1925 The Taranakian Vol. 14 No. 1 July

SCHOOL NOTES.

SCHOOL NOTES.

Althoti gh thi s will t erms in st ead of th e mmal t hr ee. mak e a lono· sp ell at i'i chool we r ecognise tha t some :<nch measure is n ecessary i£ w e ar e to be in any po::;ition to meet th e annual ex am in atioll :; at the end of the y ear.

of tll e grim warf ar e in France, the movement originated which h a:; since spread its ramifications throughout Canada and t h e U nitecl Kingdom. H e expr essed a hop e that 1-;oon the mo vement would become an Empire one, and that h e could r ely on some of the present m embers As a token of appreciation for his joining lat er oli. addre::;s on tbis most inter esting topic the boys gave the 'rL e literature w hich the P a dre t hree h eartv cheers.

P adr e left behind.ha::; b een eagerly r ead witL, we hop e, good r e:;ult:;.

Drill has b een in full ~:;wing for some time now and 1.lte effi cient coaching of t h e N .C.O. '~:; i::; already ha' ing a mark ed eff ect on t h e clrill and on th e geu eral ton e of the On a chice of one of t he mast er s, several boys school. hav e decided t o :;it for their ::;econd-lieutenancy in the .l<~ebruar y examinations n ext year.

Owing to the numb er of pupils at th e school w e ar e a gain packed for room and all the spare corner s in the school are command eer ed by boys who wish to "swot" priYa t ely durin g th eir so-called ' ' free p eriods. ' ' Thif:i year th e a1mual f ootball mat ch again st \Vangauui College wil :; played on th e Collegiate grounds at \V an ganui on 'rlmrsday, J uu e 4. 'rhe weather was fin e, with a breeze blowing a cross the field t hat consider ably h amper ed bot h t eams. Although w e w er e w ell beaten w e do not think t hat t h e score indicates t h e comparative merit s of t he t eams, as several t imes School narrowly missed scohn g t hrou gh bad luck. On arriving at \Vanganui we w er e conducted to t h e home::; of our host :;, who w er e fri end ~:; of t h e Collegiate team . \Ve .-houldlike h er e to express our hea r tf elt t hau],s t o these hospitable \Vanganui p eople who made our short stay with them so pleasan t . Durin g the afternoon of our arrival we w er e tak en t o see t h e r epr esent ative mat ch betw een Taranaki After the and \V an ganui at th e R ecreation Grounds. mat ch w e w er e tr eate d to a yer y fin e dinn er at the College, afte r which a ve1·y a gr eeable ent ertainment-t h e " R eveille," which h a d been showing in New Plymout h befor e we r etur n ed to school-wa.- offer ed us at the Opera House. Th e following morning was passed in motoring around the environs of Wanganui, during ·w hich tour the wr eck o l' th e "Cvr enn " nncl the \Var l\Iemorial on Durie Hill w ct r Yis il cll·. ln th e aft er n oon we sadly ba de goodbye t o tb e 11H ill :V f riends wh o h ad ma de our .-hort st ay in the "Colo gn e of New Zealand " so pleasant .

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'rhis year th er e has been no crick et dmin g the first term. H ence the annual match against vVanganui College has b een postpon ed till the last t erm. Th e mat erial, however, is still at school and the eleven should acquit th emselv es with credit when crick et st arts.

The '' 'l'erms Class ' ' t his year is the lar gest which ha s been taugh t at t h e school, b eating last y ear'::; r ecord of eleven, by one. The variou s subj ects tauo-b t are : English, Latin, History (pass anr'l advanced ) , Constitutional History, Roman l..Jaw, Jurisprudence, Economics and This is a good variety for mast er s who lVIathematics. have to teach other classes as well. 'l'his The T e .A.ute match has been played and lost. highly exciting game was play ed on Jun e 27 and, alt hough th e weather was far from favourabl e, a crowd of apl?rox imately 6000 witnessed the harc1est f ou ght gam e which ha s b een seen on t h e R ecr eat ion Ground for som e tim . Addit ional inter est wa s given to the mat ch f r om 1'h e f act that it w as t h e first l\Ioascar C' np mat ch of th e semwn. _Th e school, after a hard strn gglr , lost by a Th e p:ame r ep enalty luck t en minutes befor e t h e rnd. t ained the big·h est inter est u p till t be sonncl of 1'h e bell. 'l'h e two t eams t r avelled t o P arihalm on th e Smi.dav afternoon and, after their brief sta y, the Te Ante bo.~rs , cup and all, left on J nn e 29 on thrir r eturn hom e. Good luck 1'o the holders! . F'ootball is in f ull swing· nt school at pre.-ent . \\ e !Ittl ~hon ght tha t a p er son approa chin g Rosc or Arbn ckle u ch is th e casr, m w eight would ever take up Ruo·by . how ever , and the player sh onld be comm cnd ed f or hi s str ennous effort s at w eight r ducino·. . \V e h~v e had no Da)' Boys' on cer t so fn r, hn1 it is quite possible that one of t h ese w et Thnr.-dav aftrrnoons W ' will be treated to t h harmonious strain.- to wl 1ich t h e n ew day boys ar e eager to treat u ·.

Th e lecture on the 'To e ll movement o·iven bv Padre L eol!-ard ~vas much appreciat ed both by ma st er s m~cl boy s.

Dnrm g llJ. · sh ort address t h e Padre t old h ow, in th e micl.-t

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TENNiS

NOTES .

It is our pleasant duty to welcome l\'Ir. J. Earl, l\LA., to the .'Chool. l\fr. Earl, who was at one time head boy and captain of the first eleven and fifteen of the 'l'irnaru Boys' High School, is a welcome addition to th\3 Old Boys' Football Club . We hope that his sojourn w'ith us may be a long and pleasant one.

Just before school recommenced a very finished entertainment was given by 130 Ne''' Plymouth girls, under the able management of Mr. William Lints. 'l'he proceeds were divided between the North Egmont Mountain House Fund and t h e School Gymnasium Fund. As no theatre was available the Coronation Hall wa.' fitted with an ample stage, and considering that the comforts usually found in modern theatres were lacking, the attendance was remarkable, as approximately 6000 people patronized the "Reveille."

Our thanks are due to the 130 chorus girls who so ungrudgingly spent a great deal of time and effort in making the "Reveille" a success. vV e must not omit to mention the generous assistance given by the many friends of the school, in the selling of sweets, in the giving of material for the shilling parcel.', and in the numerous other ways in which they were of assistance.

TENNIS NOTES. (J. Pease.)

The end of a very successful tennis season has now passed. 'l'he three n ew grass courts have proved a great asset, consequently the enthusiasm of the members reached an exceedingly high standard. The courts were kept in good order, through the efforts of an industrious master in collecting squads of boys to eradicate the weeds.

In order to gain some idea as to the ability of the members, the ladder wa. · started and thi cr eated keen competition and interest among the players. The championships, which were decided during tl1e third term of last y ·m·, att.n1cteil k ct'JJ int<\rc•st an<l tllns lnrgc Clltrie." were rec ived. .

I\ e are again greatly indebted to th e Park and Town clubs, for their generosity in allowing us the use of their

BOXING

courts for tbc championships. championships were:-

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'l'he results of the various

Senior Sin gle::;.-C. Strom bom.

Senior Double:>.-R. l~letcher and J. Pease.

Handicap Double;;.-J. l\Iackay and \V. Alexander.

Junior Singles.-B. Cooke. vV e must also take this opportunity of conveying to l\Ir. J ohnson, our greatest appreciation for all the work and time he has spent in the interest:> of tennis at school.

BOXING NOTES. (R. Ward.)

Great results should be expected this year owing to t h e high standard of boxing, due to the capable instruction of l\fr. T. Thompson. His enthusiasm and patience with his work has rightly gained the appreciation of us all. Bo xing now seems to be getting its tru e position iri the school routine a the number of pupils has been largely increased this year. Although some of the boys have never had the opportunity o.f attending boxing classes bef ore, they now show great promi. e and are enthusiastic in their work. The boxing championships on August 3 should be a great success and should contain some clever displays. \Ve offer our thanks to Mr. Thompson .for coming up to t he. ·chool and taking so much intere::;t in the welfare of tl.1 c boxing classes.

· PREPARATORY NOTES. One o.f the boys in the Prep. has a peculiar habit o.f over-eating himself at dinner time. On one occasion he was known t o have "passed up" for a .fourth helping.

Nrw boy::; t !J i::; :vrnr nrc :-Allrn, D . N.; Cuthb ert.:::on, E.; a11ncl cr. ·, \V.; Dla c.k.ky, D.; Su1"1 on, K.; Nolan, H . ; "McDon 11, P.; Rowe, A.; DaYies, I . \V.; \\ hittington, II. C.; Scott, G.; Fai1·brother, E. II.; Wilson, E. F.; Clmrton, L. P.; Riley, ~·H.

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NOTES.

'l'he 1·oll now shows an attendance of 57 pupils, of . whom 32 are day boys and 25 boarders.

Football is now in full swing and already we have played three inter-school matches. Although Central defeated us by three points to nil, Prep. soundly defeated \.Vest End in the second match. On Saturday, June 13, Bome of us journeyed to Inglewood, where a match (which ended in a draw) ·w as played in fine but chilly weather. Againi:lt W aitara w e were victors by 6 points to 3.

Do you not kno,,- our jiu-jitsn ki11g 'I Ili::; methods of wrci:itling are most effective, and ::;ome :;ay that in his ''tripping bout'' h e could out-::;trength Samson.

I-Iiclden celebrities: 'l'he wild man from "Borneo" ha:;; just come to town, filled with "Beefy" "\Visdoru," and accompanie d by his trusty canine friend '' Fido. '' H e found "Dick \Vhittino-ton 's" "Pu:;;sy" chasing "1\Ionty 1\Iouse," so b e prowptly "Ping" -eel at the cat, exclaiming "Boo-Ah." Th' "Kaka" and the "J\fonk e~-" watched the grim conflict from the boughs of a neighbourin g tree, throwing "Coker "-nuts into the fray, but they only succeeded in "Prickle" -ing the "Piggy."

The Sixth is a class-room of boys \Vho make a most terrible noise; \'Vh en told to shut up, lik e a bawling young pup, All quit their unmannerly joys.

A salient featul'c of the past term wa:-; the :-;un streaming through the window;.; of the Upper Prep. room, the rays beating down upon our poor little head:;, without let or hindrance. Having not many brains, we sustained no considerabl e damage at the hands of Father Sol; but t hough his solar maj esty has not been ,·o unkind as to give u.· infantile paraly.·is, yet our poor little brain-pans were only protected by a moistened article of clothing. rrhis is usually employed when we lmYe a cold in the head, but on thi.· occasion it was used to counteract h eat in the h ead. Looking up to the room one might have seen such articles as ties, football togs, boot-laces, or anything, indeed, that might cast a sl1adow, ~uspended from the windows . Will 1 he Boal'Cl of Govcmo r~ plea~c have pity on oul' cmpi y liitl(• JlOclrll<'s aml put up some window blinds, thus saving us trouble when we anive home, feeling like the morning after the night before.

PRE:B'ECTS, 1925.

Oal,ley Studio.

Back Row: F. L. Read, J . Pease, M. Flet ch er, T. 0. Jon es, M. L ysons.

Front Row: R. G Webb, C. H. Strombom, S. F. F 'o okes (head), D. G. Grant, D. P. McLean.

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SWIMMING. J.1ike 11ll otlter s porh, :-;wintJlli ttg 1ras greaJ-l.v ltmn p erecl by i"lw l'picl cmi c of' ill ran f-ile [l<U'<tl.n;is. '!'h e i:lllll1Hll ;,ports allCl clntltJ pio 11 s lt i p:-;, w ltich \\' Cl'C to ll e hclcl early iri the fil·st t r·rm , wm·r ab<nt donerl as t h e wat e1· was too cold when th e school ltad r e-assembled . 'rhe distance swimming and life-saving w er e not h eld.

Howev er, in th e carnivals giYen by the various clnbs in Taranaki, t h e school r elay t eam comp et ed with indiffer ent succ ess. At th e New Plymonth Clnb 's ca rnival, school, th e holders of th e Gr ey Cnp, w ere beat en by the narrow est of margins.

In th e last lap Opunake h ad a lead of about a yard and n hnlf, which \V. P enm an just failed t o catch, being b eaten on th e touch . We tak e t his opportunity of congratulating . two of our m emb ers, J. Galbraith and vV. Penman, on th eir incln sion in the Taranaki swimming team which comp et ed in th e Dominion championships at Christ chn rch.

CADET

NOTES.

(IN. A. Brodie.)

After being in ch arge of th e Cad ets for three y cm·s, Captain Papps h <l S relinquish ed comm and to Captain Bc1'1"rancl owin g to pressure of other work. D11ring- Captain Papps' 1·eg-imr th e c!J·ill w as pnrticnlarly p;oocl and wr arc snrc it will continur t o be so with Captain Bcrtn1.nd in command. Ot h er change: have had to be eff ec1·cd.

Captain Diprose has command of: N o. 24 Company and Lieutenant Dyer of N o. 110 Compan y . The retirement of Captain Papps left u s on e officer short, but fortunately J_,i eu tenant Earl join ed tlH~ staff and so filled t h e va.cancy .

J~ icutenant \Vilson h as al::; o t aken ch arge of a platoon.

For a w eek preYiou.- t o .Ammc Da y th e lamp po st~ of .Avcnur Road w crr nnclnly l10noured by bein g saluted incessantly for ahont l1alf an honr d a ily.

J_,ikewisc a human cenotaph was honoured by being put in t he middle of the road and having th e company march ed pa st it in two ranks. Thi s arrangemrnt wa s carried out when in c'ln c course w e mar chrcl p ast. t h e Ccnoh1ph on .Am:ac Day. l•'or th e first tim e w e w er e as ked to provid e a fir ing party.

1 ncl er Li entenant Dyer th e party did excellent work in th e .-hort tim e at their di sposal and, on t h e clay, acquitted themselves w ell. Meanwhil e the two compani es worked Jnucl to do tlw school justi ce on that auspicious occasion.

