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- 17 May 1955-7 Jul 1958 (Creation)
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Bound volume of minutes of the meetings of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College and School of Art held on 17/01/1955 [cont.], 21/03/1955, 16/05/1955, 18/07/1955, 19/09/1955, 21/11/1955, 16/01/1956, 19/03/1956, 14/05/1956, 16/07/1956, 17/09/1956, 19/11/1956, 20/05/1957, 24/07/1957, 23/09/1957, 22/10/1957, 20/01/1958, 17/03/1958, 07/07/1958
Matters arising on 17 Jan 1955 [cont. from HAR/1/3]: Principal's report; financial statement;
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Association of Art Institutions and Association of Technical Institutions; refund of tuition fees; new college building.
Principal's report: full-time staff; death of Mr RJ Mumford (first head of the Harrow Art School); death of Mr AC Easterling (part-time day student); expenditure incurred during the period 4 Nov 1954-6 Jan 1955; canteen profit and loss account; lectures on local government; prize award - Mr PC Fletcher.
Matters arising on 21 Mar 1955: Report of the Engineering, Foremanship and Management Advisory Committee; Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report to the Clerk of Governors.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Principal; establishment of clerical staff and laboratory staff; Associations of Technical Institutions and Art Institutions; Northwick Park - proposed diversion of public footpath; new college building; refund of tuition fees and travelling expenses.
Principal's Report: Scheme of terms and vacations for 1955-56; Women's department - display of work by dressmaking students; expenditure incurred during the period 7 Jan-8 Mar 1955; Bianca Mosca Prize for Dress Design.
Matters arising on 16 May 1955: appointments to sub-committees; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statments.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: New college building, refund of fees.
Principal's report: full-time teaching staff - appointments and resignations; clerical staff; expenditure incurred during the periods 8-31 Mar and 1 Apr-5 May 1955; canteen profit and loss account and balance sheet; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition; School of Art Exhibition; Counterfit Coins; Establishment of full-time teaching staff for 1955-6; Department of Engineering and Science.
Matters arising on 18 Jul 1955: Reports of Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Engineering and Science Department; Northwick Park Site - diversion of footpath; canteen account 1954-1955.
Principal's report: additional accommodation; gift of loom to college; student visits; student activities; expenditure incurred during the period 6 May-8 Jul 1955; special lectures 1955-1956; new course; surplus text books.
Matters arising on 19 Sep 1955: Advisory Commitee for Art; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement; list of building works required.
Principal's report: expenditure incurred during the period 9 Jul-9 Sep 1955; appointment of part-time staff for session 1955-56; appointment of part-time head of department responsible teachers for session 1955-56; canteen accounts; full-time staff; student numbers and student hours; new courses; financial estimates 1955-56 improvements to buildings etc; prize awards; prize giving ceremony.
Matters arising on 21 Nov 1955: Report of the Advisory Committee for Engineering, Foremanship and Management; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors.
Report of Clerk to the Governors: prize giving ceremony; applications for refund of tuition fees
Principal's Report: Full-time teaching staff; course in local government; special lectures on colour photography and crystallography; gift of equipment; expenditure incurred during the period 10 Sep-10 Nov 1955.
Matters arising on 16 Jan 1956: report of the Advisory Committee for Engineering, Foremanship and Management; Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financila statements
Report of Clerk to the Governors: examination results; refund of tuition fee; establishment of clerical staff.
Principal's report: staff changes; expenditure incurred during the period 11 Nov 1955-5 Jan 1956; awards to students; school of art; canteen accounts
Matters arising on 19 Mar 1956: Report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; correspondence from the Chief Education Officer.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: new building; proposed five-day working week; refund of tuition fees; maintenance of building; Association of Technical Institutions and Art Institutions.
Principal's report: term dates; full-time staff; awards to full-time art students; Royal College of Art entries; School of Art exhibition; dressmaking exhibition; expenditure incurred during the period 6 Jan-6 Mar 1956; gift of books; uniform for the doorman; fee for late enrolment; telephone communication with the new workshop block.
Matters arising on 14 May 1956: Report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: new building; calendar of meetings; canteen account; refund of tuition fees [names included].
Principal's report: full-time staff; staff successes; past student's success; visit of the district auditor; appointment of the student demonstrator; non-teaching staff establishment; physical education for part-time students; new building - workshop block - furniture; canteen accounts; expenditure incurred during the periods 7-31 Mar and 1 Apr-2 May 1956.
