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Colwyn Bay and Abergele Ediicational Straggle. Scholastic Rivalry Reaches Critical Stage. A Remarkable Situation. [SPECIAL REPORT.] An important special meeting of the Colwyn Bay and District School Managers was held on Wednesday last at the Council Chamber, Col- wyn Bay. The members present were the Rev. John Edwards, Colwyn Bay (Chairman) Mrs. Lum- ley, Miss Stockdale, Rev. Peter Jones, Rev. W. Hughes, Rev. Thomas Roberts, Messrs. David Gamble, D. O. Williams, Edward Allen, and J. Berth Jones, representing Colwyn Bay Rev. Francis Jones, Messrs. Millward, Inglis, H. E. Prichard, William Griffith, and John Evans (Llanfair T. II.), representing Abergele; Mr. J. C. Davies, Organizer of Education for the County; and Mr. F. J. Holmes (Clerk to the Authority) were also in attendance. The Chairman Before I call upon the Clerk to read the letter that is to be read, to us, a very important letter, I should point out that there is a reporter present. He is not here by the invita- tion of the Clerk, but I understond that some four or five members have invited him. I should like your views as to whether this matter is to be publicly discussed. I have no feeling in the matter. He may remain as far as I am con- cerned. The Rev. Thomas Roberts I beg to move that he be allowed to stay. Mr. Prichard I beg to second that. Rev. Peter Jones I propose he does not, be- cause as notice has not been sent to the other newspapers it is not fair. Mr. Wm. Griffith: I move to the contrary- that he be not allowed). Rev. Peter Jones Then I second that. The Chairman I am entirely in your hands. Rev. Thomas Roberts Is this supposed to be a private meeting? A Member (not recognised) This is a special committee meeting. The Chairman But you can- do as you like, of course. It is in your hands. The Rev. Thomas Robert: The reporters should have been invited. There is no reason why it should be a private meeting. Mr. D. O. Williams We can form ourselves into Committee. Mr. Wm. Griffith I move that, that be done. Mr. T. Hoskins I don't know why we should do that. We are not going to discuss anything that we are afraid of the public knowing. Mr. Millward I think the people should know everything. There is nothing to be afraid) of, I hope. I am not here in the interests of Colwyn Bay or Abergele, but in the interests of educa- tion, and I hope all the other members are. I am surprised that Mr. Griffith should propose as he has done. Mr. Wm. Griffith: Oh, I don't press it. Rev. Thomas Roberts: I propose again, so that the public may know what we are doing, that the reporter be left where he is. Mr. Prichard: I again second the motion. Mr. Millward: We may as well have the pro- ceedings properly reported, otherwise what we do will be more gossip. It was then decided that the reporter be allowed to remain. The Chairman I now beg to call upon the Clerk to read an important letter received from Ruthin sending on another letter from the Board of Education. Before proceeding with the letters in question the Clerk acknowledged the receipt of a letter of apology for absence from the Rev. Thomas Lloyd. Continuing, Mr. Holmes said The letter re- ceived from the County Authority reads as follows — Colwyn Bay Higher Elementary School. Sir,—Herewith please find copy of a letter received from the Board of Education with re- gard to the Colwyn Bay Higher Elementary School. The letter has been under the consider- ation of the Joint Committee, which is at present engaged in revising the intermediate scheme of the county but inasmuch as the school is, as at present constituted, an elementary school, the matter must be finally dealt with by the Staff Committee, at a meeting which will be held on the morning of the 29th inst. In view of the im- portance of the matter will you please endeavour to get a meeting of your Managers to consider the letter, and to make any observation they wish with regard thereto in time for submission to the Committee?" Mr. Alfred T. Davies writing from the Welsh Department of the Board of Education, stated that he was "directed to point out that as to the sanction of the Board of Education to the exten- sion of the age limit at the Colwyn Bay Higher Elementary School under Section 22 (2) of the Education Act, 1902, and the retention of Scholars for the fourth year given on the 6th June, 1908, was expressly limited to the year ending 31 st July, 1909, your Committee had no justification for assuming that this sanction would be continued after that date. The Board have felt serious doubts whether they can pro- perly pay any grants at the end of the current school year in respect of the attendance of any scholar who was over 15 on the ist day of the school year, or for the fourth year's course, but after considerable hesitation the" have decided that their