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It is particnl;ul y to the crrclit of No . ]] 0 Company that nt•w bo,v::; though mo::;t of them were, th ey condu ct ed thcmschrs well tl1rou~·llon1" t li e pro cce cliJw::;.

As school did not comm en ce until lnt e iJJ the year, t bese younger boy::; had not had ns much trainin g a::; is mmal before Anzac Day. lt is encouraging to see that something more int er esting than mere rifle drill is being intro duced for the senior platoons. This is L ewis gun training. 'l'hose of us who were in the camp la st year know what a relief it i, to do something differ ent after doing the same arill year after year. At present No . 24 Company are being instructed in the delicate art of aiming and trigger-pressing. It is satisfactory to not e that most of the instruction in both companies is bein g clone by the N.C.O. 's.

No. llO Company, vvho have been doing squad drill since t h e comm eneemen t of the term, have now been issued with carbines and are being instructed accordingly.

The old armoury, attach ed to the basement, was condemned by the authorities, so that now we have attained the ideal, in the form of a modern armoury with doors at both ends and with a concrete floor . An N.C.O. is on duty at t he armot1ry daily and attends to t h e op ening of the doors and prevents congestion of th e traffic.

Under th e instruction of l\Ir. Pop e, t he Lower Preparatory are taught the mdiments of dr ill until they are old enough to join the school battalion. This is a great help when drilling raw r ecruits, as if one or two know what to do it makes a somewhat arduous task far easier.

It is pleasing to not e t hat the notorious awkward squad of llO Company is diminishing in numb ers daily.

It has proved a great su ccess and, if the improvement continues, will soon be abolished.

The familiar whi stle for dismiss h m; given way before t he blast of a bugle equally as popular. After a few clays of discord we were pleased to be able to distinguish a melod y whicl1, by 1he end of th e yea r, should be quite 1un eful.

At the end of th e year ther e 1vill be a cup awarded to t h e best N.C.O . Ther e should be some k een competition and, if only to make him self as efficient as possible, every N.C.O. should try his hard est to win t h e cup,

EXAMINATION RESULTS. 'J'h e mmnal cxmniJ !il1 iow.; oJ last .v car were a success as f ar as th e school is concerned, aHuon gh, on th e whole, th ey were rath er unsatisf actory. 'l'he r esults ar e as follows :Second B.A.- 1\I. .J. Hobertson (subj ect~-;, I . atin and History ).

First B.A.-\V. E. Alexan der (subj ects, r_..atin and History), 1\I. D. Bree (.-ubj ects, English and 1\'Iathematics), J. D. l\Ia ckay (subj ects, History and l\1athematics), R. G. Webb (subject::;, Mathematics, English and Ilistory) . :B""'irst LL.B.-C. H. Stromb om (snbj ect s, Engli~:;h and Latin ) .

Univer sity National Scholarship.- R. 1\I. Dolby .

Th e :Matriculation and Accountancy exam ination r esnlts w er e as follows ( 1\I., :M atriculation; P., Medica l Preliminary; S., Solicitor's Gen eral Knowled ge; P.P., Partial Pass; A., A.ccountant 's Preliminary; Comp., Completed l\Iatricnl ation ) :-Bailey, T. (1\I.S.); Barak, V. (P.P.); Bates, R. (Comp.); Bnick, R. (M.); Calvert, C. (1\I. S.P.); Carman, P . (P.P.); Collingc, B. (P.P.A. ) ; Browll, II. II. (P. P. ); :B""'auchelle (M.); Fook es, G. (P.P.A. ); F ook cs, 1\:. (P.P.); Fletch er, ::\L (P .P .A.); Ga lbraith, ,J. (Comp. ) ; Grm1t , D. (Comp.); IIutchinr:;on, J .

(P.P. ) ; K iclson, A (C omp .) ; l~ea l and, N. (P.P. A.); L eech , E. (1\I. S.P.); 1\Iason, E. (C omp.); 1\Ioverley, A. (Comp.); O'Dea, J. (M.S.P. ); Paterson, ,T. (P.P.A.); Pease, J. (P.P.A.); R ead, A. E. (P.P.); Revell, J. (P.P.A.); l~oh ert­ son, D. (P.P. ); Symr, T. (P.P.A. ); Thomas, J. (1\I.S.) ; 'l'ollks (1\ I. S.P. ); Wells, G. (1\ L); W csterman (A.) .

Sen ior National Scholarships.-A. E. R ead, 'L'. Baile?. .Junior National Scholarships.--W. Joncs, W. WaH. Pnhl ic Srr vice En1rancc.- J3. Collin gc.

SHOOTING

NOTES.

Tn spit e of a slight loosening up in t h e conditions governing t h e Imperial Challenge Shield Competition, it has been found impossible for th e School to enter this

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y C'ar. J~ a:-;t yem·, owin g io t h e :-;trin n·cnt condit ion s, th e Sc hool wn :-; mw bl <· to comp ete ou a basi:; of equalit y with :-;mnller in:;t it ntions, illl d ;;o had to drop out. It was h qped t llit ( SO JlJ (' Jlf OI'iSiOII II'O lllcl be llla ( [C to CY Cll np th e d isabil it ies of large nnit s, b nt a:-; t hi s h as not been clon e, th ere i>; no po~s ib ility of continuing in th e comp etition any lon ger. It is to be regret t ed th at the Sch ool should h ave to cease to ta ke part in t his sho ot, in which it h as fo r so man,v years occupied ~n ch a prominent posit ion. Th e size of th e School and the coaching time necessary for reason a ble r esults prccl uc1e, however, any possibility of it s doin g so.

This means, t oo, that t h e Sch ool will not be nble to comp ete for th e Gov ernor - G en eral'~ troph)r ( ,J clli.coe Cnp), which it won in 1922 and 1924.

Sh ooting in D ecemb er last, the Sch ool t eam won t h e \ Y cck ly Press Shield, pu tting up a r ecord score of 678 out

of a possible 680-being 99.7 per cent. Th e t eam is to be congratulated upon t h e splendid su ccess crowning its ef Jort.-. Su ch a r esult w as made possible .only by continu al The individu al scores w er e ns nncl car ef nl practic e. fo ll o' '" :Applicat ion . Rapid.

Tot nl.

(28) (40 ) (68) O<l(lC't S. Bat g0r . . . . . ... . . .

28 40 68 Ca cl et .T. 13 env en .. ... ... . .

2, 40 68 Cnclet ,J. Buck cridgc .. ... .

2 40 68 Cadet E . Buist ... . .. .... . .

28 40 68 Cadet W. Coop0r .. .. .... . .

28 40 68 Cadet B. Cooke . .. . . . . . .. .

28 40 68 Cadet P. Grav er . . . .. . . . . .

28 39 67 Cad et E. Harmnn . . . . . . . . .

28 40 68 Cadet R Lawren ce .. .. . .. .

40 28 68 Cad ei· E. Rt'nfl e .. . . . . .... .

28 39 67 A verag 67.8 -

90.7 p er cent.

THE

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ROLL.

'l'hc r oll numb er .tands t his y ea r at 401, of whom 174 arc board er s. In thC' Upp er Sch ool th r e are 344 boys, of whom 149 arc bonrd er s ; whil e 1"h c figur es in the Lower

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Sch ool are 37 am1 2:) resp ccti vcly. a;; follows :-

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ROLL.

FORM VI. A.

·'·B:lrak , V. B cll riHger , 11. K B r owH, Il. H .

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M <>N eill, C. A. M edl ey, J . S . ·' :JYJ:o or e, B . J. ·::·lVI unlo <Jh, R ''·Noouan , H. H. ·::· Pease, J. J. R;cw sou, ·w. R. ·" :H eacl , F. L . ' illll p ~ O ll, A . N. ·::· sa uH cl cr s, G. I . ·: · stc \\·ar t, A . B. ·::·,. uttun, J . .ll . ·wright, D . R.

:E'OJtM VI. B.

]<'OHM V . B.

B a il ey, '1'. L. Bates, R. W. B ree, M . D. Calver t, C. G. Pookes, S. F. Galbrai t lJ , J. ·::·Gra 11 t , D. G. Le ech , E . ·::·:ll![cL eaJl, D. 1'.

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W ebb, R. G.

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FORM V . A.

AIJra ham, J . E . ·::·B a t g ·r, R J . "·B;ctger, A. S. .J3ay ly , G. S. Blcaldey , K. W. Brodie, W. A .

"Brugh, J. ·" Buck eridge, J. M .

Colliuge, B . E . ·" cooper, S . G. '' F let ch er, M .

Ga rn er, H . L .

Getld es, M. ·"G riffi t lts, J . l:l. W. ·" Hanuau, E . G. Jack son, A . K .

"J on es, ~r. 0 .

L c:il n11d , N . l'. ·'-·Lea <>h, J·. S . l\iacDirtnn id, N. S . ·" Ma cRa'f, M . F. ·" M cCa nn, R . E.

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La wr ence, R. G. L ist , T. R. ·• :t\J:rlcDi: Ln nid, G. C. ·::·Jviui.r, H. J. M ills, A . ·::·Murray, G. J<'. ·:: o 'D ea, R. J .

Ol s oJ l, H . E. "· P e ;~sc,

B . H.

Pepp er , JvL D. ·::·R ich:ucls, C. L. Str o 11 ge, J. S .

'J'homson, J . • '. \ Varn er , J . E. "Wclton, B . E . :E'OJl.M V . C.

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Barri s, R. 'J'. " L y sagh t, P. H. ·::·Martin, R. C. ~[organ, 'l'. 0.

Parrott, \ •V. E .

P enman, W. .,. Pill ay , S. Rawso n, Ill/. 'I'.

-::·Rohcrts, R. B. Rogers, L. M . ·" Sh cr win, J. D. S tcffensm1, P. V il e, C. F. ·: :·wctcrc, K .

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·::· A lJbott, H. G. A ish, R G. A ll cn, P .

A.llhuscu, A. S. B ell, B . C. "· B ctts, H. Bool< er, J. G. Bran sgrov e, J. . Davies, T. 0.

Dav is, RA .

Ewart, G. " H ayward, W. HingstolJ, H. S. H udson, R. H. Inn es, 1¥. J. Johnson, C. N. K enny , G. A . " Ma ckm1zic ForlJcs, N . ·" Mi les, P. C. '· n>J:unay , J. "' ' Ncild, P. Vv. ''.P hillips, D. G. Hiding, E .

Hussell, L. H . ·::· Rncl ler, S . J .

Rt a cc, C. :r. '', ' La ndi slJ , M . L. ·> W a ll , B .

'-·1-Vat t , W . "'Wilton , 0 . II. Wright, E.

THE

ROLL. FORM IV. C. A!leJJ , W . R. Amb ury, C. R. ·"A r t hur, J . vV. ·::·Bcav en, G. ·"·Beck , Vv. A. Ca lv c: r t, D. G. Coa <l , A . H .

Cot tier, '1'. S . ·::· D ui g<, .ll, J. Girling, R. v\T. ·: ·GJcJJ gan y, J. J. GoJcliJ1 g , H. A .

Gra ce, G. C. ·::· Har.ri s, C. E. H a rrison, G. H:nl'l<iJJgs, 'I'. '1'.

JiooldJ:nn , '1'. vV. Hutc h c n, A . K .

H n t chiJI SOJJ, J. H. ·: ·JcJJ k i.ll , C. "'K en, D. G. Lobb, C. .,.R.oss, P. l\1. ''·Hu th cr f ord, A. Ill/. ·'''Som er viJl e, B . E .

Su t to u, R. };.

Tholllas, G. S. ·"111/ard, C. J. FOHM IV. D. Ba y ly, H . W. Bc uno t h, L. ·w. ·::· Brown, H. l\IL Clark e, 0. vV. ''C iclancl, E . D. "· Cnnvford, I . J. Cr cswell, R. M. .,. J!'J ct cher, R . ·::· F urrie A K ·" Gibb s.' J .. 'I' . .

Griifiths, C. H cury, C. J. T:l ct hcrington, D. W. Hinld cy, C. W. Hinc, E. Jn ck so11, E. K Pdgley, W. 'E. .,,. I ~ i lt·y, J\:. .J. 1l OC lll :.Ld\ , Ji. S. St·. Gcor g , H. ::"I L ""\ Vn,·cl, ·R. W cbb , A. vV. Whitehead, K . P. 0

f

FORM IV. B. ·::·Bradmo1·e, A. E. ·::·ca n, J. E . ·"ChUl·ton, :M. H. Clarke, 0 . H. Cottam, JIII. S. Di unis, S. G. • Dun can, 1¥ . H. Gariliu cr, N . P . ·"Hammouds, E . F. Hay, A . W. ·• rret et, W . C. ·"Ho11·se, L . A. Kedgl ey, E . G. ·" Lamb, J. A .

Littl e, C. L. Maec, R. H. .,..M(·Callum, E. ·w. ·"o 'Ncill, 1~. W .

Pratt, J. 1¥.

Hob crtsoJ J, C. C. "Fia t herl ey, R. Smith, A. ·::·Tonks, S . G. Tru eman, 1~. C. Wa y, N . C. White, . M. ·::· ·w ilson, L. Wood, R. C. J<'ORM III. A. Allen, C. .,,.A v m y, .T. 1¥. ·: ·Bayly, 1i'. 'I'.

Bell, A . E. ·" B etts, S. Doun sall, 'W. Brook ma n , ·w. N .

Duff, G. V .

Edge ·ombe, E . N .

Ford, J. R. ·::·nagger, G. C. H eggie, 1~. N . ·"· M cDonalcl, J. ].<'. ·" M cL ca n, J. S. "' M cLcan, L. D. Mackay, VI/. Il. ·" n{anley, J. '· n£uir, 'l'. R . <'N ih oniho, R . " Olclfi clcl, E. I 'apps, D. W. ·:: I o]e, B . .T. ·:: Rutt OJ l, G. "Symc, J. v'V. T homson, W . S .