Matters arising on 16 Jul 1956: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; correspondence from the Association of Technical Institutions.
Principal's report: new building - caretaker's residence; canteen fun balance; art exhibition; display by dressmaking students; responsible teachers; full-time appointments; office staff - assistance with tuition fees; special lectures 1956-57; white paper on technical education; refund of examination fee; expenditure incurred during the period 3 May-5 Jul 1956.
Matters arising on 17 Sep 1956: Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk of Governors; financial statements.
Report of the Clerk of the Governors: new building, course in chemical engineering.
Principal's report: full-time staff; statistics for 1955-1956 session; financial estimates 1955-56 improvements to buildings etc; expenditure incurred during the period 6 Jul-6 Sep 1956; appointment of part-time staff for session 1955-1956; canteen accounts; new building; head of department of science; provision for chemical engineering.
Matters arising on 19 Nov 1956: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Northwick Park Estate; late enrolment fees; dressmaking classes - variation of fees; prize distribution.
Principal's report: teaching staff, clerical staff; laboratory assistant; new building; new workshop block - heat engines laboratory; expenditure inccured during the period 7 Sep-12 Nov 1956.
Matters arising on 18 Mar 1957: reports of the Appointment Sub-Committee; reports of the Advisory Committee; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statements.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Northwick Park Estate; new college building; grading of technical college departments; dates of meetings.
Principal's report: full-time teaching staff; non-teaching staff; examination results; students' successes; future of School of Art; gifts to the college; workshop block; temporary use of rooms in the workshop block; new building assembly hall and administrative wing; national certificate survey; special lecture course in microwave theory; dressmaking display; electricity change-over; telephone extension; college canteen account; terms of session 1957-1958; terms dates.
Matters arising on 20 May 1957: reports of Appointments Sub-Committee; report of Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors, financial statement.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: new building phase 3; Association of Technical Institutions; canteen account; application for re-grading.
Principal's report: full-time teaching staff; teaching establishment; staff and student successes; exhibition of part-time students' work; Head of Science Department; heat engines laboratory equipment; college canteen account.
Matters arising on 24 Jun 1957: appointment to the Sub-Committees, report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Northwick Park Site
Principal's report: Full-time staff; student demonstrator; responsible teachers; special lecture 1957-58; furniture for workshop block; capital expenditure 1957-58 - major items of equipment.
Matters arising on 23 Sep 1957: Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; Financial Statements
Report fo the Clerk to the Governors: Senior Clerical Assistant, Financial Estimates 1958-1959.
Principal's Report: Full-time teaching staff; Non-teachning staff; new courses - HNC in Mechanical and Production Engineering, Instrument Maintenance Course for City and Guilds Certificate, ONC Course in Chemistry; special lecture courses; Statistics/Student Numbers for 1956/1957 session; part-time staff for session 1957-1958; new building; gift of apparatus; vacation course; college canteen account; prize giving.
Matters arising on 22 Oct 1957: financial statements; review of accommodation
Matters arising on 20 Jan 1958: report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; correspondence from Mr AT Durbridge, Governor; examination results - statistics per course; financial statement.
Report of the Clerk: new building; new college canteen and library; grading of departments; Northwick Park Estate - lease to HM Postmaster General.
Principal's report: new full-time teaching staff; teaching staff upgrading; non-teaching staff; new course; examination results for session 1956-1957; lectures on local government; establishment of laboratory assistants; School of Art man-made fibres exhibition; equipment; additional accommodation; college canteen account.
Matters arising on 17 Mar 1958: Report of the Appointment Sub-Committee; Report of Principal; Report of Clerk of the Governors.
Principal's report: term dates 1958-1959; School of Art Exhibition; Art students' successes; collge teaching establishment; new departments - Commerce, Photography, Domestic Subjects.
Matters arising on 7 Jul 1958: nominations for co-opted member of Governing Body; appointments to the sub-committees; appointments to Joint Committee with the County Council for the Appointment of the Principal and Heads of Department; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement.
Report of the Clerk: capital expenditure 1958-1959; canteen accounts 1957-1958; Association of Technical Institutions and Association of Art Institutions.
Principal's Report: Full-time teaching staff; non-teaching staff; Royal Academy - summer exhibition; home scholarship; School of Art exhibition; student demonstrator 1958-1959; non-teaching staff establishment 1959-1960; new departments; Responsible teachers; part-time staff for session 1958-1959; special lectures 1958-1959; college canteen account.