sanction under Section 22 (2) of the Education Act, 1902, may be regarded as extend- ed until the 31st July, 1910, so as not to penalise your authority in respect of the work which has been actually done. It must, however, be dis- tinctly understood that the sanction terminates on 31st July, 1910, and that no scholar who is over 15 on the 1st August, 1910, may be retained on the books of the school for the school year then commencing." The Chairman said they would all agree that the letter was a very important one, bearing very directly upon secondary education in Colwyn Bay, and it spoke very well for the interest taken in education in the Colwyn Bay district to see such a gathering of members there to consider that matter. He hoped they would consider that afternoon the efficiency of education in the dis- trict, and that they would conduct their deliber- ations in the right spirit, having the best inter- ests of the many at heart. As the Organiser of Education would be able to tell them, fifteen years ogo, when they were asked to deal with the Colwyn Bay Higher Elementary School, the Education Committee said, t; We are very sorrv we can't heln you. Do your best, and we will support you." Ever since then they had been encouraged to think that the matter had been settled for good. However, the Organizer was present, and before they entered into any dis- cussion perhaps Mr. Davies would explain to them exactly how they stood at present. He (the Chairman) had no animosity against the Aber- gele School and was very pleased to know it was not to go to the wall, but each time he had talked to school examiners on the question, and he had known three of them now, they always said "You must have a central school here. We could arrange that Abergele should specialise in one work, and you could specialise in another direction." He hoped some such arrangement would now be carried into effect. Mr. Millward said that before the Organiser rose to speak he would like to know whether they could have TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS in one school district. Perhaps Mr. Davies would produce the Board of Education's letter on that point. The Organiser said his position that day was a rather difficult one. He attended upon the special instructions of the Chairman of the High- er Education Committee of the County, and had been told he could go a certain length and no further. He must therefore act accordingly to instructions, and if he did not reply to certain questions which might be put he hoped they 1 would not misinterpret his action. For nearly three years the Joint Education Committee of the County, which was constituted not under the Act of 1902 but under that of 1889, had been engaged revising the Intermediate Education Scheme of the County, and the scheme was now practically complete, a copy of it being at that moment in his hand, it being also hoped that the whole thing would be complete, and that a draft of the scheme would be in the hands of all the members of the County Council when they met on August 12th. In that scheme provision was made for constituting the Higher Elementary School of Colwyn Bay into an intermediate school under the Welsh Act of 18S9, and it was contemplated to allocate the grant to the Colwyn Bay district on the same basis as other districts. (Hear, hear). The arrangements were now practically com- plete, and the scheme had been prepared after consultation with the officers of the Board of Education, and other experts, so that for the future it was contemplated to provide for nine, not eight, intermediate schools in the County, the Higher Elementary School of Colwyn Bay being one of them. With regard to the question put by Mr. Millward the Board of Education had decided that they could not have another Intermediate School of exactly the same type as the eight now in existence, but the Board were very keen, and the Joint Education Committee had taken the fact into account. The Board realised that one of the greatest needs of Wales at present was differentiation in its Secondary Schools, which run far too much on the same lines, and the Committee contemplated, after consulting with the Board of Education's officers, arranging that two or three schools in th,e county shall do the higher work in several departments. By way of illustration they had in the Wrexham Secondary School a school quite capable of doing the higher work—taking classics, mathem- atics science, and modern languages. Proof of that was that they had gained open scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge direct. Four years ago Mr. Dodd gained an open scholarship at the University College of Oxford and afterwards gained the highest honours in certain subjects there. Havward again took an open scholar- ship, and now stood in the first class in mathem- atics. Others