ROtL. ·::·•rr c l o:~r,

59 A. A.

.,. \ .V att, ~L' . N .

Vi! ells, A. J. W esterll , C. G. \N hitc, lVI.

FORM IIJ. D. ·"·BaxtCT, A. C. Bellll Ct t , A. lC Bc m JCtt, R R ·::· Brndshaw, R. C. B ull ot, 1~. 0.

Cooper, P. J .

Da ·i-i s, E. ]•'r a ne is, L. GanliH cr, N . J. Hall, H. M. ·"Hnssa ll , M. E .

H ct hcri1J gton , J. Howlett, A. D. "·Jc:Jlldll , M. J. Lobb, M. 1<~ •.

L y a ll , M . .,. Ma hmj , R ·::·Middlcto n, H. ··'· OJ scn, P . H. ·::·Pnlmcr, C. P. Palm cr , J<'. r~ .

P etty, L. E. .,,.Pigott, R '"SJl ell, W. A .

TI.Jom ns, W. J. ·'"l'homasoll , 1~. W. 'l'homsOJJ, S. G. '"'J'hompso ll , nL 1~ . 'l' urn e1·, N . G. \•Vil soll, L. \>\fright, '1'.

PORM III. C. B ridgnnnw, N .

Brown , C. ·::·Bcckl essillgcr , I. C. .,. CloustoJJ , J. A. ·• mark c, C. Cooper , R. J. DaY iclso n, L. V. Di ck ey, L. G. "·:E:lves, P. H. "· Finla yson, K. J<'.

1Tn rc1 wi(·k , J . H. I i:vtn ell , R. fo'.

H ng hcs, R. .A . l:ln in s, L . H. "I nglc, M . A .

J·:-tck son, D.

60

1'1-'JE

''L t·e, D. H. }\f;~g ra t h, M. R. Mi l1·oy, J. lt. ·::·:t\ Jo rcy, M. l\ f:~ rt.i11, K. B. ·: · p ;tt, 'N .

J'alm t• r, 1\ r. 1•'.

G. N;tll lji SO II , J'. H.

·,: R(•:t].;(' H,

Nt:~cc,

D . V.

'-' 'l':IIT:IHt, J. f'l .

vv. D.

'l' h o m ~o ,, , Wat.kin ~, } 1. 1:>. ·== w:tl l :~n·, T. W.

Wrigltl, N .

l•'OH.J\1 ll l. D. " Adlam , g, Bell, N. ·:: Bc n y, Jl..

"Bctts, •r.

Carter , J. "'· .Fookc~ ,

N. J{. ·> ] l : illi g:~ll , J. ·==· 1rarcli1J g, G. J•' r o~t,

Jl c n c1cr~oll 1

A.

.To ucs, ,J. ;folies, K.

.Tul i:w, L. Listcr , R ·: · orsbourn , R. O'Bricn, M . ' 0 'Dowr1a, C. "Pitt, T .

Ne;t l H:I rk , H. ·::•f-l h: tll', J. "f'l iJL(·]air, J. Rta un ton, K .

'" W:1tcrs, J. '" Whiteh ead, R Yotm g, A .

S'l'A NDAl\D VI. ·::·Bo clc1y, K. R. ·::u ut hl cr tsoH K E.

J'. .

Davic~, l,l; .

J•'airbrot hcr , J. Hurvie, E. F. ·==· n etet, w. P .

Heth cri11gton, J. ·" Mollov P A

''·No l:ll;,'D. · .

Ok y, V. G. "l'eny, J. ·w. " Howe, A. C.

RO LL.

1'.HE

Strollgc, C. H. S utto u, K. A . 'l'homsoiJ , H . L . ·==·•ri.t or,, c A ·::·w ill c·oc:J,s, · H. Jt'. A .

W hittle H ·:: Yo rk , •l 1i. i::l ~'ANDAHD

V.

B arl 011·, '1'. Vv. ·= =· J3a rl ow, A . ·w.

B r oo kma ll 1 R. \ V . ·::· e h ur to 11 1 J.J. P . D. ·::·co lso H, E . '' C row, B. IC J l ;~rvie, G. D. L. ·==· call', H. J.Jc M;~y, K . H. l\1oyes, P . S. Hil cy, J. H. ·==· Reott, N. K . ·:: f-ieott, G. ·: · f-itCYC' ll SOJL 1 J. Jt'.

W l.t ittom be, D. N. f>'l'ANDA RD IV.

J•':liriJJ'ot hcr, E . H. "'Jt'itzgcra ld, C. N. Jl anic, M. A . '" Korkis, F. Palmcr, M:. 1-I. S aun cle r s, G. B. L. Wa lsham , B. " vVil ~o n , E . M:. F. S'l 'ANDAH D lii. ·::·Antlr ew R B

Bla cldc;•, D. ·r.

C mitksltan k, V . .1!'. ·::·.omm, J . A. J.Jc May, A. ·=··1\{cr ccr, J. H. P. , ':wuders, N .

"W hitt ingtoll, H. C. S TA NDAHD Il. A IIPn, D . N . ·==· J)avics, I. W. Nol:m, H. FlOll l(' l'tOll , F ..T. 1.\"rHi on, G. C' .

N'J'A N DA HD T. "1\lcDonn clJ, P .

Saun c1ers, W .

fWLL.

61 'l'he followiu g boy::; ent er ed th e 8chool thi::; year :·::·Acllam, R. Al lcn, C. A li e n, D . N .

A ll c11 , P. ·::·A d hur, vY. J. ·:· AYcry, J.

·==· r,, glc, M. A. lm1cs, VI. ·::·.rcnki11, M. J. J uuc~, J. J'oJLcs, K .

Juli:l JJ, L. ·: · Lamb, J. ·: · Lee, D. H.

·==· J3axkr, A. C. P. '1'.

Be ll , A. E. Bell, N. ·" Bed< 1J essi11 ger1 I . C. B la c k lcy, D. Bc nn utt , It. ·• Be n ·y, ]t. ·'' 13rtts, S. "· Bctts, ~l'. ·::· Br:~ tlsha w, R. C. J3 ri dgcm:lll, N. Broolon:~n, W. N . S. B r ow11 1 C. Bounsall , Vof. Hullot, R. 0.

Ca rte r, J. ·==·CIJUrton , L. P . ·='GI:t rk e, C. ·"C ionston, J. A. Cooper, l<,.

Coope r, R. J·. *Cuthb crtsou , K . E. Da vidson , L. V. <=· navies, I. W. Dnvis, E. Dil'kcy, L. G. * B:~ y l y,

Li s tc·r, H. Lohh, 1\IL P .

Ly:tlJ, M . :Mnckay, W. H. -:;· Mn ck eiJ zie l<,o rb es, N . "· M cDouald, J . F. ·< J\l[l' Dom1ell, P. ., . M cCmlll , H.. E. 1\Iugrath , M . H. ·==· M cLc:u ,, L. D. MartiJJ, K. B. Mills, A. Mi lro:v, J. R. ·" Mic1c1l eton, H . ·•Moor c, E. J . "'.l\[orcy, l\L ·::· 1\Iuir, R J. '''.l\'[uir, 'l'. R U. ·::·NciJ c1, P . ·::·Nj]l OHi h o. It Nolan, H. 0 'Brien, M:.

0 'Dowc1a, C. " 0lc1fielc1, E . ·:: o 1so11, P . H. ·:: orslJourn , R. ,. Pallll cr, C. P. 1 :Jlm cr , l\L F. J apps, D. Petty, h ., Pigott, R . *Pitt, T. ·:: r'ol c, B. J. Pmtt, J. "' Ril'harc1s, C. L. Ri l cy, J. H. * ]~ow e, A . C. . ,. Ruth crforcl, A. \ V. Saunders , Vif. Sa mp son, J. H. ·" Rcott, G.

Duff, G. V.

·== Enn•s, P. H. Edgecom bc, E . N .

L~ :li rbro th c r ,

E. H.

'-'.Fairfax , R. S.

·: · Pookes, N.

c' Pi11layso Jl 1 K. P. F r ost, R

Fr:lll cis, L. Ganh1rr, N . J·. '· Hn ggc r, G. H a ll , ll. M. ·" J-Ialligall 1 J. ·" Harding, G. Hnrtn ell, S. F. *H nssnll , :M. E .

"'11:1 _1'1\':l l'd , w. ll rgg i P, H. N. 11rth c rington, J.

RP:tlll:ll'k , H.

.e· ) ~ i ll l'.i:l i 1',

.T.

i';t:Jmd:o11 , K. , tace, C. J .

Sta ce, D. V.

11 ingston, H . R.

Howlett, A. D.

Hughes, S. A.

•stcwart , A. B. I

62

ti-iE ut t on , K. A. ·"Su cl1, W. A. ·==·sym e, J. -::·'r h oma son, ll, Vl. Thomn.s, J . W. T h omson, S. G. ThomsoJJ , ViT. D. T homson, W. . "" Thompson , M. H. "" Tr cloar, A. A. 'l'ul'llcr, N . G. "·'rnn:mt, J. S. ·==··w:dla cc, I. Vv. \Victkin ~, Il. S.

ROLL. OLD

·" vVatcrs, J. ·==··wnft, 'r. N . S . ·well s, A . J. L. "" \'Velton , B. E. 'Wcst em, C. G.

BOYS '

ASSOCIA TIO N.

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\\' alkcr , A. G. ; Waitc, lj'. \V.; \Ya ::;h er , G. A.; \Vatts, L. B .; \Vcll::i, G. L . ; \Vc ~;t erman, J. C. ; W e::;tern, H. L.; \Vyborn,

S. R .

-: - white head, R. ""\'Vhitting tou, H. C. \ •Vh it c, M. Vvil sOll, L . ·" WiJ~o ·" , E.

Th e followino · l eft ::;chool clming this t erm :- Baker, P. ; Bree, l\I. D.; lfa rclwick, J. H.~ IIarrison , G.; Hugge~t, J. ; K eglcy, W.; L eech, E . ; 1\[artm, R. C.; l\Iurdoch , h.; Sharp, L . E. ; W oocl, R C.; Vile, C . .B'.

\ •V right, E. M. ·wright, N . \Vright, T.

'l'ou11g, A .

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·::'.ludicates Boarder.

The folloll'in g ho:vs l eft school at th e cud of la::;t year: 1\le x anclcr , \V. E.; Andrcw, IC.; Arnolcl, E. \Y . ; Bailey, P . .1~.; Ball, G. I-I. ; Bannton , C. E.; Baxter, R. J.; Benjami n, E. B.; B ellrmger , T. C. ; B ennett, S. H.; B erridge, L. A.; B ett::;, B . C.; B ev erl ey , E . _S.; Bracegir dle, Vv. T.; Broome, D. I.; Browne, R. C.; Bmck, R. F.; Burge.-s, L. D.; BnrgeHi:i, 1\~. R.; Carman,_P. H. ; Cartwrig ht, G. A.; Carter, vV. J.; ClnverH, P.; Collms, C. J.; Cook e, B. E.; Cotterill , A. S.; Cox, E. 1\I. ; Crapp er, D.; Crawfor d, D . 0.; David~;ou, J. \Y.; Dolh y, R. l\I.; Ea Yes, T. \V.; Ennis, I.J.; Fauchcll c, E.; F'ook es, T . C. ; Fook es, A. C.; Fook e. ·, G. R.; For~;yth, R. J.; Ford, N . F.; Fowler , T . G. ; Garmons , A. E.; Gihson, E_. D.; Gray, J. D.; Gr een, C. W.; Gordon, H. H.; Gruszlll!lg, H.; Harp er, J. W. D. ; Hilliard, J. G. N .; Hill, N . R ; I-hll, L. T.; Hoby, B. \V. G.; IIodge, C. A.; Holmes, J. N.; Huggett, A. G.; Hutchen , S . \V. ; Hutchin. -on, J. JI.I.; 1nsull, G. R . ; Jolmson, \V. H. S. ; Johnson, \V . N . G.; Jonas, D. II. ; K enny, C . J . ; Kna uf, E. G. ; L a w, J.; L ee, \V.; Lile, A.; Lock e, A. B . ; Lo vendge, h G.: Lucena, G. L . ; I.Jyncb, E. J. ; Looney, R. D. ; J\Iackav J. D . · l\Iad gwick V S · J' ' ~l\I a I1raJ, B. B. ; l\Iarx , L . B. ; 1\Iason, E. B. ; 1\Iorri~:;,) \V. J.; .-IcLean, M . ; 1\IcLeau, R. W. · 0 'Dea J K · 0 'Halloi"ll J ' D . ; l ) ar;m1, K. l\I.; [::> ater~;on , .A' . J . ; P earce, c ' 1\I. E.; P elham, If: N.' ;_1 rnny , L . y-r.;P enman ,_ J . ; P etty , A. ; ReYell, T. L'. ; h1char dson, /1.. . S. ; Hett er, \\· . H.; Rohh, C.; Roh ertson, l\I. ,J. ; Rohmson , h J. ; Roo·er s F. · Ro ebuck N C · l~O\I' C L . \\T. ; . ' .u ' Rnssell, S' . IT. ; Sa m0pso11' JI. S. · Sl1 aw' T B · Silson ' [' Dj 1 . . f ' .

I > > • • > ' ) C) ( ( ' loll, J\ . ; ::-;llllili , (, L. :-lnli11i 11. N Js,wirs L' D . ., ,~onw J ' I'Ilic·, D. ; Nq 11i r r, 1\. 1~ .; NL!I lll')' , U. L.; NIPv r oJis, H. ,J.; :-lll'N'i , R N.; ;:jut1 on J<'. \\' . · SYm r '1 ' .. Tal l' t l ""' . 'l' <I.)' "lor, l ) . ' 0 H. ' ' '-' · ' 0' R.; 'I' aunt , A .' ;:j _; 'l' elford J.' · Tiplacly S. A . ; 'l'uffe1·y, L. B.; Vick er y K. c.'. Waclclell I . 'B . ' ' ' . .'

