Item HAR/1/1 - Governing Body minutes

Bound volume of minutes of the meetings of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College and School of Art held on 24/01/1949, 08/03/1949, 05/04/1949, 18/07/1949, 17/10/1949, 19/12/1949

Matters arising on 24 Jan 1949: appointment of Governing Body; election of chairman; articles of government; report of Principal; appointment of Advisory Committee; Appointments Sub-Committee.
Principal's Report includes sections on: History of Technical School and School of Art; Accommodation in the Main Block - uses of rooms and historic building extensions; Use of buildings by outside bodies; Board of Education Inspection; Secondary Art School history; Senior Art School history; Technical College history and list of subjects taught in 1949; Staffing; Examinations taken by students (includes examination bodies); teachers courses; evening institutes; Townswomen's Guilds; clerical staff; maintenance staff; accommodation problems and inadequate facilities - limited accommodation for classes, canteen, library, students' common room and activities; New college building; Statistics - student numbers and hours (1927-1949), staff (1937-1949), districts in which resident; types of employment of students; previous full-time education; branch evening institutes; Governing body of Harrow Technical College members list.

Matters arising on 08 Mar 1949: accommodation for autumn session, canteen facilities; Principal's report; appointment of Advisory Committee; appointment of Heads of Departments; 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.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Advisory Committee; appointment of Heads of Departments; appointment of part-time organiser for classes in commerce; clerical staff; appointment of librarian; installation of internal telephone system.

Matters arising on 04 Apr 1949: Principal's Report; Financial estimates for 1949/1950; letter from Harrow and District Cage Bird Society about use of hall; 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.
Principal's Report includes sections on: annual enrolment of students; senior students' union fund - payment by students in receipt of further education grants; annual exhibition of work of students in the Art School; Civil Service classes; hire of tennis courts for use of full-time senior students; financial estimates 1949-1950, items of improvement to grounds, buildings and fittings.

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
Principal's report includes sections on: appointment of full-time staff; appointment of part-time teacher to be responsible for the organisation of all commerce classes; appointment of heads of department; appointment of heads of departments; appointment of studio and workshop steward; appointment of full-time librarian; appointment of additional clerical assistant; extension of general office; full Ordinary National Certficate classes in Electrical Enginering; Civil Service classes; Language courses; holidays; successes of past students; Annual Conference of Association of Art Institutions; Letting of Main Hall; loan of tennis courts for the use of Further Education Students; visit of district auditor; canteen facilities; fire precautions; transfer of electrical engineering equipment from Tottenham Technical College; Re-organisation of classroom accommodation; letting of main hall; public lecture programme; accident to model.

Matters arising on 17 Oct 1949: report by Harrow Art School of Art Representatives; report of the Clerk to the Governors.
Principal's Report includes sections on: appointment of Head of Engineering and Science Department; Senior Assistant for Electrical Engineering; Full-time staff; appointment of part-time staff; enrolment statistics; branch evening institutes; approval of expenditures for period 18 Jul to 3 Oct 1949; Institute of Industrial Supervisors; external examinations results (including statistics); additional telephone requirements; structural damage in main building; details of improvements to grounds, building and fittings; illness of caretaker.

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.