had done almost equally well from that school, which proved that they were capable in Wrexham of taking the highest sub- jects. It was clear, however, that they could not have eight schools in the County attempting that work. If they did there would be neglect in some cases or there must be one master devoting the whole of his time to one or a few of the best pupils. The Committee had been consider- ing the question of differentiation of the schools, and they hoped that one or two of the schools would do the higher work. The other schools might do higher work in one department only. The Committee were anxious to differentiate though they WANTED TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY, and they hoped that the establishment of the new school at Colwyn Bay would justify the necessity of differentiation of the schools in the immediate neighbourhood. He did not mean That to be the reply to Mr. Milhvard's question. If Colwvn Bay and Abergele were to be regarded as of the same type of schools, the answer to Mr. Millward was in the negative but if he meant that they were to be two types they could have two schools. Mr. Millward: If this Higher Elementary School at Colwyn Bay is abolished, what would be the result of creating it a secondary school in the direction of fees? Mr. Davies: In that case the new school would charge the same amount in fees as the other schools in the county. There is no school in the County charging much more than £6 per annum. Of course a certain amount of latitude is allowed the local governors, but the normal fee will be from [5 to 66. The Chairman An^clearly the Governors of the new school will adapt the school to meet the circumstances. Mr. Inglis (Abergele) If the new school is added to the district will it add to the rate? Mr. Davies I don't see very well that it could do so, because the maximum higher education rate is levied in the county already. We cannot levy more than 2d. in the £ under the Aet ot 1902. Rev. T. Roberts: How many children are there in the Colwyn Bay Higher Elementary School now obtaining their education for [I a year. The Chairman I could not tell you exactly. The Rev. T. Roberts There are 80, I believe, and where there are six or seven in a family what is to become of those who cannot afford to pay £ 6 for each child? They can educate the six now for what it will cost to educate one under the new scheme. The Chairman That point is not really before us now. Mr. Millward said there was plenty of room in the Abergele School, and they had specially provided for Higher Education, so that to-day if the Committee had kept within their strictly legal bounds the Colwyn Bay School would have been a Higher Elementary School and theirs at Abergele would have been the secondary school of the district. They did not object to Colwyn Bay having their school, but if one school of the Wrexham type was sufficient for the district that school should unquestionably be at Abergele. Mr. D. O. Wiliams It should be at Colwvn Bay. Mr. Millward, disagreed, and contended that it should be at Abergele. The Colwyn Bay Higher Elementary School should be the feeder of the Abergele School, and it would then better meet the needs of the locality as a whole. After all, they were not in the interests of individuals but of the locality, and of the -arents seeking higher education for their children. If they were to maintain one school in the district of the higher type and he quite agreed that one was necessary—the Abergele school was adapted for it in every sense. The children of the poor man were going to suffer if the other course were taken go per cent. of the children at Colwyn Bay must suffer. There was no need for the new school at Colwyn Bay, because they had the school and the staff ready at Abergele. All they had to do at Colwyn Bay was to bring their children up to a certain standard and send along those who wanted higher education to Abergele. COLWYN BAY HAD NEGLECTED ITS OPPORTUNITY and Abergele had stepped into the breach and provided for the Colwyn Bay children. They had carried on their school at Abergele without any assistance other than that granted to other schools by the County. If they were to abolish the Colwvn Bav school where were the bulk of the children attending it to go to? Were they going to prevent the bulk of those parents whose children were educated there to-day from having that education? It would be an ideal system to have the Colwyn Bay Higher Elementary School serving as a feeder to the Abergele school, and why should thev quarrel over such a matter? The school at Abergele was already in operation,