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Pr e~id c nt: II. R Billi11g.

Vice-Pre siden ts : Dr. E. lj'. lj'ook 's aud B. P. "\\ cb::;ter.

Treasure r: II. \V . Kirkhy.

Auditor: F. N. \Vhitcom b e.

Joint Secretar ies : P . .B'. AtkiJli'iOll and L. \V. Lovell.

Committ ee: R. George, D. Doile, .1\. R. Stancli ~;h , R. G. IIowell, C. II. \\ ynyan1, J. B. Wil. ·on, C. D. C ollin~; and A . J. Pappi-i (r epre;; entative of the School ) .

Editor ' ' Old Bo y~; ' Column ' ' : Bracken vVil::ion, Box 69, New Plymout h.

During t h e y ear R. Bluudell ,_ who wa~; al?pointe cl · joint ::; ecr etary at t h e annual m eetmg, was t ransf err ed to IIaw er a and L. \V. Lo vell was appointe d to fill the y acan cy.

W. ]nsull al;;_o r eHigned clu_ring the year ,ancl .c\ . R. ' 1auch sh ancl D. Do1le were appomtc cl to the Committ ee .

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ANNUA L RE-UN ION. Tlir· annualJ't •-union waH thi;; ~'ear helcl at Eastl'r tim e and th e program m r w as thr same as in previons :·ean:. lt \\'H s rni"lH•l ' cl isnppoi111in g- 1k1t· more Ol cl HO)'S f rom 01lts ic1e 'Jew Phmou 1h " ' rrc· 1 ot pr esen t a ncl it is h o1 eel tlu1t in i'nlll i'C' n l ~ll' {!f'l' llUllllWl' " ·ill a1i. cnd . 'l' l1 e thank s oC tlJ c r ommi1.tce ar c du r t o all tlto,;c who l1 elpccl to m a k e t h e r eunion a ~;u c c esi'i aud esp ecially to the R ev . E. H . Stroug for

con duct~ng the O~d Boyi::l' Service on Easter Sunday

OLD

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the Laches ' Committee for t h eir assistance at the bali ' ~ to Mr .. and l\Irs. l\foyes for the very o-reat helrJ the ' ~ne clered t. . .l l . o y I en' . ,m ~om~cc IOn w~t 1 t ~e dm_ner h eld at the school. A ~ulliCJ?Ol t of the Yanous fuuctwm; held durirro- Em.;tcr is founclm these notes. "

TH E -,

A NNUAL

DINNER.

Th e amtua ~ dinner was h eld at t l1e sclJOol on Easter

1:3~t: 1.n~ay e ~nmg, W ~ <'n l\Ir: ll. 1~. Bill ing ( PresidPnt.) ~Jl CSl l~~d ov:r SOJJ1 e l oO .Old Boys an cl guests. Tncl lldecl

cn~on,

the guests wer e hm ·worship the l\'Iayor (l\Ir p p I Yilson ) , l\Ir. S. S. D ean (manag er of the 1925 All Blaci- .)· ~ fr. '': · H. l\Ioyes and ma. ·ters of the ·chool memb~rs,sof t .1e Gisborne Old Boys' ·' · F oo tb a ll 'I' eam and' r epreseuhtivc\ o~ other s~ho,ols as fo llows : -C. H: \V est on a~d C. ll\\ est)on ( Chnst n· s Coll po·e) · (NI e1SOU C ·o ' R. ev . E . II . St·lOng ~ ·e)ge / <T. Earl ( [unarn ), <T. L~ggat (Auckland Grammen , F. ~I. Wh yt e ( Otago Illo·h School ) F W 'll ' · 5 (\Vangamu ). ' · 1 Is

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, Ili~, \¥o_r. ·hip .the l\Iayor, o·iviug the toast '"l'hc :::>c.h ool, paid a luo·h tribute to the . tandard it ha \1 att am~d under th e h each~1a . ters~1ip of 1\lfr. 1\l[oyes. Thouah ~ot ~n Old ~oy, l\Ir . Wilfion .·aid, h e thought it fittin"'5 th~t m lm; position h e should propose t h e h ealth f · t. tion wh· 1 t ' o an ms rtuI C 1 mean so much to the town and of which t h town thought so mu ch. l\Ientioning the feeling of prid~ that must be aroused by the words "The S 1 1 " 1 mend ed t l 1 · c lOO , le com1e. wore s endm g each ver."e of the sono· sm1 o· at each bre~lnng-up of the Girls' Hig·h School '~rl 1 t sc~o~~ ?J all." . 'l'hat was the right sentim ~nt. eAf~~r . \cleiicubmg V . ·J · l'kthe hfr . and S]Jiri . · ·t of <a · .econ d ary se11ool, .hu; , o.r » np I en ed 1t to a l~ ttle community, a model for the 11 o ~ ~d t?, follo~v, but winch unfortunately was not fol10~\ ec~~ One .(or all and all :for one.,, Ma»terr:; come and JJ~llster>; g_o,. l~ e smd,. ~ut fortunat el~r in the secondar se wols oE tlns. Donnmon there wa::; cont inuity and thi~ was ~ goo d thmg. H ere thry had had a hea di~ ast er fo~· ma n ~ ~'e nrfl, an<l ill' hop ed h e wo ul cl be here for l1IO I' (' J)Jll <~u se . ) Il e l lctl1 fi xe d a fi1'<lllclan1 . many . ( . \ ..

1o which he ]JO~)e ll t JJe ~c ho l an.; would a ttaiJ J. "Ile fixe l t l ' ·t darcl fo r . ,, .

• c tu s an. many o1. you, s<udl\Ir \Vil:son. " k 1 hrgh it is. '' · · ' you now 10w

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Tlii~ HEADMASTER'S SPRT~CIL

lr. JI.Ioyes, r cplyiJJ ;,\", t•xprl'sserl app l'eciatiOll of' t lll' prrse11cc of 1·ilr l\ f;1y or. Til<' sc l10ol OWl'rl ;1 cll'bt of g:rat itndr to ~fr. \\' ilson ror 1'ile lllill l,v occas iOJ Js 011 w hich he h a\1 h elped t h em at va ri ous h lll cti oJJ s. ll c also extended a h earty welcome to t he Gisborn c football team and said h e hoped th e match would be th e for erunn er of many mor e. \Y elcoming back to t h e school Hanclley Brown, of th e .1.'\.ll Blacks, h e .. aid th e school was proud of Brown , nncl h e had returned as h e was when h e left, unspoilt .

R eferring to the past year Mr. Moyes was glad to b e nblc to say it \Ya,s a successful one so far as the work of th e school was concerned. 'l'hou gh successful in sport they had not nPglected the scholastic side, and one cal1C1illate had got a place in t he first ten for New Zealand in the univer sity entrance scholarships. Another had been placed fairly high on the credit list, and under the old conditions would have been ent itled to a Taranaki Scholarship. In this connection h e said h e thought the Old Boys' Association could h elp t h e school. Explaining the position h e said that years ago certain land in the province was set aside and the funds were to b e d evoted t o higher educn1' ion in Taranaki . Something lik e £12,000 accumulated and t h e Taranaki Scholarship was founded, th e qnaliftca1·ion be ing n -place on the cr edit list in th e ent ran ce exn minntion <lllcl t he value being- £60 per year for four years. rrhc funds cont.innec1 to accumulate and finally r egulations came in permitting any number of scholarships to be tak en each yea r, with the result that fi ve or six were taken· in on e year. Last year one of the New P lymouth boys gained a place on the credit list and the University Senate-which they knew was a hide-bound body which nobody could shift-did not award a scholar.-hip but said t hat a scholarsh ip would he award ed onl~r when a canclida t e wns deemed worthv. And so t l1e matter r ested. l\Ir. l\Ioycs sug-gested actiOJ; b~' the Old Bo7s' Asfioc.iation in conjunction with th e Stratford Association with a virw to having the regulation s altered as the position wa s mo.-t unsnti.-fa cton ' as it wa.". l\Ir. H. R . Billing, ch airman of the Board of Gowrnors, also referred to the snbject. He snid it was nr crssarv for all Olcl Bovs and all int er est d in t he school to k e~p watch over th e\· eserves and see t hat the r evenue was not cl iYert e<l to ot h er chmm els. '!'h er e was no obj eci ion

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OLD

BOYS'

ASSOCI AT IO N'.

to t l1 e SenAtr JWOYiding for A stiffer ex aminAtion, so lon g as 1-li r mo1·iyr wAs n proprr onr, but there was a snspicion tllat t l1 c• oh .i ('cf- of' st iffc• JJillt2' l hC' cxa lll in a1io n was to take away the f rm cl s pnwicl ccl f or thi::; di st rict and use them for \\' ell.ington .

Proceedin g, lVIr. Moyes congratulated Old Boys who w er e doing so well at the Uni versity, and pa rti c nlarl~' h Rich nrdson, who had been awArded a research scholilrship.

A I·L>lNDICAP H\ SHOOTING. In sh ooting t h e sch oo l h 11d again don e well, Mr. l\Ioy es continued, winning th e Chris tchnrch Press Challenge Shield for the North Island.

For the Imperial Challenge Shield t hey had enter ed a certain n u mb er of teams, r epr esenting 70 or 80 boy. ·, not with an y hope of winning, because the amended regulations which came into fo r ce two y ea rs 11go made that impossible. Formerly any numb er of individual team.· could be entPred, and some years ago the school won the competition, and f or a number of y ears it took a high place, and each ~rear till last year h ad topped New Zealand. Th e mn end ecl regulation s provided that every boy in t he school must comp ete, and l11st year it would have meant firing about 420 boys .

Both from a fi nancial :;tandpoint and the time involved t l1c thing was impossibl e. Th e 70 or 80 bo~' s they r nt er ed could n ot have any success in the competition because every boy in th e school who did not fire was counte d as lwving m11de nothing. 'l'he effect was to confine the comp etition to small schools. 'l'he large schools, m conj unction with his, had pulled out. l\IOASCAR CUP RULES. R eferring to football, i11 which al. ·o t h e school hacl been successful, l\Ir. l\Ioyc's said :he w11 s sony to say thnt tlJ C'Y st ill hnng on to the l\Ioascar Cup. Had h e known of the trouble that would arise they would not have entered for it. H e did not obj ect to playing for the cup, but to t h e way in which things w er e run by the .1'\ew Zealand Hugby Pnion.

H e explained t hat la st year, as the en d of t hr season approached it was con:>idered t hat th e chrtllrng·e from Palmerston North was the last for the season. TJ{at school finally d ecided not to go on, and on t h e day on which th e last match wa,; being played word wa s receiYed that l\It. 1\lbeJ·t Gnlm n, m· School hnd i:>suecl a cl1a llcn ge.

O LD

BOYS'

ASSOC IATION.

o7 B eino· nnclcr t h r impresRion tl1at all cha llenges shon ld b e i11 b)~ 11ho nt ,Jnl,v :n li e w in ·c11 o t he Ne w Zrnhncl Rugby Uni o n, <lll d after wait illg a .wee k "'.' cl ,,. ,,. ," g aga m, l1c n· c<> iYrd a l'eply t li a11 li e Un 1on co nsJC1el'ecl 1\It. _1\ lb ert to be eligihlr·. lt was 1l JPrel'orc dcciclccl to ]Jl<lY t he mntc ~l.

T h ere was no f eeling between th e schools, but t !w pubhc took th e matter up, and th e Auckland bo ys arnved h er e n ot knowing ex actly how things stood. The match waR played during th e third t erm, ~ncl t~a.t should not be. If the cup was to be gone on with ngic~ r~1les shou~cl b e dr awn up an d adher ed to . 'J'h ough st1 ll I~l posscss10n of t he cup he did not think t hey would hold It much longer.

T e Ante w er e after it a gain ancl, h e thought, woulcl proY e a stiff proposition .

Speaking of cricket l\1r. l\Ioyes said th at an enjoyable f!'illl1 e was played with Nelson College at th e en~1 of last t erm.

'The school had won by a narr ow margm.

He hoped th e match would be an annual one.

A l\IALGAMATI ON OF SCHOOLS. P erhaps the most important thing in connection with th e school, l\Ir. 1\Ioyes proceeded, was the proposal t_o amal"'amate with th e Technical College.

He kn ew tlm; clid n"'o t m eet with univ ersal approval. Amongst the Old Boys w er e m11ny who conRider ed the rmggest ed ~ma l gam a ­ tion wonlcllow er the tone of the school and do 1t dam11gc . .Aft er conRidering wh at the position was, he thonght th e? would aoTee that there was only on e thing to do, to amalgamat e. "' 'l'he condi t ion s had e~tirely changed during the last twenty years. The introduction of .the free pla c ~ had opened th e door to every boy who gamed a profiCiency certificat e. Each year 30 p er cent. of tho. ·e who enter ed w er e totally u nfitted to learn Latin and French and such subj ects . It was impossible to teach them and it would b e fnr bett er to employ them on vocational work. The t ech n icalitie;; of Latin aud .·uch subj ect s worried these boys all the time and they n eYer reached a st11ge " 'h er e th e~ · could mak e u se of t h eir knowled ge.

Th er e had bern various conferences with the Education D epartment, and th ey w er e in favour of amalgamation, but there was t h e usual trouble-not enough mon ey. But they almost had a promise that buildin gs would be er ected and this school made t he school for t h e town. All equ ipment would be proYid ed on the site.

Ther e wonld be mor e bom·ding accommodation , engineer ing- m1d wood-work shops ancl anot h er classroom block.

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BOYS'

ASSOC IATIO N.

innoY aholt hacl been t h e in trodnc tioll of IDmt.li sh L'ulJl ie ~c 11 ool ho,v ~ a~ ho<t t•tler~. l\IJ'. l\f oye~ t· x pla'i nr how ihi~ Jwd co ttt e aboul· a;.; <lll offshoot of till• inJJni cl tioJt ~cllC'me ol' the 'l'<tr<maki Challlb er of Comnt(•t·ce, grawiih the ohjl'ci ol' gi ,·ittg· t il t' you ngl'l' boy s \\'lto caltll' a .'·l·a r in which to get accli n ~<-tt i ;.;ed and n~l'CI to the co nditio m; of New Zeala nd. ..::'\ lready :-;ix of the;.;e boys were at the school, and more were on the way.

