged' running away by tHe teachers from their engagements. He had been intformed that there were no agreementts be- tween teachers and that Committee, and that they therefore ran away from nothing. To say that the teachers treated the Committee with disrespect or discourtesy wias quite wrong. The teachers were requested by the head teacher to follow him into the Council School, and they agreed to do so, being under the impression that there wourld be no school carried ont by the Church of England. As soon. as the teachers found) that the Church of England' School was to be continued they stuck to the school to which they had previously belonged. The Chairman said that Colonel Sandbach had been entirely misled, owing, no doubt, to his [listening to outside evidence. If he meant there was no written agreement with the teach- ers, he (the Chairman) agreed. There was no written agreement with teachers at all. Coun- cil school teachers were engaged', by a minute of the Committee, but in the case of Brymbo the teachers applied1 both to the Organiser and himself. He visited Brymbo and told the teachers that the Committee had every reason to. be satisfied with their services, and that they would be taken on at the new Council School. They appeared to be very much relieved, but on the Saturday before the Monday the school was opening they let the Secretaries know that their services were not to be at the disposal of the Committee. On being put to the meeting, only three voted for Colonel Sandbach's proposition, which was declared last, and the recOimmendlation of the Committee was carried. ELEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A MISS. On the presentation of the Attendance Com- mittee's report, it was stated that Edward Jones, of the LTamgynhafal Council School, had at- tended school without a miss for eleven years, and that he had been presented' with a silver watch and a spade as a gardening prize. ■Blodiwen- Morris, of the Llanifair t a lhai arn. Council School, was also reported to' have made eight years' perfect ^attendlance, and she was also presented with a silver watch. GYFFYLlLIOG WATER SUPPLY. Correspondence was submitted from the Ruth-in Rural District Council with respect to the water supply at Gyffylliog School, and it was decided that Messrs. D. S. Davies, Conner Roberts, John. Roberts, and Dr. J. Medwyn Hughes should meet the representatives of the Rural Council on the spot to discuss the matter. A reported nuisance in the school and the school hOUlse had been remedied. EYTON N.P. SCHOOL. It was; reported that the Eyton Church of England School had, been closed because the managers were not disposed to carry out the enlargement and improvement required by the Education Committee, who have, therefore, to. open a Council school for that locality. The Committee decided to' offer to the man- agers a reasonable rent for the school building, provided it be leased to them for 21 years,. They would' put the building into' thorough, repair and effect improvements at an, estimated cost of ^200, and would reserve to the managers the right to use the building for religious purposes on Sundays. If the offer be not accepted, the Committee will have to build another school, half the cost of which will fall upon the parish. At the suggestion off the Chairman., it was de- cided to proceed; with the arrengements for the provision of temporary premises for the school, so that, in the event of the offer being rejectedj the Committee would not be placed in any difficullity. A DENBIGH ACCIDENT. The Building Committee reported the receipt of a letter from- Mr. A. Foulkes Roberts, solici- tor, Denbigh, stating that he was issuing a sum- monis in respect of the injury to the child Edie Davies by the falling of a partition in, the Girls" Council School,, and enquiring who would ac- cept service on behalf of the County Council. It was stated that the Secretaries had replied that Mr. W. R. Evans would accept service of such process as Clerk of the County Council. It was now decided to leave the matter iin the hands of the Secretaries and Mr. D. S. D&vieis, with power to act. ABERGELE N.P. SCHOOL. 'The Secretaries informed the Building Com- mittee that they had not yet received the ob- servations of the managers of the Abergele N.P. School on the report of the Medical Officer of (Health, 510 far as the same related to, the build- ing's, and) direw the attention of the Committee to a letter written by the managers in April. TEMPORARY SCHOOL FOR BONTUCII EL. The Building Committee resolved that the Education Committee be recommended1 to gilve notice of their intention to' provide a tvinporary school at Bontochel, near Ruthin, to accommo- date 30 infants, and that the Architect prepare plans of the Vestry Room of the Calvin.istic Methodist chapel to be submitted to the Board of Education. Miss Gee said that there was land at Bont- uchell given, for educational purposes. The trustees of the land were dead. Her late father was one, the late father of Mr. A. O. Evans, an- other, and! another gentleman from Liverpool.. She thought that something should be done, as the land was left entirely for educational pur- poses. Her late father being a trustee, made her feel that she would like to know in whose hands the land now was. The Chairman said the question: before the Committee was that of taking over the vestry room as a temporary school. They could not go into the matter raised by