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I COUNTY SCHOOLS MEETING OF GLAMORGAN COMMITTEE. The members of the education committee of the Glamorgan County Council were faced •with a long agenda when they assembled at Cardiff on Tuesday afternoon, under the presidency of Dr. T. H. Morris, Tylorsto-wn. Most of the items had reference to adminis- trative details. The director of education for the county fDr. James) stated that he had not prepared ;b written report, but that he had given con- sideration to, certain questions which had been submitted to him. Before putting his views into writing, however, he would like a little more time. It was decided that Dr. James should prepa-rp a report on these and other matters, and that this and succeeding reports should be printed and circulated among the members before each meeting. The finance committee reported on the claims for compensation which had been received, and as a basis for assessing com- pensation it was decided (V To make a deduction of 5 per cent. of the salary for the amount of expenses where no special deduc- tion had been made by the clerk; (2) That ■where the whole time of the clerks was not given one-fourth, as a rule, should be deducted; 'and (3) That where a clerk had been previously deputy, one-third of his Services as such deputy be counted as service for the purpose of calculating compensation. Quarterly pensions were then voted to a number of clerks to late school boards. The Clerk (Mr. T. M. Franklen) expressed the view that officials who were continuing to serve under the new authority were entitled to have their compensation calculated upon with N respect to their late offices,' but that such compensation should not be payable during the time they continued to receive salary direct from the county. On the motion of Alderman T. J. Hughes, it was agreed that clerks whose offices were terminated, but who had not sent in claims for compensation, should be pressed to do so promptly. It was desirable to have these compensations assessed once for all. The sub-committee appointed to consider the relations between the county education authority and the councils of autonomous districts in respect of secondary education, reported that the matter requiring earliest settlement was the relation between the two authorities in respect to pupil teachers' centres and higher grade schools carrying on both secondary and elementary education in autonomous districts. The pupil teachers' centres in the Merthyr, Mountain Ash, and Pontypridd districts had practically cost I those districts a penny rate hitherto, and the sub-committee recommended that the county council should resolve that the cost of maintaining pupil teachers' centres in autonomous districts be charged on the parishes constituting the respective districts under Section 18 (1) (a) of the Act, and that botioo be given to the overseers accordingly. Alderman T. J. Hughes, in moving the adop- tion of the report, remarked that the Educa- tion Act had created in the county eight separate authorities for primary education, but only one authority for secondary educa- tion, and this made the question a difflcult one to deal with. The sub-committee felt that the delegation of power would be the most feasible course. They did not want to make an unfair bargain, but they bad a right to call upon the autonomous districts to meet them equitably. Mr Hughes proceeded to remark that in Merthyr the penny rate pro- duced CI,041, and the estimated cost of the Pupil teachers' centre was £ 1.000; at Moun- tain Ash LI,265, as against £ 1,200; and in the Rhondda £ 1.800, as against P.1,500, so that they were well'within tne mark in each case. At Barry the actual expenditure on eaoondary education was C824, and a 2d. rate brought in £ 1,890. If in one autonomous district the maintenance of the pupil teachers' centre cost C300 more than the rate produced, then I the district would have to find the extra £300. and if £ 300 less in another area, then the county council would simply put one £300 against the other. As the autonomous dis- tricts were the authorities for primary educa- tion, it seemed reasonable that they should also maintain the pupil teachers' centres, and he believed the autonomous districts would appreciate that. Mr. Howells seconded. Mr. Morgan Williams (Rhondda) moved that the adoption of the report should be deferred till the next meeting on the ground that they should have time to consider it. Dr. O'Dotmell, Barry, seconded. and observed, that, while tiny only spent £824 at Barry on secondary education, the 2d. rate Produced £ 1,8S0. Were they to hand the surplus over to the county council and receive no return? And. if so. were they to be asked to spend another penny rate in the education of their pupil teachers? Alderman Hughes absenting, it was agreed that the adoption of the report should be deferred. The buildings committee were requested to report on the needs of all the intermediate schools. In respect of the extension of the Porth Intermediate Schools, the tender of Mr. Burnell, Ynyshir, at £ 2,040, was accepted, Bubject to satisfactory sureities being forth- coming within 48 hours. For the post of county physical instructor ) four applicants, out of 28, were selected to I attend the next meeting, when the final choice will be made. The following were the four:—Henry Poundsberry, Wandsworth; B. Brown, Bolton; William A. Morris, Ton Pen- tre; and R. M. Clarke. Ealing.. The Ystalyfera ambulance team, who have become the absolute owners of the county shield by -winning it three times in eftcces- i Mon, asked that each of the five memberz; Bhouid be presented with a souvenir in addi- tion to the shield—It was resolved to precei each member with a gold medal on the co tJ ditlon that the shield be returned for further competition. t,t)mp, etWi alter Hogg, organising agent nndr the late Glamorgan Technical Instruction Committee wrote requesting the committee to define his duties and position in view of tho appointment of a chief education otricial.- The chief inspector was desired to report upon the matter, and also on the question of the appointment of inspectors, and to submit those reports to a sub-committee. Upon the motion of Mr. John Morgan, Mer- thyr, it was agreed that the chief education official should prepare a report on the teach- ing of Welsh in elementary schools in the county and to obtain a return as to the number of schools where Welsh is taught, and to what extent, with a list of teachers in each school with any knowledge of colloquial Welsh, and prepare a scheme for the teach- ing of Welsh in elementary schools, for sub- mission to the Committee. EDUCATION DEADLOCK AT RHYMNEY. The adjourned meeting of the parents of the children attending the Rhymney and Pont- lottyn Roman Catholic School was held in St. John's Parish-hall, when the general body of the parishioners, invited by the parents, were Present. Mr. William Mpade, of Rhymney, occupied the -ch:ur. The official correspondent of the school reported 'nat he had sent the leuoltttions of the previous meeting to the! Glamorgan County Council and to his Majesty's inspector. The clerk to the council acknowledged the receipt of the resolutions, Which would be laid before the education' committee, and the inspector had entered into communicatior with the BoanJ of Education on the matter. Meanwhile, the children were tot in school, as no provision had been made for warming the school. It was unar' fesolved to continue the united refusal of the Parents to allow the children to attend school. the official cor-espondeat was requested to appeal to the Board of Education, in the name bt the parents of the children, to step in. One at the parents present suggested that the Attention of the National Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children should be called to what he termed the inhumanity of the Soouty council.

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