There h ad not yet been time to try the schem e out, but the boys were an exceptio nally fm e type and he \vas sure their reside nce wonlcl be benef icial both to the schoo l and to t hemse In concl usion l\Ir. Moye s thank ed Old Boys for all lves. hnd clone for the schoo l and all that they would do they in the future .

OTHE R TOAS'l'S. "Sist er Colle ges" was propo sed by Mr. Dona ld 1\TacDiarm id, who recen tly return ed from tb e Sudan . toast, h e said, was an impo rtant one, for the secon The dary schoo ls were one great broth erhoo d, althou gh they had their rivalr ies.

The New Plym outh Schoo l, if not the greate st, was one of the greate st in New Zeala nd , and, happe ned to know , was gainin g more attent ion in Austrhe alia. llighe r educa tion could not be paroc hial, it must have a wide outloo k, and that could only be obtain ed by havin g men come in from other colleg-rs to help th em.

Mr. MacD iarmic l also spoke of the devel opnw nt of thr public f>Chool spirit amon g nation s other than the Engli speak ing. llr referr ed to the possib ility of his some sh bring ing from Centr al Afl·ica a team of real' ' All Blackclay s,'' who would not have to pnt jersey s on to show their colour s.

Respo nses were made by 1\Iessrs. \V. \Vooclwood (Gi.born e High Schoo l), C. II. \V eston (Chri st 's Colleg e), F. l\I. Whyt e (Otag o Boys' High Schoo l), ancl ,J. Leggn t (.1.\ .nckla nd Grann nm· Schoo l). l\Ir. \Vcsto n, sprak ing of the New Plym outh Bo~·s' High School, said t hat it posse ssed a hcncl mnstr r of standi ng· chara cter, ancl it could be count ed fortm oni·wtr in havin g a man of that cxt.J·n ordina ry mHgnetism which enabl ed him to lift an institn tion to nny hrigh t h e chose.

He had th e abilit y to in spire others .

Mr. Whyt e took occasion to congr a tulat e tllc Old Boys ' Asflocintion npon allow ing old boys of other Rchools to assoc iatr themsel\'N; with its activi ties in somr smf1ll A11

wa~r.

OLD BOYS' SWIMMI NG CLUB, ViTinners Tabor Royal Memorial Surf Shield, 1925.

Standing: J. H . Boon, H. S. Weston, C. D. Collins.

Sitting: R. M. Maeaulay, 0. E. Evans, L. H. Abbott, L. Frethey.

Oakley Studio .

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OLD

'\

\

BOYS'

FOOTBALL

MATCHES.

69 '"l'he Board of Governors" was proposed by l\Ir. D. F. C. Saxton and responded to by l\Ir. Dilling, who humorously grouped the affairs of the Board under three headingspast guarantees, present guarantees, and future guarantees. The Board seemed to be always getting "harder np." Spraking of the proposed amalgamati on, he said that things must be look ed at as they were to-day, not as t h ey nscd to he. Children were receiving a. bett er education tl1an they clid in the past and it was rccognisecl that 1 be n ccrssary facilities must be provided. It seemed to him that th ey should endeavour to have schools which would give the preliminary eclncation for the professions, for com me1路ce, for farmin g and for any iuclustrial pnrsuit.

Other toasts honoured chtring 1'110 evening were:"Sports and Pastimes" (l\Ir. R. E. Pope-1\Ir. II. E. Fookes); "Absent Old Boys" (l\Ir. R. G. IImvell); "Thr Tarannh:i All Blacks" (lHr. A. J. Papps-1\Ies srs. S. S. Dean and Hanclley Brown); "'l'he Ladies" (lVIr. II. \V. Kirkby-1\II r. P. :B~. ll.tkinson ); "The Press" (Mr. C. D. Collin s-1\'fr. \Valter vVe.-ton).

A musical J)rogramm e was contribut ed by Messrs.

Brooker (2), W. Ilay and S. Rowlmtcls, while l\11'. Keith Forth gan~ imperson;tti ons.

THE

FOOTBA LL

MATCHE S.

NEW PJ.1Yl\I01 TII ( 17 ) v. GTSBORNE (13).

For a match at the opening of the season the meeting of the Gisborne and the New Plymouth Old Boys provided a Rugby display of consider able merit, and though the home t am won, they had to work very hard to hold a part of the lead of six points with which they ended the first half. \Vithin a few minutes of the kick-off a penalty kick rnabled II. \V. Brown to open the New Plymouth scoring account. The points were increased to six soon afterwards when the combination of Meuli, Brown, and Foden en a bled the last -named to score near a corner. A knockon arrested a clangerou,.-l ooking rush of tl1e Jew Plymouth forwards. :F'rom the scrum the ball went to Brown, who made a pretty run through the h eart of the defence to score und er the posts. Brown al. o kick ed a. goa l.

OLD BOYS ' FOOTBALL MATCHES. 70 Jd 'ter HH nn c'\'C'lltfnl period the Gii-iborJ le forwards momc•JJtarily J·ook charge, a ncl a fim· drihbli11 g rni-ih look ed Ji],c proclnein g r rKnl1 ,;, bn1 as th e goa l-line• was crossed 1h en· wns an o!J,;1ru ction and 1l1 c y i,;itors had a fre e kick, withont sncces,; . . AK h <llf-tim c approached the r ear division showed mor e cohesion, h aving previously been outshone bv the l1ome backs.

After a scrum Richardson mad e a ~trong run and pa ssed in to the half-back Smith. lie r eturn ed th e ball to Ri.chard son, and finally it went out to Arlde on t h e wing, and h e grounded it under the p osts. l\f orrison kicked a goal.

The second half saw th e New P lymouth t eam, which luH1 looked a comfortable winner in th e first half, harcl JW essecl on a numb er of occasions, and the' spectators w er e k r pt in a state of un certainty as to t h e final outcome. Gisborne were :first to continue the scoring, aftrr play had been in progress for some t ime. Langlancls, wh o played a fin e g-ame throughout, made a strong run .from miclficld before transferring to Sa mpson, who completed his task behind the goal posts. Th e kick did not succeed.

New Plymouth retaliated successfully, a fine passing movement leading to a try by Foden in the left-hand corner, thus r efltoring t he h ome t eam 's flix-point lead. A loose rush brong-llt furth er success to Gisborne, Sm ith following t h e ball across thr lin r and ton ching- clown. 'l'he kick failed . 'l'hl' la st f c•w minutrs W<'l'C' cxc i1ing on es. 1'h c issn r wafl pnt br)' Oncl doubt wh en ~mmt pickecl up smartl y in the Gisbornc twcn1y-fh:c• anc'l opened the wa y for lVIculi to score, ag-aill behincl the post s. B1·own was a liHl e wicle with tl1 e ki ck, and the final flcores w ere :New Plymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gisborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 13

1\Ir. F. ,J. Egg-lr ton was t h r rcfrree.

TlJC match between New Plymouth and visiting Old Boys, which wa ::; played <1S a curtain-raiser, r esulted in a win for the visitors b? lri points to nil. 1\Ir. F. \V ebb was th e r e:f:err e.

On Sunday morning there was a service at St. l\Iary'fl Church conducted by the Rev. E. H . Strong. The lessons w er e r ead by 1\Ies.-rs. H. R. Billing and Handley Brown.

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THE BALL. 'l'he annna l ball, hd<l in t il e· Scltool.A s::;rmbly Hall on Eafl t cr l\Ioncla y night, wa.::; a brilliant spectacle and an unqualifi ed ::;uccess. Everybody who went says so, and those who w ere so lmfortunate as to st ay away missed what mia·ht be ca lled "the time o:f: their lives."

There were in the n eigh bomhoocl of 1;)() couples in t h.e hall, including- Old Boys from all par ts of the Dominion, and good feeling and jollity were pre-eminent throughout the evening. Dancing was commenced at 8.30 and kept up nntil long pust miclni~tht. Th e o1·ch efltra of seven instrum ents, lc·cl by 1\Irs. \V oo cl , snpplieLl e:xcrllent mnsi c, ancl was most gen erous in it s r esponse to en cores. 'l' h e ~vork of decorating the hall was carried out by t he committer and the innumerable and many-coloured streamers suflpendccl from the ceiling, intersp er sed with brio·h t lia·hts and Oriental lanterns, made up a brilliant scc~c. 'fh e white pillars were wreathed with lichopodimn, while the stag-e w as set amid ponga fronds and the wa ll s festoon eel with gr een er y . 'rl1 r snp]Wl' table clecor<1tions wc•1·r b enn1iful. 'rhr)' wrrc carried out in 11 sch r nw of scadd ancl g-J·ec•Jl , with hmdil '<' s;Jl\'ias, scm·lct and yrllow Ll<1hlias, <111cl 1·ata blooms. 'l'h c who l<• was set off to p CJ·f cction by a cli:f:fusc·cl pink glow which emanated from electric lights wreathed in scarlet crinoline shades.

The whole o:f: the supp er decorations was carried out under the able direction of l\Irfl. Rex J3rewster. 'l'he ladies ' committee, the mrm b cr.- of which de. ·crv great praise f or carrying out th ei1· arrmJD'emcnts in su ch an excell en t manner , was h ea<l ec1 bv Nirs. II. H.. Billing 11. · chairwoman, and consistc·cl of '1\Ief;da mes 'l'. P. Anderflon, A. J. Papps, A. R. StallCldt, R. Brewster, D. IIut ch en, \V. H. l\!foyes, James \\ ilson, A. l\L l\IacDim·micl, andl\Iiss Agncs \Vil ·on.

Th e Ball Committ ee who so ably look ed after the general arrangem.ents and preparations comprisedl\!fessrs.

H . R. Billing (chairman ), C. D. Collins, D. Doile, R H. Geor gc, R. G. Howell, H. \V. Kirkby, .A. J. Papps, A. R. Standish, J. B. \Vilson, \V. H. 1\IIoye.-, and l\1essr s. P. F. Atl~:inson Rncl L. W. Lovell (joint secr etaries).

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OLD

BOYS '

CRIC KET

OLD CLUB.

'l.'he fo nr debu tante s of th e even in g were Miss Mary (New P l_y mout h), Miss Joyc e Pow drell l\ihss Evel yn Bms t (Haw era), and Miss Kath (Haw era ) , leen Good son (Haw era) . · rrh e ball was one of th e very b est and most enjoy a ble rwr hr hl , a fittin g en din g to the 192;5 East er re-un ion.

F~okes

OLD

BOY S' CRI CKE T CLU B.

The 1924-25 seaso n was again one of the most su ccess f ul that the Club hal'l expe rienced. Two team s were entered in t h e local comp etitio ns and both acqu itted t h emsclvci'l excel lentl y.

Th e !'len ior team aO'ain nnder t h e cnptn incy of A. Bewl cy, wns runn er-up 'in t h e Nort h Tnra JUl ki Cl1 ampion ship .

In all the team playe d eio·ht ma tches, winn ing six, losin g one, and havi ng one dr~w.

In what t urne d out to be the last matc h of the seaso n, play ed at Puk ek~u·a P~rk, and again st the New Plym outh Club, Old Boys m the1r first and only innin gs made 292 1:m1s, New P~ymouth on t he secon d clay reply for seven w1ckets. Unfo rtuna tely the r ain ing with 97 l1<1nd ancl the mat ch ha.cl to b e aban done d then took a. a,ncl thus r ewltccl in a clraw. Had t h e weat h er l~:ept fin e Old Boys mnst sm·cl y lH1 vr '.von on th e first innin o-., and a,s thcv were , befor e tl1 c matc h, two point!'l lel'ls than th e New P l};n~o uth team on t h e c h am1~ionshi p table of " onlcl have draw n level w1th New P lymo point s, they uth p;a.y off for the final. 'l.'he_ch~b, how ever, cong and had to Ne'v P lymo u~h team on wmn mg the cham pionsratul a,tes t h e t h e seaso n s1x play ers, Bott rill, Lash , Palm hip. Duri ng er, Pear son, Papp s and Os born e, r epres ented the Nort h Tara naki Cnck et Asso ciatio n, and two of them , Lash Pear son wer~ selec te_d to repre sent the Coun try and Asso ciation~ agam st \¥ ellmg ton. Duri ng the seaso n some fine score s "~ere recor ded and the Old Boys ' team succe eded in putti?g up a r ecord score for the Puke ku ra Park grou nd.

Smce the seasp n ende d, one of the Club 's mo. mem bers, A . H. Osbo rne, h as been prom oted t pr omin ent land Bran ch of_ the New Zeala nd Insur ance to t he Auck Com pany . \¥ e congr~tulate lum on hi n ew appo intm ent and trust that w e w1ll h ear of him in Auck land crick et in the near f~1ture . C. G. Bott rill topp ed the batti ng avera ges with a~ avera ge of 52.4, Lash , Palm er and Papp s comi na next WJth 49 35 .11 and 23,2 re. pecti vely, ·

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rrhe junio r team h ad a most satis facto r y seaso n, losing only one matc h and final ly winnin~ the Nort h 'fara naki Com p etitio n. rrhe enthu siasm displ ayed was most mark ed and perh aps an addit ional team may b e enter ed f or the local comp etit ions n ext year .

In conc lusio n the Club woul d like to take thi~ oppo rt unity of th anki ng those enthu siast s "·ho gav' their support to the Club last seaso n.

OLD

BOY S'

SUR F CLU B.

The Old Boys ' Surf Club has once again expc rienc l'd a most succe ssful seaso n and has main taine d its r eputa tion as prem ier Life Savi ng Club for the distr ict.

Two team s were enter ed by t h e Club in t h e Surf Cham pions hip, t h e Tabo r Mem orial Surf Tara naki Shiel d, but owinO' to sickn ess one team had to b e with draw n at t h e la.·t ~1oment. The ''A'' team whic h even tuall y took th e beac h comp rised t h e followin g m embe rs :-0.

