Item HAR/1/2 - Governing Body minutes

Bound volume of minutes of the meetings of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College and School of Art held on 19/12/1949, 20/02/1950, 08/05/1950, 19/06/1950, 16/10/1950, 18/12/1950, 19/02/1951, 16/04/1951.

Matters arising on 19 Dec 1949 [cont from HAR/1/1]: Principal's Report; report of the Clerk to the Governors; improvements to grounds, buildings and fittings.
Principal's Report includes sections on: release of teachers to industry and commerce; typewriter maintenance; approval of expenditure for period 3 Oct-6 Dec 1949; evening institutes; certificates gained by students in Royal Society of Arts and City and Guilds Examinations; nomination of representatives to attend meetings of the Association of Technical Institutions; Illness of caretaker.

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.
Principal's Report includes sections on: success of past student; entrance examination to the Royal College of Art; Harrow University Extension Society; dates of terms and vacations; clerical staff - establishment and grading; student numbers and student hours; course on lectures on modern industrial research; advanced French course; University extension lectures; Baptist Church Hall, Kenton; loss of drawing boards; collapse of ceiling; request from full-time art students for Saturday morning facilities; approval of expenditure for period 19 Dec-9 Feb; typewriter maintenance; redundant and out-of-date equipment; Art School Exhibition.

Matters arising on 08 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.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Ministry of Education short courses; admission to the Royal College of Art; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1950; appointment of student demonstrator; resignation of teachers; Full-time teachers salaries; full-time commercial courses; full-time staff appointments; Conference of Association of Art Institutions; additional telephone extensions; approval of expenditure for periods 9 Feb-31 Mar and 1-24 Apr 1950; request from full-time art students for Saturday morning facilities; Structural alterations and installation of machinery; accommodation in new building.

Matters arising on 19 Jun 1950: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors - Art School exhibition, clerical staff, laboratory steward, refund of examination fee, refund of tutition fee, appointment of assistant teachers, use of premises, National Federation of Teachers in Further Education; Northwick Park use of the huts; reports of the Advisory Committees - Domestic subjects, Science and Languages courses, Commerce.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Association of Technical Institutes; Harrow French Society - Offer to provide prizes; approval of expenditure for period 24 Apr-11 Jun 1950; Fees for special lecturers; structural alteration to carpentry shop; evening canteen facilities at the Harrow County School for Boys; College canteen.

Matters arising on 16 Oct 1950: report of the Appointments Panel; report of the Advisory Committee for Domestic Science; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors - canteen facilities, suspension of student, laboratory steward, refund of fees; estimates of Income and Expenditure for 1950/1 and 1951/2.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Association of Art Institutions - Annual Conference 1950; Financial estimates 1951/2 and revised estimates 1950/1; appointment of part-time staff; full-time course in Commerical and Secretartial Practice; postgraduate lectures; National Certificate in Applied Physics; student enrolment statistics; approval of expenditures 11 Jun-25 Sep 1950; Teachers' travelling expenses; examination results statistics.

Matters arising on 18 Dec 1950: Report of the Appointments Panel; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - Cookery classes - Lascelles School, refund of fees, ventilation of heating chamber, provision of canteen; revised schedule of accommodation; Appointments Sub-Committee; Accommodation at the new Technical College; damage to equipment; installation of internal telephone system
Principal's Report includes sections on: National Certificate Courses in Electrical Engineering; approval of expenditure for 26 Sep-6 Dec 1950; Civil Defence - Poster Design Competition; Students Union Fee; Post-Graduate lectures in mathematics and applied physics.

Matters arising on 19 Feb 1951: Report of the Principal, Report of the Clerk to the Governors; appointments; term dates 1951-1952.
Principal's Report includes sections on: College canteen; approval of expenditure for the period 6 Dec 1950-9 Feb 1951; course for the intermediate certificate in management subjects; association of technical institutions; Festival of Britain; illness of resident caretaker.

Matters arising on 16 Apr 1951 [only ageneda and previous minutes included - minutes continue in HAR/1/3]: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; correspondence from the Chief Education Officer.