Miss Gee. Mii.ssi Gee I only wanted to relieve my own mind. BIRTHPLACE OF THE TITHE WAR. Some time last year parents and ratepayers in the village of Graianxhydd, in the parish of Llanarmoni yn Iral, mornorialiiised the Education Committee for a school for infants and children in the Lower standards at that place on the ground, that the Lianarmon, school in the centre of the parish was situated: too far away for the younger children to. attend it regularly. Two public inquiries were held, and ultimately the Committee decided to erect a temporary buildv- ing of corrugated iron and to open a school as soon as it is ready. The Board of Education were asked to sanction this action, but in the meantime strong agitation, has arisen in the parish of Lianarmon generally in opposition to the school on the ground that it would impose 90 uin,necessary burden upon the rates. An or- ganisation of the ratepayers has instructed Mr. F. Llewellyn Jones, of Mold, to. act for them in opposition to the proposal, and he has sent to the Bloard of Education a memorial signed by nine-tenitfas of the ratepayers appealing. against the project. The Board of Education: asked for the obser- vations of the Education Committee upon. the petition, and the draft of a letter in reply was now submitted by Mr. J. S. Jones, Chairman of the Attendance Sulb-committee. It was pointed aut that the attendance at Lianarmon: was only 73 per cent., the lowest in, the county, and that the chtitldiren. at Graianrhydd. could not be sent to school until they were nearly seven years of age. Furthermore, the cost of the school wouldi not be equal to. a halfpenny in the pOiUnd, on 'the rates. Mr. D. S. Davies said that at the meeting of the Staff and. Supp.lv Committee the feeling was that the idea should be abandoned, being that such a large number of parents had signed the petition agaanst the erection of the school. He strongly urged the Education. Authority, in the face of such a strong petition,, not to erect this school, as it would certainly be forwarded to the Board, of Education, and! they would thus be courting diefeat. He moved that the course suggested! by hiim be taken. Dr. MecTiwyn Hiughes seconded, and stated that, having regard to the fact that three-fourths of the population were against the movement, he thought it would) be highly unwise to, force it upon them. -When, the question, was first brought forward there were hopes' of a revival in the coming trade, but that hope hact now been given, up, and the school already was enough to accommodate all. the children that would ever by in Lianarmon, unless there was some abnormal increase in the population. 'Mr. Edward Roberts, Chairman, of the Build- ing Committee, said that they had been re- quested by the parents to. provide a school in this isolated district. They, as the Education Authority, had a duty to perform to. every child in the county. The had already provided small schools in isolated districts, some on. the other srirde of Colwyn Bay and at the other end of the county. In the Graianrhydd district, no child could gio to school before seven years of age because of the distance the Lianarmon school was. Io addition to a request for the school from the parents, the Committee had a unani- mous recomimendlation from the Ruthin district -managers. They had been told- by the Organ- iser that the attendance at Lianarmon school was the lowest in the county owing to the child- ren being such a great distance away. It was only 73 per cent. and he considbred that a dis- grace to. the county. It was below the average attendance before the appointed day. Mr. J. Wilcoxon also supported the Com- mittee, and said he had beem informed, that three or four Deople from the same house had
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signed the petition of objection. They were I not all ratepayers. Mr. George C'roman. supported. the action 01 the Committee. Mr. Stephen Jones said. there was another as- pect to this question. It was, a case of bank- ruptcy for the county if they allowed the child- ren to' remain away from school. In this parish it would mean a loss of £7° to £80 to the county if they did not go to school. In Llan- armion the average age of 22 children in stand- amd V. was 11.4, and in the Ruthin Council School the average age of 27 children, in the same standiard, was 9.7. They would lose fin- ancially, and he did, not think the Committee were justified in allowing any parish to come with the bogey that the rate was going to be higher. ,Mr. Simon Jones. supported- the movement to secure a proper school for the neighbourhood. He now remembered that thi,s was. the pa/rish where the anti-tithe war was born, and it was the parish of the late John, P,arry- Colonel Sandibach: It wants educating, any way. (Laughter.) Mr. Simon Jones considered that they should have a thorough education in, the district, be- cause they must be enterprising in their nature, so that any future great movement for the county might be initiated in' that district. Mr. Christmas Jones said there was only one honourable course to adopt, and that was to provide the educational facilities of other parishes for Graiamrhyd. Mr. D. S. Davies said he was not afraid to be in a minority. In the face of the organised petition, there was not the slightest chance of a school being built there, and he dlid not want that Authority to court diefeat. The Partsh Council and a number of