Boon H. V-l. West on, C. Colli ns, R. 1\Iaca.ulayEva.ns, J. H. , L . Freth ey and Abbo tt. rrhis team was succe ssful in winn ing t h e prir,e d comp etitio n with a marg in of appr oxim ately 12 point s, after a magn ifice nt exhib ition of both and land drill, an exhib ition whic h woul d wate r work comp are favour ably with the best of its kind in New Zeala nd.

The Club was r epres ented by thr ee mem b ers in i ltc rrara naki H.epr e.-ent ative Surf rream whic h t bc N cw Zeala nd Surf Ch ampi onsh ip, the comp eted in Nelso n Shiel d Com pctit io11, at Chris tchu reh in ] ebru ary The t eam, whic h put up a .-plcnc1ic1 show ing, was last. placccl :Eo m t lt in t he comp etitio n. rrhe mem bers inclu ded were : F. New ell, H . \ V . Wes ton and R. How in the team ell (cap tain) . rrh Club is at present consi derab ly hand icapp ed in its activ ities chiefly owin g to the lack of adeq uate accon uno clation a · its h eadq uarte rs at the Ngam otu Beac h op d t hai in th e n ear futu re a ~chemc wiil h. It is whcr •by .-uffi cieut f unds will b e rai.·e d to perm b e moot ed it the ere<:tion of a surf hous e and to prov ide equip ment ther efor.

The objec t is one whic h is in itself wort hy of tion and in view of t h e• 'Ver-incre asing popu comm enda laTit ~r of t h e b each of our II cadct wU'ter.·, Lh c publi c <tl laru· , in depe ndent of our actua l activ e and hono rary mem bers, Bhould supp ort the Club in its laud able objec tive.

L.

OLD

7-+ OLD BOYS'

FOOTBA LL CLUB.

'l'he football season at present in f ull swing throughout Ne w Zealand is cert ainly t he mo st succes,.ful one yet exp erienced by the Old Boys' Football Club , p a rticularl~r from the point of view of t h e increased number and entlmsia sm of tl1e m emb ers of t h e Club and fro m t h e a ctual r esults acl1ieved to date. Ever since t he inception of t h e Club its pro gr ess _has been greatly r etarded by the lack of older player s who are always neces .. ary t o guide and maintain the younger players in the knowledge of the g1uuc. Happily this ob::;tacle is now r emoved, all onr Cl ub t ams are quipp ed with effi cient manager s and co a clJCs, and 1li c general play righ t t hroughout the Club \; teams ha:; this year shown a. Yery marked improv ement.

PracticeH h ave b en h eld , commencing several w ·ck.' prior to Easter, t wo :n ight.. in every week, and have b een "·dl a Uencle-d. 'l'h e Clnb h a~ bcc11 very fo r tunate in obLtiJJin g th e.· rvic s of an experien ced coach in the person of l\Ir. Tom Campb ell, an cx-Anckland and cx-Taranak i l'l'j)rcs 'Jltative player. ·wit h a t horough knowledge of f' ootb all at his di~posal ::\Jr. Campb ell ha :; been s n ccc~~ f'nl in raisi1w the :-;tandarc1 of t h Club \ football con::;icl erabl~·, particularly in the for" ·ard diviHions of t h e re:-;pective t eams. Th e Club i.' deeply indebted to l\ir. Campbell for l1i s fiervices and also to t he followin g m emb er.', who lwv e a cted as team maTw gers :- 1\Iessrs. F. 1\'I. \Vh yt e. D. Doilc, N . 13. Ilowcll, J. -Bcnnctt, E. Thompson, a~cl · \ V. Morsllead.

On J uu c ·• two sev •J:-a -si le tcallls \\'Cn · enterecl in 11J 'l'aranaki 'even-a -sid e CJ1 ampi ons h.i p UHnt elv t h e D e war Shield Competition . The ''A'' tean'1, after· clefeatiug in turn Star '' B, '' Clifton and 'l'oko met the Star ''A.'' team in the final of the competitio~ and were succe.-.·ful in anne:xino- th e point .. nece:-;sarv to win t h e shield 'l'hC' p er sonnel of t he w.lim.ing temn i:-; g·i veu later in the::>~ uotcs.

'J'b e :-;CJli Ol' fifte 'll !Ja ~ .J>lay •cl 1Jn·ouo· !J ott t tiJe :-;easou under: t h e leader::>hip of our ex-All Black, llandl •y Brown.

1n .·prte of two exceedin gly tiring seasons' play on end, IIm1dl L' ~' lHJs >; bow n excC'llPn l forlll , nn cl flw fact t·hat t li f' JllllllbC'r of lJO int s >;eorcd by l1im so Jar tll i.- seaHon alrcacl3 exceed:; th e half century will indicate what a valuable asset Handley has been to the team. The follo·w ing. is a

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75 summ ary of the .match es and th e r~e:-;ult s of tlt e various matches played by the senior fifteen to date:V. V. V. V. V. V. V.

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H.M.S. Chatham 's Rugby team: ·won , 26 t o 3.

Gisborne Old Boys : \V on, 17 to 11.

Eltham: \V on, 14 to 3.

Athletic (Hawera ) : Lost, 16 to 9.

Opunake : Lost, 12 to 10.

Star: \V on, 12 to 9.

Kaponga : Lost, 23 to 8.

Stratford : Lost, 14 to 6.

Elt ham: Lost, 11 to 3.

Opunake: vVon, 19 to 14. 'l'nkapa (friendly gam e): Lost·, tl Lo G. Star: ·won, 8 to 5.

Tl1e team'.- old wealu1efi.' is still app ar crt t iu _1hc 1r eio·h t of the forwards. As of lat e year s th pa_ck IS a "'OOd hard workino- one, bnt lack s snffi_crent we1ght to ~taucl a h ard .-eason's play aga inst t h e h efty packs en cou ntered in t he 'l'arana ki comp etitions. The_ forwm:~ls mu:t, lt oweYcr, b e compliment ed ou t h e spl encbcl sl1 ow m g t lw:v have made; they h ave played good h ard games aml haYe never lack ed condition.

Th e back s arc an exceptionally speedy lot and h aY~ gained considerable_favour with the public of 'l'aranaln by the many i>p ~rklmg and brilliant piecefi of play which tll C.)' have consmtently furnish ed in all th eir mat ch es.

'J' o t il · elate of t h e pe uni11 g oJ' t h ·s ·notes five me_mber ::; of tl w team lwv c b · •n s ·lect. •d J'or r epr esent ativ e hoHOllrs. 'l'hcsc pla~· ·r:-; arc: Hancllcy Brown (centre!, J. Earl (five-eightl.J ) , G. Uorcy ( h all-bae l~ ) , U. Deem (1r m g) aud R Brewster (forward ) . 'l'he senior fifteen has been selected f rom t h e following memb er s:-\¥. Valentine, K. and E. Meuli, H. \V .

Brown, "' . D eem, .T. Earl, K . Tn ylor, G. l\Iorey, C._ Sma~t , J . If. Boon, R. Brew::;ter, B. 1\Io orc, E. Lnxton, K. I{.awlm son, C. 'ollin.', J. L cggat, H.. Wilson, L . .l!'rethey, \V. Benclall, G. Roberts, '1'. V enables, 'l'. Brook.,., Il. D. llugl.J es.

From th e numb er of player.' set out above it will be fiel' ll that the s<'lectiou ot't lt> team lws been somewhat ,·ar.i •d. 'l'his h<~ .- b e ' ll :u ece.-.. arily occa::;ioned by the n~ml­ ber of injurie::; suffered by m embers. At the present t une there are six or seven on the sick list.

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'J'h e t eam which ann ex ed the Dewar Shield P,Ol;ed of K. and E. l\I euli, K. 'l'aylor J·. II. Boon '~s ;omh . Brewl;t er and L. Frethey . ' ' . op e, . , . · A. full summa!' . lt s. of tl1e season for both . . . .)' of th e r· esu ancl_ JUlllor t eams will appear in the n ext issue of l e mag~zm e.

All junior teams ha Ye this .. ··l in play and at eams, _the second and thrrd juniors are in th . . . for therr r esp ectiv e comp etitions . ' e nmnmg t~mor

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.. ~)~l~~ ~ t ~ppl~~e~ t i~c~\ool ~1tee n for th e splen~~d pe~~for~~~n~~:~ . . . le se oo 1 matches played to dat e .A blO.).O~l~eCr olus futur e must cer t aiJJly b e in stor e for th~ 011 s ub when l;Ome The congrat ulations of th e Old Ho . ' Cl J

of School' s " h eft y " f .. ·l· . _c orwaiC s JOin

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J · K 0 'De a. in a lett er to l\I . l\I . aitcllClino· lcctm:ei' i at C· t 1 • l. C O.) cs, i'i<l.)' S that he is .>] . "' . , ' dll eruurv oll eo·e in Ch e . ·t . . l.)'SJCS and Biology for the l\Ieclic ·l I t"' .

1matron. ry, a n ermec1'rat e mrs E xamK. E. Robinso n is o·oin"' to b . ., . ac eutical eh emist in "'\v ellin O't e ap)~~~t lCcd to aylun·ll. B. IIomibr ook Cl . t S o on. . Is _addr ess rs c/ o ' Jcmts, eatoun, \V cllm gton. .• . • ·t l l · ,... Lcl:lli l . . ·" N cill is. (·1t ITlei-i(Jl . . al-tt•r a farJII r .. . Jtcnc dt I e 1\\\'anw tn II • .. 00\Jilg . . ,L l\lax Jomu-; arid Gc'l"Jlcl. (' e : > d,t""·u'll a let1cr 1liat Jt c Ol ' Hl'l' a r cnui ·1ud tl t L' llld1 J OJ IC>i h ai-i left to farm at \\Tairoa. ' nt lone , L. 13 · Watt;; i::; now at te odino· l\It El School, Aucklan d. "' · c en Gr ammar J1J

. 0. \V. l~aing· ·r, in a lett er 1·o l\Ir 1\I , . .. . l_c£1 Sew Zealand la st Septeml Jcr f O)ei'i, sctys t hat he Iat ll cr 'i-i bni-iines:-; the ,.J.ll - 1 .l Ol -'o_ndoH to learn hJ:-; · ··' · e Ile r:-; loci · 'tl prl ,·ate familv at Bickl.,v '-in rac K l . . glng Wl l don. H e states that h e· s'a . H en :11e even mrles from Lon-a ' . ' w a no ey Brown se l t. c,m·m g- the. tour of the .1\}. nne::; • 1 l~) ·l·d c l·,:-; la iit Ye '11' -1vera m·a t·c JJ agamst Eno·J ·mc1 JJJ >1 () . . .l l l\I. , , <n e1 d. t tl-le.

• "' ' <: SWd C O OL'(' 'l'J 1 tt giv es an mter esting a ccount f ' . . .

J e e ·et· boume, Ila::;ting s and l3righto~. 'ISrts to \\ embl ey, East-

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Ron. Sy me, who has b een lecturer in Classics at Aucklan d Univer sity College , has b een awarde d a postgraduat e scholar ship in Arts after graduat ing M.A. with th e equiv al en t of double :fir.·t-cla ss honour s in Latin and Greek. He ha s been gran t ed admissi on to Oriel College, Oxf ord, and leaves New Zealand in August.

Jim Palmer h as been doing ·w ell in work and athletic s at IIawk esbury College , New South \Vales. Last year h e gained his I-I.D.A. d egr ee, together with the Royal Agricul tural Societ y's prize. H e was one of the best forw ards in the Colleg e football t eam, won the champio nship shootin g shield, and was the b est boxer.

R "1\T. Dalziell is in the Union Bank at Hunter ville.

L. B. Shrimp t on ha s now l eft Haw er a and is in the office of Govet t , Quilliam and I-Iutchen, solicito rs, N ew Ply mouth.

Alan Young ba s b een on a cat tle st ation of 320,000 a cr e:-; in N' orth Qu eenslan d for the last six mont h s. He int ends t o m ake his way t hrough Austral ia and the Argentine to g ain exp erience.

C. B . B enjamin h as b een in th e office of C. 1~'. l3 cnnett, Queen Street , Auckla nd, since t h e b eginnin g of l\Iarch.

G. G. :New ell i::; in t h e Union B ank, W ellingto n.

Gcorge Scott i::; now a t 'l' arnruta ngi, Taranak i.

Dollg. 1\Ia ck<t,v paicl <L Yisit to th e School during the t erJil and was int er est ed in the form ::;hown b y th e Fir::;t l~'ift cc n .

D. 0 'liallora n is in the Union Bank, Au ckland . Other Old B oys in offi ce:-; in A uckland ar c Jack IIilliard (Commer cial Bank), Ne d \Vigg (B cmk of Ne w Zealand ) , Eric Gib son (Ro ger and Co. ) .

Old Boys arc playin g a promin ent p art in football at Caut erbnr y Colle ge thi s y ear. Ja ck Brodie is club captain aucl half-ba ck i11 th e fir :-;t fift e •n. \V. Alexan der, last y ear's five- eighth , occnpies tl1C fin;t :five-eig h t h position in the College t ea m and J im Sh aw, second :five-eig hth, is aR quick an c1 el ewr as at l::\cho ol. Charlie Drader fills th e win g- [or w;u·d positiOJI , whiit' J\l011 te Barak, whose position h a c.1 b een pr eYiously h alf-b ack, is one of the f ront row men. Eric S mart i::; n ow playing forward for the

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College second fifteen. \\T e congratulate ,Tack Brodie Jim Shaw, V-.T. Alexander and Ch arlie Drader on b e in~ chosen to r epresent New Zealand University ao·ainst Sydney University in the r ecen t test matches. b . U ord.on lVI. Becl~, A.lYI.I.C.E., has been appointed Distnct Eng:m eer of Rmlways at vV anganui. \Vrit iuo- to Mr. M oyes l~e says that in his engineering duties h e h~d a lot to. do w1th the extensiOns to the r ailways at the Newton ~mg wharf, aJ?-d ::tlso did all th e calculation of th e new h~es t h er.e. besides t h e field work and a certain amount of supervision. .lrwin Howell is also an Assoc. l\I.I.C.E., awl Assistant District Engineer of H.ailways at A uckland.