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and it was their duty as an authority to see that it continued its good work. Mr. Inglis said he fully supported what had I been said by Mr. Millward, and every right minded man would do the same thing, because they had in Abergele everything ready for the education now suggested and for which in fact the school was intended. If a change was to be made why was the change to be made at Aber- gele? The Abergele school was to-day the secondary school of the district, and they should certainly stick to Abergele, and keep it (as it was originally intended to be) under the Welsh Edu- cation Act. Mr. William Griffith said he had been associ- ated with educational matters ever since the com- mencement of the Welsh Scheme. He had to remind them that when that great Apostle of Education, Mr. Gee, and the second Apostle, Mr. Powell, of Wrexham, came to try to persuade the people of Colwyn Bay to take the intermed- iate school they refused it, and he had the authority of Mr. Gee for saying that he regretted that refusal very much. However, they took the scool at Abergele, and they had worked hard, struggled, indeed, in every way to make the school what it now was-a credit to Abergele. He was afraid the Colwyn Bay people were jealous of the Abergele School. He was not cer- tain of it, but he was afraid that two or three of the members were agitating for taking the best school from Abergele to Colwyn Bay. Why could they not make the school at Colwyn Bay answer the purpose of a higher standard school and leave Abergele as it was? They managed a higher standard school very well at Colwyn Bay. He could not see why they should try to creep up on the shoulders of Abergele. He was per- fectly willing for them to go up, but thev should not do so on the shoulders of Abergele. Let them work themselves upward on their own merits. They could all see that they would not have two secondary school in the district. Why not make that at Colwyn Bay a feeder of that at Abergele? Mr. Edward Allen: Are we strictly in order in discussing this matter now? The Chairman No, we are not. Mr. Edward Allen: The question before us is this letter from the Board of Education as to the age limit in the Colwyn Bay School, and nothing else. 1 should like to ask Mr. Davies what length of time we are likely to remain before this scheme comes into operation? What we are desirous about is this limit coming into force on July 31st. Mr. J. C. Davies With fair good luck it should be through in 12 or 18 months at the out- side. Mr. Prichard I quite agree with Mr. Allen that the question before us is that letter. That letter tells us that the Higher Elementary School must cease after the 31st July to have children above the age limit—fifteen years. Therefore I move that that be so. The Chairman, replying to a question, said there were fifty or sixty children at Colwyn Bay School at present who would be compelled to leave the school if the Board of Education's in- tentions was carried into effect. Were the Com- mittee prepared to throw out those children from the school ? Mr. Edward Allen (Colwyn Bay) then moved the following resolution, In view of the im- portant letter received from the Board of Edu- cation limiting the age of children attending the Colwyn Bay Higher Grade School to fifteen years, the effect of which would be to exclude from fifty to sixty of those children who are being taught in the school at present, thus giving a serious check to secondary education in the district, we earnestly appeal to the County Edu- cation Committee to seek another twelve months extension, and in the meantime to complete the scheme for having the same acknowledged as an Intermediate School." Mr. D. O. Williams (Old Colwyn), seconded, Mr. Prichard said he thought they should not appeal again for an extension. It seemed as though the Board of Education decided twelve months ago that they were to cease educating children over fifteen years of age at that time, but the authorities did not listen to their threats. The Board went so far as to say they would withdraw the whole of the grant from Colwyn Bay School. As had been said in that room several times, Abergele had provided for the Higher Education of the children of that school district, and they had gone to GREAT EXPENSE AT ABERGELE to provide for the Colwyn Bay children. If they at Colwyn Bay had acted-he used the word in a friendly way—honestly towards the Abergele School they would have supported it better than they had done in the past. They had kept children at the Colwyn Bay school over fifteen years of age when they should not have done so. He was rather surprised to hear the organiser praising the Wrexham school so much. They all praised that school, of course, but why not take the Abergele School as an illustration? A young man from the Abergele School had also obtained a £100 Scholarship at Cambridge and had obtained honours in at least one subject. Another young man from the same school had obtained a Scholariship at Oxford. Why