Item HAR/1/19 - Harrow Technical College Governing Body Minute Book

Signed minute book of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College covering meetings held on 24/01/1949, 08/03/1949, 05/04/1949, 18/07/1949, 17/10/1949, 04/11/1949, 21/11/1949, 19/12/1949, 20/02/1950, 08/05/1950. [minutes only - see HAR/1/1 and HAR/1/2 for agenda papers]

Matters arising on 24 Jan 1949: notification of appointment of Governing Body; election of Chairman; articles of government; report of the Principal; appointment of the Advisory Committee; Appointments Sub-Committee.

Matters arising on 8 Mar 1949: accommodation for autumn session, canteen facilities; Principal's report; appointment of Advisory Committees; appointment of Heads of Departments; appointment of senior assistant; appointment of part-time organiser for classes in commerce; clerical staff; appointment of librarian; installation of internal telephone system; Association of Technical Institutions - Elections of Representatives; Hire of Hall and Classrooms by Outside Bodies; fire precautions and provision of fire escape; Appointments Sub-Committee.

Matters arising on 04 Apr 1949: Principal's Report; Financial estimates for 1949/1950; canteen facilities; college scarves; annual enrolment of students; senior students' union fund; annual exhibition of work of students in the Art School; Civil Service classes; hire of tennis courts for use of full-time senior students; requisitions for school materials; Advisory Committee.

Matters arising on 18 Jul 1949: appointment of committees - Appointments Sub Committee, Advisory Committee for Art, Advisory Committee for Commerce, Advisory Committee for Engineering, Management and Foremanship Courses, Advisory Committee for Science and Language Courses, Advisory Committee for Domestic Science Courses; committee reports; appointment of Student Demonstrator; provision of refreshments for Harrow evening students; Principal's report; canteen facilities; Joint Committee with the County Council for the Appointment of the Principal and Heads of Departments; appointment of full-time librarian; appointment of studio and workshop steward; full Ordinary National Certficate classes in Electrical Enginering; holidays; successes of past students; Annual Conference of Association of Art Institutions; letting of main hall; transfer of electrical engineering equipment from Tottenham Technical College;Re-organisation of classroom accommodation; public lecture programme; accident to model; future development of the college;; assistant caretaker; trees on adjoining property; refreshments for evening class students; Student Demonstrator.

Matters arising on 17 Oct 1949: advisory committees report; report by Harrow Art School of Art Representatives; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors.

Matters arising on 4 Nov 1949: estimates for 1950-1951; Advisory Committees reports; internal telephone system.

Matters arising on 21 Nov 1949: members; draft scheme of further education and plan for county colleges; accommodation; Methodist church hall; appointment of teaching staff; appointment of Clerical and Laborartory Staff.

Matters arising on 19 Dec 1949: report of Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; County Architect's Report including suggested improvements at the College; appointment of full-time librarian; establishment and grading of Clerical and Laboratory Staff.

Matters arising on 20 Feb 1950: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - improvements to grounds, buildings and fittings, installation of internal telephone system, new building - schedule of accommodation and courses; Use of huts of Northwick Park.

Matters arising on 8 May 1950: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - refund of examination fee; laboratory steward; clerical staff; Art School exhibition; appointment of teaching staff; reports of the Advisory Committees