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F. Barrack is at a College in Suva, :B...,iji. . . ~r~hur O~borne, who has been chief clerk in th e lo ca l off1c .of the New Zealand Insurance Company, Las been tran.+erred to .Auckland.

At t h e supplementary Law ex aminations h eld t his yea r Artlmr Chr~s ti e obtained a pass in conv ·yauciJJg aud H.eg. liowell m contracts and procedure.

Gerald vVebster and Claude l\Iorey, who left last year on an extended tour of Canada and England returned ~o New Zealand in April. 'rhey .-pent sc~eral months m Canada and were in England to see t h e All ~lacb; v. England footba ll match.

They also visit ed I~ nmce and saw the All Bla cks play t ll er e. On their ret urn t h ey came via Su e;r, and spvnt sever al weeks in Svd l.ICJ', .wll e_re t bey saw C. II. \Vyny arcl U ·rald is u"ow iarnun n· m the .A wakino and Cla ude is at \Vaipuku.

~rhe c_anterbu ry College examination results include the followmg Ol~l Boys :-Bachelor of Science, M. Barak ( ~dva~ce~ physics and ehen~istry) ; . Engineering (first PI ofessomal), Alex. Broche; Diploma m Journalism J ohu Brochc. ' . .H.on. Blundcll was appointed seer ·tar of t he As:;omahou at t h e la. t annual meeting an cl La::; ·iuce been transferred t? t h e Hawera branch of t b e Bank of New Zealand. He IS much miss ed in .the Old Boys' pack. . Il?pc Jmilri tt .-on is at ])l"~;:Scll t i11 A u stnilie~ in conn ec110n With 1he New Ze;ilmJcl P c1·pei tlill 1~ on:s1s.

Seft~n Herbe1t, who i.- fa.rmiug at Otakeho, h::ts r ecently JOmed the rank.- of t h e benedicts.

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79 '1'ec1 Pope, who is managing clerk for Perry and P rry, solicitors, at \Vellington, was r ecent ly admitted as a barrister of t h e Supreme Court. H e was in New · P lymouth at Easter t im e fo r the Re-union.

Ger ald Chong is now manager of th e Friendly Societies' Dispensary in New Plymouth.

Bill Clemow, who is farming n ear Cambridge, was in New Plymouth r ecentl:v and was looking ver y fit.

IIandley Brown, t h e School 's All Black, i.-now workill g with Ilenr:v Br own and Co ., timber merchants in t his town . lie is now captain of t h e Old Boy,;' fifteen aucl a 'ra r anaki r epr esentative. From his r emarks h e appear s to ha c h ad a great time on his trip abroad, and we arc lo oking forward to publishing some of his r eminiscences of the trip in ·ome f uture issues.

"Ike" Uarrison is now teachin g at Tariki. He is now a promin ent golfer and h a.- r ecently won several comp ·titions at the New P lymou th Golf Club. .A lll atch was recently played at t h e :Ngamot u golf links between Old Boys and the rest of t h e club, and the Old Boys were well beaten. The Old Boys' team was as fo ll ows : Gerald Chong, Phil. Grey, .Austin Bewley, Stan.

Smith, Bracken \<Vilson, Harolcl Johnson, Bill Harrison, Stml. Graylin o·, Ron. Quilliam, Alex. lVIacDiarmicl, H.on.

Greincr, Don. Grant , Keu. Neal, J·ack Willis, Clcm. White, B. Blunclcll. l\liles .Atkinson, wl10 is farming at Ball Road, has l'CC '.n tl. maniccl, nliCl we wi·h him 1-h e best of lu ck.

Gecil J~'ook es, who was with H.oy, Nichol.-on and Bcnis now on t h e staff of the Public Tnvt Office at W ellington.

Baden Bellringer, who war:; until r ecently with Bellrinn·er Bros. in this town, ic; n ow travelling for a hardware firm in t h ' \\T a irarapa.

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Iluglt Braclbur. , w h o i.- farming at Puniho, is another of th Old Boys who h a.- r eceni"ly joined the ranks of the benedicts.

• \1 e were Yery p l ca~ccl io sec 1<...,1' c1dy Train at t Le H.c-uuion at Eastc1·. Il · clitin g uish ed llimself at vVaitotara recently by rescuing a party of fish erlllen whose boat h ad capsized.

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Nor man Litt le who has been prac tisin g as a solic itor at Auc klan d, l1 as n'ow join ed the staf f of the Pub lic 'fru st Office in that tow n. · Roy l\iur ray i.· now secr etar y of the 'fra vell ers' Club at 'iYellington.

E. J.1. Bro ken shir e is with Gre y and Grey , solicitor::;, in t his town .

Bria n J ohns who com plet ed hi~ med ical degr ee last year , is now atta~hed to the Pub lic Hos pita l at Ham ilton .

Ted Cart hew , who is farm ing at Kor u, is at pres ent on a trip to Aus trali a.

Fra nk Clar ke is now acco unta nt of the Haw era bran ch of the Farm ers' Co-op.

Tom Cor kill is man ager of the Que ensl and Insu ranc e Co. in New Plym outh . Hi. brot her Sam i: in the Ban k· of New Zea land . 'fom Foo kes who left Scho ol at the end of last year , is in the Nat ion~ l Ban k. Gra ham Foo kes is in the Ban k of New Sou th \Val es.

Jack W alte r who ha.· been farm ing at Stra tfor d, wa::; sele cted to play ' for the All Blac k foot ball team \Yhich rece ntly vi:it ed Aus trali a . \V e con sele ctio n and from the report::; of grat ulat e him on his his play we kno w that he thor o'ug hly dese rved his posi tion . In fact , it is report ed he was the best forw ard in the team .

Eric Col ·on ha. · been trau ster red to the \V ellin gtou bran ch of the Uni on Ban k and was Juan ied rece ntly .

Stan . :Mcl\Iurray, who is farm ing at \Va verl cy with l3i1l Alex and er, h as also rece ntly join ed the mar ried rank s .

IJ arol d Kirk by, who complet ed hi.· ::;olic iton ;' exam . la st year , was adm itted as a ::;oli citor of the Sup reru e Cou rt in May .

Bria n Hor ner, who was in tow n rece ntly , has been app oint ed engi neer to the Cou nty of Rar imu . He was succe . .- fu l ont of on•r 20 <1ppl iC<IlltS. Roy Ilill , who is in the head office of th Uni on Stea m:hip Co., wa.· in New Plym outh on holi days rece ntly .

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81 Ath ol vVilson is now on the staf f of 1\>Ia rsha. ll Tzar d and Bar ton, solic itors , at Vva ngan ui. ' C. _H. vVy nyar d is still in Aus trali Le Mm stre Vva lker and Co ., acco unta a, and is with C. A. nts, in Syd ney. He expe cts to be retu rnin g to New Zea land shor tly. .

Kei th vVard, who has been with m ..:'\ ncklancl , is now with C. C. \Var l\'Iilne and Cho yce cl, Ltd. , in this tow n.

Gedrg-e Eas ton has open ed a stat ione rs' shop in New Plym outh .

L. B. Inch is man agin g cler k for L. 'l'ay lor, solic itor, at Uaw era .

L_en . J.Jo-:en, the new join t secr etar y of t h e Old Boy s' .t\ s~ oCJatron , Js witl1 Hng h Bail y, acco unta nt, in this tow n.

Ken . Nea l was succ essf ul in pa.ss of his chem ist's de()'ree at the examinatiDo' tbe final sect ion i~m; h eld this year.

Iler bert Mar tin is now wor king with S. E. Neil son, acco unta nt, in New Plym outh .

1\Ianrice Osb orne is acco unta nt to Ilali wel l Spr att ancl 'fho mso n, solic itor s, at Haw era. ' l1oftu~ Rns sell, who is with the Eas tern Exte nsio n Cab lr Co. at Cocos Tslancl, expe cts to rrtn rn to Nrw Zcnlanc lm•xt yenr , aftr r an abse nce of five year s. \Vorcl has been rece ived that Dr. Jack Sha w, an exmas ter at the School, has obta ined F . R. C. S. and D.L.O. (Lon .) degr ees. Dr. Sha w obta ined his med ical degr ee at Mel bou rne and afte rwa rds proc eede d ther his stud ies. Befo re retu rnin ()' to En()'land to fur. . . prop oses YlSltmg the v ienn a Schob to Ne"~ Zea land h e ol for furt her exp erience.

P .. A. Tun brid ge has been prom of stat wnm aste r at \Vh anga mom ona. oted to the posi tion . Per~y \Vh ite, one of the olde r Old agm_"' chrec~or of \Vh ites Ltd. , was Doys, who is man pres iden t of the New Zea land Fed eratthis yea r app oint ed ion of Dra pers and Clot hiers.

D . N. 1\IacDiarmicl, who has been for som with the Sud an Uni ted Mi. ·si on, has e year s in retu rned to New Zealand _and is resi ding at New Plym outh . \Ve wer e glad to see bnu at the Eas ter Re-u nion . ~frica

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Eric Shaw, wl1o i,· ,· ·cretar,\· of Newton King, Ltd., La::; rcceptly been on a trip to the United State~. ·· A;; 1vc go·to prc;;;; 11·onl llil::; lJecll rccci\·cfl tliat Dcrcli:: Denny-Brown, wh o left· fol' J~J1glaml at t h e beginning of the year to continue li is medical :::tudies, ha~-; b'oen He will elected a Junior Beit Memorial Scholarship. carry on three years' research work at Oxford. in spastic paralysis and allied conditions. There arc onl:r six of the:::e scholarships awarded, and we would cong-ratulate Dcnny Brown on his award. ·vi!ith Syme and Denny Brown at Oxford tl1e old School will be well rcprcsClltcd. \

BIRTHS. BEWLEY.-A t New Plymouth, on June 3, 1925, to ~~tr. and Mrs. Austin Bewley, a daughter.

WILKIE.-At New Plymouth, on May 18, 1925, to Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilkie, a daughter.

KELLY.-At New Plymouth, on December 2S, 1924, to l\Ir. and 1\Irs. Frank Kell~r, a son.

MARRIAGES. lVIcMUR~.AY-lVIcNJ\B.-At Waverley, on Jtme 8, J92;),

VIctor Stanley lVIcl\Iurray, of \V nvcrlcy, 1o lVIisR Annie McNab, of Gln sgow.

BRADBURY-JONES.-At Puniho, on June 10, 1925, Huo·b Mci. Dradbury to Mi:::::: E. J\. Jonc.-, of \Vnrca.

A 'l'IUNSON-HARE.-A t Feilcling-, on l\Ia~r 28, 102:1 \Villiam l\1i lcs Atkinson to l\Iis.- E(lith Hare of. ' Feilding. lVION'l'EA'l'H-CU'riiBER'l'SON.-At New Plyrnonth, R McLaurin Monteath to 1\[is.- 1\Iarjery Cuthb rtson, of New Plymouth.

COLSON-GREA'l'BATCH.-At New P lymouth, Eric Colson to Miss Lilian Gr atbatch, of New Plymouth.

ENGAGEMENTS. LOVET_;L-GRAN'r.-IJconanl '\Valtcr Lovell to Jessie, daughter of l\[r. <mcl 1\'Iri::i. lL l\I. Grant, of Northlanclfl, Wellington.

FAIR-l\IANSON.-Charle.- William Fair to Miss M. B. 1\fanson, dau ghter of 1\'Irs. J. A. l\{anson, of Hurstmere Road, ~<\uck l ancl.

CIIRIS'riE-PEACH.---Arthnr H. Christie, of Wellington, to Miss Nancy Peach, daughter of Mr. and l\Irs. C. Peach, of New Plymouth.

1\IA'r't'IIEWS-BAYLY.-Alan B. 1\Iatthew:::, of Pnkckohe, to l\Iiss F. E. Bayly, clm1ghtcr of Mr. and .

1\Ir.-. F. Bayly, of Kaiaka.

IIORNER-l:{'EA.ST.-Brian Horner, of Rarimu, to Miss 'l'ua Feast, daughter of 1\Ir. and :Mrs. \V. J. Feast, of Greytown.

SAR'l'EN-SCRIVENER.-Ronalcl II. Sn r ten, of New P1ynwnth to 1\Ii.-::: .i.\. SCJ·i vcner, dnnghter of Mr. nn.cl }\I[J'R. l:{l. P. Scr ivcncr , 'l'c ITrnni, New _Plymouth.

SAl\JP80N-.TENK TNS.---l~rona rc1

Snmpson, of Egmont Village, to l\Iiss E. .Jcnl<in :::, dnnghtcr of l\Ir. and l\IrR. S. J enbm;, New Plymouth.

WHITE-1\IIASEFIELD.-Eric 'H. White, of Auckland, to l\Iiss 1\I. l\Iasefielcl, clnughter of l\Ir. and l\IrR. J. l\Iasefielcl, Epsom.

O'BRTEN-LASII.--Richnnl O'Bricn, of New Pl~·mouth , to l\IisR Grace Lash, dnnghter of l\Ir. ancll\Irs. H. J. Lash, Young Street, New Plymonth.

DEATH. SCANLAN.-On Sunday, June 28, 1925, Jame. Patricl~, eldest son of <Tames and Nelli e Scan lan, New Plymouth, accidentally killed whil. t climbing Paritutu; aged 20 years.

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3Jn jfflemoriam.