ratepayers instructed Mr. Fred Llewellyn Jones to object to the school. He maintained that the Board of Edu- cation would not sanction the proposal, especi- ally in the face of the opposition, and also the fact that i,t was a decVTIiiru neighbourhood. The Chairman remarked that at the last in- quiry in the parish 44 ratepayers petitioned in favour of the school and 164 against t. It wa-, the ideia of the Committee to, bring all the schools in the county as far as possible within iieach of the rural chifluren,. The amendfment was defeated by a large majority, and the reply to the Board of Educa- tion;, advocating the erection of the school, was directed to. be forwarded. SUMMER COURSES FOR TEACHERS. The Highter Education Committee recom- mended offering of three guineas each to enable teachers (both primajy and se- condary) to attend the course in, Weilsh at the summer school of the Welsh Language Society, to be held in Swansea Grammar School in August, and! exhibitions of £ 6 each for a course of instruction abroad in French or German. Miss Gee suggested, and it was agreed, to grant exhibitions of 1 each- to a certain num- ber of teachers in the county who were pre- pared to attend the summer school of the Tem- perance and Hygiene to. be held in. Rhyl during the summer holidays, under the auspices of the Gwynedd Temperance Association. BURSARS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE COUNTY. Amongst the list of bursars was. the name of a pupil who lived outside the county, and Mr. George Cromar raised the question as to whether she was eligible to become a bursar. A discussion enisued, in the course of which Mr. W. J. Williams asked for a rule on the matter, as there were several Carnarvonshire children attending the Llanrwsit County School. A propositon was submitted that the pupil be not allowed to be a bursiar, but this was after- wards withdrawn, and nothing further was done. APPOINTMENT OF MANAGERS. On the proposition of Mr. Bennett Jones, Mr. Thomas Salusbury was appointed a representa- tive manager on the Llanefydd N.P. School in the place of Mr. Isaac C. Ellis, who retired through ill health. On the management board of the Llanddulias N.P. School the Rev. Darby Davies was ap- pointed in the place of Mr. W. F. Jones, who also, retired through ill health. LOANS FOR ERECTION OF SCHOOLS. On the proposition of Mr. J. Wilcoxon, sec- onded by Mr. D. S. Davies, the following re- solutions of the Monmouthshire Educationi Com- mittee were adbpted — The Committee directs atten,tion to the limited period of time now permitted for re- payment of loans obtained for the erection of schools, and urges that the period should be extended to. at least sixty years and in view of the declared opinions of the Prime Minister and Chancellor of Exchequer, ask that the mat- ter should receive immediate attention of the Government. It is also, resolved that copies of the fore- going resolution, be sent to the Prime Minister, the Chenicelilor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Education1, the President of the Local Government Board!, the Members of Par- liament for the county and borough, and to the Local Education. Authorities in, Wales." TRAINING COLLEGES FOR TEACHERS. A copy of the proposed scheme for the estab- lishment of a Joint Education College for the counties of Carnarvon, Anglesey, Denbigh, and Flint, called the North Wales Counties Train. ing College Committee, was submitted, and the following were provisionally appointed to repre- sent Denbigh-shire:Mes,srs. W. G. Dodd, J. E. Powell, D. S. Davies, Rev. Thomas Lloyd, W. J. Williams, and J. Wilcoxon. Miss Gee considered that a lady should: be appointed on the Committee, but the Secretary informed her that the representatives must be members of the County Council. TEACHING OF TEMPERANCE. The following resolution of the East Denbigh- shire C.M. Meeting, held at Rhosddu, was sub- mitted That we call the attention of the Education Committee of the Denbighshire County Council to the importance of giving instruction in. our elementary schools on the relation of temper- ance to health, and urge the Committee to do Its uftimost to arrange that such teaching is systematically given." ,Mrs R. J. Powell described this as a matter of vital importance. Resolutions had been pre. viously submitted, and she should like to know whether anything had been done. Mr. D. S. Davies said that the matter would be considered at the meeting of the Staff and -Supply Committee. OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. A communication was read from, the Colwyn Bay district managers stating that an applica- tion had been made for the use of the Higher Grrélide School for the purposes, of Oxford Locai Examinations for boys. The examinations; had previously been held in the Public Hall, but that place was not now ;available unless a rent of 6,20 was paid for the week. The school couldi be used without interfering at all with the school hours, and they .suggested charging six guineas for its- use, being the same rent as wa's, -paid for the Public Hall. On the proposition of Colonel Sandbach, it was decided to, grant the application. LLANFAIRTALHAIARN SCHOOL. The following letter of the Board of Educa- tion with reference to the Llanfairtalhaiarn Council School was read at a meeting of the Staff and Supply Committee — "With reference t" Mr. J. C. Davies' letter of the 12th December last, I am directed to state that the