did not the Organiser praise a little of what they had done at Abergele? They had children from the Abergele School in Colleges in England, Scot- land and Wales, and he was not sure whether Ireland should be included. If they were to follow up the splendid work that had been done at the Abergele School during the last sixteen years it would surprise them, for they would find the children at that school filling honourable positions throughout the whole country. Where- as the Colwyn Bay people should have sent all children attending their school over fifteen years of age to the Abergele School, they have kept them at Colwyn Bay to starve the Abergele School, and so lead the County Education Auth- ority to believe that the Abergele school was a failure. He would remind them that they all paid rates, and by adopting that principle they were penalising themselves. They were quite alive to the fact that there was a population of about fifteen thousand at Colwyn Bay and that they were entitled to educational facilities, but thev had the facilities now. The Abergele Dis- trict could not feed the Colwyn Bay School, but the Colwyn Bay district could feed the Abergele School. At Colwyn Bay they had an enormous number of children who attended the elementary schools, and for that large number of children who wanted higher elementary education they were already provided with the necessary facili- ties. He maintained that it would be better for the Colwyn Bay district in general to leave things remain as they were at Abergele and that the Colwyn Bay School act as a feeder as had been suggested. Let them find out the brilliant child at Colwyn Bay and transplant him to Abergele. He blamed the County Education Authority for the existing condition of things. "if that scheme had been in the mind of the authorities some years ago, why had they sanc- tioned the expenditure of BETWEEN £ 2000 AND Z3000 recently in extending the Abergele School? It was a shame to have done that if they had the present scheme in view. The School was ample for the needs of Abergele without the extension, and it was purely and simply on account of the growth of Colwyn Bay and the increase in the number of children which they anticipated hav- ing from Colwyn Bay that the Abergele Govern- ors decided to spend so large a sum of money on extending their building. He hoped the meet- ing would take a broad view of that matter. It had been before them several times before. Every man and woman should have an interest in their town and in their children, but there should be justice done at all times. Colwyn Bay had every facility it could require now, and with due respect to the Organiser, he must say in conclusion that as good work had been done at the Abergele School as at Wrexham. The Organiser May I be permitted to make a personal explanation? Nothing was further from my intention than to depreciate the excel- lent work done at the Abergele School, but had I meant to praise Wrexham at the expense of Abergele—if I had taken that line I would have been quite prepared to justify it if only for this The gold medal given by the Chief Inspector to the best man in the intermediate schools of Wales has been awarded 11 times. Out of the I I times it has come 6 times to Denbighshire, and out of those 6 times, I am sorry I must say so, it has gone five times to Wrexham. So Wrexham has had the gold medal as many times as the whole of the other schools of Wales put together. However, I am quite prepared to say that the Abergele School has done excellent work. Mr. Davies added that with regard to the Edu- cation Committee's action concerning the Colwvn Bay School they had carried out their obligations according to the strict letter of the law. Mr. Prichard asked why there had been any doubt about the grant in that case. Mr. Davies replied that when the Board first sanctioned the work done at the Colwyn Bay School the Local Education Authority under- stood that the sanction was indefinite, whereas the Board in fact meant the sanction to termin- ate in Igog. With reference to the suggestion that the Colwyn Bay school should be a feeder to the Abergele School, that would not be possible in view of the characteristics of the respective schools. Mr. Millward rose to speak, whereupon the Chairman observed You have already spoken twice, Mr. Millward. Mr. Millward But Mr. Davies appears to be briefed to speak for you. Mr. J. C. Davies: I must RAISE MY PROTEST against that remark. The Chairman Oh, but Mr. Millward dotps not mean what he said. I give you mv word. Mr. Millward I am not antagonistic to Mr. Davies or to the Wrexham school, but if Mr. Davies gives us a summary of what has taken place, surely we have the right to answer him. Mr. Edward Allen: The Organiser has come here to help us-not briefed at all bv any one. (Continued on Page .1.)