SCAN LA N. . James Patrick Scnnhm lost his lift> whil<:> climbino· P.ar1tutu on Sunday , ,Jun e 28. Grt>at wn s the sorrow of~

l\Ir. Scanlan 's nmn erons friends, amongs t whom it wns th e great privileg e of mnny of us to be acconnt ecl , wh en the n ew>: was spread that be bad disapp eared while engaged in a particu larly a:·duous ascent of that mighty mom1m ~~1t of th e pa>:~, Pantutu . To man y of us it is, inclt•ed, chfficul t to r eahr- e that his vigorou s p er sonnlity hns a~ last J:> ~en damp en~ d ~or et ernity . W e st ill seem to see lmn sm1lmg an_cl wlm;tlmg- as he walked clown th e street nncl to h ear lns buoyan t greeting ns h e wi .. hed hi s old schoolm ates th e b est of th e day.

Ji1:nmy, a~ he was known at .'Chool, wa.· a univer sal durmg the long p eriod h e spent with u.. . IIis g cn eros_1ty and good-na tur e endear ed him to masters and b~rs. ahke, and ev~n to-da3 _man y are t h e laugh .· that are aflorcl ec~ by .'Ome mnocen t, boyish prank of l1is while he wa.. a l1ttle f ellow in th e P r t"p. 1t i .. th f w r mainino· o~d er boys, -n~l1o wrre his actual clas .. mat es dnr ino· th~ ~1x years of Jus SOJOUrn h e~·e, who f eel the lo si'i most keeny.

Wh ~n boys have enJoyed t h eir pleasur es to,.,.eth er t aken the1r_ thrashin gs together , played in the amb :foot: ~all and cncket t eams, and shar e~ th eir hti'it p enny at th e Tuck Sh?p, _they ar e bound b:v m ·epara ble bonds even . beyond hfe 1tse1f. ~t ha s been th e lot of a f ew o:E us to be connect e d thus w1th Jim. favoun~ e

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_While at s ~hool h e ex? elled at ev er y form of . port.

In f?otball , b~xmg and s':'nnmi ng h e 1v a .. f ar above the av er age, and m th ese as 1~ everythi no- el. h e displa yed that !Sa~en ess ,_ that utter f earlessn e.. s, that w a. so chara ct enstlC o~ h1m through out hi . short ·ojourn on earth . ~e played m the _Prep. fifteen, and while still in th e Jlmwr forms wa.· m the senior g roup, and as an exponen t of the ~nanly art h e w ~s rallk cl v ery highly by a large numb er of comp e~ ent Jud ge. . 'l'h e first year h e left u .. ~o go ~o Wang~mu College he was in th ir first fift een and ln then· B rowmg t eam,

MEMOR IAM.

85 A phase of his charact er that perhaps very few of those who knew him but slightly , would have suspect ed, was his intense love of Nature and his inveter ate hatred of the vandal who destroy ed her charms. To illustra te this aspect of him we shall quote a few lines from Burns which w er e great favouri tes of his: ''Come let us stray our gladsom e way, And view the charms of Nature ; The rustling corn, the fruited thorn, And every happy creatur e.''

IJ was ,.,.enuinely fond of the ma.'terpiecei'i of English li terature . A glanc e at his bookshe lf would reveal man} surprises to anyone considering him as the u .. ual thought less, happy-g o-lucky lad.

It was this remark able discrimina ting taste that was a decidin g factor in the choosing of his profession. A.s a journal ist, it has been said, by those in the position of authori ty, that there lay before him a great career, and this may w ell be believed by those who exp erienced his h elping hand and refined persona lity, for it is from such qualities as Jimmy possess ed that ,.,.reat men are moulde d.

It would be unfittin g to omit m entionin g the great passion of his life, mounta ineering .

His unflinch ing n erve, his appar ently inexham ;tible str ength, his stubbor n ambitio n, and his mocl estry, all combine d to make him an exceptio nal climber .

A climber , in fact, whose fame would have penetra ted to the far corners of the earth had not his promisi ng young life b een destroy ed in the bud.

His last feat in climbin g the precipit ous sea-face of Paritutu over the route of his choice was simply marvell ous. \Vhile w e :uffer much from hi. loss, and sympath ize d eeply with his parents and brother , we feel sure that if it was his lot to pass away so neQ.r the dawn of life, he died in the very way he would have wished. Althoug h the t errible tragedy of his untimel y death affects us all, our m emory of him is a b eautifu l and ·acred one, and that is th gr eate. t tribute w e can offer any man.

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THE. PROFESS IONS IN ZEALAND .

NEW

(Raymond vV. Bellringer.)

Since Taranaki lacks a University the average father possesses only a meagr e kno,,rledg e concerning the various University courses. 'fbis is especially so with regard to three important faculties-M ining, Dental and Medica l -which are nurtured in New Zealand's most southern University, the University of Otago . If statements are to be valuable they must come from an authority. Several qu estions were submitted to ·be recognized authorities on these professions in New Zealand asking for brief comments. Each D ean, how ever, wa · most generous in his reply, which has been reproduced in full for the benefit of interested readers. \'{e haYe no wi.·h that a father shall allow him.· elf to be dazzled by the \Vord "profession " and despotically decide here an cl now that J ohnny shall be a doctor, etc. N ot at all ; this information is more for th guidance of those who have one of the.-e profes.-ions in mind.

Mining.-Pr ofessor J amcs Park, JU.Am. 1nst. JVLE., Dean of the l\Iining :B""'acnlty, replied a.~ follows :(1 ) Type of 1\'l:au.-Our gradu ates h ave been succe ·sfnl in every land because they are men of integrity and grit. The mining engineer is responsible for big undertakings and the spending of larcre sums of money usually in places far from the supervision of his Directors, and a.- a consequence , trustwortbin es.- is one of his principal assets. Added to this our men are well grounded in first principles and know their job. Further, having lived in big· open spaces, they are self-reliant, and having worked in the mines they know how to control men and get the best out of them.

(2) Scope.-Ou r men comprise the staff of the Geological Survey of the Dominion and many are employed in New Zealand as mine managers, mine and land surveyors, county engineers, harbour board engineers and University teachers. Abroad our graduates fill important posts as general managers of mines, as consulting engineers, oil geolo gists and metallurgis ts. Mining is after all only a branch of civil engineering .

(3) Our graduates all find employment . ( 4) Remunerati on fol' young graduates ranges from 'l'he older and more experienced £400 to £600 a year.

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men get ~a laries rangi11 g from £800 to £1200 a year, but the men m JJYivaLe practice:-; have larger incomes.

D enti:-;tr,v.-P rof. H. P. Pickerill, C.B..E., M.D., lVI.S., D •an of th e Dental Faculty:( J ) Type of l\Ian.- Th e type of man who will make a sncccssful dental ~:;tndent and afterwards a su ccessful practitioner , i:-; fir.tJy one who i~:; able to pass the matriculation examination with Latin an d French without a rrreat deal of difficulty, and .-ecoudly one who has some natur al aptitud~ for u.-ing hi~ hands and fingers in the .making of ~:;uch thmgs a.- electncal models, wireless apparatus, carp_entry, etc.. He should also be a man of fair physique, ::;mce th ere u; no doubt t hat a dental practice, and e.-pecially a busy one, throw.- considerable phy:-;ical strain upon t h e practitioner .

(2) There should be at present ample scope of work There are still for d ental graduates in New Zealand. cr ying out for Zealand New in _towns SJ_naller the of ma~1y re~:;Ide!Jt dentists with guaranteed incomes of anything over £600. A young man should do well if he started in any of these smaller to·wns and should be able to save . ufficient money in a few years to come into one of the ~arger centres if h e so desired. 'fhere are always "op enmgs, too, for f?:O?C~ men as assistants in large and busy practices; th e mmmmm salar:v fo r these position.- seems to be at present about £500 per annum. Then there is th ~ tate .-ervice _concerned in the treatment of small pnmary schoo.l c_luldren. At present, however, there ap pear to b e sufficient Governmen t bursars to meet all the requirement · of this service. When the supply of bursars ceases, however, it is possible that the Governmen t may r equire more qualified dental officers. The minimum sa l~rr h e1·e is, I believe too, about £500 per annum. It is estimat ·cl Hat N 'W Zeala nd requires from 20 to 25 rrr adnat es in Denti.-try per annum. Up to the present we l1ave never r eached this figure and all oTaduate.- who have left t bi.- school within recent year · :r.e, I b elieve, doing exceedingly well.

Medicine.-P rof. Sir H. Lindo F ergu.-on, C.l\I.G., l\LD ., Dean of the Medical Faculty:(1) 'f~·p c. -\\' . rcq11irc <l s cril t ivnt cl n type of s1·uclent Th rongh un cull ured man is not likelv an g 1. .ll. ' w to mak e a .-uitable or sat.i. Ja toi·y practitioner or to sho1·~ t h e sympathy and patience which is r equired in dealing

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with suffe ring huma nity. 'fhe quali ties whic h are require d are infini te capac ity fo r takin g pains , an equab le mann er, good h ealth and a keen inter est in the work . 'fhe b ent of a, boy's mind is not of o much impo rtanc e as the mech anica l turn of mind is apt to turn to surge ry, and the scien tific turn of mind towa rds resea rch and labor atory work , while the studi ous litera ry mind finds us our physi cians .

Scop e.-'\V e are likely to be able in New Zeala nd to absor b all the grad u ates 1ve can turn out for some consider able time to come.

The bulk, of course, gradu ates will natur ally b ecom e gener al pract of our and in coun try place s there will for many year itione rs, s still b e openi ngs for them . Th e life is one of consi stent servic e, hard work and study and there is no place in the profe ssion for lo afers or men who enter it in the hop e of maki ng mone y easily.

Rem unera tion. -Med ical men if they do their work conscientio usly and stead ily are alwa y: sure of maki ng a living. The plum s of the profe ssion are few but the gener al stand ard of existe nce is good.

Supp ly.-'l .'he suppl y of stude nts fluctu ates, and her e, as in other parts of the world , incre ased en ormo usly some five or six yem·s ago . The pend ulum has now sw other w ay and th e classes h ave dimin i.·hed very ung the ly, but th is will right itself. State ment : as t~ mate ria lth crow ding of the profe ssion which have recen e overtly made w ere comm on at the time when I wa · a stude been self. These mino r fluctu ation s are alway s occur nt myat prese nt I 'do not t11ink the ·upply i: outru ring and nning the dema nd.

In consi derin g these statem ents paren ts ·houl the time and mone y facto rs. The avera ge artisa d note :ettled down b efor e the avera ge profe ssion al n is well man has comp leted his cours e.

Appe nded are some appro xima te minim al figure s :U niY cr~ily

for ,,-hole

Uinin g

Fe es

co ur~ c

1'o. of years

£115

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Denti stry B.D.S . £ 155 , Diplo ma £120 Medical £205

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OccupaliOJtal Stati:jtics

for 1921

2.5 Minin g Engin eers per 100,0 00 -1· Den lists per J 0,000 • 6 Docto rs per 10,00 0

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'l'ltc Businc:-;s :Mana ger wishe s to aclmo w lcdgc with t hank s r eceip t of the follo wing subsc riptio ns.

If your subsc riptio n has been paid since last issu e and your name doe· not appea r, please notif y Busin ess Mana ger at once : II. Rum ball, '24, '26, '26; B. B. 1\Iah raj, '25, '26; E. Gnffiths, '24-'3 0; H. ,Johns, '25; E . Lang muir, '25; \V. D. Neal, '24, '25, '26, '27; A. \ V. Scott , '25; A . R. Rycler, '25-'3 1; 'f. Eaves, '25; L. B. Horro cks, '25; L. D. Neill , '25; R. vV. Dalzi ell, '25, '26, '27; S. R. 'fait, '25; R. Lock e, '25; R. 1\I. Dolby , '25; J. M. 'femp ler, '24, '25, '26; C. B. Benja min, '25; C. Bates , '24; 0. \ V. Bayl y, '24, '25; A. Youn g, '25; L. Shrim pton, '24.

NOT ICE TO

SUB SCR IBER S.

Subs eribe rs who have not alrea dy done so, are rcq neste d to forw ard their subsc riptio n s for the cur rent ~nd past years to the Busin ess Mana ger . It has been possi ble to carry on clmin g the perio d of high cost of produ ctiOn only with t h e h earty supp ort of Old Boys . \V e there fore confi dentl y appeal to you to h elp us by keepi ng your subs. paid up to cla tc. Pleas e notify chang e of addre ss.

EXC HAN GES . \V e b eg to ackno w ledge recei pt of the follow ing exchanO'eS since the last issue :-Ota go B.H.S .

Maga zine, Th e \\ ellino-tonian, 'l'he Scind ian, 'fhe Tima ruvia n, 'fhe Nclsonian, The N .G.C., the Cante rbury Agric ultur al College l\Iaga zine, 'fhc Spike , The \Vait akian, The Wan ganu i Collegian, The 'forch Beare r, 'fhe King 's Colle gian, The Sacre d Hear t Colleo·e Maga zine, Auck land Gram mar Schoo l Chron ic] , Chl'i st 's Collc g • R 'gi.tcr, Chris tchur ch B.H.S . 1\Iaga zin , anter bury College Revie w, Otago Un iyersi ty Revie w, Marl burni an, The Hill, Egmo ntoni an.

New Plymouth Boys' High School [ESTABLISHED 1882].

Fees (per term)Tuition Preparatory

£4, reducible to £3 1Os. if paid within 30 days. £4, , £3 10s.

Board

£19,

£17

Weekly } Boarders

£ 16 1Os.

£15

Dinner for Day Boys, £3 Music (including practice fee) --Seniors, £3 3s.

Juniors, £2 12s. 6d.

Boxing, 1OfDancing (Winter term only) 15/-

Subscriptions (per term)Games- Upper School, 4/Lower School, 2/Library

1/6

Magazine

1/6

Tennis

1/-

N.B. ,--/n cases of removal, six weel~s' notice must be given to the Secretary, otherwise parents are liable for half a term's /ee.

School TermsThe school year is divided into three terms of thirteen The terms are approximately as follows :-

weeks each.

First Term-

February 5th to May 6th.

Second Term- May 28th to August 27th.

Third Term-

September 18th to December 18th.

TAJIANAKt HRftALD AND BUDGET PRtHT