Board are informed by H.M. In- spector that the opening of the Llanfairtal- haiarn Council School has not had the antici- pated effect of reducing the numbers in attend- ance at the Non-Provided School; the number on the books is 40, with an average attendance of 38. Under these circumstances the Board I are of opinion that it is necessary to increase as recommended by H.M. Inspector in his last report, and they will be gad to hear that your Authoirity will take steps to appoint an addi- tional teacher without deilay." It was resolved that a supplementary teacher be advertised for. COLWYN COUNCIL SCHOOL, LLWYD- iCiOEÐ COUNCiIlL SCHOOL, MOOHDR-E COUNCIL SCiHOOL. Upon the recommendation of the Colwyn Bay district managers,, it was resolved that the fol- lowing transfers and appointments be con- firmed iMiss M. J. Roberts be transferred froni Llwydgoed Council School to the Colwyn Council Scihool at her present rate of salary, vlz-> £ 5° Per anouim. Miss Charlotte Owen^ Art. 50, be transferred from the Mochdre Coun- cil School to the Colwyn Council School and paid .at the rate of £42 ios. od. per annum, and Muss Nellie Davies, ex-pupil teacher, of Colwyn 'Council School, be appointed as supplementary teacher at the Mochdre Council School, at a oSIalary of £25 per annum. ATTENDANCE OFFICERS AND THIEIR SALARIES. The following petition1 was read from the at- tendance officers:- We, the undersigned, beg respectfully to ap- ply for an increase in OUlr: -salaries. Oiur reason for making this application is that for the past five years we have only received one increase, and that over two, years ago. We wouild like to point out that during the last five years we have seen- the average attendance m(aterially in- creased, and last year the attendance proved a record. While this has been a source of revenue toi the Committee, it also shows the import- amce of our work to the child and authority. We your officers were glad to, learn (at the Conference recently held) that our services are appreciated, and beg to ask by the way of en- couragement, and to cope with the difficulties- which we encounter daily, that our application be favourable considered. We also beg to. re- mind you that our uniiform is long overdue, and we should be pleased if that matter could re- ceive youir early attention, as the non-supply is equal to a loss in our salary.—Signed: Wm. E. Galland, Wrexham; E. Price Evans, Llan- gollen A. A. Roberts, Rhosllanerchrutgog; W. 'H. Evans, Brynteg; E. Bithell, Colwyn Bay; 'Thomas Williams, Llanrwst; 1 Roger Pryce, Denbigh R. P. Chambers, Abergele T. Evans, Cefn, Riuabon; JOihm, R. Lloyd, Bersham and Minera; Edward Hughes, Llansilin." It was resolved that a reply be sent that the Committee regret they cannot at present see their .way to grant the officers an increase in salary, and that it be ppinted, out that the pre- sent percentage of attendance is: about equal to the percentage at the time the previous in- creases were glranlted, and that the average at- tendiance is at present lower than it was at that time; that tenders for new uniforms be in- vited, and that Messrs. W. J. Williams, E. R. Parry, D. W. Roberts, and Christmas Jones be, appointed as a sulb-committee to. open tenders- and. accept one. It was further resolved that in future ordin- ary wilIiforms with overcoat be supplied on the 1st October in alternate years, and a summer uniform on the 1st April in alternate years. APPLICATION FOR INCREASED GRANT. The following resolution was passed relative to the application of the Denbigh School Gov- ernors for an increase m their grant:- "TlhaJt the governors be informed that the Joint Education Committee, under the Welsh- Intermediate Education Act of 1889, have now uinider consideration the general revision of the Denbighshire Intermediate Scheme, and that any representations or suggestions with regard to such revision the Denbigh County School. Governors or any other County School Govern- ors wish to make should be in writing and sent to the Joint Education Committees, and further that this Committee cannot at present allow the Denbigh County School Governors to peruse the draft amended scheme, as the same has not yet been finally drafted by the Joint Committee. ABERGELE SUMMER COURSE. The Higher Education Committee made the following recommendations with regard to the summer course" That the course be held, from Tuesday, August 3rd, to Friday, August 27th; that classes be formed in kindergarten, brush drawing, woodwork, clay and cardboard modelling. Miss A. S. Kelly, Bangor, was ap- pointed teacher of kindergarten, Mr. E. Hughes, Carnarvon, brushwork, Mr. J. Hamer Hiutch- ings clay modelling, and Mr. G. F. Johnson, Walsall, cardboard modelling, and Mr. Henary Bedford, Abergele, teacher of woodwork and ,to supervise the whole course. The County School governors have granted the use of the school for the holding of the course, and have appointed the Governing Body, together wth Mr. W. J. Williams and Mr. H. Bedford, as the local Committee. THE COMMITTEE PHOTOGRAPHED. Mr Thomas Jerman, the Hon.. Secretary of the Pontfadog Council School, wrote stating that they were desirous of obtaining a photo of the Education Committee for the purpose of placing it on the school wall, and asking them to give a sitting to the Llangollen firm, who would wait upon them at Chester. The Committee agreed with the suggestion, ,wid a photograph was taken on the steps of the Queen Hotel.