Director's Report 1911
Midland Junction Technical School
Satisfactory classes have been maintained in English, Mathematics, History and Geography, Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Dress Cutting, Woodworking, and Art. Smaller classes in Cookery, Typewriting, Elocution, and Art Needlework commenced in the third term, and Millinery in the fourth term, and there is every indication of successful classes during the coming year.
The initiation of Free Continuation classes has very materially increased the usefulness of the school, and excellent work has been done by the instructors and students. At the beginning of the third term the classes were greatly interfered with by the operation of the Compulsory Military Training Act, but after an interview with the Local Area Officer a readjustment of the timetable was arranged whereby classes were able to continue without serious interruption. The Technical classes are still considerably hampered by the lack of suitable seating accommodation. The school has increased to such an extent that a separate building is urgently required, and it is hoped that negotiations which have been carried on with the Railway Department will, at no distant date, result in the erection of buildings which will serve for day classes for railway apprentices and for evening classes for Technical School students.
The exhibition of students’ work has been the means of demonstrating to parents and friends the high class of work performed by the students.
Thanks are due to the Midland Junction Council for their liberal donation of £2 2 s. to the Prize Fund, and also to the Midland Railway Company for sustained interest in the School. The Proprietor of the Swan Express has rendered much appreciated assistance by prominently placing before the public the advantages to be derived from attendance at the school.
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FREE CLASSES AT THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
Free instruction in three classes, one of which must be English, |
 | Bookkeeping (Senior) | ||||||
| Freehand Drawing | ||||||
| Model Drawing | ||||||
| Light and Shade Drawing | ||||||
| Practical Plane Geometry | ||||||
| Mechanical Drawing
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| Shorthand I | ||||||
| Shorthand II | ||||||
| Shorthand Speed | ||||||
| Woodcarving (day) | ||||||
| Woodworking (Senior) | ||||||
| Typewriting | ||||||
| Elocution | ||||||
| Dress Cutting (evening) | ||||||
| Millinery (evening) | ||||||
| Art Needlework (day) | ||||||
| Art Needlework (evening) | ||||||
| Woodworking (Guildford Grammar School) |
| English |
| English (including Public Service and Commercial) |
| English Literature and Composition |
| Arithmetic |
| Arithmetic and Mensuration |
| Commercial Arithmetic (including Public Service and Commercial) |
| History and Geography |
| Elementary Mathematics I. |
| Elementary Mathematics II. |
| Workshop Drawing |
| Elementary Drafting |
| Shorthand (Continuation) |
| Business Methods and Précis |
| Needlework |
| Dress-cutting |
| Millinery |
| Domestic Science |
| Household Accounts |
| Cookery |
| Home Nursing |
| Woodworking |
| Metal Working |
| Elementary Carpentry |
| Elementary Physics |
| Elementary Chemistry |
| Each class will consist of twelve lessons of two hours each |
| Each student must take a group of three subjects. |
| English will be a compulsory subject in the majority of the groups that may be taken. |
| Each student is required to make at least 80 per cent of the possible attendance in each subject. |
| If a student is absent without reason more than twice in any one subject he may be deprived of his right of entry to any of the free classes during the remainder of the term. |
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